{"id":909,"date":"2012-01-26T16:57:18","date_gmt":"2012-01-26T14:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/?page_id=909"},"modified":"2023-04-21T12:36:18","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T10:36:18","slug":"prof-sandra-liebenberg","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/staff\/publiekreg-public-law\/prof-sandra-liebenberg\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof Sandra Liebenberg"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Distinguished Professor &amp; HF Oppenheimer Chair in Human Rights Law<\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p>BA LLB (UCT) LLM (University of Essex, UK) LLD (Witwatersrand)<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/files\/2023\/04\/Liebenberg_Profile-Pic_2020-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7481 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/files\/2023\/04\/Liebenberg_Profile-Pic_2020-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"98\" height=\"146\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/files\/2023\/04\/Liebenberg_Profile-Pic_2020-201x300.jpg 201w, http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/files\/2023\/04\/Liebenberg_Profile-Pic_2020-685x1024.jpg 685w, http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/files\/2023\/04\/Liebenberg_Profile-Pic_2020-768x1147.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/files\/2023\/04\/Liebenberg_Profile-Pic_2020-1028x1536.jpg 1028w, http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/files\/2023\/04\/Liebenberg_Profile-Pic_2020-1371x2048.jpg 1371w, http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/files\/2023\/04\/Liebenberg_Profile-Pic_2020-scaled.jpg 1714w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 98px) 100vw, 98px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Email\/E-pos:<a href=\"mailto:sliebenb@sun.ac.za\"> sliebenb@sun.ac.za<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7432-2131\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/orcid_16x16.png\" alt=\"ORCID iD icon\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7432-2131\"> https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7432-2131<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"1\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 48%;text-align: justify\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">Prof. Sandra Liebenberg is a Distinguished Professor and the HF Oppenheimer Chair in Human Rights Law in the Faculty of Law, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa where she teaches and supervises students in human rights law at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Her research focuses on economic, social, and cultural rights as well as the rights to equality and non-discrimination, a healthy environment, and sustainable development. She also organises the Faculty\u2019s Annual Human Rights Lecture Series, which is in its 17<sup>th<\/sup> year.<\/p>\n<p>From 1995 to 1996 she was appointed to the four-member Legal Technical Committee advising South Africa\u2019s Constitutional Assembly on the drafting of the Bill of Rights in the post-apartheid 1996 Constitution. She served as Chair of this Technical Committee. She was one of the two lead drafters of the <em>Principles and Guidelines of the Implementation of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the African Charter on Human and Peoples\u2019 Rights<\/em> adopted in 2010 by the African Commission on Human and Peoples\u2019 Rights.<\/p>\n<p>She is a former member of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2017 \u2013 2020), and served as Vice-Chair of this body from 2019 to 2020. During her term on CESCR, she was the Committee\u2019s first Rapporteur on follow-up to Concluding Observations; served on its Working Group on Communications; and was co-rapporteur on the Statement, &#8220;The pledge to leave no one behind: the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development&#8221;; as well as the forthcoming General Comment on the economic, social, and cultural rights and sustainable development. She is currently serving as Chair of the Maastricht IV Drafting Committee, an international research and advocacy project to prepare <em>Principles and Guidelines on the Human Rights of Future Generations<\/em> along with a comprehensive legal commentary.<\/p>\n<p>She has published widely in the field of socio-economic rights, including: <em>The South African Constitution from a Gender Perspective <\/em>(1995 &#8211; editor); <em>Socio-Economic Rights: Adjudication under a Transformative Constitution<\/em> (2010 \u2013 sole-authored monograph); and <em>Law and Poverty: Perspectives from South Africa and Beyond<\/em> (2011 &#8211; co-edited with Prof G Quinot). She has also been involved in public interest litigation, human rights training and education, and advice to State institutions, government departments, inter-governmental organisations and civil society organisations for several years.