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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. 24 (2017) on State obligations under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the context of business activities

10 August 2017 | Publisher: UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

Duties of States towards refugees and migrants under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

13 March 2017 | Publisher: UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under articles 16 and 17 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Third periodic report of States parties due in 2016 : Republic of Moldova

1 December 2016 | Publisher: UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) | Document type: States Parties Reports

List of issues in relation to the fifth periodic report of Uruguay

10 November 2016 | Publisher: UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) | Document type: Country Reports

List of issues in relation to the fifth periodic report of Australia

9 November 2016 | Publisher: UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) | Document type: Country Reports

List of issues in relation to the combined second and third periodic reports of Liechtenstein

9 November 2016 | Publisher: UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) | Document type: Country Reports

List of issues in relation to the initial report of Pakistan

7 November 2016 | Publisher: UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) | Document type: Country Reports

List of issues in relation to the fifth periodic report of Sri Lanka

7 November 2016 | Publisher: UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Concluding observations on the sixth periodic report of Cyprus

28 October 2016 | Publisher: UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) | Document type: Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the sixth periodic report of Poland

26 October 2016 | Publisher: UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) | Document type: Concluding Observations

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