GENEVA (9 February 2023) - The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights will hold its upcoming session from 13 February to 3 March. During the session, the Committee will examine Panama, China (including Hong Kong and Macao), Portugal, Yemen, Cambodia and Lithuania.

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 organisations, will discuss a range of issues with the six delegations on the following dates. The schedule is subject to change and the latest programme of work is available online.

Panama
13 February 16:00 - 18:00 (Geneva time)
14 February 16:00 - 18:00
15 February 16:00 - 18:00

China (including Hong Kong and Macao)
15 February 10:00 - 13:00
16 February 10:00 - 13:00

Portugal
16 February 15:00 - 18:00
17 February 15:00 - 18:00

Yemen
20 February 15:00 - 17:00
21 February 15:00 - 17:00
23 February 10:00 – 12:00

Cambodia
21 February 10:00 - 13:00
22 February 10:00 - 13:00

Lithuania
22 February 15:00 - 18:00
23 February 15:00 - 18:00

The above public dialogueswill be held in the Ground Floor Conference Room, Palais Wilson, Geneva*. All public meetings are open to the accredited 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**.

*Except for the Panama and Yemen dialogues, which will be conducted in a hybrid format.
**Due to space constraints at Palais Wilson, observers, including members of civil society and the press, are encouraged to follow the public dialogues live on UN Web TV.