SOGI UN source Archives: Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights
Concluding Observations: Sweden, E/C.12/1/Add.70, November 30, 2001
8. The Committee recognizes that a number of Ombudspersons exist in the country, dealing with different aspects of human rights with a focus on discrimination issues. The Committee welcomes the creation of the office of an Ombudsperson against Discrimination on Grounds of Sexual Orientation. link to the full text of the Concluding Observation: http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/b1ce72b824bfe730c1256b18003d9f27
Concluding Observations: Kyrgyzstan, E/C.12/1/Add.49, September 1, 2000
17. The Committee regrets the absence of information on the extent of violence against women and the trafficking of women in Kyrgyzstan. The Committee is also concerned at the classification of lesbianism as a sexual offence in the Penal Code. 30. […] The Committee recommends that the State party proceed to remove lesbianism from the […]
General Comment No. 14: The Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health (Art. 12), E/C.12/2000/4, August 11, 2000: “Special Topics of Broad Application”
Non-discrimination and equal treatment 18. By virtue of article 2.2 and article 3, the Covenant proscribes any discrimination in access to health care and underlying determinants of health, as well as to means and entitlements for their procurement, on the grounds of race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, […]
Concluding Observations, E/C.12/1/Add.35, 14 May 1999: Ireland
5. The Committee also welcomes the adoption of the Employment Equality Act of 1998 and the Equal Status Bill of 1998 which aim at removing several aspects of discrimination relating to, inter alia, gender, marital status, family status, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, race, colour, nationality, national or ethnic origin and membership of the traveller […]
Concluding Observations, E/C.12/1/Add.28, 4 December 1998: Cyprus
7. The Committee welcomes the abrogation of the provisions of the Penal Code criminalizing homosexual acts. link to the full text of the State Party information: http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/0/e9fd6c6869640dff802566d500438ae9
General Comment No. 15: The Right to Water (arts. 11 and 12), E/C.12/2002/11, January 20, 2002
Non-discrimination and equality 13. The obligation of States parties to guarantee that the right to water is enjoyed without discrimination (Art. 2, para. 2), and equally between men and women (Art. 3), pervades all of the Covenant obligations. The Covenant thus proscribes any discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, sex, age, language, religion, political […]