EVICT Talk with Dr. Koldo Casla – The Right to Property: Taking Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Seriously

October 20th, 2022

Dr. Casla addresses important inconsistencies in the interpretation of the right to property by regional and global human rights bodies. He presents a proposal to rethink this right taking Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR) seriously: property is a human right; it includes private property as one of its forms, but this is not the only one; property has a social function; and potential clashes between property and other rights, including ESCR, should be dealt with in accordance with the principles of proportionality and public interest.

About the speaker

Dr. Koldo Casla is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Essex and the Director of the Human Rights Centre Clinic. He also leads the ‘Human Rights Local’ project at the Human Rights Centre. Between 2017 and 2019, he was a Research Associate at the Institute of Health & Society of Newcastle University, where he co-drafted the first Bill on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the UK.

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