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African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

Regional Human Rights Bodies and Procedures

African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights

Regional Courts

Albania

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AN EVALUATION OF THE OBLIGATION TO TAKE STEPS TO THE “MAXIMUM OF AVAILABLE RESOURCES” UNDER AN OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE COVENANT

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Sep 21, 2007
Statements and Letters

Angola

Countries

Arab Human Rights Committee

Regional Human Rights Bodies and Procedures

Argentina

Countries

Armenia

Countries

ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights

Regional Human Rights Bodies and Procedures

Asociación de Trabajadores del Estado (ATE) and Molina v. Municipalidad de Salta

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Country
Rights Involved
  • Right to work
Issue
  • Resource allocation
National Court
Date
Jun 18, 2013
Judgments

Austerity on the loose in Portugal: European judicial restraint in times of crisis

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Authors
Francisco Pereira Coutinho
Country
Year
2016
Articles and Commentary

Badín et al. v. Provincia de Buenos Aires

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Rights Involved
  • Right to adequate standard of living
National Court
Date
Oct 19, 1995
Judgments

Bangladesh

Countries

Barbados

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Belgium

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Bolivia

Countries

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Countries

Bosphorus Hava Yollari Turizm ve Ticaret Anonim Şirketi v. Ireland

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Issue
  • Minimum core obligations
Regional Court
Date
Jun 30, 2005
Judgments

Botswana

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Brazil

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Burkina Faso

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Burundi

Countries

Cambodia

Countries

Cameroon

Countries

Campaign for Fiscal Equity, Inc. v. State of New York

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Rights Involved
  • Right to education
Issue
  • Minimum core obligations
  • Resource generation
National Court
Date
Nov 20, 2006
Judgments

Campaign for Fiscal Equity, Inc. v. State of New York

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Country
Rights Involved
  • Right to education
Issue
  • Resource expenditure
  • Resource generation
  • Transparency
National Court
Date
Jan 9, 2001
Judgments

Campaign for Fiscal Equity, Inc. v. State of New York

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Rights Involved
  • Right to education
Issue
  • Resource expenditure
National Court
Date
Jun 26, 2003
Judgments

Canada

Countries

Caso Trabajadores Cesados De Petroperú

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Rights Involved
  • Right to equality and a fair trial
  • Right to work
Issue
  • Accountability
  • Progressive realization
  • Resource expenditure
Regional Court
Date
Nov 23, 2017
Judgments

CCPR General Comment No. 14: Article 6 (Right to Life) Nuclear Weapons and the Right to Life

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Nov 9, 1984
General Comments

CEDAW General Recommendation No. 24: Article 12 of the Convention (Women and Health)

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Feb 5, 1999
General Comments

CESCR General Comment No. 3: The Nature of States Parties’ Obligations (Art. 2, Para. 1, of the Covenant)

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Dec 14, 1990
General Comments

CESCR General Comment No. 4: The Right to Adequate Housing (Art. 11 (1) of the Covenant)

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Dec 13, 1991
General Comments

CESCR General Comment No. 5: Persons with Disabilities

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Dec 9, 1994
General Comments

CESCR General Comment No. 6: The Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of Older Persons

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Dec 8, 1995
General Comments

China

Countries

City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality v. Blue Moonlight Properties 39 (PTY) Ltd. and Occupiers of Saratoga Avenue

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Rights Involved
  • Right to adequate housing
Issue
  • Progressive realization
National Court
Date
Dec 1, 2011
Judgments

Colombia

Countries

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Description
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) is the body of 18 independent experts that monitors implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights by its States parties.
International Human Rights Bodies and Procedures

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

Description
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is the body of independent experts that monitors implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
International Human Rights Bodies and Procedures

Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families

Description
The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (CMW) is the body of independent experts that monitors implementation of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families by its State parties.
International Human Rights Bodies and Procedures

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Description
The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is the body of independent experts which monitors implementation of the Convention by the States Parties.
International Human Rights Bodies and Procedures