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022 she received an A1 rating from South Africa\u2019s National Research Foundation for her research in the field of socio-economic rights. A-Rated researchers are unequivocally recognised by their peers as leading international scholars in their respective fields, for the high quality and impact of their recent research.<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 30px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">Prof Sandra Liebenberg is &#8216;n uitgelese professor en die HF Oppenheimer Leerstoel in Menseregtereg in die Fakulteit Regsgeleerdheid, Universiteit Stellenbosch, waar sy studente in menseregtereg op voorgraadse en nagraadse vlak onderrig en as studieleier optree. Haar navorsing fokus op ekonomiese, sosiale en kulturele regte sowel as die regte op gelykheid en nie-diskriminasie, &#8216;n gesonde omgewing en volhoubare ontwikkeling. Sy re\u00ebl ook die Fakulteit se Jaarlikse Menseregtelesingsreeks, wat in sy 17de jaar is.<\/p>\n<p>Van 1995 tot 1996 is sy aangestel in die vier-lid Regstegniese Komitee wat Suid-Afrika se Grondwetlike Vergadering adviseer oor die opstel van die Handves van Regte in die postapartheid 1996 Grondwet. Sy het as voorsitter van hierdie Tegniese Komitee gedien. Sy was een van die twee hoofopstellers van die <em>&#8220;Principles and Guidelines of the Implementation of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the African Charter on Human and Peoples\u2019 Rights&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0 wat in 2010 deur die Afrika Kommissie van Menseregte aangeneem is.<\/p>\n<p>Sy is &#8216;n voormalige lid van die VN se Komitee oor Ekonomiese, Sosiale en Kulturele Regte (2017 \u2013 2020), en het vanaf 2019 tot 2020 as ondervoorsitter van hierdie liggaam gedien. Tydens haar termyn, was sy die Komitee se eerste Rapporteur oor opvolg vir Slotopmerkings, het op sy Werkgroep oor Kommunikasie gedien, en sy was mederapporteur vir die Verklaring, &#8220;The pledge to leave no one behind: the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development&#8221;; sowel as die komende Algemene Kommentaar oor die ekonomiese, sosiale en kulturele regte en volhoubare ontwikkeling. Sy dien tans as voorsitter van die Maastricht IV-opstelkomitee, &#8216;n internasionale navorsings- en voorspraakprojek om <em>&#8220;Principles and Guidelines on the Human Rights of Future Generations&#8221;<\/em> saam met &#8216;n omvattende regskommentaar voor te berei.<\/p>\n<p>Sy het wyd gepubliseer op die gebied van sosio-ekonomiese regte, insluitend: <em>The South African Constitution from a Gender Perspective<\/em> (1995 &#8211; redakteur); <em>Socio-Economic Rights: Adjudication under a Transformative Constitution<\/em> (2010 \u2013 skrywer van die monografie); en <em>Law and Poverty: Perspectives from South Africa and Beyond<\/em> (2011 &#8211; saam met prof G Quinot geredigeer). Sy is ook vir etlike jare betrokke by litigasie van openbare belang, menseregte-opleiding en -opvoeding en advies aan staatsinstellings, staatsdepartemente, interregeringsorganisasies en burgerlike samelewingsorganisasies.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022 het sy \u2019n A1-gradering van Suid-Afrika se Nasionale Navorsingstigting ontvang vir haar navorsing op die gebied van sosio-ekonomiese regte. A-gegradeerde navorsers word onomwonde deur hul eweknie\u00eb erken as toonaangewende internasionale vakkundiges in hul onderskeie velde, vir die ho\u00eb gehalte en impak van hul onlangse navorsing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 48%;text-align: justify\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Fields of Specialisation<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Constitutional Law<\/li>\n<li>International Human Rights Law<\/li>\n<li>Socio-Economic Rights<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 30px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Areas van Belangstelling<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Staatsreg<\/li>\n<li>Internasionale Menseregte<\/li>\n<li>Sosio-Ekonomiese regte<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 48%;text-align: justify\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Modules taught<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Constitutional Law 312<\/li>\n<li>Constitutional Law 451<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 30px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Modules aangebied<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Staatsreg 312<\/li>\n<li>Staatsreg 451<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Publications\/Publikasies<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Books\/Boeke<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>S Liebenberg (ed)\u00a0<em>The Constitution of South Africa from a Gender Perspective\u00a0<\/em>(1995), Cape Town: David Philip Publishers (Pty) Ltd in association with the Community Law Centre.