Spaniens Kampf für Menschenrechte
3. September 2012 | Von NMRZvon Marta Sánchez Dionisby Marta Sánchez Dionisby Marta Sánchez Dionis
Seit 2008 befindet sich die globale Wirtschaft in einer ernsthaften Rezession: eine tiefgreifende Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise hat sich weltweit ausgebreitet. Diese Krise hat einen verheerenden Einfluss auf das Leben und die Existenzgrundlagen von Menschen überall auf der Welt und stellt eine Bedrohung für die gesamte Bandbreite der Menschenrechte dar, insbesondere jedoch für die wirtschaftlichen, sozialen und kulturellen Rechte. Spanien, tief getroffen durch die europäische Finanzkrise, implementierte harte Sparmaßnahmen um die Voraussetzung für eine Reduzierung der Staatsschulden zu schaffen, die durch stetige Kapitalzuführungen für die bereits angeschlagenen spanischen Banken zusätzlich genährt wurden. […]
Since 2008, the global economy is experimenting a severe downturn: a deep financial and economic crisis has spread globally. This crisis is having devastating effects on lives and livelihoods across the world, threatening the whole range of human rights, but specifically economic, social and cultural rights. Spain, deeply affected by the European sovereign debt crisis, has implemented tough austerity measures as a precondition for the reduction of public debt, inflated by the constant capital injections made to the troubled Spanish banks. The United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, given the context of the economic crisis, decided on May 2012 to have a close look at the situation of human rights in the country, and expressed its concern over reductions in levels of protection afforded to the rights to housing, health, education, and work, among others, as a consequence of austerity measures. […]
Since 2008, the global economy is experimenting a severe downturn: a deep financial and economic crisis has spread globally. This crisis is having devastating effects on lives and livelihoods across the world, threatening the whole range of human rights, but specifically economic, social and cultural rights. Spain, deeply affected by the European sovereign debt crisis, has implemented tough austerity measures as a precondition for the reduction of public debt, inflated by the constant capital injections made to the troubled Spanish banks. The United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, given the context of the economic crisis, decided on May 2012 to have a close look at the situation of human rights in the country, and expressed its concern over reductions in levels of protection afforded to the rights to housing, health, education, and work, among others, as a consequence of austerity measures. […]