Committee on the Rights of the Child

Description
The Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is the body of 18 Independent experts that monitors implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by its State parties.
International Human Rights Bodies and Procedures

Compliance of the First Part of Section 3 of State Pensions and State Allowance Disbursement (Case 2009-43-01)

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Rights Involved
  • Right to social security
Issue
  • Minimum core obligations
  • Participation
National Court
Date
Dec 21, 2009
Judgments

Concluding observations of the Committee in the absence of an initial report from Equatorial Guinea as approved by the Committee at its forty-ninth session (14–30 November 2012)

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Dec 13, 2012
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - ECUADOR

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Jun 7, 2004
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - NEPAL

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Jan 16, 2008
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - Argentina

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Dec 14, 2011
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - CAMBODIA

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Jun 12, 2009
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - Democratic Republic of the Congo

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Dec 16, 2009
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - GEORGIA

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International Human Rights Body
Date
May 17, 2000
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - IRAQ

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Dec 12, 1997
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - Paraguay

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Jan 4, 2008
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - PHILIPPINES

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Dec 1, 2008
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - RUSSIAN FEDERATION

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Dec 12, 2003
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - The Kingdom of the Netherlands

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Dec 9, 2010
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Jun 5, 2002
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - UKRAINE

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Sep 24, 2001
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - UZBEKISTAN

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Jan 24, 2006
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - Yemen

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Jun 22, 2011
Concluding Observations

Concluding Observations of the Committee on Economic,Social and Cultural Rights - INDIA

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Aug 8, 2008
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - Peru

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International Human Rights Body
Date
May 16, 2012
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the combined eighth and ninth periodic reports of Canada

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Nov 18, 2016
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the combined fifth and sixth periodic reports of the Philippines

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Oct 26, 2016
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the combined fifth to eighth periodic reports of Barbados

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Jul 24, 2017
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the combined fourth and fifth periodic reports of Myanmar

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Jul 25, 2016
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the combined fourth and fifth periodic reports of Switzerland

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International Human Rights Body
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the combined initial and second periodic reports of Thailand

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Jul 7, 2015
Concluding Observations

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

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Dec 18, 2013
Concluding Observations

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

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Jul 16, 2014
Concluding Observations

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

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Jul 3, 2017
Concluding Observations

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

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Mar 25, 2015
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the combined second to fifth periodic reports of Kenya

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Apr 6, 2016
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the combined second to fourth periodic reports of Egypt

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Dec 13, 2013
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the combined second to fourth periodic reports of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Jul 15, 2016
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the combined third and fourth periodic reports of Saudi Arabia

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Oct 25, 2016
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the combined third to fifth periodic reports of Romania

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Dec 9, 2014
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the combined third to fifth periodic reports of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Feb 28, 2017
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the fifth periodic report of Costa Rica

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Oct 21, 2016
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the fifth periodic report of Sri Lanka

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Aug 4, 2017
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the fourth and fifth periodic report of Angola

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Jul 15, 2016
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the fourth periodic report of France

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Jul 13, 2016
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the fourth periodic report of Georgia

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Mar 9, 2017
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the fourth periodic report of Iraq

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Oct 27, 2015
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the fourth periodic report of Mongolia

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Jul 7, 2015
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the fourth periodic report of Paraguay

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Mar 20, 2015
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the fourth periodic report of Portugal

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Dec 8, 2014
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the fourth periodic report of the Dominican Republic

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Oct 21, 2016
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the fourth periodic report of the Republic of Korea

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Oct 19, 2017
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the fourth report of Iceland, adopted by the Committee at its forty - ninth session (12-30 November 2012)

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Dec 11, 2012
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the initial report of Burkina Faso

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Jul 12, 2016
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the initial report of Burundi

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Oct 16, 2015
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the initial report of Gabon

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Dec 27, 2013
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the initial report of Indonesia

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Jun 19, 2014
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the initial report of Lithuania

