ESCR Resources
STATUS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS
Draft optional protocol to the International Covenant on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights
Note by the Secretary General
1. At its fifty-second session, the Commission on Human Rights took note of
the measures taken by the Committee on...
Published: Dec 6 2006 - 5:40pm
NGO Coalition for an Optional Protocol to the International Covenant for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
http://www.op-icescr-coalition.org
Amnesty Internationalhttp://www.amnesty.orgBayefsky.comhttp://www.bayefsky.comCHOIKEhttp://www.choike.orgCOHREhttp://www.cohre.orgFIANhttp://www.fian....
Published: Dec 6 2006 - 11:34am
Additional resources can be found on the webpage of the NGO Coalition for an Optional Protocol to the ICESCR
Nordic Journal of Human Rights Vol. 27, No.1:2009 12.1 Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
http://www.jus.uio.no/smr/english/people/aca/malcolml/NTMR109-1.pdf
The CESCR...
Published: Dec 6 2006 - 11:32am
Please send us your feedbackIf you have undertaken advocacy and/or activities around the OP-ICESCR please share them with us. We would like to gather examples from around the world and post them in this section of the website.Also, if you have any documents you think we should include or if you...
Published: Dec 6 2006 - 11:20am
The Open-Ended Working Group on the OP-ICESCR was established in 2002 (CHR Resolution 2002/24) with a mandate to "consider options regarding the elaboration of an Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights." In its resolution 2004/29, the Commission on...
Published: Nov 30 2006 - 7:29pm
When advocating for an OP-ICESCR it is important to address and understand many "myths" that have misguided some to challenge the very nature and relevance of economic, social and cultural rights. The following section of the website was developed by the NGO Coalition for an OP-ICESCR and is...
Published: Nov 30 2006 - 6:30pm
Government officials and parliamentarians committed to the promotion of economic, social and cultural rights should be actively engaged in the discussions of the OP-ICESCR and support its prompt ratification or accession.
7.1 Some Reasons why Governments Should Support the entry into force of an...
Published: Nov 30 2006 - 5:24pm
I. INTRODUCCIÓN Y PREMISAS BÁSICAS
1. El derecho de toda persona a beneficiarse de la protección de los intereses morales y
materiales que le correspondan por razón de las producciones científicas, literarias o artísticas de
que sea autora es un derecho humano, que deriva de la dignidad y la valía...
Published: Nov 30 2006 - 12:00pm
Aprobada el 24 de noviembre de 2005
Artículo 6 del Pacto Internacional de Derecho Económicos, Sociales y Culturales
I. INTRODUCCIÓN Y PREMISAS BÁSICAS
1. El derecho al trabajo es un derecho fundamental, reconocido en diversos instrumentos de
derecho internacional. El Pacto Internacional de Derechos...
Published: Nov 30 2006 - 11:52am