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The Council of Ministers of Belgium has approved the ratification of the Optional Protocol to the ICESCR

We have good news to share. The Council of Ministers of Belgium has approved the ratification of the Optional Protocol to the ICESCR. Once Belgium concludes the ratification process it would be the 11th country to have done so, joining Ecuador, Mongolia, Spain, El Salvador, Argentina, Bolivia,...

Celebration of the Entry into Force of the OP-ICESCR

For Members of the NGO Coalition, NGOs and grassroots groups around the world, the entry into force of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (OP-ICESCR) on 5 May 2013, was cause for celebration, affirming the...

Celebration of the Entry into Force of the OP-ICESCR

Access to justice for ESCR violations celebrated globally, with States making new commitments to ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (OP-ICESCR).

PRESS RELEASE - Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Now Fully Justiciable at the International Level!

The Optional Protocol on ESC Rights Comes into Force in May 2013.

Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Now Fully Justiciable at the International Level! The Optional Protocol on ESC Rights Comes into Force in May 2013

Very soon, those who have experienced violations of economic, social and cultural rights will have a new opportunity to access justice.

The Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (the...

Open Letter

International NGO Coalition calls on all States to Ratify the OP-ICESCR

On the occasion of the fourth anniversary of the unanimous adoption of the Optional Protocol by the United Nations General Assembly on 10 December 2012, the...

Dec. 10, 2009 Statement of the International Coalition of NGO on the First Anniversary of the Adoption of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

December 10, 2009 marks the first anniversary of the adoption of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. On this occasion, the International Coalition of NGO issued a statement calling upon States and civil society to mobilize their efforts for a rapid ratification and implementation of the Optional Protocol.

Statement by Navanethem Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Statement by Navanethem Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights during the signing ceremony of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, held in New York on September 24, 2009.

NGOs welcome historic step forward for the protection of all human rights

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