Hospitals & Asylums
35th Session of the UN Committee
on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights HA-1-12-05
Welcome to the 49th distribution
of information relating to the recommendations of the seven human rights treaty
bodies. This list is maintained by the Treaties and Commission Branch of the
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in
The present email conveys the results of the 35th session of the UN Committee
on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (7-25 November 2005).
1. State party reporting
At this session, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights issued
its concluding observations on the reports of the following States parties to
the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights:
Austria (English): http://www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cescr/docs/E_C.12_AUT_CO_3.doc
Bosnia and Herzegovina (English): http://www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cescr/docs/E_C.12_BIH_CO_1.doc
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (English): http://www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cescr/docs/E_C.12_LYB_CO_2.doc
Slovenia (English): http://www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cescr/docs/E_C.12_SVN_CO_1.doc
Uzbekistan (English): http://www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cescr/docs/E_C.12_UZB_CO_1.doc
2. General Comments
In addition, the Committee adopted 2 general comments on the provisions of the Covenant,
as follows.
- General Comment No. 17 on 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 is the author (http://www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cescr/docs/gc17.doc),
and
- General Comment No. 18 on the right to work (text not yet available).
3. Next session
At its 36th session (May 2006), the Committee will consider the reports of the
following States parties:
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Full information relating to the just concluded 35th session of the Committee
can be found at the following webpage: http://www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cescr/cescrs35.htm.
Information about the next (36th) session of the Committee can be found at: http://www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cescr/cescrs36.htm.
Documents are initially provided in advance unedited version in the original
language of adoption. Final versions and translations into additional languages
will be available in due course on the Treaty Body Database (http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf)
and the Official Documents System of the United Nations (http://documents.un.org).
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OHCHR-Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
website: http://www.ohchr.org
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