Giving Meaning to Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights

Index

Index Numbers in square brackets refer to notes in the Maya petition. United Nations agencies are listed under UN. AB Energy, Inc., ∞∫≠, ∞∫≤, ∞Ω≠–Ω∞, ≤≠∂ abortion services, availability, ∞∞∏ ACCHR. See Arab Co-ordinating Committee on Housing Rights Achebe, Chinua, Arrow of God, ≥Ω Adong bin Kuwau & ors v. Kerajaan Negeri Johor & Anor, ≤∑∫n.[∞≠≠] Afghanistan, foreign support for Taliban regime, ∫≠ African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (∞Ω∫∞), ∞, ∞∞≤ Agenda ≤∞ (World Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, ∞ΩΩ≤), ≤≠∞, ≤≠π, ≤≤∫n.≤≥, ≤≥≠–≥∞n.∏π Aguinda v. Texaco, ≤≤≥n.Ω∞ AIDS, ∞∞∑, ≤∞πn.≥∏ Airey v. Ireland, ≤≤≤n.∫≠ Alston, Philip, ∂≥, ∂∏, ∂π American Convention on Human Rights (∞Ω∏Ω), ∞∞≤, ∞∫∂, ∞ΩΩ, ≤≠π–∫ American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man (∞Ω∂Ω), ∞∞≤, ∞∞∏, ∞∫∂, ∞∫π, ∞Ω∑, ∞Ω∏, ∞Ωπ, ∞ΩΩ, ≤≠∞, ≤≠∂, ≤≠π, ≤∞≠ American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (proposed), ∞Ωπ, ∞ΩΩ–≤≠≠, ≤≠∞–≤, ≤≠≥, ≤≠∏–π Amnesty International, Ω∞, ≤∞∂–∞∑n.∞≥, ≤∞∫n.∂∂ Amodu Tijani v. Secretary, Southern Nigeria, ≤∑∫n.[∞≠≠], ≤∑Ωn.[∞≠∞] Anaya, S. James, ≥ Andean Trade Preference Act (U.S.), ≤≥∫n.Ω∏ Anti-Racism Information Service (ARIS), ≤∞∂–∞∑n.∞≥ Antoine v. Washington, ≤∑Ωn.[∞≠∞] Apparel Industry Partnership, ∫∂ Arab Association for Human Rights (HRA), ∞∏∏ Arab Co-ordinating Committee on Housing Rights (ACCHR), ∞∏∏, ∞∏∫, ∞∏Ω, ∞π≠, ∞π∞– π≥, ∞π∂, ∞π∏, ∞ππ, ∞π∫ Arafat, Yasser, ∞∏∫ ARIS. See Anti-Racism Information Service Asian Development Bank, Inspection Committee , ∞∑≤ association, freedom of, ππ, ∫π, ∞≠≤ Association for Civil Rights in Israel, ∞π∂–π∑ AtlanticIndustriesLtd.(Belize),∞∫≠,∞∫Ω,≤≠≥ Australia: criminalization of child sex tourism , ≥∑; indigenous peoples’ rights, ∞∞∫, ∞Ω∏, ≤≠∑; JUSCANZ, ≤≥∞n.π∂; maternal mortality, ∞∞∫; ombudsman, ∞∂≥ Axworthy, Lloyd, π∂, ∫∞, ∫Ω, Ω∞, Ω≥ Baker v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), ≥≠ BCNI. See Business Council on National Issues Bedouins, in Israel, ∞∏∂–∏∑, ∞ππ Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (PFA, ∞ΩΩ∑), ∑≥, ∑∂, ∑∑–∏≠, ∏∏, Ωπ, Ω∫, ∞≠∂, ∞≤≠, ≤≤Ωn.≥≠ Beijing Plus Five, ∞∞∞ Belgium: child labor, π∞–π≤; labor standards, Ω∂ 268 Index Belize: land and resource rights, ∞∫≠–≤∞∞; Ministry of Energy, Science, Technology, and Transportation, ∞∫≠, ∞Ω≠; Ministry of Natural Resources, ∞∫≠, ∞∫Ω, ∞Ω∑, ∞Ω∫, ≤≠≥ Berger, Suzanne, ∞≠≠–∞≠∞ Bosnia and Herzegovina, ombudsman, ≤∂Ω– ∑≠n.≤≤, ≤∑≠n.≤≥ Brazil, health of indigenous peoples, ∞∞∏ Brittan, Sir Leon, Ω≥ Burma (Myanmar): foreign direct investment , πΩ–∫≠, Ω≠; human rights violations, ≥∑, ∫Ω–Ω≠; Massachusetts selective purchasing law, ≤≥∏–≥πn.∫∞; repressive activities, πΩ business codes of conduct. See codes of conduct Business Corporation Act (Canada), ≤≥Ωn.∞∞∫ Business Council on National Issues (BCNI, Canada), π∂ Business for Social Responsibility, ∫∂ Butragueño, Jimenez, ≤≤≠n.∏∑ Cairo Plus Five report (∞ΩΩΩ), ∞∞∞, ∞≤∞ Cameroon, repressive activities in, πΩ Campaign ≤≠≠≠ (Canada), ∞≥∂ Canada: child poverty, ∞≥≤–≥∏; child sex tourism, ≥∑; child support, ≥, ≥≥–≥∑, ∞≤∂– ≥∏; commerce, π∞–Ω∂; Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Ω∞, Ω≤; Department of Industry, ∫∏; divorce rate, ≤∂∏n.