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International Human Rights Body
Date
May 11, 2016
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the initial report of Montenegro

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Dec 15, 2014
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the initial report of Namibia

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Mar 23, 2016
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the initial report of Pakistan

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Jul 20, 2017
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the initial report of the Gambia

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Mar 20, 2015
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the initial report of Togo, adopted by the Committee at its fiftieth session (29 April–17 May 2013)

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Jun 3, 2013
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the initial report of Uganda

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Jul 8, 2015
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the second periodic report of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Dec 16, 2013
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the second periodic report of China, including Hong Kong, China, and Macao, China

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Jun 13, 2014
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the second periodic report of Greece

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Oct 27, 2015
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the second periodic report of Honduras

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Jul 11, 2016
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the second periodic report of Serbia

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Jul 10, 2014
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the second periodic report of Slovenia

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Dec 15, 2014
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the second periodic report of the Sudan

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Oct 27, 2015
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the second periodic report of Uzbekistan

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Jun 13, 2014
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the second to fourth periodic reports of Viet Nam

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Dec 15, 2014
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the sixth periodic report of Canada

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Mar 23, 2016
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the sixth periodic report of Colombia

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Oct 19, 2017
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the sixth periodic report of Cyprus

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Oct 28, 2016
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the sixth periodic report of the Russian Federation

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Oct 16, 2017
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the sixth periodic report of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Jul 14, 2016
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the sixth periodic report of Ukraine

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Jun 13, 2014
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the third periodic report of Guatemala

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Dec 9, 2014
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the third periodic report of Ireland

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Jul 8, 2015
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the third periodic report of Japan, adopted by the Committee at its fiftieth session (29 April-17 May 2013)

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Jun 10, 2013
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the third periodic report of Nepal

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Dec 12, 2014
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the third periodic report of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Jul 7, 2015
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations on the third periodic report of the Republic of Moldova

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Oct 19, 2017
Concluding Observations

Concluding observations: Saudi Arabia

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Mar 17, 2006
Concluding Observations

Constitutional Court of Colombia

Description
Spanish: Corte Constitucional de Colombia
National Courts

Constitutional Court of Italy

Legal System
Civil Law
Description
Italian: Corte Costituzionale
National Courts

Constitutional Court of Latvia

Description
Latvian: Latvijas Republikas Satversmes tiesa
National Courts

Constitutional Court of South Africa

Legal System
Common Law
National Courts

Constitutional Court of Spain

Legal System
Civil Law
Description
Spanish: Tribunal Constitucional de España
National Courts

Costa Rica

Countries

Croatia

Countries

Cruz del Valle Bermúdez et al. v. MSAS

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Rights Involved
  • Right to health
National Court
Date
Jul 15, 1999
Judgments

Cyprus

Countries

Czech Republic

Countries

Democratic Republic of Congo

Countries

Diritti incomprimibili degli studenti con disabilità ed equilibrio di bilancio nella finanza locale secondo la sent. della Corte costituzionale n. 275/2016

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Authors
Riccardo Cabazzi
Year
2017
Articles and Commentary

Diritti Sociali e Vincoli Di Bilancio: Ricerca di dottrina

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Authors
Claudia Marchese
Year
2015
Articles and Commentary

Dominican Republic

Countries

Duties of States towards refugees and migrants under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Mar 13, 2017
Statements and Letters

Economic, Social and Cultural Rights as Human Rights: An Introduction

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Authors
Olivier De Schutter
Year
2013
Articles and Commentary

ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) Court of Justice

Regional Courts

Ecuador

Countries

Edgewood v. Kirby

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Country
Rights Involved
  • Right to education
Issue
  • Non-discrimination
  • Resource allocation
  • Resource expenditure
  • Resource generation
National Court
Date
Oct 2, 1989
Judgments

Egypt

Countries

Eldridge v. British Columbia (Attorney General)

