ESCR Resources
INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF JURISTS
Commission internationale de juristes - Comisión Internacional de Juristas
" dedicated since 1952 to the primacy, coherence and implementation of international law and principles that advance human rights "
ISSUES RELEVANT TO THE DISCUSSIONS OF THE UNITED...
Published: Dec 7 2006 - 1:44pm
Open-Ended Working-Group to consider options regarding the elaboration of an optional protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)
January 2005
Thank you Madam Chair.
The right to social security is perhaps one of the mostly baldly and briefly...
Published: Dec 7 2006 - 1:07pm
January 2005
Madam Chair,
Having followed the discussions in this working-group over the last two weeks, my organisation, the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE), is very pleased to see that throughout the debates and the various interventions of delegations, a clear preferred...
Published: Dec 7 2006 - 1:03pm
Open-Ended Working-Group to consider options regarding the elaboration of an optional protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)
January 2005
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Madam Chair,
As we are discussing, the report of the Secretary General containing...
Published: Dec 7 2006 - 12:58pm
Thank you Mister Chairperson for the opportunity to address the Commission on behalf of the NGO Coalition for an Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which is comprised of national, regional and international organisations and individuals...
Published: Dec 7 2006 - 12:46pm
Thank you Madame Chair for the opportunity to discuss the options for an Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (OP to ICESCR). It will come as no surprise to delegates in the room that the position of the Coalition for an Optional Protocol is...
Published: Dec 7 2006 - 12:36pm
Madame Chairperson, my name is Caroline Lambert, I am speaking on behalf of the NGO Coalition for an Optional Protocol to the ICESCR. The Coalition comprises domestic, regional and international organisations and interested individuals who recognise the vital role that an OP to ICESCR can play...
Published: Dec 7 2006 - 12:26pm
NGO COALITION FOR AN OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO ICESCR
Statement to the Open-Ended Working Group to consider options regarding the elaboration of an Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Madame Chairperson, my name is Vincent Calderhead and I...
Published: Dec 7 2006 - 12:17pm
COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
Open-ended working group on an
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant
on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Geneva, 23 February to 5 March 2004
Information provided by Non-Governmental Organisations
Joint Submission by Non-Governmental Organisations, Human...
Published: Dec 7 2006 - 11:59am
COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
Sixty-first session
Item 10 of the provisional agenda
ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS
Chairperson-Rapporteur: Catarina de Albuquerque (Portugal)
GE.05-10836 (E) 210205
Introduction
1. In its resolution 2004/29, the Commission on Human Rights decided to renew for a...
Published: Dec 7 2006 - 11:16am