ESCR Resources
Convention Abbreviation: CESCR
SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES ARISING IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL
AND CULTURAL RIGHTS: POVERTY AND THE INTERNATIONAL
COVENANT ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS
STATEMENT ADOPTED BY THE COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC,...
Published: Nov 16 2006 - 1:28pm
Part I: THE NATURE AND SCOPE OF STATES PARTIES' OBLIGATIONS
A. General Observations
1. Economic, social and cultural rights are an integral part of international human rights law. They are the subject of specific treaty obligations in various international instruments, notably the...
Published: Nov 16 2006 - 12:36pm
General Assembly resolution 55/2 of 8 September 2000
The General Assembly
Adopts the following Declaration:
United Nations Millennium Declaration
I. Values and principles
1. We, heads of State and Government, have gathered at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 6 to 8 September 2000,...
Published: Nov 16 2006 - 12:11pm
World Conference on Human Rights, 25 June 1993.
Note by the secretariat
The World Conference on Human Rights,
Considering that the promotion and protection of human rights is a matter of priority for the international community, and that the Conference affords a unique opportunity to carry...
Published: Nov 16 2006 - 12:01pm
All human rights are universal, indivisible and interdependent and interrelated. The international community must treat human rights globally in a fair and equal manner, on the same footing, and with the same emphasis. While the significance of national and regional particularities and various...
Published: Nov 16 2006 - 11:25am
Draft, June 2006
This Manual aims to provide guidance to the mandate-holders appointed under the various United Nations human rights Special Procedures. It also seeks to facilitate a better...
Published: Nov 16 2006 - 11:08am
The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) together with its sister Covenant, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), and the Universal Declaration, form the International Bill of Human Rights which is the pillar for human rights protection...
Published: Nov 15 2006 - 6:48pm
One of the main challenges for NGOs advocating for the adoption of the OP-ICESCR was to ensure that the mechanism that was adopted protects all the substantive rights set forth in the ICESCR and all obligations that arise from these rights.
One of the most important issues that was debated...
Published: Nov 15 2006 - 6:22pm