Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: A Guide for Minorities and Indigenous Peoples Edited by Margot E. Salomon Contents Abbreviations 1 Preface by Paul Hunt, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health 3 Introduction by Margot E. Salomon 5 The rights to food and to water by Pooja Ahluwalia 17 Housing rights by Iain Byrne 29 Health rights by Alicia Ely Yamin 41 Education rights by Duncan Wilson 55 Labour rights by Lee Swepston 69 Cultural rights by Fergus MacKay 83 Conclusion by Margot E. Salomon 95 Annex I: Useful contacts 101 Annex II: Special Procedures of the UN Commission on Human Rights 105 Annex III: Model communication/complaint under UN human rights treaties 108 Annex IV: Shadow report guidelines 111 Annex V: Complaints to international financial institutions 114 Select bibliography 117 Contributors 123