GENEVA (9 February 2024) - The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights will hold its upcoming session from 12 February to 1 March. During the session, the Committee will examine Romania, Mauritania, Ireland, Iraq, Indonesia and Sweden.

The six countries are among the 172 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 at Geneva time.

Romania
13 February 10:00 – 13:00
14 February 10:00 – 13:00

Mauritania
13 February 15:00 – 18:00
14 February 15:00 – 18:00

Ireland
15 February 10:00 – 13:00
16 February 10:00 – 13:00

Iraq
19 February 15:00 – 18:00
20 February 15:00 – 18:00

Indonesia
20 February 10:00 – 13:00
21 February 10:00 – 13:00

Sweden
21 February 15:00 – 18:00
22 February 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 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.