Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights: A Legal Resource Guide

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Contents Foreword by Virginia B. Dandan ix Preface by Mary Robinson xi Introduction xiii Section One: International Instruments and Resources 1 A. Treaties 3 1. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 5 2. Convention on the Rights of the Child 15 3. International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 35 4. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women 47 5. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 59 6. Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees 77 7. International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families 89 8. ILO Convention No. 29 Concerning Forced Labour 122 9. ILO Convention No. 105 Concerning the Abolition of Forced Labour 131 10. ILO Convention No. 111 Concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation 132 11. ILO Convention No. 117 Concerning Basic Aims and Standards of Social Policy 134 12. ILO Convention No. 122 Concerning Employment Policy 140 13. ILO Convention No. 154 Concerning the Promotion of Collective Bargaining 142 14. ILO Convention No. 168 Concerning Employment, Promotion, and Protection Against Unemployment 145 15. ILO Convention No. 169 Concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries 156 16. Convention Against Discrimination in Education 167 17. Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field 171 18. Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea 174 19. Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War 177 20. Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War 191 21. Geneva Protocol 1 Relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed ConXicts 214 22. Geneva Protocol 2 Relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed ConXicts 227 B. Declarations 233 1. Universal Declaration of Human Rights 235 2. Declaration on Social Progress and Development 241 3. Declaration on Race and Racial Prejudice 253 4. Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities 260 5. Universal Declaration on the Eradication of Hunger and Malnutrition 264 6. Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons 269 7. Declaration on the Right to Development 272 C. Supplementary UN Standards and Resources 277 1. CESCR General Comment No. 1 (1989) on Reporting by States Parties 279 2. CESCR General Comment No. 2 (1990) on International Technical Assistance Measures (Article 22 of the Covenant) 282 3. CESCR General Comment No. 3 (1990) on the Nature of States Parties Obligations (Article 2(1) of the Covenant) 286 4. CESCR General Comment No. 4 (1991) on the Right to Adequate Housing (Article 11(1) of the Covenant) 291 5. CESCR General Comment No. 5 (1994) on Persons with Disabilities 297 6. CESCR General Comment No. 6 (1995) on the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of Older Persons 307 7. CESCR General Comment No. 7 (1997) on Forced Evictions (Article 11(1), The Right to Adequate Housing) 316 8. CESCR General Comment No. 8 (1997) on the Relationship Between Economic Sanctions and Respect for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 322 9. CESCR General Comment No. 9 (1998) on the Domestic Application of the Covenant 326 vi Contents 10. CESCR General Comment No. 10 (1998) on the Role of National Human Rights Institutions in the Protection of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 331 11. CESCR General Comment No. 11 (1999) on Plans of Action for Primary Education (Article 14 of the Covenant) 333 12. CESCR General Comment No. 12 (1999) on the Right to Adequate Food (Article 11 of the Covenant) 336 13. CESCR General Comment No. 13 (1999) on the Right to Education (Article 13 of the Covenant) 345 14. CESCR General Comment No. 14 (2000) on the Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health (Article 12) 359 15. Revised General Guidelines Regarding the Form and Contents of Reports to be Submitted by States Parties Under Articles 16 and 17 of the ICESCR (1991) 377 16. CEDAW General Recommendation No. 13 (1989) on Equal Remuneration for Work of Equal Value 396 17. CEDAW General Recommendation No. 16 (1991) on Unpaid Women Workers in Rural and Urban Family Enterprises 397 18. CEDAW General Recommendation No. 18 (1991) on Disabled Women 398 19. CEDAW General Recommendation No. 24 (1999) on Women and Health 399 D. World Conferences 407...