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Title | Date added | Template | Body | Legal status | Document type | Year | Document code | Original document | Paragraph text | Thematics | Topic(s) | Person(s) affected | Year |
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General comment No. 26 (2022) on land and economic, social
and cultural rights | Mar 5, 2024 | Document | Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | Non-negotiated soft law | General Comment / Recommendation | 2023 | E/C.12/GC/26 | ||||||
General comment No. 25 (2020) on science and economic,
social and cultural rights (article 15 (1) (b), (2), (3) and (4) of
the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights) | Mar 5, 2024 | Document | Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | Non-negotiated soft law | General Comment / Recommendation | 2020 | E/C.12/GC/25 | ||||||
State obligations under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the context of business activities | Aug 19, 2019 | Document | Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | Non-negotiated soft law | General Comment / Recommendation | 2017 | E/C.12/GC/24 | ||||||
Right of everyone to take part in cultural life (Art. 15, para. 1(a)) | Aug 19, 2019 | Document | Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | Non-negotiated soft law | General Comment / Recommendation | 2009 | E/C.12/GC/21 | ||||||
The right to social security (Art. 9) | Aug 19, 2019 | Document | Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | Non-negotiated soft law | General Comment / Recommendation | 2007 | E/C.12/GC/19 | ||||||
The right to water (Art. 11 and 12) | Aug 19, 2019 | Document | Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | Non-negotiated soft law | General Comment / Recommendation | 2002 | E/C.12/2002/11 | ||||||
Non-discrimination in economic, social and cultural rights (Art. 2, para. 2) | Aug 19, 2019 | Document | Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | Non-negotiated soft law | General Comment / Recommendation | 2009 | E/C.12/GC/20 | ||||||
The role of national human rights institutions in the protection of economic, social and cultural rights | Aug 19, 2019 | Document | Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | Non-negotiated soft law | General Comment / Recommendation | 1998 | E/C.12/1998/24 | ||||||
Persons with Disabilities | Aug 19, 2019 | Document | Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | Non-negotiated soft law | General Comment / Recommendation | 1994 | E/C.12/1994/13 | ||||||
The right to adequate food (Art. 11) | Aug 19, 2019 | Document | Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | Non-negotiated soft law | General Comment / Recommendation | 1999 | E/C.12/1999/5 | ||||||
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)) | Aug 19, 2019 | Document | Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | Non-negotiated soft law | General Comment / Recommendation | 2005 | E/C.12/GC/17 | ||||||
The right to sexual and reproductive health (Art. 12) | Aug 19, 2019 | Document | Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | Non-negotiated soft law | General Comment / Recommendation | 2016 | E/C.12/GC/22 | ||||||
The right to just and favourable conditions of work (Art. 7) | Aug 19, 2019 | Document | Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | Non-negotiated soft law | General Comment / Recommendation | 2016 | E/C.12/GC/23 | ||||||
The equal right of men and women to the enjoyment of all economic, social and cultural rights | Aug 19, 2019 | Document | Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | Non-negotiated soft law | General Comment / Recommendation | 2005 | E/C.12/2005/4 | ||||||
The right to the highest attainable standard of health (Art. 12) | Aug 19, 2019 | Document | Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | Non-negotiated soft law | General Comment / Recommendation | 2000 | E/C.12/2000/4 | ||||||
The relationship between economic sanctions and respect for economic, social and cultural rights | Aug 19, 2019 | Document | Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | Non-negotiated soft law | General Comment / Recommendation | 1997 | E/C.12/1997/8 | ||||||
The economic, social and cultural rights of older persons | Aug 19, 2019 | Document | Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | Non-negotiated soft law | General Comment / Recommendation | 1995 | E/C.12/1995/16 | ||||||
The right to work (Art. 6) | Aug 19, 2019 | Document | Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | Non-negotiated soft law | General Comment / Recommendation | 2005 | E/C.12/GC/18 | ||||||
The right to education (Art. 13) | Aug 19, 2019 | Document | Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | Non-negotiated soft law | General Comment / Recommendation | 1999 | E/C.12/1999/10 | ||||||
Plans of action for primary education (Art. 14) | Aug 19, 2019 | Document | Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | Non-negotiated soft law | General Comment / Recommendation | 1999 | E/C.12/1999/4 | ||||||
The domestic application of the Covenant | Aug 19, 2019 | Document | Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | Non-negotiated soft law | General Comment / Recommendation | 1998 | E/C.12/1998/24 | ||||||
Forced evictions | Aug 19, 2019 | Document | Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | Non-negotiated soft law | General Comment / Recommendation | 1997 | E/C.12/1997/4 | ||||||
The right to adequate housing | Aug 19, 2019 | Document | Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | Non-negotiated soft law | General Comment / Recommendation | 1991 | |||||||
The nature of States parties’ obligations | Aug 19, 2019 | Document | Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | Non-negotiated soft law | General Comment / Recommendation | 1990 | |||||||