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg &amp; K Pillay (eds)\u00a0<em>Socio-Economic Rights in South Africa: A Resource Book\u00a0<\/em>(2000) Cape Town: Community Law Centre, UWC.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg\u00a0<em>Socio-Economic Rights: Adjudication under a Transformative Constitution<\/em>\u00a0(2010), Cape Town: Juta &amp; Co Ltd.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg &amp; G Quinot (eds)\u00a0<em>Law and Poverty: Perspectives from South African and Beyond<\/em>\u00a0(2012), Cape Town: Juta &amp; Co Ltd.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Chapters in books\/Hoofstukke in boeke\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cSocial and Economic Rights: A Critical Challenge\u201d in S Liebenberg (ed)\u00a0<em>The Constitution of South Africa from a Gender Perspective<\/em>\u00a0(2005) 79-96, Cape Town: David Philip Publishers (Pty) Ltd in association with the Community Law Centre.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cHuman Rights and Economic Development: The Constraints and Obligations Imposed by the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights\u201d in N Steytler (ed)\u00a0<em>Democracy, Human Rights and Economic Development in Southern Africa<\/em>\u00a0(1997) 49-75, Johannesburg: Lex Patria Publishers.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cEnvironment\u201d in D Davis, H Cheadle &amp; N Haysom (eds)\u00a0<em>Fundamental\u00a0Rights in the Constitution: Commentary and Cases<\/em>\u00a0(1997) 256-263, Cape Town: Juta &amp; Co Ltd.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cEducation\u201d in D Davis, H Cheadle &amp; N Haysom (eds)<em>\u00a0Fundamental Rights in the Constitution: Commentary and Cases\u00a0<\/em>(1997) 294-302, Cape Town: Juta &amp; Co Ltd.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cHousing\u201d in D Davis, H Cheadle &amp; N Haysom (eds)<em>\u00a0Fundamental Rights in the Constitution: Commentary and Cases\u00a0<\/em>(1997) 342-353, Cape Town: Juta &amp; Co Ltd.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cHealth, Food, Water and Social Security\u201d in D Davis, H Cheadle &amp; N Haysom (eds)<em>\u00a0Fundamental Rights in the Constitution: Commentary and Cases\u00a0<\/em>(1997) 354-359, Cape Town: Juta &amp; Co Ltd.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cSocio-Economic Rights\u201d in M Chaskalson, J Kentridge, J Klaaren, G Marcus, D Spitz &amp; S Woolman (eds)\u00a0<em>Constitutional Law of South Africa<\/em>\u00a0(RS 3 1998) 41\u20131- 41\u201356, Cape Town: Juta &amp; Co Ltd.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cIntroducing Socio-Economic Rights\u201d in S Liebenberg &amp; K Pillay (eds)\u00a0<em>Socio-Economic Rights in South Africa: A Resource Book<\/em>\u00a0(2000) 9-40, Cape Town: Community Law Centre, UWC.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cSocial Security as a Human Right\u201d in\u00a0<em>Circle\u00a0of Rights \u2013<\/em>\u00a0<em>Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Activism: A Training Resource<\/em>\u00a0(2000) 200-219, International Human Rights Internship Program and Asia Forum for Human Rights and Development.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cThe Development of Policy, Plans and Legislation to Protect and Promote Economic, Social and Cultural Rights\u201d in\u00a0<em>Circle\u00a0of Rights \u2013<\/em>\u00a0<em>Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Activism: A Training Resource<\/em>\u00a0(2000) 407-417, International Human Rights Internship Program and Asia Forum for Human Rights and Development.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cViolations of Socio-Economic Rights: The Role of the South African Human Rights Commission\u201d in P Andrews &amp; S Ellmann (eds)\u00a0<em>The Post-Apartheid Constitutions: Perspectives on South Africa\u2019s Basic Law\u00a0<\/em>(2001) 405-443, Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press and Athens: Ohio University Press.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cThe Protection of Economic and Social Rights in Domestic Legal Systems\u201d in A Eide, C Krause &amp; A Rosas (eds)\u00a0<em>Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: A Textbook<\/em>\u00a02 ed (2001) 55-84, Dordrecht: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cEducation\u201d in H Cheadle, D Davis &amp; N Haysom (eds)\u00a0<em>South African Constitutional Law: The Bill of Rights<\/em>\u00a0(2002) 533-544, Durban: Butterworths.