The research project at the University of La Laguna, entitled 'Vulnerability, precariousness and social gaps. Towards a redefinition of fundamental rights?', funded by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, and directed by Vicente Navarro Marchante y María José Guerra Palmero, has published the collective work with the publisher Tirant lo Blanch «"Social rights in the Statute of Autonomy of the Canary Islands"», Funded by the Ministry of Social Welfare, Equality, Youth, Children and Families of the Government of the Canary Islands. The book was directed by Vicente Navarro Marchante, with coordination by Daniel López Rubio y Sergio Siverio Luis.
The book, published in Open Access, stems from an initiative of the Vice-Ministry of Equality and Diversity of the Government of the Canary Islands and is intended to serve as a comprehensive study of statutory rights in the Canary Islands Autonomous Community. The work, which features contributions from authors with diverse backgrounds—university professors, parliamentary lawyers, regional government technical staff, etc.—begins with several general reflections on the nature and effectiveness of statutory rights and then presents specific studies on each right, delving into its operation, development, and application.
The new collaborative work begins with a first part dedicated to some fundamental issues for the proper study of statutory rights. It provides a general overview of these rights, analyzing their nature, holders, guarantees, and enforceability; it reiterates and explains in detail that the rights recognized by domestic law for citizens must be framed within international human rights instruments, as well as European Union law; and it analyzes one of the essential prerequisites surrounding any right to a benefit: its financing. Thus, the work reflects on the Economic and Fiscal Regime of the Canary Islands as an instrument that allows for the promotion and development of the rights enshrined in the Statute of Autonomy.
The second part of the work provides a detailed study of each of the rights recognized in the Canary Islands Statute. This analysis is presented to readers in nine subsections that structure the rights according to common themes: Section A is dedicated to the rights enjoyed by Canary Islands citizens in their relations with Canary Islands public authorities, and Section B addresses different aspects of equality to which the Canary Islands Statute of Autonomy pays special attention.
Section C introduces four works related to public health, while section D groups four chapters related to education, culture, and democratic memory, given their clear commonalities. The following section of the volume addresses rights related to disability, dependency, and social services, also including reflections on minimum income.
Block F is dedicated entirely to the issue of housing, given its current importance, while Block G explores the rights that protect Canary Island citizens in their dealings with businesses, considering their dual role as workers and consumers. Block H aims to reflect on two closely linked issues: the environment and animal protection. The final section includes two papers related to the right to new technologies and the protection of citizens' personal data, so crucial to our use of these technologies.
The editors of this work, through this structure, aim to provide the reader with a comprehensive overview of statutory rights in the Canary Islands. The intention is to offer interested parties the necessary legal elements for understanding each and every right contained in the Statute of Autonomy, taking into account its defining elements, regulatory development, references to comparative regional law, relevant case law from the Supreme Court, the Constitutional Court, and, where applicable, the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Court of Human Rights.
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