Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

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UN human rights committee United Nations treaty body human rights treaty body

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is a body of independent experts that monitors and interprets states’ implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights within the UN human rights system.

Aliases (1)

CESCR ×2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UN human rights committee → United Nations treaty body → human rights treaty body →
abbreviation	CESCR →
composedOf	independent experts →
countryReportsReviewed	states parties to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights →
createdBy	United Nations Economic and Social Council resolution 1985/17 →
dateEstablished	1985 →
establishedBy	United Nations Economic and Social Council →
fullName	Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights →
hasFunction	adopt concluding observations on states parties → consider communications under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights → examine state party reports → issue general comments on economic, social and cultural rights → monitor implementation of economic, social and cultural rights →
hasMemberType	independent expert →
hasNumberOfMembers	18 →
hasWorkingMethods	adoption of general comments → consideration of individual communications → dialogue with state delegations → inquiries into grave or systematic violations under the Optional Protocol → review of periodic reports →
headquartersLocation	Geneva → Switzerland →
interprets	International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights →
language	Arabic → Chinese → English → French → Russian → Spanish →
legalBasis	International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights → United Nations Economic and Social Council resolution 1985/17 →
meetsAt	Palais des Nations →
membersElectedBy	United Nations Economic and Social Council →
membersServeIn	personal capacity →
monitorsImplementationOf	International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights →
parentOrganization	Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights →
partOf	United Nations → United Nations human rights system →
regionServed	worldwide →
reportsTo	United Nations Economic and Social Council →
shortName	CESCR →
subjectArea	cultural rights → economic rights → social rights →
treatyMonitored	International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights →
typeOfBody	expert body →
website	https://www.ohchr.org/en/treaty-bodies/cescr →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights → Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights → United Nations human rights system →	monitoredBy
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ("CESCR") →	abbreviation
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights →	fullName
United Nations treaty bodies →	includes
International Bill of Human Rights →	relatedTo
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ("CESCR") →	shortName