Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
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The Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is a human rights treaty that establishes complaint and inquiry mechanisms allowing individuals and groups to seek international review of alleged violations of their economic, social, and cultural rights.
Aliases (3)
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
United Nations treaty
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human rights treaty → optional protocol → |
| adoptedBy |
United Nations General Assembly
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| adoptedOnOccasionOf |
60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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| adoptionDate |
2008-12-10
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| adoptionPlace |
New York City
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| aimsTo |
provide access to justice at the international level
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strengthen enforcement of economic, social and cultural rights → |
| allows |
groups to submit complaints
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individuals to submit complaints → third-party submissions under certain conditions → |
| alsoKnownAs |
OP-ICESCR
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Optional Protocol to the ICESCR → |
| basedOn |
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
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| belongsToCategory |
United Nations human rights instruments
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treaties concluded in 2008 → |
| complements |
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
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| depositedWith |
Secretary-General of the United Nations
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| enteredIntoForce |
2013-05-05
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| establishesMechanism |
collective communications procedure
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individual communications procedure → inquiry procedure → |
| hasPreambleReferencing |
dignity and equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family
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| hasProvisionOn |
admissibility criteria for communications
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follow-up to the Committee’s views and recommendations → friendly settlement of communications → interim measures → |
| inquiryProcedureAppliesTo |
grave or systematic violations of economic, social and cultural rights
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| language |
Arabic
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Chinese → English → French → Russian → Spanish → |
| monitoredBy |
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
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| openedForSignature |
2009-09-24
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| partOf |
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights system
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| providesFor |
international review of alleged violations of economic, social and cultural rights
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| relatesTo |
cultural rights
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economic rights → social rights → |
| requires |
States parties to recognize competence of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
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exhaustion of domestic remedies for communications → |
| subject |
economic, social and cultural rights
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international human rights law → |
Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
("OP-ICESCR")
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Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ("Optional Protocol to the ICESCR") → |
alsoKnownAs |
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International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
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hasOptionalProtocol |