Protecting working welfare recipients through human rights experimentalism

Abstract In this paper, we adopt an experimentalist approach to determining the content of international human rights for assessing national mandatory work programmes recipients social assistance (MWPs). This implies going back and forth between law experience in order determine better way secure ever-changing environment. After having identified six criteria evaluating MWPs soft case-law bodies, confront emerging framework with empirical study on MWP practices Netherlands. confrontation reveals that specific aspects capability voice working welfare are absent is not gender-neutral. Including these aspects, construct human-rights-based instrument suitable MWPs.