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cThe Right to Social Security: A Response from a South African Perspective\u201d in D Brand &amp; S Russel (eds)\u00a0<em>Exploring\u00a0the Core Content of Socio-Economic Rights: South African and International Perspectives<\/em>\u00a0(2002) 147-158, Pretoria: Protea Book House.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cThe Interpretation of Socio-Economic Rights\u201d in M Chaskalson, J Kentridge, J Klaaren, G Marcus, D Spitz &amp; S Woolman (eds)\u00a0<em>Constitutional Law of South Africa<\/em>\u00a02 ed (OS 2003) 33\u20131-33\u201366, Cape Town: Juta &amp; Co Ltd.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cEnforcing Positive Socio-Economic Rights Claims: The South African Model of Reasonableness Review\u201d in J Squires, M Langford &amp; B Thiele (eds)\u00a0<em>The Road to a Remedy: Current Issues in the Litigation of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights<\/em>\u00a0(2005) 73-88, Sydney: Australian Human Rights Centre, The University of New South Wales Press.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cThe Value of Human Dignity in Interpreting Socio-Economic Rights\u201d in AJ van der Walt (ed)\u00a0<em>Theories of Social and Economic Justice<\/em>\u00a0(2005) 141-167, Stellenbosch: Sun Press.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cThe Judicial Enforcement of Social Security Rights in South Africa: Enhancing Accountability for the Basic Needs of the Poor\u201d in E Riedel (ed)\u00a0<em>Social Security as a Human Right: Drafting a General Comment on Art 9, ICESCR \u2013 Some Challenges<\/em>\u00a0(2006) 66-90, Berlin: Springer.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cMaking a Difference: Human Rights and Development \u2013 Reflecting on the South African Experience\u201d in BA Andreassen &amp; SP Marks (eds)\u00a0<em>Development as a Human Right: Legal, Political and Economic Dimensions<\/em>\u00a0(2006) 167-195, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard School of Public Health &amp; Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cNeeds, Rights and Transformation: Adjudicating Social Rights in South Africa\u201d in T Lovell (ed)\u00a0<em>(Mis)recognition, Social Inequality and Social Justice: Nancy Fraser and Pierre Bourdieu<\/em>\u00a0(2007) 177-201, London: Routledge.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cSocio-Economic Rights under South Africa\u2019s Transformative Constitution\u201d in M Langford (ed)\u00a0<em>Social Rights Jurisprudence: Emerging Trends in International and Comparative Law<\/em>\u00a0(2008) 75-101, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cSocio-Economic Rights: Revisiting the Reasonableness Review \/ Minimum Core Debate\u201d in S Woolman &amp; M Bishop (eds)\u00a0<em>Constitutional Conversations<\/em>\u00a0(2008) 303-329, Pretoria: PULP Press.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cThe Judicial Enforcement of Socio-Economic Rights under South Africa\u2019s Transformative Constitution\u201d in D Fraser &amp; G Rodrigues (eds)\u00a0<em>Disrespect Today, Conflict Tomorrow<\/em>\u00a0(2009) 161-173, Nottingham: Critical, Cultural and Communications Press.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cReflections on Drafting a Bill of Rights: A South African Perspective\u201d in N Kersting (ed)\u00a0<em>Constitution in Transition: Academic Inputs for a New Constitution in Zimbabwe<\/em>\u00a0(2009) 21-45, Harare: GTZ &amp; Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cL\u2019Afrique du Sud: I\u2019adjudication des droits sociaux dans le context d\u2019une constitution transformatrice\u201d in P Bosset &amp; L Lamarche (eds)\u00a0<em>Droit de cite pour les droits \u00e9conomiques, sociaux et culturels<\/em>\u00a0(2011) 405-459, Cowansville: Editions Yvon Blais [selected for translation into French from S Liebenberg \u201cAdjudicating Social Rights under a Transformative Constitution\u201d in M Langford (ed)\u00a0<em>Social Rights Jurisprudence: Emerging Trends in International and Comparative Law<\/em>\u00a0(2008) 75-101, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press].<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cEquality Rights and Children: Moving Beyond a One-Size Fits All Approach\u201d in K Hall, I Woolard, L Lake &amp; C Smith (eds)\u00a0<em>South African Child Gauge<\/em>\u00a0<em>2012\u00a0<\/em>(2012) 24-31, Cape Town: Children\u2019s Institute, University of Cape Town.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cSocio-Economic Rights Beyond the Public\/Private Divide\u201d in M Langford, B Cousins, J Dugard, T Madlingozi (eds)\u00a0<em>Symbols or Substance? The Role and Impact of Socio-Economic Rights Strategies in South Africa<\/em>\u00a0(2014) 63-91, New York: Cambridge University Press.