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E/C.12/ARM/CO/2-3 United Nations Economic and Social Council Distr.: General 16 July 2014 Original: English Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Concluding observations on the combined second and third periodic reports of Armenia* 1. The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights considered the combined second and third periodic reports of Armenia on the implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (E/C.12/ARM/2-3) at its 15th and 16th meetings (see E/C.12/2014/SR.15-16), held on 7 May 2014, and adopted, at its 40th meeting, held on 23 May 2014, the following concluding observations. A. Introduction 2. The Committee takes note of the submission by Armenia of its combined second and third periodic reports, which reflect the State party’s efforts to provide an account of the steps taken to implement the recommendations made by the Committee in its preceding concluding observations. The Committee also takes note of the detailed written replies to its list of issues (E/C.12/ARM/Q/2-3/Add.1) and welcomes the constructive dialogue held with the State party’s delegation. B. Positive aspects 3. The Committee notes that, under article 5 of the Law on International Treaties of the Republic of Armenia, the international conventions on human rights ratified or acceded to by Armenia, including the Covenant, have direct effect in the State Party and that, under article 6 of the Constitution, in the event of conflicting legislation, the provisions of the international conventions prevail. The Committee further notes that the provisions of the Covenant can be invoked before the domestic courts. 4. The Committee welcomes the State party’s ratification of the following human rights instruments since the previous review of Armenia by the Committee: (a) The Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, in 2011; (b) The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in 2010; * Adopted by the Committee at its fifty-second session (28 April–23 May 2014). GE.14-08576 *1408576*

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Concluding observations on the combined second and third periodic reports of Armenia

Concluding Observations

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Country

Armenia

Rights Involved

Right to adequate housing
Right to adequate standard of living
Right to education
Right to health
Right to social security
Right to work
Rights of persons with disabilities
Rights of the child
Rights of women and girls

Issue

Non-discrimination
Progressive realization
Resource allocation
Resource expenditure

International Human Rights Body

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Date: Jul 16, 2014

Summary: In their Concluding Observations of Armenia, the CESCR provides recommendations to the State party on the range of ESCR. On resources, the Committee recommends that the State party (a) Improve the capacity of line ministries for public finance management, facilitate the dialogue between line ministries and the Ministry of Finance, ensure that resources are effectively allocated according to programme budgeting criteria, and increase political awareness of the need to allocate substantial additional resources to health and education; (b) Regularly assess whether the maximum available resources have been used to progressively achieve the full realization of the rights recognized in the Covenant, taking into account the Committee’s statement of September 2007 on the obligation to take steps to the “maximum of available resources” (E/C.12/2007/1); (c) Ensure respect for, and protection and fulfilment of, economic, social and cultural rights under the Covenant when negotiating development assistance projects and programmes.

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