International technical assistance measures | Aug 19, 2019 | Document | Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | Non-negotiated soft law | General Comment / Recommendation | 1990 | |||||||
Reporting by States Parties | Aug 19, 2019 | Document | Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | Non-negotiated soft law | General Comment / Recommendation | 1989 | |||||||
The right to sexual and reproductive health (Art. 12) 2016, para. 9 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Committee on Social, Economic and Cultural Rights | Non-negotiated soft law | General Comment / Recommendation | The realization of the right to sexual and reproductive health requires that States parties also meet their obligations under other provisions of the Covenant. For example, the right to sexual and reproductive health, combined with the right to education (articles 13 and 14) and the right to non-discrimination and equality between men and women (articles 2 (2) and 3), entails a right to education on sexuality and reproduction that is comprehensive, non-discriminatory, evidence-based, scientifically accurate and age appropriate. The right to sexual and reproductive health, combined with the right to work (article 6) and just and favourable working conditions (article 7), as well as the right to non discrimination and equality between men and women, also requires States to ensure employment with maternity protection and parental leave for workers, including workers in vulnerable situations, such as migrant workers or women with disabilities, as well as protection from sexual harassment in the workplace and prohibition of discrimination based on pregnancy, childbirth, parenthood, sexual orientation, gender identity or intersex status. |
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Right of everyone to take part in cultural life (Art. 15, para. 1(a)) 2009, para. 16a | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Committee on Social, Economic and Cultural Rights | Non-negotiated soft law | General Comment / Recommendation | [The following are necessary conditions for the full realization of the right of everyone to take part in cultural life on the basis of equality and non-discrimination.] Availability is the presence of cultural goods and services that are open for everyone to enjoy and benefit from, including libraries, museums, theatres, cinemas and sports stadiums; literature, including folklore, and the arts in all forms; the shared open spaces essential to cultural interaction, such as parks, squares, avenues and streets; nature's gifts, such as seas, lakes, rivers, mountains, forests and nature reserves, including the flora and fauna found there, which give nations their character and biodiversity; intangible cultural goods, such as languages, customs, traditions, beliefs, knowledge and history, as well as values, which make up identity and contribute to the cultural diversity of individuals and communities. Of all the cultural goods, one of special value is the productive intercultural kinship that arises where diverse groups, minorities and communities can freely share the same territory; |
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Right of everyone to take part in cultural life (Art. 15, para. 1(a)) 2009, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Committee on Social, Economic and Cultural Rights | Non-negotiated soft law | General Comment / Recommendation | The right of everyone to take part in cultural life is also recognized in article 27, paragraph 1, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which states that "everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community". Other international instruments refer to the right to equal participation in cultural activities; the right to participate in all aspects of social and cultural life; the right to participate fully in cultural and artistic life; the right of access to and participation in cultural life; and the right to take part on an equal basis with others in cultural life. Instruments on civil and political rights, on the rights of persons belonging to minorities to enjoy their own culture, to profess and practise their own religion, and to use their own language, in private and in public, and to participate effectively in cultural life, on the rights of indigenous peoples to their cultural institutions, ancestral lands, natural resources and traditional knowledge, and on the right to development also contain important provisions on this subject. |
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The right to social security (Art. 9) 2007, para. 42 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Committee on Social, Economic and Cultural Rights | Non-negotiated soft law | General Comment / Recommendation | There is a strong presumption that retrogressive measures taken in relation to the right to social security are prohibited under the Covenant. If any deliberately retrogressive measures are taken, the State party has the burden of proving that they have been introduced after the most careful consideration of all alternatives and that they are duly justified by reference to the totality of the rights provided for in the Covenant, in the context of the full use of the maximum available resources of the State party. The Committee will look carefully at whether: (a) there was reasonable justification for the action; (b) alternatives were comprehensively examined; (c) there was genuine participation of affected groups in examining the proposed measures and alternatives; (d) the measures were directly or indirectly discriminatory; (e) the measures will have a sustained impact on the realization of the right to social security, an unreasonable impact on acquired social security rights or whether an individual or group is deprived of access to the minimum essential level of social security; and (f) whether there was an independent review of the measures at the national level. |
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