Independent Expert's second study on an Optional Protocol corrigendum (2003) E/CN.4/2003/53 Corr.1
COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
Fifty-ninth session
Agenda item 10
ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS
Status of the international covenants on human rights
Report by Mr. Hatem Kotrane, independent expert on the question of
a draft optional protocol to the International Covenant on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights
Corrigendum
Executive summary
Replace the final paragraph with the following text:
“In conclusion, the independent expert recommends that the Commission on
Human Rights adopt a resolution in which it confirms the decision contained in its
resolution 2002/24, adopted at its fifty-eighth session, and to establish, at its fifty-ninth
session, an open-ended working of the Commission mandated to elaborate an optional
protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.”
Paragraph 76 (applies to the English version only)
The paragraph should read as follows:
“75. This leads the independent expert on the question of a draft optional protocol to
the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to recommend that
the Commission on Human Rights adopt a resolution in which it confirms the decision
contained in its resolution 2002/24, adopted at its fifty-eighth session, and to establish, at
its fifty- ninth session, an open-ended working of the Commission mandated to elaborate
an optional protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights in the light of the report of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights to the Commission concerning a draft optional protocol, comments by States,
intergovernmental and non- governmental organizations, and the report of the
independent expert.”