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UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to review El Salvador, Mongolia, Italy, Guatemala, Tajikistan and Luxembourg

23 September 2022

GENEVA (23 September 2022) – The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights will hold its upcoming session from 26 September to 14 October. During the session, the Committee will examine El Salvador, Mongolia, Italy, Guatemala, Tajikistan and Luxembourg.

The six countries are among the 171 States parties to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. They are required to undergo regular reviews by the Committee of 18 independent international experts on how they are implementing the Covenant.

The Committee, which has received the respective country reports and other submissions from non-governmental organizations, will discuss a range of issues with the six delegations on the following dates at Geneva time:

El Salvador*
26 September 16:00 - 18:00
27 September 16:00 - 18:00
28 September 16:00 - 18:00

Mongolia
27 September 10:00 - 13:00
28 September 10:00 - 13:00

Italy
29 September 15:00 - 18:00
30 September 10:00 - 13:00

Guatemala
3 October 15:00 - 18:00
4 October 15:00 - 18:00

Tajikistan
5 October 10:00 - 13:00
5 October 15:00 - 18:00

Luxembourg
6 October 15:00 - 18:00
7 October 15:00 - 18:00

The above public dialogues* will be held in the Ground Floor Conference Room, Palais Wilson, Geneva. All public meetings are open to the press and livecast on UN Web TV. More information about the session, including reports submitted by the States and the full schedule of meetings, is available on the session webpage.

*The public review on El Salvador will be held online, all other dialogues will take place in person.

For media accreditation:
Please register online with the United Nations Information Service in Geneva

For other media enquiries and registration to attend public meetings at Palais Wilson, please contact:
Vivian Kwok at +41 (0) 22 917 9362 / vivian.kwok@un.org or the UN Human Rights Office Media Section at +41 (0) 22 928 9855 / ohchr-media@un.org

Background

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights monitors States parties’ adherence to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights which to date has 171 States parties and the Optional Protocol which has 26 States parties. The Committee is made up of 18 members who are independent human rights experts drawn from around the world, who serve in their personal capacity and not as representatives of States parties.

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