Only thirty-three states have signed and two states have ratified the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
The United Nations Human Rights Council yesterday approved by consensus an Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
On 6 February, during the opening session for an Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the ICJ made an oral statement
ICJ statement optional protocol-event-2006 (full text in English, PDF)
En septembre 2005, le CIJ a conseillé le gouvernement français pour l’organisation de son séminaire d’experts de haut niveau sur les droits économiques, sociaux et culturels.
Environ 150 experts, diplomates, universitaires et représentants d’ONG du monde entier ont assisté au séminaire. Ce document résume une sélection des idées principales soulevées lors du séminaire d’experts de haut niveau sur les droits économiques, sociaux et culturels tenu à Nantes en septembre 2005.
Expert Seminar ESC Rights Nantes-conference report-2005 (full text, PDF)
As the Secretary-General of the International Commission of Jurists it gives me great pleasure to be here in Nantes at this High Level Expert Seminar on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
opening speech-event-2005 (full text in English, PDF)
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