Legal Documents

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

• The Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights.pdf
• The Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights.doc
• Link: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/OPCESCR.aspx

TheInternational Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights

• The International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights.pdf
• The International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights.doc
• Link: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CESCR.aspx

Rules of Procedure under the OP-ICESCR

• Rules of Procedure under the OP-ICESCR.pdf
• Rules of Procedure under the OP-ICESCR.doc

Considerations of the International NGO Coalition to the Rules of Procedure

This paper presents the NGO Coalition's views regarding key provisions of the OP ICESCR that it considers should be reflected in the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Committee) Rules of Procedure related to individual communications. We recognize that many questions regarding interpretation and application of the OP ICESCR will best be addressed by the Committee through the development of its jurisprudence. However, we consider the issues addressed in this paper to be appropriate for clarification in this preliminary stage of the Committee's work in light of their centrality to the effectiveness of the procedure and the existence of well-established jurisprudence and practice from other human rights bodies.

• Considerations of the International NGO Coalition to the Rules of Procedure.pdf
• Considerations of the International NGO Coalition to the Rules of Procedure.doc