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UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) is the body of independent experts that monitors implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights by its States parties. The Committee was established under ECOSOC Resolution 1985/17 of 28 May 1985 to carry out the monitoring functions assigned to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in Part IV of the Covenant.
All States parties are obliged to submit regular reports to the Committee on how the rights are being implemented. States must report initially within two years of accepting the Covenant and thereafter every five years. The Committee examines each report and addresses its concerns and recommendations to the State party in the form of “concluding observations”.
Website: www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cescr/
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General comment no. 21, Right of everyone to take part in cultural life (art. 15, para. 1a of the Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights)
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21 December 2009
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Category: Reference Documents
| Publisher: UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)
| Document type: General Comments/Recommendations
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General comment No. 20: Non-discrimination in economic, social and cultural rights (art. 2, para. 2, of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights)
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2 July 2009
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Category: Legal Information
| Publisher: UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)
| Document type: General Comments/Recommendations
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General Comment No. 19: The right to social security (Art. 9 of the Covenant)
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4 February 2008
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Category: Legal Information
| Publisher: UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)
| Document type: General Comments/Recommendations
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General Comment No. 18: The Right to Work (Art. 6 of the Covenant)
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6 February 2006
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Category: Legal Information
| Publisher: UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)
| Document type: General Comments/Recommendations
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General Comment No. 17: The Right of Everyone to Benefit from the Protection of the Moral and Material Interests Resulting from any Scientific, Literary or Artistic Production of Which He or She is the Author (Art. 15, Para. 1 (c) of the Covenant)
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12 January 2006
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Category: Legal Information
| Publisher: UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)
| Document type: General Comments/Recommendations
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General Comment No. 16: The Equal Right of Men and Women to the Enjoyment of All Economic, Social
and Cultural Rights (Art. 3 of the Covenant)
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11 August 2005
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Category: Legal Information
| Publisher: UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)
| Document type: General Comments/Recommendations
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General Comment No. 15: The Right to Water (Arts. 11 and 12 of the Covenant)
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20 January 2003
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Category: Legal Information
| Publisher: UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)
| Document type: General Comments/Recommendations
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General Comment No. 14: The Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health (Art. 12 of the Covenant)
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11 August 2000
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Category: Legal Information
| Publisher: UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)
| Document type: General Comments/Recommendations
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General Comment No. 13: The Right to Education (Art. 13 of the Covenant)
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8 December 1999
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Category: Legal Information
| Publisher: UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)
| Document type: General Comments/Recommendations
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General Comment No. 12: The Right to Adequate Food (Art. 11 of the Covenant)
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12 May 1999
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Category: Legal Information
| Publisher: UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)
| Document type: General Comments/Recommendations
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