9 years 9 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF ESTONIA
16 November 2011
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has considered the second periodic report of Estonia on that country’s implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Introducing the report of Estonia, Lauri Bambus, Undersecretary for Legal and Consular Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, gave a brief overview of the developments in employment, social policy, health care, education and culture since the last report of Estonia. Legislative reform included the new Employment Contract Act,…
9 years 9 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS OPENS FORTY-SEVENTH SESSION
14 November 2011
Meeting Summaries
Hears Statement by Director of Human Rights Treaties Division, Adopts Agenda and Programme of Work
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this morning opened its forty-seventh session at the Palais Wilson in Geneva, hearing an address by Ibrahim Salama, Director of the Human Rights Treaties Division of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. The Committee also adopted its agenda and programme of work.
In his address, Mr. Salama said that the Committee was meeting at a time when the current human rights situation in the world had…
9 years 9 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS HOLDS DISCUSSION WITH NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
14 November 2011
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon held a discussion with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) on the implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Israel, Cameroon and Argentina, whose reports will be considered during the session.
On Israel, NGO representatives spoke about Israeli violations of the rights to water and sanitation of persons living in the Palestinian territories of the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, forced displacement for…
10 years 2 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONCLUDES FORTY-SIXTH SESSION
20 May 2011
Press Release
Issues Conclusions on Reports of Turkey, the Republic of Moldova, Germany, Yemen and the Russian Federation
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concluded its forty-sixth session today, after issuing its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Turkey, the Republic of Moldova, Germany, Yemen and the Russian Federation, which it considered during the session.
The countries considered by the Committee are among the 160 States parties to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights which are required to…
10 years 3 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
12 May 2011
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has considered the fifth periodic report of the Russian Federation on that country’s implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Introducing the report of the Russian Federation, Yury Voronin, Deputy Minister-State Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Social Development, said that systemic work was being done to develop the labour market, reduce unemployment and increase wages. As a result the unemployment rate was insignificant.…
10 years 3 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF YEMEN
10 May 2011
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has considered the second periodic report of Yemen on that country’s implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Introducing the report of Yemen, Rashad Al-Rassas, Minister of Legal Affairs and acting Minister for Human Rights, said that Yemen needed more support from the international community to promote human rights and in order to do away with the obstacles that prevented them from ensuring these rights. In the last few years they had adopted several…
10 years 3 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF GERMANY
09 May 2011
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has considered the fifth periodic report of Germany on that country’s implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Introducing the report of Germany, Andreas Storm, State Secretary of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, said that unemployment remained a concern of the Government and a high priority for the State. In 2010 the unemployment rate was approximately 7 per cent, which meant 3.24 million unemployed persons in 2010, versus almost 5…
10 years 3 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
05 May 2011
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has considered the second periodic report of the Republic of Moldova on that country’s implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Introducing the report of the Republic of Moldova, Sergiu Sainciuc, Deputy Minister of Labour, Social Protection and Family, said the State had taken a range of measures to increase the quality of life for the Roma population and it had developed a national action plan on gender equality. There had been an…
10 years 3 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF TURKEY
04 May 2011
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has considered the initial report of Turkey on that country’s implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Introducing the report of Turkey, Ali Onaner, Head of the Human Rights Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said since 2001 Turkey had pursued a comprehensive and active human rights reform process aimed at improving the protection and promotion of human rights and a series of legal reforms had been carried out in a short period of time,…
10 years 3 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS OPENS FORTY-SIXTH SESSION
02 May 2011
Meeting Summaries
Committee Elects New Bureau and Adopts Agenda and Programme of Work
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this morning opened its forty-sixth session this morning at the Palais Wilson in Geneva, hearing an address by Ibrahim Salama, Director of the Human Rights Treaties Division of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Two new members of the Committee also took the solemn oath and the Committee elected a new bureau and adopted its agenda and programme of work.
In his address, Ibrahim Salama, Director of the Human Rights Treaties…
