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The following is a list of United Nations documents that are important
for the study and elaboration of ESC rights standards. Following the
list is a partial compilation of standards on the rights to education,
food, health and housing.
Relevant United Nations Documents
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U.N. Document Number
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Name of Document
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ST/HR/1/Rev.5
(Volume I has two parts) |
Human Rights: A Compilation of International Instruments2 |
| E/CN.4/1987/17 |
The Limburg Principles on the Implementation of
the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights3 |
HRI/GEN/1Rev.1,
July 29, 1994 |
Compilation of General Comments and General Recommendations
Adopted by Treaty Bodies4 |
| HR/Pub./1991/1 |
Manual on Human Rights Reporting, Edited by the
UN Centre for Human Rights and the UN Institute for Training and
Research5 |
| U.N. Centre for Human Rights, Fact Sheet 16 (revised
1996) |
"The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights" |
| E/CN.4/Sub.2/1989/19 |
"Realization of Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights," Preliminary Report prepared by Mr. Danilo Türk,
Special Rapporteur |
| E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/19 |
"Realization of Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights," Progress Report prepared by Mr. Danilo Türk,
Special Rapporteur |
| E/CN.4/Sub.2/1991/17 |
"Realization of Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights," Second Report prepared by Mr. Danilo Türk,
Special Rapporteur |
| E/CN.4/Sub.2/1992/16 |
"Realization of Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights," Third Report prepared by Mr. Danilo Türk, Special
Rapporteur |
| E/CN.4/Sub.2/1987/23 |
"The Right to Adequate Food as a Human Right,"
Report prepared by Asbjorn Eide, Final Report |
| E/CN.4/Sub.2/1938/8 |
"Study Concerning the Right to Restitution,
Compensation and Rehabilitation for Victims of Gross Violations
of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms," Report prepared
by Theo van Boven, Special Rapporteur, Final Report |
| E/CN.4/Sub.2/1995/12 |
"The Human Right to Adequate Housing,"
Report prepared by Ravindar Sachar, Final Report |
| U.N. Centre for Human Rights, Fact Sheet 21 (1993) |
"The Human Right to Adequate Housing" |
| U.N. Centre for Human Rights, Fact Sheet 25 (1993) |
"Forced Evictions and Human Rights" |
| HS/C/15/INF.7 |
"Towards a Housing Rights Strategy: Practical
Contributions by UNCHS (Habitat) on Promoting, Ensuring and Protecting
the Full Realization of the Human Right to Adequate Housing" |
Partial Compilation of Standards
This compilation of standards on the rights to education, food, health
and housing combines compilations developed by the Free Legal Assistance
Group (Philippines),6 Provea (Venezuela),7
the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (Switzerland),8
and the Pan American Health Organization.9 The documents
which are marked with an asterisk (*) can be found in Human Rights:
A Compilation of International Instruments.
Right to Education
International Instruments
Universal Declaration of Human Rights*
Article 26
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights*
Article 13
Declaration on the Rights of the Child*
Principle 7
International Convention on the Rights of the Child*
Articles 28, 29
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial
Discrimination*
Article 5
Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination*
Article 8
Declaration on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women*
Articles 9, 10
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against
Women*
Article 11
Declaration on Social Progress and Development*
Article 10
Right to Food
International Instruments
Universal Declaration of Human Rights*
Article 25.1
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights*
Article 11.2
Declaration on the Rights of the Child*
Principle 4
International Convention on the Rights of the Child*
Article 27.3
Declaration on the Right to Development*
Article 8
Declaration on Social Progress and Development*
Article 10
Universal Declaration on the Eradication of Hunger and Malnutrition*
Entire document
Declaration on the Protection of Women and Children in Emergency and
Armed Conflict*
Paragraph 6
Right to Health
International Instruments
Universal Declaration of Human Rights*
Article 25.1
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights*
Article 12
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights*
Article 7
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
Against Women*
Article 12
Declaration on the Rights of the Child*
Principle 4
International Convention on the Rights of the Child*
Article 24
Declaration on the Right to Development*
Article 8
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial
Discrimination*
Articles 5, 11, 12
Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons*
Article 2
Declaration on Social Progress and Development*
Articles 10, 11
Declaration on the Protection of Women and Children in Emergency and
Armed Conflict*
Paragraph 6
Declaration of Alma-Ata, The International Conference on Primary Health
Care, 1978 (World Health Organisation)
See entire document
Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (International Labour Organisation
Convention No. 81)
See entire document
Migration for Employment Convention (Revised), 1949 (International
