ESCR Resources
World Conference on Human Rights, 25 June 1993.
Note by the secretariat
The World Conference on Human Rights,
Considering that the promotion and protection of human rights is a matter of priority for the international community, and that the Conference affords a unique opportunity to carry...
Published: Nov 16 2006 - 12:01pm
All human rights are universal, indivisible and interdependent and interrelated. The international community must treat human rights globally in a fair and equal manner, on the same footing, and with the same emphasis. While the significance of national and regional particularities and various...
Published: Nov 16 2006 - 11:25am
Draft, June 2006
This Manual aims to provide guidance to the mandate-holders appointed under the various United Nations human rights Special Procedures. It also seeks to facilitate a better...
Published: Nov 16 2006 - 11:08am
The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) together with its sister Covenant, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), and the Universal Declaration, form the International Bill of Human Rights which is the pillar for human rights protection...
Published: Nov 15 2006 - 6:48pm
One of the main challenges for NGOs advocating for the adoption of the OP-ICESCR was to ensure that the mechanism that was adopted protects all the substantive rights set forth in the ICESCR and all obligations that arise from these rights.
One of the most important issues that was debated...
Published: Nov 15 2006 - 6:22pm
The OP-ICESCR contains the following procedures:
1. Communications procedure
2. Inquiry procedure
3. Inter-State complaint mechanism
3.1 What is a communications procedure?The communications procedure is a mechanism contained in several international conventions that gives the opportunity for an...
Published: Nov 15 2006 - 6:10pm
2.1 What is an Optional Protocol?An optional protocol is a treaty that complements and adds to an existing human rights treaty. For this reason, only States that have already agreed to be bound by a parent treaty may choose to be parties to optional protocols.There are only two kinds of optional...
Published: Nov 15 2006 - 5:29pm
The right to the highest attainable standard of health : . 11/08/2000.
E/C.12/2000/4. (General Comments)
Convention Abbreviation: CESCR
SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES ARISING IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL
AND CULTURAL RIGHTS
GENERAL COMMENT NO.14 (2000...
Published: Nov 15 2006 - 4:48pm
The right to adequate housing (Art.11.1): forced evictions : . 20/05/97.
CESCR General comment 7. (General Comments)
Convention Abbreviation: CESCR
GENERAL COMMENT 7
The right to adequate housing (art. 11.1 of the Covenant):
forced evictions
(Sixteenth session, 1997)*
1. In...
Published: Nov 15 2006 - 4:45pm