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg &amp; KG Young \u201cAdjudicating Social Rights: Can Democratic Experimentalism Help?\u201d in H Alviar Garc\u00eda, K Klare &amp; LA Williams (eds)\u00a0<em>Socio-Economic Rights in Theory and Practice: Critical Inquiries<\/em>\u00a0(2015) 237-257, London: Routledge.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cDirect Protection of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in South Africa\u201d in DM Chirwa &amp; L Chenwi (eds)\u00a0<em>The Protection of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Africa: International, Regional and National Perspectives<\/em>\u00a0(2016) 205-337, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cEmbedding Socio-Economic Rights\u201d in\u00a0<em>Reflections on the Bill of Rights\u00a0<\/em>(2018) 126-133, Cape Town: Parliament of the Republic of South Africa.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cThe Participatory Turn in South Africa\u2019s Socio-Economic Rights Jurisprudence\u201d in K Young (ed)\u00a0<em>The Future of Social Rights<\/em>\u00a0(2019) 187-211, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg &amp; RL Kolabhai \u201cPrivate Power, Economic Transformation, and the Bill of Rights\u201d Boggenpoel (ed) <em>Law, Justice and Transformation <\/em>(2022) 245-283, Durban: LexisNexis.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cSocio-Economic Rights in South Africa\u2019s Constitution: Aspirations, Achievements, Disappoints and Lessons\u201d in K Casla, M Sep\u00falveda, V Silva &amp; V Contreras (eds) <em>Social Rights and the Constitutional Moment: Learning From Chile and International Experiences<\/em> (2022) 61-74, Oxford: Hart Publishing.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cReasonableness Review\u201d in K Young &amp; M Langford (eds) <em>Oxford Handbook of Economic and Social Rights <\/em>(2023) published online (available at: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/oxfordhb\/9780197550021.013.48), Oxford: Oxford University Press.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Journal articles\/Joernaalartikels\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cThe International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and its Implications for South Africa\u201d (1995) 11\u00a0<em>South African Journal on Human Rights<\/em>\u00a0359-378<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cSocial Rights in the Constitution: Towards Effective Equality for Women in South Africa\u201d (1994)\u00a0<em>Third World Legal Studies Journal<\/em>\u00a0225-242.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cIdentifying Violations of Socio-Economic Rights: The Role of the SA Human Rights Commission\u201d (1997) 1\u00a0<em>Law, Democracy &amp; Development<\/em>\u00a0161-191.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cSocial Citizenship: A Precondition for Meaningful Democracy\u201d (1999) 40\u00a0<em>AGENDA<\/em>\u00a059-65.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cThe Right to Social Assistance: The Implications of\u00a0<em>Grootboom<\/em>\u00a0for Policy Reform in South Africa\u201d (2001) 17\u00a0<em>South African Journal on Human Rights<\/em>\u00a0232-257.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg &amp; M O\u2019Sullivan \u201cSouth Africa\u2019s New Equality Legislation: A Tool for Advancing Women\u2019s Economic Equality?\u201d (2001)\u00a0<em>Acta Juridica<\/em>\u00a070-103.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cSouth Africa\u2019s Evolving Jurisprudence on Socio-Economic Rights: An Effective Tool in Challenging Poverty?\u201d (2002) 6\u00a0<em>Law, Democracy &amp; Development<\/em>\u00a0159-191.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg (Guest Editor) Special issue entitled \u201cSocio-Economic Rights and Transformation in South Africa\u201d (2002) 6:2\u00a0<em>Law, Democracy and Development\u00a0<\/em>159-319.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg (Guest Editor) Special issue entitled \u201cSocio-Economic Rights and Transformation in South Africa\u201d (2003) 7:1<em>\u00a0Law, Democracy and Development\u00a0<\/em>1-169.<\/li>\n<li>B Goldblatt &amp; S Liebenberg \u201cGiving Money to Children: The State\u2019s Constitutional Obligations to Provide Child Support Grants to Child Headed Households\u201d (2004) 20\u00a0<em>South African Journal on Human Rights<\/em>\u00a0151-164.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cThe Value of Human Dignity in Interpreting Socio-Economic Rights\u201d (2005) 21\u00a0<em>South African Journal on Human Rights<\/em>\u00a01-31.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cNeeds, Rights and Transformation: Adjudicating Social Rights in South Africa\u201d (2006) 1\u00a0<em>Stellenbosch Law Review\u00a0<\/em>5-36.