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This article builds on theories about the expressive function of law and uses Structural Topic Modelling to examine how the prioritisation of civil and political rights (CPR) issues by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) has affected the agendas of Cambodian human rights NGOs with an international profile. It asks whether these NGOs' focus on CPR issues can be traced back to the near-exclusive focus on CPR issues by the court, and whether this has implications for the creation of a "thick" kind of human rights accountability. It argues that, considering the nature of the Khmer Rouge's genocidal policy, it would have been within the mandate and capacity of the court to pay more attention to actions that also constituted violations of economic, social, and cultural rights (ESCR). The fact that the court did not do this and instead almost completely obscured ESCR rhetorically has triggered a similar blind spot for ESCR issues on the part of human rights NGOs, which could have otherwise played an important role in creating a culture of accountability around this category of human rights. Does this mean that violators of ESCR are more likely to escape prosecution going forward?

Work and livelihoods; poverty and dependency; economic security and insecurity: for most of our history, their constitutional importance was self‐evident. The framers of 1789 had no doubt that personal liberty and political equality demanded a measure of economic independence and material security. In the wake of industrialization and urbanization, generations of reformers declared that America needed a "new economic constitutional order" and a "second Bill of Rights," securing the old promises of individual freedom, opportunity, and well‐being via new government duties and new social and economic rights. Yet today, with the important exception of employment discrimination, work, livelihoods, and the material bases of membership in the community have vanished from the constitutional landscape. That is a scandal; for the U.S. is no different from other nations: constitutional democracy is impossible here, just as it is elsewhere, without some limits on social and economic deprivation. Nonetheless, "welfare rights," as most Americans understand them, have been tried and rejected; "redistribution" is more likely to seem constitutionally suspect than constitutionally commanded. Using history and contemporary experience, this short essay tries to answer that question how, if at all, should the Constitution be interpreted to safeguard social rights or a social minimum in the twenty‐first century?

The commercial sexual exploitation of children ('CSEC') is an egregious human rights and public health violation that occurs every day across the US. Although there has been positive change in the US to bring attention to CSEC and to reform laws and policies to assist CSEC victims, scant attention and resources have been dedicated to prevention efforts. This paper critiques current US strategies to address CSEC and highlights the limitations of an interventionist framework that narrows its focus to anti-trafficking efforts. As an alternative, the paper proposes a human rights-based approach focusing on the fulfillment of economic and social rights of children as a prevention strategy in the US. Adapted from the source document.

The commercial sexual exploitation of children ('CSEC') is an egregious human rights and public health violation that occurs every day across the US. Although there has been positive change in the US to bring attention to CSEC and to reform laws and policies to assist CSEC victims, scant attention and resources have been dedicated to prevention efforts. This paper critiques current US strategies to address CSEC and highlights the limitations of an interventionist framework that narrows its focus to anti-trafficking efforts. As an alternative, the paper proposes a human rights-based approach focusing on the fulfillment of economic and social rights of children as a prevention strategy in the US. Adapted from the source document.

China's performance since 1949, compared with that of other Asian countries, using criteria from the Physical Quality of Life Index.