The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights interpret the Covenant as also requiring states to respect the academic freedom of staff and students, as this is vital for the educational process.
The latter clause is sometimes seen as requiring the protection of intellectual property, but the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights interprets it as primarily protecting the moral rights of authors and "proclaim[ing] the intrinsically personal character of every creation of the human mind and the ensuing durable link between creators and their creations".
For years the Republican party depended on the spectre of the evil Soviet Union to stir up nationalistic impulses and demonised the left as unpatriotic; many on the right interpreted the collapse of the Soviet bloc as proof of the bankruptcy of socialist principles.
This view is supported by several human rights bodies which, lacking jurisdiction over (or the justiciability of) economic, social and cultural rights, have interpreted the right to life to include subsistence rights.
The material rights are interpreted as being part of the right to an adequate standard of living, and "need not extend over the entire lifespan of an author".
One area of both Sonke's and Khululeka's work that consistently produced heated debate and discussion was that of human rights, and in particular, the ways human rights were interpreted and applied in South Africa with respect to children; women; and members of the lesbian, gay bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community.
Tells how Carter's stand on human rights was interpreted as both leftist and rightist.
Clearly the words "feminism", "equality" and "women's rights" are interpreted differently in different contexts.
Steve Peers, professor in EU law at Essex University, said this measure would breach the EU charter of fundamental rights, as interpreted by the European court of justice.
Some analysts and human rights advocates interpreted its harshness as a message to the Obama administration that China's new leaders do not intend to bow to Western pressure on human rights.
