UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights publishes findings on Bulgaria, Cameroon, Estonia, Kazakhstan, and Mauritius
12 March 2019
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GENEVA (12 March 2019) – The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has published its findings on the rights records of countries it examined during its latest session: Bulgaria, Cameroon, Estonia, Kazakhstan and Mauritius.
The findings, officially termed concluding observations, contain positive aspects of the respective State’s implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and also main matters of concern and recommendations.
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights will next meet from 30 September to 18 October to review economic, social and cultural rights in the following countries: Denmark, Ecuador, Israel, Senegal, Slovakia, and Switzerland. More information is available on the session’s Web page.
The Committee’s concluding observations are an independent assessment of States’ compliance with their human rights obligations under the treaty.
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