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Country
Rights Involved
  • Right to health
Issue
  • Non-discrimination
  • Resource allocation
National Court
Date
Oct 9, 1997
Judgments

Equal Education v. Minister of Basic Education

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Rights Involved
  • Right to education
  • Right to water and sanitation
  • Rights of the child
Issue
  • Accountability
  • Progressive realization
  • Resource allocation
  • Transparency
National Court
Date
Jul 19, 2018
Judgments

Equality Rights and the Allocation of Scarce Resources in Health Care: A Comment on Cameron v. Nova Scotia

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Authors
Barbara von Tigerstrom
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Year
1999
Articles and Commentary

Equatorial Guinea

Countries

European Committee of Social Rights

Regional Human Rights Bodies and Procedures

European Court of Human Rights

Regional Courts

European Court of Justice

Regional Courts

Federal Constitutional Court of Germany

Legal System
Civil Law
Description
German: Bundesverfassungsgericht, abbreviated BVerfG.
National Courts

Federal Court of Appeals in Administrative Matters

Legal System
Civil Law
Description
Spanish: Cámara Nacional de Apelaciones en lo Contencioso-Administrativo Federal
National Courts

Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland

Description
German: Bundesgericht. French: Tribunal fédéral. Italian: Tribunale federale. Romansh: Tribunal federal.
National Courts

Final draft of the guiding principles on extreme poverty and human rights, submitted by the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona

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Special Procedure
Date
Jul 18, 2012
Special Procedure Reports

Final study on illicit financial flows, human rights and the 2030 Agenda forSustainable Development of the Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights

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Special Procedure
Date
Jan 15, 2016
Special Procedure Reports

Five Pensioners v. Peru

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Rights Involved
  • Right to adequate standard of living
  • Right to equality and a fair trial
  • Right to social security
  • Rights of older persons
Issue
  • Non-retrogression
  • Progressive realization
  • Transparency
Regional Court
Date
Feb 28, 2003
Judgments

For Want of Resources: Reimagining the State’s Obligation to Use ‘Maximum Available Resources’ for the Progressive Realisation of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

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Authors
Ahmed Shahid
Year
2016
Articles and Commentary

France

Countries

French Council of State

Description
French: Conseil d'État. The French Council of State is a body of the French national government that acts both as legal adviser of the executive branch and as the supreme court for administrative justice.
National Courts

Gabon

Countries

Gambia

Countries

GENERAL COMMENT 7 - The right to adequate housing (art. 11.1 of the Covenant): forced evictions

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International Human Rights Body
Date
May 20, 1997
General Comments

General Comment 11 (1999) Plans of action for primary education(article 14 of the ICESCR)

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International Human Rights Body
Date
May 10, 1999
General Comments

GENERAL COMMENT 12 (Twentieth session, 1999) The right to adequate food (art. 11)

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International Human Rights Body
Date
May 12, 1999
General Comments

GENERAL COMMENT No. 2 (2002) The role of independent national human rights institutions in the promotion and protection of the rights of the child

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Nov 15, 2002
General Comments

General comment No. 2 (2014) Article 9: Accessibility

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International Human Rights Body
Date
May 22, 2014
General Comments

General comment No. 4 (2016) on the right to inclusive education

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Nov 25, 2016
General Comments

GENERAL COMMENT No. 5 (2003) General measures of implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Nov 27, 2003
General Comments

General comment No. 5 (2017) on living independently and being included in the community

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Oct 27, 2017
General Comments

GENERAL COMMENT No. 7 (2005) Implementing child rights in early childhood

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Sep 20, 2006
General Comments

General Comment No. 8 (1997) The relationship between economic sanctions and respect for economic, social and cultural rights

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Dec 12, 1997
General Comments

GENERAL COMMENT No. 9 (2006) The rights of children with disabilities

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Feb 27, 2007
General Comments

GENERAL COMMENT No. 11 (2009) Indigenous children and their rights under the Convention

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Feb 12, 2009
General Comments

