La protección de los derechos económicos, sociales y culturales, DESC, en el sistema interamericano de protección de los derechos humanos

Abstract

In the ambience of poverty and exclusion of the developing counties citizens, one of the stronger tools in order to recover the equality, create opportunities and make possible the minimum requirements of the human dignity are the economical, social and cultural rights. These rights have not been completely developed, but some international rules had ratified them, giving guides in order each State implement the necesary devices to acieve this longing. This document has not order intention that contribute with some reflections about the subject. It will be presented in three parts: first, we perform a brief review of the current status of the economical, social and cultural rights in the international environment, then we will perform an introduction to the international legal mechanisms that seek the judicial protection of these rights and, finally, we will see the Interamerican system of human rights and their main instruments of protection, analizing some cases.

Keywords

• Sistema interamericano, Derechos económicos, sociales y culturales.