∞Ω; government policy on codes of ethics, ∫π–∫Ω, Ω≥; House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade, ∫≤–∫≥; indigenous peoples’ rights, ≤≠≠; indivisibility of human rights, ∏≠; information commissioners , ∞∑∞–∑≤; JUSCANZ, ≤≥∞n.π∂; ombudsman , ∞∂≥, ∞∑∑, ≤∑≤nn.π≠, π∞; pay equity, ∞≠∏; privatization of human rights responsibility, ≤≤∂n.ΩΩ; ‘‘promoting’’ and ‘‘interpreting’’ human rights, ∏≤; proponent of regional trade blocks, ∫≤–∫≥; review of human rights policies, ∏≥; Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, ∫≠, ∫≥, ∫π, ∫∫, Ω≥; social programs, ∞≥≤–≥≥; unemployment insurance, ∞≥≥–≥∂, ∞≥∑ Canada Assistance Plan (CAP), ∞≥≤–≥≥, ∞≥∂, ≤∂πn.∂∂ Canada Health and Social Transfer (CHST), ∞≥≤–≥≥, ∞≥∑, ≤∂πn.∂∂ Canada-Chile Agreement on Labour Cooperation , ∫≥ Canada-South Africa Double Taxation Agreement, Ω≤–Ω≥ Canadian Academy of Child Psychiatry, ≤∂πn.≥Ω Canadian Association of Social Workers, ≤∂πn.≥Ω CanadianMentalHealthAssociation,≤∂πn.≥Ω CAP. See Canada Assistance Plan Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (U.S.), ≤≥∫n.Ω∏ Caribe Farm Indus. v. British Am. Cattle Co., ≤∑Ωn.[∞≠∑] CAT. See Committee/Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment CCPI. See Charter Committee on Poverty Issues CCRP. See Commissioner for Civil Rights Protection CEDAW. See Committee/Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women Centre for Human Rights (Office of the UNHCHR), ≤≥, ∞∑∏, ≤∞∑n.≤∑, ≤∞∏n.≥≤ CERD. See Committee/Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination cesarian deliveries, ∞∞π CESCR. See Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights CGAP. See Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest Chad, repressive activities, πΩ Chanet, Christine, ≤≤≤n.π≤ Charter Committee on Poverty Issues (CCPI), ≥≠–≥∞ Charter of Civil Society for the Caribbean Community, ∞ΩΩ Chartier v. Chartier, ∞≤∫ child care services, ∑Ω, ∞≠∂, ∞≠∑ child labor: prohibition, π∞–π≤, ππ, ∞≠≤; voluntary codes of conduct, ∫∂, ∫π child sex tourism, ≥∑ Child Tax Benefit (CTB, Canada), ∞≥∑–≥∏ China, People’s Republic of: democratization , ≤≥≥n.≤∫; human rights obligations in Hong Kong, ∞∂; human rights violations, ≤≥∂n.≥≥; most favored nation status, ∫∂; opposition to human rights linkages, ∏≤; opposition to women’s rights, ∏∞ Index 269 citizen’s advocates, ∞∂∞. See also ombudsmen civil rights. See International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Clinton, Bill, ∫∂ codes of conduct, voluntary: Canada, ∫π–∫Ω, Ω≥; effectiveness, ∫∑–∫π; monitoring, ∫∏– ∫π, ∫∫; proliferation, ∫∞, ∫∂–∫∑ Colombia, repressive activities, π∫–πΩ Columbia River Forest Reserve (Belize), ∞∫Ω, ≤≠≥ Commission on Human Rights. See UN Commission on Human Rights Commission on the Status of Women, ∂≤nd Session (CSW∂≤, New York, ∞ΩΩ∫), ∑≥, ∑∑, ∑∏–∏∂, ≤∞∏n.≥≤ Commissioner for Civil Rights Protection (CCRP, Poland), ∞∂∂, ∞∂∑–∂∏, ∞∑≠, ∞∑∑ Committee Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading treatment or Punishment (CAT): membership, ≤π; preventive remedies, ≤∫–≤Ω Committee of Independent Experts (European Committee of Social Rights), ≤∞≥– ∞∂n.≥ Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (CESCR): achievements, ∂∏–∂∫, ∑≠; Canada’s noncompliance with ICESCR, ∞≥∑; creation, ∂∏, ∞∞≤; economic sanctions, ≤≤≥–≤∂n.Ω∫; health standards , ∞∞π, ∞∞∫; housing rights, ∞∏π–∏∫, ∞π≠, ∞π∞–π≥, ≤∞π–∞∫n.∂∞; implied powers , ∞∂; integration of...