10 years 3 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS HOLDS DISCUSSION WITH NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
02 May 2011
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon held a discussion with non-governmental organizations on the implementation of the Covenant in four of the five countries under review during this session, namely Turkey, Republic of Moldova, Germany and the Russian Federation.
During the discussion with non-governmental organizations (NGOs), representatives from NGOs in Turkey noted that dams were being built without the prior consultation of affected communities, villages were being destroyed and cultural ways of life…
10 years 9 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONCLUDES FORTY-FIFTH SESSION
19 November 2010
Press Release
Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Dominican Republic, Netherlands, Sri Lanka, Switzerland and Uruguay
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its forty-fifth session during which it examined measures taken by the Dominican Republic, the Netherlands, Sri Lanka, Switzerland and Uruguay to comply with the standards of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
The concluding observations and recommendations by the Committee on the five countries will be issued at the end of the…
10 years 9 months ago
ON WORLD TOILET DAY, UN COMMITTEE URGES STATES TO TAKE SANITATION SERIOUSLY
18 November 2010
Meeting Summaries
GENEVA – A key UN human rights committee will adopt a statement* Friday – coinciding with World Toilet Day – which details massive problems relating to sanitation across the globe, and urging States to ensure that “everyone, without discrimination, has physical and affordable access to sanitation that is safe, hygienic, secure, socially and culturally acceptable, provides privacy and ensures dignity.”
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights said sanitation is “a largely neglected topic,” despite the fact that 2.6 billion people do not have access…
10 years 9 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS HOLDS DAY OF GENERAL DISCUSSION ON SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
15 November 2010
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today held a Day of General Discussion to discuss the Committee’s draft General Comment on the right to sexual and reproductive health. The Committee held thematic discussions with distinguished panellists on the concept of the right to sexual and reproductive health; normative aspects of this right; and cross-cutting issues concerning sexual and reproductive health rights. In introductory remarks, Jaime Marchan Romero, Committee Chairperson, noted that all the rights…
10 years 9 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORTS OF THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
11 November 2010
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has considered the combined periodic reports of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, including the Netherlands, Curacao, Aruba and Sint Maarten on how those countries implement the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Edwin B. Abath, Head of the Delegation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Minister Plenipotentiary of Aruba, said that just a month ago the Kingdom of the Netherlands underwent a major constitutional reform. On 10 October 2010…
10 years 9 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF SRI LANKA
09 November 2010
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has considered the combined second, third and fourth periodic report of Sri Lanka on how that country is implementing the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Introducing the report, Shavindra Fernando, Deputy Solicitor-General of Sri Lanka, said that Sri Lanka was at a crossroads, having emerged from a 30-year protracted armed conflict, defeating the menace of terrorism that stood in the way for too long in achieving greater prosperity for all Sri Lankans.…
10 years 9 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF SWITZERLAND
08 November 2010
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has considered the combined second and third periodic report of Switzerland on how that country implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Introducing the report, Jean-Jacques Elmiger, Ambassador at the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs of Switzerland, said that the Swiss Government attached the greatest importance to the defense of human rights but also to the principles of democracy and the rule of…
10 years 9 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
04 November 2010
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has considered the third periodic report of the Dominican Republic on how that country implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Introducing the report, Max Puig, Minister of Labour of the Dominican Republic, said that the report was the result of a great deal of work his Government had carried out with a great deal of responsibility and that the Dominican Republic, as a founding member of the United Nations, fully adhered to the principle of…
10 years 9 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF URUGUAY
03 November 2010
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has considered the combined third and fourth periodic report of Uruguay on how that country implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Introducing the report of Uruguay, Ricardo Gonzalez, Director General for Political Affairs at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Uruguay, said that Uruguay was working very hard to protect economic, social and cultural rights via its public policies and was coordinating these policies with civil society. Uruguay had…
10 years 9 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS OPENS FORTY-FIFTH SESSION
01 November 2010
Meeting Summaries
Committee Hears Address by High Commissioner for Human Rights, Adopts Agenda
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this morning opened its forty-fifth session, hearing an address by Navi Pillay, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and adopting its agenda.
Ms. Pillay, outlining some important new developments of interest to the Committee that had taken place since its last session, said that this year’s High-Level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals had been a milestone. The Chairpersons…
