Education

Judicial & Legal Education

Training materials and resources on social rights for legal practitioners.

SRAC has conducted extensive judicial and legal education throughout Canada and internationally, supporting legal professionals as they interpret and advance economic, social, and cultural rights.

Bruce Porter’s paper, “Justiciability of ESC Rights and The Right to Effective Remedies: Historic Challenges and New Opportunities,” was commissioned by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and published in China by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

Materials for Judges and Legal Advocates

Keynote Address to the Ontario Superior Court of Justice Spring Seminar Bruce Porter (May 2004)
List of Relevant Cases and Materials for Superior Court Judges Social Context Education on Poverty
Toward a Comprehensive Framework for ESC Rights Practice Bruce Porter
Canadian ESC Rights Case Index

Presentations & Lectures

The Right to an Effective Remedy in International Law PowerPoint presentation
Claiming Social and Economic Rights in Canada PowerPoint presentation
Socio-Economic Rights in a Domestic Charter of Rights: A Canadian Perspective Bruce Porter (2006)
The Justiciability of Social and Economic Rights: An Updated Appraisal Just News (January 2006)

International Resources

Justiciability of ESC Rights and The Right to Effective Remedies Paper commissioned by OHCHR (English)
Justiciability of ESC Rights and The Right to Effective Remedies Chinese translation
The Optional Protocol to the ICESCR - What’s at Stake? Article by Bruce Porter of SRAC (legacy page without link)
Optional Protocol to the ICESCR Text adopted by the UN Human Rights Council