11 years 9 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF REPUBLIC OF KOREA
11 November 2009
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has considered the third periodic report of the Republic of Korea on how that country implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Introducing the report, Lee Sung-Joo, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations Office at Geneva, said that recent far-reaching economic and social changes were affecting the country. One was the global economic crisis and marginalization. The recent situation clearly illustrated that it…
11 years 9 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF MADAGASCAR
10 November 2009
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has considered the second periodic report of Madagascar on how that country implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Christine Razanamahasoa, Minister of Justice of Madagascar, introducing the report, said that Madagascar had signed the Optional Protocol to the Covenant, which testified to the country’s will to reinforce the application of the Covenant. The fact that economic, social and cultural rights were enshrined in Madagascar’s Constitution…
11 years 9 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF POLAND
06 November 2009
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has considered the fifth periodic report of Poland on how that country implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Introducing the report, Radoslaw Mleczko, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Labour and Social Policy of Poland, said that during the period covered by the report, Poland had joined the European Union. For individual citizens, Poland’s European Union membership translated into a higher standard of living, lower risk of unemployment, greater…
11 years 9 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS REVIEWS REPORT OF CHAD IN ABSENCE OF A DELEGATION
05 November 2009
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today considered the combined initial to third periodic report of Chad, on how that country implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, in the absence of a delegation.
Marchan Romero, Chairperson of the Committee, in opening remarks, said that Chad had ratified the Covenant in 1995. According to the Committee’s initial programme of work, the delegation of Chad should have been present as of yesterday. The Committee had received…
11 years 9 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
04 November 2009
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has considered the combined second to fifth periodic report of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on how that country implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Introducing the report Upio Kakura Wapol, Minister for Human Rights of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, said that several factors had impeded the country from ensuring its compliance with the provisions of the Covenant, such as years of dictatorship, wars,…
11 years 9 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS OPENS FORTY-THIRD SESSION
02 November 2009
Meeting Summaries
Committee Adopts Agenda and Programme of Work
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this morning opened its forty-third session, hearing an address by Ibrahim Salama, Chief of the Human Rights and Treaty Branch of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), and adopting its agenda and programme of work for the current session.
Mr. Salama, in an opening statement, informed the Committee about the six thematic priorities that had been identified by OHCHR for the next biennium. He also noted that just about a month and a half ago…
11 years 9 months ago
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS ADDRESS COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS
02 November 2009
Meeting Summaries
Speak about Situation in Democratic Republic of Congo, Poland, Madagascar and Republic of Korea
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon heard statements from a series of non-governmental organizations on the situation of economic, social and cultural rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Poland, Madagascar and the Republic of Korea, whose reports will be considered this session.
Concerning the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, speakers spoke about the harassment of people denouncing work…
12 years 2 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONCLUDES FORTY-SECOND SESSION
22 May 2009
Press Release
Issues Conclusions on Reports of Australia, Brazil, Cyprus, Cambodia and the United Kingdom
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concluded its forty-second session today, after issuing its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Australia, Brazil, Cyprus, Cambodia and the United Kingdom.
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 submit periodic reports to the Committee on efforts to implement the…
12 years 3 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF UNITED KINGDOM
13 May 2009
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has considered the fourth and fifth periodic reports of the United Kingdom, on how that country implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Introducing the report of the United Kingdom, Vijay Rangarajan, Constitution Director in the Ministry of Justice, said the United Kingdom was fully committed to a vigorous development of economic, social and cultural policy, and had consistently pursued a progressive agenda, largely through the "Welfare State", and…
12 years 3 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF CAMBODIA
12 May 2009
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has considered the initial report of Cambodia on how that country implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Introducing the report of Cambodia, Sun Suon, Permanent Representative of Cambodia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, said Cambodia believed that all human rights were indivisible, interdependent and interrelated, and deeply believed in the value of democracy and human rights that should be built and promoted through the principle of universality…
