IMPLEMENTING THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL RIGHTS IN NIGERIA AND SOUTH AFRICA: JUSTICIABILITY OF ECONOMIC RIGHTS

Constitutionalising socio- economic and cultural rights (SERs) and the directive principles of state policy is an indication that a state is disposed to protect and enforce such rights. The classification of rights into political and economic goes a long way in determining the extent of rights enforcement in a nation. In Nigeria political rights are enforceable while economic rights remain unenforceable, but stand a better chance of enforcing political and economic rights under rights unification as in South Africa. Nonetheless, a state's obligation to protect SERs ultimately rests on the resources available to such a state. © Edinburgh University Press.