General comment No. 13 (2011) The right of the child to freedom from all forms of violence

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Apr 18, 2011
General Comments

General Comment No. 13 (Twenty-first session, 1999) The right to education (article 13 of the Covenant)

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Dec 8, 1999
General Comments

General Comment No. 14 (2000) The right to the highest attainable standard of health (article 12 of the ICESCR)

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Aug 11, 2000
General Comments

General Comment No. 15 (2002) The right to water (arts. 11 and 12 of the ICESCR)

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Jan 20, 2003
General Comments

General comment No. 15 (2013) on the right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health (art. 24)

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Apr 17, 2013
General Comments

General comment No. 16 (2013) on State obligations regarding the impact of the business sector on children’s rights

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Apr 17, 2013
General Comments

GENERAL COMMENT No. 17 (2005) The right of everyone to benefit from the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he or she is the author (article 15, paragraph 1 (c), of the Covenant)

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Jan 12, 2006
General Comments

General comment No. 17 (2013) on the right of the child to rest, leisure, play, recreational activities, cultural life and the arts (art. 31)

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Apr 17, 2013
General Comments

General comment No. 18 - THE RIGHT TO WORK - Article 6 of the ICESCR

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Feb 6, 2006
General Comments

GENERAL COMMENT NO. 19 - The right to social security (art. 9)

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Feb 4, 2008
General Comments

General comment No. 19 (2016) on public budgeting for the realization of children’s rights (art. 4)

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Jul 20, 2016
General Comments

GENERAL COMMENT No. 20 Non-discrimination in economic, social and cultural rights (art. 2, para. 2, of the ICESCR)

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Jul 2, 2009
General Comments

General comment No. 21 - Right of everyone to take part in cultural life (art. 15, para. 1 (a), of the ICESCR)

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Dec 21, 2009
General Comments

General comment No. 21 (2017) on children in street situations

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Jun 21, 2017
General Comments

General comment No. 22 (2016) on the right to sexual and reproductive health (article 12 of the ICESCR)

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International Human Rights Body
Date
May 2, 2016
General Comments

General comment No. 23 (2016) on the right to just and favourable conditions of work (article7of the ICESCR)

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Apr 27, 2016
General Comments

General comment No. 24 (2017) on State obligations under the ICESCR in the context of business activities

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Aug 10, 2017
General Comments

General Comment No. 32 Article 14: Right to equality before courts and tribunals and to a fair trial

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Aug 23, 2007
General Comments

General recommendation No. 25: Article 4, paragraph 1, of the Convention (temporary special measures)

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Aug 5, 2004
General Comments

General recommendation No. 28 on the core obligations of States parties under article 2 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Dec 16, 2010
General Comments

General recommendation No. 30 on women in conflict prevention, conflict and post-conflict situations

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Nov 1, 2013
General Comments

General recommendation No. 32 on the gender-related dimensions of refugee status, asylum, nationality and statelessness of women

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Nov 14, 2014
General Comments

General recommendation No. 33 on women’s access to justice

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Aug 3, 2015
General Comments

General recommendation No. 35 on gender-based violence against women, updating general recommendation No. 19

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Jul 26, 2017
General Comments

General recommendation No. 36 on girls’ and women’s right to education

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Nov 16, 2017
General Comments

Georgia

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Germany

Countries

Greece

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Guatemala

Countries

High Court of Delhi

Legal System
Common Law
National Courts

High Court of Kenya

National Courts

High Court of South Africa - Eastern Cape Division, Bhisho

National Courts

Honduras

Countries

Hong Kong

Countries

Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal

Legal System
Common Law
Description
Chinese: 香港終審法院
National Courts

Human rights and extreme poverty - Report of the independent expert, Arjun Sengupta

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Special Procedure
Date
Mar 2, 2006
Special Procedure Reports

Human rights and extreme poverty - Report submitted by Ms. A.-M. Lizin, independent expert, pursuant to Commission resolution 1998/25

