The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concluded today its consideration of the fifth periodic report of Belgium on measures taken to implement the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Experts reviewed how the Government’s policies on…

Discrepancies between Living Conditions in Rural and Urban Areas also Noted by Committee Experts The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concluded today its consideration of the initial report of Guinea on measures taken to implement the provisions of the International Covenant on…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this morning opened its sixty-seventh session, hearing a statement by Ibrahim Salama, Chief of the Human Rights Treaties Branch at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and adopting its agenda and programme of work…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on the Reports of Switzerland, Israel, Ecuador, Senegal, Denmark and Slovakia The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon closed its sixty-sixth session during which it reviewed the reports of Switzerland, Israel,…

Holds Two Panels on Pressures on Land and Speculation, and on Protection of Security of Land Tenure, including Gender Dimensions The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this morning started its day of general discussion on obligations of States under the International Covenant on…

Holds Panel Discussions on Concerns Related to Land by Indigenous Peoples and other Vulnerable Groups, Land Rights and Conflicts, and Land under Changing Environmental Conditions and Climate Change The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon concluded a day of general…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concluded today the review of the third periodic report of Slovakia on measures taken to implement the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Committee Experts raised the situation of groups of…

Experts also Express Concerns about the Justiciability of Rights Enshrined in the Covenant The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concluded today the review of the sixth periodic report of Denmark on measures taken to implement the provisions of the International Covenant on…

Committee Observes Minute of Silence for Committee Expert Waleed Sadi of Jordan, who Died in Geneva Yesterday The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concluded today the review of the third periodic report of Senegal on measures taken to implement the provisions of the…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this morning heard from civil society organizations on the implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Senegal, Denmark and Slovakia, whose reports the Committee will review this week.Civil society…