Selected Publications of Bruce Porter

Research Handbook on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights as Human Rights Jackie Dugard, Bruce Porter, Daniela Ikawa and Lilian Chenwi (eds) Research Handbook on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights as Human Rights (Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020)

Advancing Social Rights in Canada Martha Jackman and Bruce Porter (eds) Advancing Social Rights in Canada (Toronto: Irwin Law, 2014)

The Optional Protocol to the ICESCR: A Commentary M Langford, B. Porter, R Brown and J Rossi (eds), The Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: A Commentary (Cape Town: Pretoria University Law Press, 2016)

"Martha Jackman and the Charter Committee on Poverty Issues: Historical Reflections on an Unfinished Project" Bruce Porter, "Martha Jackman and the Charter Committee on Poverty Issues: Historical Reflections on an Unfinished Project" (CJWL 2026) forthcoming.

Implementing the Right to Housing Under the National Housing Strategy Act: The International Framework Bruce Porter, Implementing the Right to Housing Under the National Housing Strategy Act: The International Framework (Office of the Federal Housing Advocate, 2021)

La interdependencia de los derechos humanos Bruce Porter, La interdependencia de los derechos humanos in Derechos sociales y el momento constituyente de Chile: Perspectivas globales y locales para el debate constitucional (Distrito Global, 2021)

Supporting the TRIPS COVID-19 waiver is an essential step to support international human rights Jackie Dugard, Franziska Sucker, Bruce Porter & Jamie Burton, Supporting the TRIPS COVID-19 waiver is an essential step to support international human rights (Open Global Rights, 2021)

Implementing the Right to Adequate Housing under the National Housing Strategy Act: The International Human Rights Framework Bruce Porter, Implementing the Right to Adequate Housing under the National Housing Strategy Act: The International Human Rights Framework (Ottawa: Office of the Federal Housing Advocate, 2021)

Mise en Oeuvre du Droit a un Logement Convenable en Vertu de la Loi Sur Strategie Nationale Bruce Porter, Mise en Oeuvre du Droit a un Logement Convenable en Vertu de la Loi Sur Strategie Nationale (Ottawa: le Bureau du Defenseur federal du Logement, 2021)

The Interdependence of Human Rights Bruce Porter, "The Interdependence of Human Rights" in Jackie Dugard, Bruce Porter, Daniela Ikawa and Lilian Chenwi (eds) Research Handbook on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights as Human Rights (Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020).

Housing Rights: Canada Takes an Historic Step Forward Elizabeth McIsaac and Bruce Porter, "Housing Rights: Canada Takes an Historic Step Forward" Literary Review of Canada (November, 2019).

Social and Economic Rights Martha Jackman and Bruce Porter, "Social and Economic Rights", in Peter Oliver, Patrick Maklem & Nathalie DesRosiers, eds, The Oxford Handbook of the Canadian Constitution (New York: Oxford University Press, 2017) 843-861.

Commodification over community: financialization of the housing sector and its threat to SDG 11 and the right to housing Leilani Farha and Bruce Porter, Commodification over community: financialization of the housing sector and its threat to SDG 11 and the right to housing in Spotlight on Sustainable Development (Social Watch, 2017) 105.

Social Policy and Social Rights in Canada: Historical Reflections Bruce Porter, "Social Policy and Social Rights in Canada: Historical Reflections," The Philanthropist (June 2016) Poverty and Human Rights in Canada

Social Rights in Anti-Poverty and Housing Strategies: Making the Connection Bruce Porter, "Social Rights in Anti-Poverty and Housing Strategies: Making the Connection" in Martha Jackman and Bruce Porter (eds) Advancing Social Rights in Canada (Toronto: Irwin Law, 2014).

Strategies to Address Homelessness and Poverty in Canada: The Charter Framework Martha Jackman & Bruce Porter, "Strategies to Address Homelessness and Poverty in Canada: The Charter Framework" in Martha Jackman and Bruce Porter (eds) Advancing Social Rights in Canada (Toronto: Irwin Law, 2014).

Rethinking Progressive Realization: How Should it be Implemented in Canada? Bruce Porter, Rethinking Progressive Realization: How Should it be Implemented in Canada?. Background Paper for a Presentation to the Continuing Committee of Officials on Human Rights. Ottawa, June 2015.

