International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Fact Sheet No.16 (Rev.1), The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights WHO Factsheet on the ICESCR United Nations Commission… Continue Reading…
November 10, 2015
The implementation of the Covenant is monitored by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR). With the Covenant, state parties did not establish a Committee to oversee and monitor the implementation of the Covenant. Instead, the Committee was… Continue Reading…
November 10, 2015
Canada acceded to Covenant in May 1976. There were no declarations or reservations. It has not signed, ratified or acceded to the Optional Protocol.
November 10, 2015
In its preamble, the Covenant recognizes that, “in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the ideal of free human beings enjoying freedom from fear and want can only be achieved if conditions are created whereby everyone may enjoy… Continue Reading…
November 10, 2015
According to a World Health Organization factsheet, “Even before the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (at the time a non-legally binding document) in 1948, broad agreement existed that the rights which were to be enshrined in the… Continue Reading…
November 10, 2015
The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 16 December 1966. It entered into force on 3 January 1976 following ratification/accession of the thirty-fifth state party. The Convention’s monitoring body,… Continue Reading…
November 10, 2015
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Committee on the Rights of the Child Convention on the Rights of the Child Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography Optional Protocol on Involvement of… Continue Reading…
November 10, 2015
The Convention on the Rights of the Child establishes the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which is a body of independent experts that monitors implementation of the Convention as well as its optional protocols that have entered… Continue Reading…
November 10, 2015
Canada has ratified the Convention as well as the Optional Protocols on Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict and on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography. The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the… Continue Reading…
November 10, 2015
The Convention is rooted in many of the foundational United Nations human rights documents, such as the Charter, the Universal Declaration, and the International Covenants, and aims to adapt these universally accepted principles to the specific circumstances of children. The… Continue Reading…