“…The Memoranda of Understanding impact on fundamental rights, such as the human right to housing and social security, the human right to health and rights steaming from the European labor constitution. …”

“…These include rights relating to work as well as rights relating to a wide range of welfare entitlements such as rights to housing, health, food and social assistance. …”

“…Analysing the standards promulgated by the Committee, and drawing on the extensive legal literature on the subject, the author focuses on the administrative aspects of all the social protections afforded by the Charter, including the following: • workers’ right to freedom of association; • right of workers’ representatives to protection; • due process in termination of employment; • protection of employed women on maternity; • social integration of disabled persons; • right of migrant workers to protection and assistance; and • right to housing. Practitioners specialising in labour and employment law or social security law, students of comparative labour and social security law, and specialists in international social policies will greatly appreciate the rigor of the analysis as well as the insights offered in this remarkable book…”

“…The divide between the fundamental rights tends to be questioned by social movements which do not hesitate anymore to take legal actions and claim those social rights (the right to housing, to food, to health care…), as well as by a number of academic researchers who try to rethink the universality and indivisibility of human rights. …”