Catégorie : Civil Society

Programme for the day: Delegations met for the afternoon session, ostensibly to consider the report of the Working Group. The report was introduced at 5.45pm, and the Chair has scheduled a meeting for 4pm Thursday. The bulk of the meeting was spent discussing the recommendations and conclusions.   Continuer la lecture de « day 8 of the op-icescr working group »

Programme for the day: The discussion today focused on the question of benefits of an Optional Protocol to the ICESCR and the practicability of such a procedure, including the issue of complementarity with other procedures.   Continuer la lecture de « day 6 of the op-icescr working group »

Programme for the day: The discussion today focused on the question of justiciability. At the outset, the Chair asked delegates to consider whether economic, social and cultural rights were justiciable at the domestic, regional or international level.

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Thanks to Aaron (Rehabilitation International) and Vince (Nova Scotia Legal Aid/ESCR-Net) for preparing this report.

Programme for the day: The first part of the morning was taken up with States Parties posing questions to Professor Riedel. These touched on the legal status of the Committee, the ability of complaints under an OP to deal with the “cascading effect of colonialism in the developing world”.

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Programme for the day : Experts from different treaty bodies addressed the delegates. Professor Martin Scheinin examined the work of the Human Rights Committee and the First Optional Protocol to the ICCPR, and M. Régis de Gouttes examined the work of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in receiving communications.   Continuer la lecture de « day 3 of the op-icescr working group »