经济、社会和文化权利委员会将于2016年9月19日至10月7日举行第五十九届会议（部分翻译）

背景信息

专家们将审议哥斯达黎加、塞浦路斯、波兰、突尼斯、黎巴嫩、多米尼加共和国和菲律宾的报告

日内瓦（2016年9月15日）——经济、社会和文化权利委员会将于2016年9月19日至10月7日在日内瓦万国宫第十六号会议室举行会议，并审议哥斯达黎加、塞浦路斯、波兰、突尼斯、黎巴嫩、多米尼加共和国和菲律宾根据《经济、社会及文化权利国际公约》标准采取的措施。

在9月19日（周一）会议开幕当天，委员会将听取联合国人权事务高级专员或其代表的发言。委员会随后将通过议程，讨论组织事宜和工作方法，并将与各国的非政府组织和国家人权机构举行一场会议，它们所属国家的报告将在会议第一周接受审议。9月19日下午，委员会将开始审议哥斯达黎加的报告。

哥斯达黎加将提交第五次定期报告(E/C.12/CRI/5)。委员会关于第二、第三和第四次合并定期报告（2007年11月审议）的结论性意见请参见：E/C.12/CRI/CO/4。

塞浦路斯将提交第六次定期报告 (E/C.12/CYP/6)。委员会关于第四至第五次合并定期报告（2009年5月讨论）的结论性意见请参见： E/C.12/CYP/CO/5。

波兰将提交第六次定期报告(E/C.12/POL/6)。委员会关于波兰第五次定期报告（2009年11月呈交）的结论性意见请参见： E/C.12/POL/CO/5。

突尼斯将提交第三次定期报告(E/C.12/TUN/3)。委员会关于第二次定期报告（1999年5月讨论）的结论性意见请参见： E/C.12/1/Add.36。

黎巴嫩将提交第二次定期报告 (E/C.12/LBN/2)。委员会关于首份报告（1993年5月审议）的结论性意见请参见： E/C.12/1993/10。

多米尼加共和国将提交第四次定期报告(E/C.12/DOM/4)。委员会关于多米尼加共和国第三次定期报告（2010年11月呈交）的结论性意见请参见： E/C.12/DOM/CO/3。

菲律宾将提交第五至第六次合并定期报告 (E/C.12/PHL/5-6)。委员会关于第二至第四次合并定期报告（2008年11月审议）的结论性意见请参见： E/C.12/PHL/CO/4。

呈交至委员会的国家报告和其他会议文件可通过会议网页查看。在会议结束阶段，委员会对每个缔约国的结论性意见也将通过上述网站发布。

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights was adopted and opened  for signature, ratification and accession by the General Assembly in 1966.  It entered into force on 3 January 1976. 

The right to self-determination is universal, affirms Article 1 of the Covenant, also calling upon States to respect and to promote the realization of this right.  Article 2 states that States Parties should undertake to guarantee that the rights enunciated in the Covenant will be exercised without discrimination of any kind as to race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.  Article 3 reaffirms the equal right of men and women to the enjoyment of all human rights and asks States to make that principle a reality.  Articles 4 and 5 provide safeguards against the destruction or undue limitation of any human right or fundamental freedom, and against misinterpretation of any provision of the Covenant as a means of justifying infringement of a right or freedom or its restriction to a greater extent than provided in the Covenant.  They also prevent States from limiting rights already enjoyed within their territories on the grounds that such rights are not recognized, or recognized to a lesser extent, in the Covenant.

Articles 6 to 15 recognize the right to work; to the enjoyment of just and favourable conditions of work; to form and join trade unions; to social security, including social insurance; to the widest possible protection and assistance for the family, mothers, children and younger persons; to an adequate standard of living; to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health; to an education and to take part in cultural life.

The Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is an international treaty establishing complaint and inquiry mechanisms.  It was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 10 December 2008, and opened for signature on 24 September 2009.  The Optional Protocol entered into force on 5 May 2013 and has been ratified or acceded to by 21 States:  Argentina, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cabo Verde, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Finland, France, Gabon, Italy, Luxembourg, Mongolia, Montenegro, Niger, Portugal, San Marino, Slovakia, Spain and Uruguay.

States Parties to the Covenant

The Covenant has been ratified or acceded to by 164 States: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Germany, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, South Africa, State of Palestine, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Timor-Leste, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
 
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

The Committee is composed of the following 18 Experts: Aslan Khuseinovich Abashidze (Russian Federation); Mohamed Ezzeldin Adel-Moneim (Egypt); Clement Atangana (Cameroon); Maria-Virginia Bras Gomes (Portugal); Shiqiu Chen (China); Chandrashekhar Dasgupta (India); Olivier de Schutter (Belgium); Zdzislaw Kedzia (Poland); Azzouz Kerdoun (Algeria); Mikel Mancisidor de la Fuente (Spain); Sergei Martynov (Belarus); Ariranga Govindasamy Pillay (Mauritius); Lydia Ravenberg (Suriname); Renato Zerbini Ribeiro Leao (Brazil); Waleed Sadi (Jordan); Nikolaas Jan Schrijver (Netherlands); Heisoo Shin (Republic of Korea); and Rodrigo Uprimny (Colombia).

Mr. Sadi is the Chairperson; the Vice-Chairpersons are Mr. Abashidze, Mr. Mancisidor de la Fuente and Mr. Ribeiro Leao.  Mr. Pillay is Rapporteur of the Committee.

Programme of Work – Public Meetings
 
Monday, 19 September

10 a.m.          Opening of session, adoption of the agenda, submission of Reports, organization of work, meeting with partners
                  3 p.m.          Report of Costa Rica (E/C.12/CRI/5)

Tuesday, 20 September

10 a.m.         Report of Costa Rica (continued)
3 p.m.           Report of Cyprus (E/C.12/CYP/6)

Wednesday, 21 September
 
10 a.m.         Report of Cyprus (continued)
3 p.m.           Report of Poland (E/C.12/POL/6)
 
Thursday, 22 September

10 a.m.         Report of Poland (continued)
3 p.m.           Report of Tunisia (E/C.12/TUN/3)

Friday, 23 September
 
10 a.m.         Report of Tunisia (continued)

Monday, 26 September

10 a.m.         Meeting with partners
3 p.m.           Report of Lebanon (E/C.12/LBN/2)

Tuesday, 27 September

10 a.m.         Report of Lebanon (continued)
3 p.m.           Report of the Dominican Republic (E/C.12/DOM/4)

Wednesday, 28 September

10 a.m.         Report of the Dominican Republic (continued)
3 p.m.           Report of the Philippines (E/C.12/PHL/5-6).

Thursday, 29 September
 
10 a.m.         Report of the Philippines (continued)
         
Friday, 7 October

3 p.m.          Public closing of the session (exact time tbc)

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