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Special Procedure
Date
Jan 29, 1999
Special Procedure Reports

Human Rights Council

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The Human Rights Council is an inter-governmental body within the United Nations system made up of 47 States responsible for the promotion and protection of all human rights around the globe.
International Human Rights Bodies and Procedures

Hungary

Countries

Iceland

Countries

Illicit financial flows, human rights and the post-2015 development agenda - Interim study by the Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights, Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky

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Special Procedure
Date
Feb 10, 2015
Special Procedure Reports

In re Guarantee of a Dignified Minimum Existence

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Rights Involved
  • Right to adequate standard of living
  • Right to take part in cultural life
National Court
Date
Jul 23, 2014
Judgments

In re Special Care Unit 13 (Caso Pabellón 13)

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Country
Rights Involved
  • Right to development
  • Right to health
Issue
  • Non-discrimination
National Court
Date
Oct 15, 2014
Judgments

In re Special Tax Declaration of the Royal Decree Law 12/2012 (Sentencia 73/2017)

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Country
National Court
Date
Jun 8, 2017
Judgments

Independent expert on human rights and international solidarity

Description
The Independent expert on human rights and international solidarity is an independent expert appointed by the Human Rights Council to examine and report back on the theme of international solidarity.
International Human Rights Bodies and Procedures

Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights

Description
The Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights is an independent expert appointed by the Human Rights Council to examine and report back on the theme of the effects of foreign debt.
International Human Rights Bodies and Procedures

India

Countries

Indonesia

Countries

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

Regional Human Rights Bodies and Procedures

Inter-American Court of Human Rights

Regional Courts

Interim report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to education

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Special Procedure
Date
Aug 5, 2011
Special Procedure Reports

Interim report of the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health

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Special Procedure
Date
Aug 13, 2012
Special Procedure Reports

International Movement ATD Fourth World v. France

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Rights Involved
  • Right to adequate housing
Issue
  • Accountability
  • Non-discrimination
  • Progressive realization
  • Transparency
Regional Human Rights Body
Date
Dec 5, 2007
Judgments

Iraq

Countries

Ireland

Countries

Israel

Countries

Italy

Countries

Japan

Countries

Jobcenter Berlin Neukölln v. Alimanovic

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Country
Rights Involved
  • Right to social security
Issue
  • Non-discrimination
Regional Court
Date
Sep 15, 2015
Judgments

Joint general comment No. 3 (2017) of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and No.22 (2017) of the Committee on the Rights of the Child on the general principles regarding the human rights of children in the context of international migration**

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Nov 16, 2017
General Comments

Joint general comment No. 4 (2017) of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and No. 23 (2017) of the Committee on the Rights of the Child on State obligations regarding the human rights of children in the context of international migration in countries of origin, transit, destination and return

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Nov 16, 2017
General Comments

Joint general recommendation No. 31 of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women/general comment No. 18 of the Committee on the Rights of the Child on harmful practices

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Nov 14, 2014
General Comments

Judgment T-025 on Displaced Persons

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Country
Rights Involved
  • Right to adequate housing
  • Right to adequate standard of living
  • Right to education
  • Right to health
Issue
  • Accountability
  • Resource allocation
  • Resource expenditure
National Court
Date
Jan 22, 2004
Judgments

Judgment T-760/08 on the Right to Health

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Country
Rights Involved
  • Right to equality and a fair trial
  • Right to health
Issue
  • Accountability
  • Resource allocation
  • Resource expenditure
National Court
Date
Jul 31, 2008
Judgments

Kenya

Countries

Khosa v. Minister of Social Development; Mahlaule v. Minister of Social Development

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Country
Rights Involved
  • Right to social security
  • Rights of migrants/non-citizens
Issue
  • Non-discrimination
  • Resource expenditure
National Court
Date
Mar 4, 2004
Judgments

Kong Yunming v. Director of Social Welfare

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Country
Rights Involved
  • Right to social security
  • Rights of migrants/non-citizens
Issue
  • Non-discrimination
National Court
Date
Dec 17, 2013
Judgments

