International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Background Information

Official documents available on-line

• International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)
• Canada's Fifth Report on the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Submitted to the UN on August 17, 2005 [ HTML Version | PDF Version, 572 KB ]
• Concluding Observations of the UN Committee
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• Canada's Fourth Report on the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Submitted to the UN on October 4, 2004.
  [ HTML Version | PDF Version, 1 652 KB ]

Official documents available in published form

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