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cThe Adjudication of Social Rights under South Africa\u2019s Transformative Constitution\u201d (2006) 2\u00a0<em>Chilean Human Rights Yearbook \/ Anuario De Derechos Humanos\u00a0<\/em>53-72.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg &amp; B Goldbatt \u201cThe Interrelationship between Equality Rights and Socio-Economic Rights under a Transformative Constitution\u201d (2007) 23\u00a0<em>South African Journal on Human Rights<\/em>\u00a0335-361.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cTowards a Transformative Adjudication of Socio-Economic Rights\u201d (2007) 1\u00a0<em>Speculum Juris\u00a0<\/em>41-59.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cThe Application of Socio-Economic Rights to Private Law\u201d (2008) 3\u00a0<em>TSAR<\/em>\u00a0464-480.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cThe Value of Freedom in Interpreting Socio-Economic Rights\u201d (2008)\u00a0<em>Acta Juridica\u00a0<\/em>149-176.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cGrootboom and the Seduction of the Negative\/Positive Rights Dichotomy\u201d (2011) 26\u00a0<em>SAPL<\/em>\u00a037-59.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg &amp; G Quinot \u201cNarrowing the Band: Reasonableness Review in Administrative Justice and Socio-Economic Rights Jurisprudence in South Africa\u201d (2011) 3\u00a0<em>Stellenbosch Law Review<\/em>\u00a0639-663.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cEngaging the Paradoxes of the Universal and Particular in Human Rights Adjudication: The Possibilities and Pitfalls of \u2018Meaningful Engagement\u2019\u201d (2012) 12\u00a0<em>African Human Rights Law Journal<\/em>\u00a01-29.<\/li>\n<li>G Muller &amp; S Liebenberg \u201cDeveloping the Law of Joinder in the Context of the Eviction of People from their Homes\u201d (2013) 29\u00a0<em>SAJHR<\/em>\u00a0554-570.<\/li>\n<li>M Strauss &amp; S Liebenberg \u201cContested Spaces: Evictions Law in Post-Apartheid South Africa\u201d (2014) 13\u00a0<em>Planning Theory<\/em>\u00a0428-448.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cParticipatory Approaches to Socio-Economic Rights: Tentative Lessons from South African Evictions Law\u201d (2014) 32\u00a0<em>Nordic Journal on Human Rights<\/em>\u00a0312-330.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cJudicially Enforceable Socio-Economic Rights in South Africa: Between Light and Shadow\u201d (2014) 37\u00a0<em>Dublin University Law Journal\u00a0<\/em>131-171.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cFrom the Crucible of the Eastern Cape: New Legal Tools for the Poor\u201d (2015) 28\u00a0<em>Speculum Juris<\/em>\u00a01-18.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cTowards an Equality Promoting Interpretation of Socio-Economic Rights in South Africa: Insights from the Egalitarian Liberal Tradition\u201d (2015) 132\u00a0<em>South African Law Journal<\/em>\u00a0411-437.<\/li>\n<li>K Moyo &amp; S Liebenberg \u201cThe Privatization of Water Services: The Quest for Enhanced Human Rights Accountability\u201d (2015) 37\u00a0<em>Human Rights Quarterly<\/em>\u00a0691-727.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cSocial Rights and Transformation in South Africa: Three Frames\u201d (2015) 31\u00a0<em>South African Journal on Human Rights<\/em>\u00a0446-471.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cRemedial Principles and Meaningful Engagement in Education Rights Disputes\u201d (2016) 19\u00a0<em>Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal \/ Potcheftroomse Elektroniese Regsblad<\/em>\u00a0&lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.17159\/1727-3781\/2016\/v19i0a739\">http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.17159\/1727-3781\/2016\/v19i0a739<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cParticipatory Justice in Social Rights Adjudication\u201d (2018) 18\u00a0<em>Human Rights Law Review<\/em>\u00a0623-649.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cBetween Sovereignty and Accountability: The Emerging Jurisprudence of the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Under the Optional Protocol\u201d (2020) 42 <em>Human Rights Quarterly <\/em>48-84.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cSouth Africa and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Deepening the Synergies\u201d (2020) 3 <em>SA Judicial Education Journal <\/em>13-41.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cAusterity in the Midst of a Pandemic: Pursuing Accountability through the Socio-Economic Rights Doctrine of Non-Retrogression\u201d (2021) 37 <em>South African Journal on Human Rights <\/em>181-204.<\/li>\n<li>S Liebenberg \u201cThe Art of the (Im)possible? 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