Inclusive Interpretations: Social and Economic Rights and the Canadian Charter Bruce Porter, Inclusive Interpretations: Social and Economic Rights and the Canadian Charter in Helena Alviar Garcia, Karl Klare and Lucy Williams (eds), Social and Economic Rights in Theory and Practice: Critical Inquiries (London and New York: Routledge, 2015).

Canada: Systemic Claims and Remedial Diversity Bruce Porter, Canada: Systemic Claims and Remedial Diversity (2014), in M. Langford, C. Rodriguez and J. Rossi (eds), Social Rights Judgments and the Politics of Compliance: Making it Stick (Cape Town: Pretoria University Law Press, 2014).

Designing and Implementing Rights-Based Strategies to Address Homelessness and Poverty Bruce Porter, Designing and Implementing Rights-Based Strategies to Address Homelessness and Poverty (2014), abridged version of Bruce Porter, Designing and Implementing Rights-Based Strategies to Address Poverty and Homelessness in Ontario Exchange Working Paper Series (Ottawa, PHIRN, 2012).

International Human Rights in Anti-Poverty and Housing Strategies: Making the Connection Bruce Porter, International Human Rights in Anti-Poverty and Housing Strategies: Making the Connection (2014), abridged version of Bruce Porter & Martha Jackman, International Human Rights, Health and Strategies to Address Homelessness and Poverty in Ontario: Making the Connection (2012) Exchange Working Paper Series (Ottawa, PHIRN, 2012).

Reasonableness and Article 8(4) Bruce Porter, "Reasonableness and Article 8(4)", in M Langford, B. Porter, R Brown and J Rossi (eds), The Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: A Commentary (Cape Town: Pretoria University Law Press, 2016).

Introduction M Langford, B. Porter, R Brown and J Rossi (eds), "Introduction" to The Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: A Commentary (Cape Town: Pretoria University Law Press, 2016).

Rights-Based Strategies to Address Homelessness and Poverty in Canada: the Constitutional Framework Bruce Porter and Martha Jackman, Rights-Based Strategies to Address Homelessness and Poverty in Canada: the Constitutional Framework, (November 2013) Ottawa Faculty of Law Working Paper No. 2013-10.

International Human Rights and Strategies to Address Homelessness and Poverty in Canada: Making the Connection Bruce Porter, International Human Rights and Strategies to Address Homelessness and Poverty in Canada: Making the Connection, University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law Working Paper No. 2013-09.

Strategies to Address Homelessness and Poverty in Ontario: The Constitutional Framework Martha Jackman and Bruce Porter, Strategies to Address Homelessness and Poverty in Ontario: The Constitutional Framework, Exchange Working Paper Series (Ottawa, PHIRN, 2012).

Designing and Implementing Rights-Based Strategies to Address Poverty and Homelessness in Ontario Bruce Porter, Designing and Implementing Rights-Based Strategies to Address Poverty and Homelessness in Ontario, Exchange Working Paper Series (Ottawa, PHIRN, 2012).

A Human Rights Context for Addressing Poverty and Homelessness Bruce Porter, A Human Rights Context for Addressing Poverty and Homelessness (2012) Exchange Working Paper Series (Ottawa, PHIRN, 2012).

Reaffirming Canada's Commitments to Human Rights Leilani Farha and Bruce Porter, Reaffirming Canada's Commitments to Human Rights, Poverty and Parliament (Spring 2009).

The Reasonableness Of Article 8(4) - Adjudicating Claims From The Margins Bruce Porter, "The Reasonableness Of Article 8(4) - Adjudicating Claims From The Margins" (2009) 27:1 Nordic Journal of Human Rights 39.

Justiciability of ESC Rights and The Right to Effective Remedies: Historic Challenges and New Opportunities Bruce Porter, "Justiciability of ESC Rights and The Right to Effective Remedies: Historic Challenges and New Opportunities" in Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Optional Protocol to the ICESCR, (Beijing: Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, 2008).

经社文权利的可诉性与有效救济权利 经社文权利的可诉性与有效救济权利: 历史性的挑战与新机遇 2008年3月31日北京 经济、社会和文化权利与《经济、社会和文化权利国际公约任择议定书》，（北京：中国社会科学院，2008）

Socio-Economic Rights Under the Canadian Charter Martha Jackman and Bruce Porter, "Socio-Economic Rights Under the Canadian Charter" in M Langford, ed, Social Rights Jurisprudence: Emerging Trends in International and Comparative Law (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008) 209.