Labour Organisation Convention No. 97)
See entire document
Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1952 (International
Labour Organisation Convention No. 102)
See entire document
Maternity Protection Convention , 1952 (International Labour Organisation
Convention No. 103)
See entire document
Hygiene (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1964 (International Labour
Organisation Convention No. 120)
See entire document
Employment Injury Benefits Convention, 1964 (International Labour Organisation
Convention No. 121)
See entire document
Medical Care and Sickness Benefits Convention, 1969 (International
Labour Organisation Convention No. 130)
See entire document
Occupational Cancer Convention, 1974 (International Labour Organisation
Convention No. 139)
See entire document
Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (International Labour
Organisation, Convention No. 169) and Indigenous and Tribal Peoples
Convention, 1957 (International Labour Organisation, Covention No. 107)
See entire document
Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (International Labour
Organisation Convention No. 155)
See entire document
Regional Instruments
Americas
American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man
Article XI
American Convention on Human Rights
Article 26
Africa
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
Article 16
Right to Housing
International Instruments
Universal Declaration of Human Rights*
Article 25.1
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights *
Article 11
Declaration on the Rights of the Child*
Paragraph 4
International Convention on the Rights of the Child*
Article 27.3
Declaration on Social Progress and Development*
Part II, Article 10
Declaration on the Right to Development *
Article 8
Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination*
Article 3.1
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial
Discrimination*
Article 5
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
Against Women*
Article 14.2
International Convention relating to the Status of Refugees*
Article 21
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of all Migrant
Workers and Members of their Families*
Article 43.1.d
International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime
of Apartheid*
Article 2.b and d
Declaration on the Protection of Women and Children in Emergency and
Armed Conflict*
Paragraph 6
Declaration on Race and Racial Prejudice*
Article 9.2
Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons*
Article 9
Workers' Housing Recommendation, 1961 (International Labour Organisation,
Recommendation No. 115)
Principle 2
Social Policy (Basic Aims and Standards) Convention, 1962 (International
Labour Organisation, Convention No. 117)
Articles 2, 4.2, 5.2
Older Workers Recommendation, 1980 (International Labour Organisation,
Recommendation No. 162)
Article 5.g
Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Articles 10, 11.c, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 31
Vancouver Declaration on Human Settlements
Section III.8; Chapter II.A.3
Regional Instruments
Europe
European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
Article 8.1; Protocol 1, Article 1; Protocol 4.2.1
European Social Charter
Articles 16, 19, 31
European Social Charter Additional Protocol
Article 4
European Convention on the Legal Status of Migrant Workers
Article 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4
European Union
Community Charter of Fundamental Social Rights
Article 29
Council for Security and Cooperation (CSC) in Europe
Final Act of Helsinki
CSC in Europe
Vienna Concluding Document
Principle 14
CSC in Europe
Document of the Copenhagen Meeting of the Conference on the Human Dimension
of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Article 23
Americas
Charter of the Organization of American States
Article 31.k
Americas
American Declaration on the Rights and Duties of Man
Articles 8, 11, 23
2. This is a sales publication of the
U.N. (sales number: E.94.XIV.1); Volume I must be purchased in two sets.
It contains all of the international instruments pertaining to human
rights including the International Bill of Human Rights, and conventions
related to discrimination, rights of women, rights of the child, employment,
freedom of information, freedom of association, among others.
3. This document is also published
in Human Rights Quarterly, Volume 9, Number 2, 1987 along with
other articles clarifying the nature of state obligations under ICESCR.
4. This compilation is updated annually
and includes general coments and recommendations of the Human Rights
Committee, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, and the Committee
on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women.
5. This document provides the reporting
requirements of all of the intergovernmental treaty and charter bodies
which monitor states parties' compliance with human rights obligations.
It is a UN sales document as well (sales number: E.91.XIV.1)
6. from letter to IHRIP from Ma. Socorro
Diokno, General Secretary, Free Legal Assistance Group, Manila, 1995,
regarding human rights instruments FLAG has compiled.
7. from Health as a Right: Framework
for Protection of the Human Right to Health, Provea, Caracas, 1996.
8. from Legal Provisions on Housing
Rights: International and National Approaches, Centre on Housing Rights
and Evictions, Utrecht, 1994.
9. from The Right to Health in the
Americas, Pan American Health Organization, Washington, D.C., 1989.
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