经济、社会与文化权利委员会将于4月29日至5月17日召开第五十届会议（部分翻译）

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2013年4月25日

专家将审议日本、伊朗、牙买加、阿塞拜疆、多哥、卢旺达和丹麦提交的报告

经济、社会与文化问题委员会将于4月29日至5月17日在日内瓦威尔逊宫召开会议，会上将审议日本、伊朗、牙买加、阿塞拜疆、多哥、卢旺达和丹麦为遵守《经济、社会及文化权利国际公约》相关标准而采取的各项措施。

会议将于4月29日（星期一）开幕，届时联合国人权事务高级专员或者其代表将致开幕辞。委员会将随后选举主席和主席团、通过会议议程并讨论组织问题和工作方法。在下午的会议中，委员会将听取非政府组织和国家人权机构关于会议期间即将审议的报告的意见。

这次提交报告的七个国家中有六个曾接受过委员会的审议。日本将提交其第三次定期报告 (E/C.12/JPN/3) ，委员会2001年9月审议其第二次定期报告后的结论性意见和建议请参阅 (E/C.12/1/Add.67)。伊朗将提交第二次定期报告 (E/C.12/IRN/2)，委员会1993年5月审议其初始报告后的结论性意见和建议请参阅 (E/C.12/1993/7)。

牙买加将提交第三次和第四次合并定期报告 (E/C.12/JAM/3-4)，委员会2001年11月审议其第二次报告后的结论性意见和建议请参阅(E/C.12/1/Add.75)。委员会将审议阿塞拜疆提交的第三次定期报告 (E/C.12/AZE/3)，2004年12月审议其第二次报告后的结论性意见和建议请参阅 (E/C.12/1/Add.104)。

卢旺达将提交第二次至第四次合并定期报告 (E/C.12/RWA/2-4)，委员会1989年2月审议其初始报告后的结论性意见和建议请参阅  (E/C.12/1989/5)。

丹麦将提交第五次定期报告 (E/C12/DNK/5)，委员会2004年12月审议其第四次报告后的结论性意见和建议请参阅 (E/C.12/1/Add.102)。

多哥将提交初始报告。

上述国家提交委员会的主要文件都将在委员会关于本次会议的网页上公布。会议结束时，委员会针对各缔约国提出的结论性意见也将在网站上公布。

会议对话将通过网络进行直播（单一语言），观看地址为：http://www.treatybodywebcast.org/。以往的会议也有存档。

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

The General Assembly adopted and opened the Covenant for signature, ratification and accession in 1966. It entered into force on 3 January 1976.

Article 1 of the Covenant states that the right to self-determination is universal, and calls upon States to promote the realization and respect of that right. Article 3 reaffirms the equal right of men and women to the enjoyment of all human rights and enjoins States to make that principle a reality. Articles 4 and 5 provides 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 ground 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 for the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. It was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 10 December 2008, and opened for signature on 24 September 2009. As of 5 February, the Optional Protocol has 42 signatories and 10 Parties, having been ratified by Argentina, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mongolia, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain and Uruguay. It will enter into force on 5 May 2013.

States Parties to the Covenant

The Covenant has been ratified or acceded to by 160 States: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, 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, 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, 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); Jun Cong (China); Chandrashekhar Dasgupta (India); Zdzislaw Kedzia (Poland); Azzouz Kerdoun (Algeria); Mikel Mancisidor (Spain); Jaime Marchan Romero (Ecuador); Sergei Martynov (Belarus); Ariranga Govindasamy Pillay (Mauritius);Lydia Carmelita Ravenberg (Suriname); Renato Zerbini Ribeiro Leao (Brazil); Waleed Sadi (Jordan); Nikolaas Jan Schrijver (Netherlands); Heisoo Shin (Republic of Korea); and Alvaro Tirado Mejia (Colombia).

Programme of Work

Monday, 29 April

10 a.m. Opening of session

3 p.m. Meeting with non-governmental organizations

Tuesday, 30 April

10 a.m. Third periodic report of Japan

3 p.m. Japan (continued)


Wednesday, 1 May

10 a.m. Second periodic report of Iran

3 p.m. Iran (continued)


Thursday, 2 May

10 a.m. Third to fourth periodic report of Jamaica

3 p.m. Jamaica (continued)


Friday, 3 May

10 a.m. Third periodic report of Azerbaijan

3 p.m. Azerbaijan (continued)


Monday, 6 May

10 a.m. Meeting with non-governmental organizations

3 p.m. Initial report of Togo


Tuesday, 7 May

10 a.m. Togo (continued)

3 p.m. Togo (continued)


Wednesday, 8 May

10 a.m. Second to fourth periodic report of Rwanda

3 p.m. Rwanda (continued)

Thursday, 9 May

Official United Nations Holiday


Friday, 10 May

10 a.m. Fifth periodic report of Denmark

3 p.m. Denmark (continued)


Friday, 17 May

10 a.m. (closed)

p.m. Public closing of the session

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