Jessie Hohmann and Beth Goldblatt

Jessie Hohmann is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Technology Sydney, where she is co-convenor of the international law research cluster.  She was previously Senior Lecturer in Law at Queen Mary, University of London (2012-2019), and held a British Academy Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the University of Cambridge (2009-2012). Beth Goldblatt is Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Technology Sydney, and Visiting Professor of the School of Law at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. Professors Goldblatt and Hohmann are the editors of a new book on The Right to the Continuous Improvement of Living Conditions, published by Hart in November 2021.

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Emerging from the COVID 19 Pandemic: What role for the Forgotten Right to Continuous Improvement of Living Conditions in the ICESCR?

Emerging from the COVID 19 Pandemic: What role for the Forgotten Right to Continuous Improvement of Living Conditions in the ICESCR?

As the world confronts the devastating impact of the COVID pandemic it must tackle the thorny related problems of increasing economic inequality - within countries and between them – as well as the urgency of the climate crisis. Can ...
Holding the Government to Account for England’s Housing Crisis through the ICESCR Parallel Reporting Process

Holding the Government to Account for England’s Housing Crisis through the ICESCR Parallel Reporting Process

The United Kingdom is approaching its 6th Periodic Report to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR), which will assess its performance and compliance with its obligations under ICESCR.  Reading the Government’s ...
Provoking Debate: The UN Special Rapporteur and the Right to Housing in the UK

Provoking Debate: The UN Special Rapporteur and the Right to Housing in the UK

The right to housing seldom captures the public imagination or the media spotlight.  Yet the visit of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing to the UK earlier this month, and the government reaction to it, is a timely ...