Austerity in the midst of a pandemic: Pursuing accountability through the socio-economic rights doctrine of non-retrogression
Austerity in the midst of a pandemic: Pursuing accountability through the socio-economic rights doctrine of non-retrogression
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疫情期间的紧缩政策：通过不倒退的社会经济权利原则追究责任
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2021
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0.9
通讯作者：
S. Liebenberg
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作者：
S. Liebenberg
摘要本文探讨了不倒退的社会经济权利原则使国家对南非的财政巩固政策(“紧缩措施”)负责的潜力。这些政策有可能侵蚀许多方案和机构，这些方案和机构对实现《宪法》承认的社会经济权利至关重要。本文对南非在新冠肺炎疫情爆发前和疫情期间的财政整顿政策进行了背景分析。报告审查了国际人权法中不倒退原则的性质，并审议了如何将这一原则转化为南非现有的社会经济权利法律框架。报告最后审议了非倒退原则的程序层面和参与性层面如何能够在缓解倒退措施司法审查所涉及的体制紧张方面发挥重要作用。最后，这篇文章试图证明，不倒退原则提供了一个框架和一套原则，可以推动对损害权利的预算决定进行更大的问责。
Abstract This article examines the potential of the socio-economic rights doctrine of non-retrogression to hold the state accountable for policies of fiscal consolidation (‘austerity measures’) in South Africa. These policies threaten to erode many programmes and institutions critical to the delivery of the socio-economic rights recognised in the Constitution. The article provides a contextual analysis of fiscal consolidation policies in South Africa both in the lead up to and during the Covid-19 pandemic. It examines the nature of the doctrine of non-retrogression in international human rights law, and considers how the doctrine could be translated into South Africa’s existing jurisprudential framework on socio-economic rights. It concludes by considering how the procedural and participatory dimensions of the non-retrogression doctrine can play an important role in alleviating the institutional tensions involved in the judicial review of retrogressive measures. Ultimately, the article seeks to demonstrate that the doctrine of non-retrogression provides a framework and set of principles that can advance greater accountability for rights-eroding budgetary decisions.