经济、社会和文化权利委员会将于11月10日至28日举行第五十三届会议（部分翻译）

经济、社会和文化权利委员会
背景信息

2014年11月6日

专家们将审议越南、葡萄牙、芬兰、黑山、危地马拉、斯洛文尼亚、尼泊尔和罗马尼亚的报告

经济、社会和文化权利委员会将于11月10日至28日在日内瓦威尔逊宫举行会议，审查越南、葡萄牙、芬兰、黑山、危地马拉、斯洛文尼亚、尼泊尔和罗马尼亚为遵循《经济、社会及文化权利国际公约》标准而采取的措施。

在11月10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他的代表发言。委员会随后将通过议程，讨论组织事宜和工作方法，并将与非政府组织和国家人权机构举行一场会议，听取有关会上接受审议的国家报告的信息。下午，委员会将开始审议越南的报告。按照惯例，报告审议将持续两天，而非一天。

国家报告、共同核心文件、书面回复、议题清单、平行报告和委员会面前的其他会议文件可在网页上获取，并有多种联合国正式语文版本。在会议结束阶段，委员会对每个缔约国的结论性意见也可在这个网站获取。国家审议的网络直播可在以下地址观看： www.treatybodywebcast.org

黑山将提交其首份报告E/C.12/MNE/1

越南将提交第二至第四次定期报告E/C.12/VNM/2-4。委员会关于越南首次定期报告（1993年5月审议）的结论性意见和建议请见E/C.12/1993/8

葡萄牙将提交第四次定期审议报告E/C.12/PRT/4。委员会关于葡萄牙第三次定期报告（2000年11月审议）的结论性意见和建议请见E/C.12/1/Add.53

芬兰将提交第六次定期审议报告E/C.12/FIN/6。委员会关于芬兰第五次定期报告（2007年5月审议）的结论性意见和建议请见E/C.12/FIN/CO/5

危地马拉将提交第三次定期报告E/C.12/GTM/3。委员会关于危地马拉第二次定期报告（2003年11月审议）的结论性意见和建议请见E/C.12/Add.93

斯洛文尼亚将提交第二次定期报告E/C.12/SVN/2。委员会关于斯洛文尼亚首次报告（2005年11月审议）的结论性意见和建议请见E/C.12/SVN/CO/1

尼泊尔将提交第三次定期报告E/C.12/NPL/3。委员会关于尼泊尔第二次定期报告（2007年5月审议）的结论性意见和建议请见E/C.12/NPL/CO/2

罗马尼亚将提交第三至第五次合并定期报告E/C.12/ROU/3-5。委员会关于罗马尼亚第二次定期报告（1994年5月审议）的结论性意见和建议请见E/C.12/1994/4.

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 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 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 45 signatories and 16 Parties, having been ratified by Argentina, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cabo Verde, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Finland, Gabon, Mongolia, Montenegro, Portugal, Slovakia Spain and Uruguay.

States Parties to the Covenant

The Covenant has been ratified or acceded to by 162 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, 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, 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); 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).

Mr. Kedzia is the Chairperson; the Vice-Chairpersons are Mr. Dasgupta, Mr. Kerdoun, and Mr. Ribeiro Leao; and Ms. Bras Gomes is Rapporteur of the Committee.

Committee expert Jun Cong (China) resigned in July 2014, and an ad-hoc election will be held on 17 November 2014 to replace her for the remainder of the term.


Provisional Programme of Work

Monday, 10 November

10 a.m. Opening of session, adoption of the agenda, submission of reports, organization of work, meeting with partners
(public and private)

3 p.m. Report of Viet Nam E/C.12/VNM/2-4

Tuesday, 11 November

10 a.m. Report of Viet Nam (continued)
3 p.m. Report of Portugal E/C.12/PRT/4

Wednesday, 12 November

10 a.m. Report of Portugal (continued)
3 p.m. Report of Finland E/C.12/FIN/6

Thursday, 13 November

10 a.m. Report of Finland (continued)

3 p.m. Report of Montenegro E/C.12/MNE/1

Friday, 14 November

10 a.m. Report of Montenegro (continued)

3 p.m. Report of Montenegro (continued)

Monday, 17 November

10 a.m. Meeting with partners (public and private)

3 p.m. Report of Guatemala E/C.12/GTM/3

Tuesday, 18 November

10 a.m. Report of Guatemala (continued)

3 p.m. Report of Slovenia E/C.12/SVN/2

Wednesday, 19 November

10 a.m. Report of Slovenia (continued)

3 p.m. Report of Nepal E/C.12/NPL/3

Thursday, 20 November

10 a.m. Report of Nepal (continued)

3 p.m. Report of Romania E/C.12/ROU/3-5

Friday, 21 November

10 a.m. Report of Romania (continued)

3 p.m. (closed meeting)

Friday, 28 November

10 a.m. (closed meeting)
Noon Briefing for States

3 p.m. Public closing of the session

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