L.N. & 21 Others v. Ministry of Health

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Country
Rights Involved
  • Right to health
Issue
  • Progressive realization
  • Resource allocation
National Court
Date
Oct 7, 2015
Judgments

Lagos del Campo v. Peru

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Country
Rights Involved
  • Right to equality and a fair trial
  • Right to work
Issue
  • Accountability
  • Resource allocation
  • Resource expenditure
Regional Court
Date
Aug 31, 2017
Judgments

Land Claims Court of South Africa

Description
Specializes in dealing with disputes that arise out of laws that underpin South Africa's land reform initiative, including the Restitution of Land Rights Act of 1994, the Land Reform (Labour Tenants) Act of 1996, and the Extension of Security of Tenure Act of 1997. The Land Claims Court has the same status as any High Court; any appeal against a decision of the Land Claims Court lies with the Supreme Court of Appeal, and if appropriate, to the Constitutional Court.
National Courts

Latvia

Countries

Letter dated 16 May 2012 addressed by the Chairperson of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to States parties to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

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International Human Rights Body
Date
May 16, 2012
Statements and Letters

Liechtenstein

Countries

Lithuania

Countries

Macedonia

Countries

Marangopoulos Foundation for Human Rights (MFHR) v. Greece

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Country
Rights Involved
  • Right to health
  • Right to work
Issue
  • Progressive realization
Regional Human Rights Body
Date
Dec 6, 2006
Judgments

Matthews v. The United Kingdom

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Regional Court
Date
Feb 18, 1999
Judgments

Maximum Available Resources & Human Rights

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Authors
Radhika Balakrishnan, Diane Elson, James Heintz, Nicholas Lusiani
Year
2011
Articles and Commentary

Maximum Available Resources, Non-retrogression and Minimum Essential Levels in Tax Policy

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Authors
RightingFinance
Year
2016
Articles and Commentary

Measuring Compliance: Social Rights and the Maximum Available Resources Dilemma

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Authors
Abby Kendrick
Year
2017
Articles and Commentary

Médecins du Monde and Secours Catholique-Caritas France v. France (Decision n° 394540)

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Country
Rights Involved
  • Right to adequate housing
  • Right to adequate standard of living
  • Right to food
  • Right to water and sanitation
  • Rights of migrants/non-citizens
National Court
Date
Nov 23, 2015
Judgments

Médecins du Monde-International v. France

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Country
Rights Involved
  • Right to adequate housing
  • Right to education
  • Right to health
  • Rights of migrants/non-citizens
  • Rights of the child
Issue
  • Non-discrimination
Regional Human Rights Body
Date
Sep 11, 2012
Judgments

Mexico

Countries

Mohd Ahmed v. Union of India

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Country
Rights Involved
  • Right to health
Issue
  • Minimum core obligations
  • Non-discrimination
National Court
Date
Apr 17, 2014
Judgments

Moldova

Countries

Mongolia

Countries

Montenegro

Countries

Morocco

Countries

Myanmar

Countries

N.D. Jayal v. Union of India

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Country
Rights Involved
  • Right to development
  • Right to health
  • Right to water and sanitation
National Court
Date
Sep 1, 2003
Judgments

Namibia

Countries

Nepal

Countries

Netherlands

Countries

New York State Court of Appeals

Legal System
Common Law
National Courts

Newfoundland (Treasury Board) v. N.A.P.E.