Claiming Adjudicative Space: Social Rights, Equality and Citizenship Bruce Porter, "Claiming Adjudicative Space: Social Rights, Equality and Citizenship" in Margot Young et al, eds, Poverty: Rights, Social Citizenship, and Legal Activism (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2007) 77.

The Justiciability of Social and Economic Rights: an Updated Appraisal Aoife Nolan, Malcolm Langford and Bruce Porter, The Justiciability of Social and Economic Rights: an Updated Appraisal Centre for Human Rights and Global Justice Working Paper (November 20, 2007).

Expectations of Equality Bruce Porter, "Expectations of Equality" (2006) 33 Sup Ct L Rev 23.

The Justiciability of Social and Economic Rights: An Updated Appraisal Aoife Nolan and Bruce Porter, "The Justiciability of Social and Economic Rights: An Updated Appraisal", Just News (January 2006).

The Crisis in ESC Rights and Strategies for Addressing It Bruce Porter, "The Crisis in ESC Rights and Strategies for Addressing It" in J. Squires, M. Langford & B. Thiele, eds., The Road To a Remedy: Current Issues in the Litigation of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Sydney: University of South Wales Press, 2005).

A Right to Healthcare in Canada: Only if you can pay for it Bruce Porter, "A Right to Healthcare in Canada: Only if you can pay for it" (2005) 6 ESR Review: Economic and Social Rights in South Africa.

Socio-economic rights in a domestic charter of rights: a Canadian perspective Bruce Porter, "Socio-economic rights in a domestic charter of rights: a Canadian perspective" in Human Rights and Peace-Building in Northern Ireland: an international anthology (Belfast: Committee on the Administration of Justice, 2006).

Canadian Constitutional Challenge to NAFTA Raises Critical Issues of Human Rights in Trade and Investment Regimes Bruce Porter, "Canadian Constitutional Challenge to NAFTA Raises Critical Issues of Human Rights in Trade and Investment Regimes" (2006) 3:1 Housing and ESC Rights Law Quarterly.

ReWriting the Charter at 20 or Reading it Right: The Challenge of Poverty and Homelessness in Canada Bruce Porter, "ReWriting the Charter at 20 or Reading it Right: The Challenge of Poverty and Homelessness in Canada" in Wesley Cragg & Christine Koggel, eds, Contemporary Moral Issues, 5th ed (Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 2005) 373.

Toward a Comprehensive Framework for ESC Rights Practice Bruce Porter, "Toward a Comprehensive Framework for ESC Rights Practice" in Bret Thiele and Malcolm Langford, eds, Litigation of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: The State of Play (Sydney: University of South Wales Press, 2005).

Twenty Years of Equality Rights: Reclaiming Expectations Bruce Porter, "Twenty Years of Equality Rights: Reclaiming Expectations" (2005) 23 Windsor YB Access Just 145.

Social and Economic Rights and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms Bruce Porter, "Social and Economic Rights and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms" (Paper delivered to the International Conference on Social and Economic Rights: Models of Enforcement, Dublin, Ireland, 10-11 December 2005).

The Right to be Heard: What's at Stake? Bruce Porter, "The Right to be Heard: What's at Stake?" (Paper delivered at the High Level Expert Seminar on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to the French Department of Foreign Affairs, Nantes, France, 5-7 September 2005).

The Right to Adequate Housing in Canada Bruce Porter, "The Right to Adequate Housing in Canada" (Paper delivered at the Inter-American Human Rights Commission Special Hearings on the Right to Housing, Washington, DC, 4 March 2005).

Homelessness, Human Rights, Litigation and Law Reform: A View from Canada Bruce Porter, "Homelessness, Human Rights, Litigation and Law Reform: A View from Canada" (2004) 10 Austl J H R133.

The Human Right to Adequate Housing: Making the Case in U.S. Advocacy Bruce Porter, "The Human Right to Adequate Housing: Making the Case in U.S. Advocacy" (2004) 38 Clearinghouse Rev 97.

Poverty and the Courts Bruce Porter, "Poverty and the Courts" (Keynote address delivered at the National Judicial Institute to Judges of the Ontario Superior Court, Niagara Falls, 7 May 2004).

The Right to Adequate Housing in Canada Bruce Porter, "The Right to Adequate Housing in Canada," in Scott Leckie, ed, National Perspectives on Housing Rights (Dordrecht: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2003).

