All of these documents are available by clicking on the relevant hyperlinks:
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International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966) |
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Independent Expert’s first study on an Optional Protocol (2002) |
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Independent Expert's second study on an Optional Protocol (2003) [E/CN.4/2003/53] |
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Independent Expert's second study on an Optional Protocol – corrigendum (2003) [E/CN.4/2003/53/Corr.1] |
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Report of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on a Draft Optional Protocol (1996) [E/CN.4/1997/105] |
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Report from the First Session of the Open-Ended Working Group to consider options for an Optional Protocol to ICESCR (2004) [E/CN.4/2004/44] |
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Report from the Second Session of the Open-Ended Working Group to consider options for an Optional Protocol to ICESCR (2005) [E/CN.4/2005/52] |
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Comparative summary of existing communications and inquiry procedures and practices under international human rights instruments and under the UN system - Report of the Secretary-General (2005) [E/CN.4/2005/WG.23/2] |
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Comparative summary of existing communications and inquiry procedures and practices under international human rights instruments and under the Charter of the UN (1997) [E/CN.6/1997/4] |
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Selection of case law on economic, social and cultural rights – Note by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (2005) |
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Selection of case law on economic, social and cultural rights – Note by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (2004) |
Not online – provided upon request (email op_coalition@yahoo.de) |
Not online – provided upon request (email op_coalition@yahoo.de) |
Not online – provided upon request (email op_coalition@yahoo.de) |
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Commission on Human Rights resolution on the question of economic, social and cultural rights (2003) |
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Commission on Human Rights resolution on the question of economic, social and cultural rights (2004) |
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Commission on Human Rights resolution on the question of economic, social and cultural rights (2005) |
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Sub-Commission Resolution on an Optional Protocol to the ICESCR (2003) |
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Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights General Comment 3 on The nature of States parties' obligations (art.2 (1)) |
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Statement by the High Commissioner for Human Rights to the Open-Ended Working Group (2005) |
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Limburg Principles on the Implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1986) |
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Maastricht Guidelines on Violations of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1997) |
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Report of the European Roundtable on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Hosted by the Government of Portugal and the International Commission of Jurists (2004) |
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Report of the International Conference on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Hosted by the Republic of Croatia and the International Commission of Jurists (2003) |
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Report of the Expert’s Roundtable Concerning Issues Central to the Proposed Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, hosted by the International Commission of Jurists (2002) |
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Report of the Roundtable on the Draft Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, hosted by the International Commission of Jurists (2001) |
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Written Submission to the Open Ended Working Group by NGO Coalition for an OP-ICESCR (2004) |
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Written Submission to Open Ended Working Group by NGO Coalition for an OP-ICESCR (2005) |
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Facts Sheets on Economic Social and Cultural Rights produced by the International Commission of Jurists (2005) |
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50 Leading Cases on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights produced by the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (2004) |
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Fact Sheet No.16 (Rev.1) on The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, produced by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights |
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* direct links to some documents on the Official Documents System of the United Nations may not work for all users, however all documents can be obtained via email by request from op_coalition@yahoo.de. Alternatively you can search www.documents.un.org using the UN document number provided.