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Country
Rights Involved
  • Right to work
  • Rights of women and girls
Issue
  • Non-discrimination
National Court
Date
Oct 28, 2004
Judgments

Nigeria

Countries

Nkuzi Development Association v. Government of South Africa and The Legal Aid Board

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Country
Rights Involved
  • Right to adequate housing
Issue
  • Participation
National Court
Date
Jul 6, 2001
Judgments

Pakistan

Countries

Paraguay

Countries

Pareggio di bilancio e diritti sociali: la ridefinizione dei confini nella recente giurisprudenza costituzionale in tema di diritto all’istruzione dei disabili

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Authors
Erik Furno
Year
2017
Articles and Commentary

Paschim Banga Khet Mazdoor Samity v. State of West Bengal

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Country
Rights Involved
  • Right to health
Issue
  • Minimum core obligations
National Court
Date
May 6, 1996
Judgments

Peru

Countries

Philippines

Countries

Portugal

Countries

Pronuncia 26/1980

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Country
Rights Involved
  • Right to social security
  • Right to work
National Court
Date
Mar 6, 1980
Judgments

Pronuncia 70/2015

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Country
Rights Involved
  • Right to social security
National Court
Date
Mar 10, 2015
Judgments

Pronuncia 80/2010

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Country
Rights Involved
  • Right to education
  • Rights of persons with disabilities
  • Rights of the child
National Court
Date
Feb 22, 2010
Judgments

Pronuncia 173/1986

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Country
Rights Involved
  • Right to social security
  • Right to work
Issue
  • Non-discrimination
National Court
Date
Jun 27, 1986
Judgments

Pronuncia 215/1987

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Country
Rights Involved
  • Right to education
  • Rights of persons with disabilities
Issue
  • Non-discrimination
  • Resource expenditure
National Court
Date
Jun 3, 1987
Judgments

Proportionality, Reasonableness, and Economic and Social Rights

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Authors
Katharine G. Young
Year
2016
Articles and Commentary

Public Budget Analysis for the Realization of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Conceptual Framework and Practical Implementation

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Authors
Olivier De Schutter
Year
2017
Articles and Commentary

Public debt, austerity measures and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

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International Human Rights Body
Date
Jul 22, 2016
Statements and Letters

Pun Devi Maharjan v. Government of Nepal

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Country
Rights Involved
  • Right to education
  • Right to social security
  • Rights of the child
National Court
Date
Aug 16, 2008
Judgments

Purohit and Moore v. The Gambia

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Country
Rights Involved
  • Right to health
  • Rights of persons with disabilities
Issue
  • Non-discrimination
  • Progressive realization
Regional Human Rights Body
Date
May 29, 2003
Judgments

Report of the Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity

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Special Procedure
Date
Apr 25, 2017
Special Procedure Reports

Report of the Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity

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Special Procedure
Date
Jul 19, 2017
Special Procedure Reports

Report of the Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity on her mission to Morocco

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Country
Special Procedure
Date
Apr 27, 2016
Special Procedure Reports

Report of the Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights

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Special Procedure
Date
Aug 7, 2014
Special Procedure Reports

Report of the Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights

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Special Procedure
Date
Aug 4, 2015
Special Procedure Reports

Report of the Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights, Cephas Lumina - Addendum - Mission to Greece (22 – 27 April 2013)

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Special Procedure
Date
Mar 27, 2014
Special Procedure Reports

Report of the Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights, Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, on his mission to Iceland (8–15 December 2014)

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Country
Special Procedure
Date
Mar 20, 2015
Special Procedure Reports

Report of the Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights

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Special Procedure
Date
Jan 12, 2016
Special Procedure Reports

Report of the independent expert on the question of human rights and extreme poverty, Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona

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Special Procedure
Date
Mar 27, 2009
Special Procedure Reports

Report of the independent expert on the question of human rights and extreme poverty

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Special Procedure
Date
Aug 11, 2009
Special Procedure Reports

Report of the independent expert on the question of human rights and extreme poverty, Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona

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Special Procedure
Date
Mar 31, 2010
Special Procedure Reports

Report of the Independent Expert on the question of human rights and extreme poverty, Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona

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Special Procedure
Date
Mar 17, 2011
Special Procedure Reports

Report of the independent expert on the question of human rights and extreme poverty, Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona - Addendum - Mission to Ireland

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Special Procedure
Date
May 17, 2011
Special Procedure Reports

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