Women and Housing in Canada: Barriers to Equality Maureen Callaghan, Leilani Farha & Bruce Porter Women and Housing in Canada: Barriers to Equality (Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation, 2002)

Les Femmes et le Logement au Canada: Entraves a l'egalite Maureen Callaghan, Leilani Farha & Bruce Porter, Les Femmes et le Logement au Canada: Entraves a l'egalite (Centre Pour Les Droits a l'Egalite au Logement, 2002)

Judging Poverty: Using International Human Rights Law to Refine the Scope of Charter Rights Bruce Porter, "Judging Poverty: Using International Human Rights Law to Refine the Scope of Charter Rights" (2000) 15 Journal of Law and Social Policy 117.

Women's Substantive Equality and the Protection of Social and Economic Rights Under the Canadian Human Rights Act Martha Jackman and Bruce Porter, "Women's Substantive Equality and the Protection of Social and Economic Rights Under the Canadian Human Rights Act," co-authored with Martha Jackman, in Women and the Canadian Human Rights Act: A collection of policy research reports (Ottawa: Status of Women Canada, 1999) p.43. Published in both French and English and online at <www.swc-cfc.gc.ca/direct.html>

Screening Rights: The Denial of the Right to Adjudication in the Canadian Human Rights Act and How to Remedy It Bruce Porter and Joanna Birenbaum, "Screening Rights: The Denial of the Right to Adjudication in the Canadian Human Rights Act and How to Remedy It," (Ottawa: Canadian Human Rights Act Review Panel, 1999) online at <www.chrareview.org/indexe.html>.

Using Human Rights Treaty Monitoring Bodies in Domestic Social And Economic Rights Advocacy: Notes From Canada Bruce Porter, "Using Human Rights Treaty Monitoring Bodies in Domestic Social And Economic Rights Advocacy: Notes From Canada" in Economic and Social Rights Review, vol. 2, no. 5 (July 1999)

Beyond Andrews: Substantive Equality and Positive Obligations after Eldridge and Vriend Bruce Porter, "Beyond Andrews: Substantive Equality and Positive Obligations after Eldridge and Vriend" (1998) 9:3 Constitutional Forum.

Social Rights and the Question of a Social Charter Bruce Porter, "Social Rights and the Question of a Social Charter," in Paul Leduc Browne (ed) Finding Our Collective Voice, Options for a New Social Union (Ottawa: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 1998) at p. 59.

The Right to Housing: From Rhetoric to Practice Bruce Porter, "The Right to Housing: From Rhetoric to Practice," in Human Development and Human Rights: Report on the Oslo Symposium (October 2-3, 1998) Edited by Hakim Bjorkman (United Nations Development Program, United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway) (New York: UNDP, 1999) at p. 270.

The Importance of Including Social and Economic Rights in the South African Constitution: A Canadian Perspective Bruce Porter, "The Importance of Including Social and Economic Rights in the South African Constitution: A Canadian Perspective" South African Business Times, July 1995.

The Uninvited Guests: Reflections on the Brief History of Poor People Seeking their Rightful Place in Equality Jurisprudence Bruce Porter, "The Uninvited Guests: Reflections on the Brief History of Poor People Seeking their Rightful Place in Equality Jurisprudence," in Roads to Equality Vol 3, (Canadian Bar Association, Continuing Legal Education Program, Annual General Meeting, 1994)

Social and Economic Union: The Social Charter that isn't Bruce Porter, "Social and Economic Union: The Social Charter that isn't," The Canadian Forum, October, 1992

Poverty Stops Equality / Equality Stops Poverty: The Case for Social and Economic Rights Bruce Porter and Havi Echenberg, "Poverty Stops Equality / Equality Stops Poverty: The Case for Social and Economic Rights", in D.Williams and P.File eds., Human Rights into the 1990's and Beyond (Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, 1990). Excerpted version published in Canadian Woman Studies/Cahiers de la Femme Vol II Number 2 pp 8 - 11 and in Canadian Housing (Spring, 1989, Vol.6, No.1) pp 26-28.

Interview with Bruce Porter on the OP-ICESCR OHCHR Human Rights Treaties Division Newsletter (January-June 2013)

Making Rights Real: The Implementation of International Human Rights in Canada Panel Discussion, University of Ottawa (2012)