SOGI UN source Archives: Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights
Concluding Observations: Monaco, E/C.12/MCO/CO/1, June 13, 2006
3. The Committee notes with satisfaction the adoption of the Act of 15 July 2005 on freedom of public expression, which criminalizes insults of a racial, ethnic or religious nature and insults based on real or supposed sexual orientation. link to the full text of the Concluding Observation: http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/E.C.12.MCO.CO.1.En
Concluding Observations: Liechtenstein, E/C.12/LIE/CO/1, June 9, 2006
6. The Committee welcomes the recent establishment of an Office of Equal Opportunity with a broad mandate to combat discrimination based on gender, religion, disability, national origin and sexual orientation. 12. The Committee expresses its concern that the Office of Equal Opportunity, which replaced the Office of Gender Equality, may not have sufficient means to […]
Concluding Observations: China, E/C.12/1/Add.107, May 13 2005
73. The Committee welcomes the establishment of the Sexual Minorities Forum, a formal communication channel between HKSAR and persons with different sexual orientation, and the planned establishment of the Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Unit within the Home Affairs Bureau. 78. The Committee regrets that HKSAR has not implemented a number of the recommendations contained […]
Concluding Observations: Poland, E/C.12/1/Add.82, December 19, 2002
5. The Committee welcomes the establishment in November 2001 of the Government Plenipotentiary for Equal Gender Status with the responsibility of promoting the principle of equality between men and women in government legislation and policies. The Committee also notes the recent expansion of the responsibilities of the Plenipotentiary to include combating discrimination based on race, […]
Concluding Observations, Trinidad and Tobago, E/C.12/1/Add.80, June 5, 2002
14. The Committee is concerned about the lack of specific and comprehensive anti- discrimination legislation in the State party. The Committee is particularly concerned that the Equal Opportunity Act 2000 does not afford protection to individuals on the grounds of sexual orientation, age and HIV/AIDS status, among others. link to the full text of the […]
General Comment No. 18: The Right to Work (art. 6), E/C.12/GC/18, February 6, 2006
12. The exercise of work in all its forms and at all levels requires the existence of the following interdependent and essential elements, implementation of which will depend on the conditions present in each State party: (b) Accessibility. The labour market must be open to everyone under the jurisdiction of States parties. Accessibility comprises three […]