El Protocolo Facultativo del Pacto Internacional de Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales: comunicaciones de personas o grupos como piedra angular
On 10 December 2008, General Assembly proceeded to adopt the (First) Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which establishes as key procedure the competence of the Committee to receive and review communications from individuals or groups of individu...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | Spanish |
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Asociación Española de Profesores de Derecho Internacional y Relaciones Internacionales
2012
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Online Access: | http://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=4190128 |
Source: | Revista electrónica de estudios internacionales, ISSN 1697-5197, Nº. 24, 201249 pags. |
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On 10 December 2008, General Assembly proceeded to adopt the (First) Optional Protocol to
the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which establishes as key procedure
the competence of the Committee to receive and review communications from individuals or groups of
individuals claiming to be victims of any of the rights set forth in the Covenant. The Protocol provides for
other monitoring mechanisms subject to express acceptance (opting in) to ensure compliance, namely the
submission of inter-state communications and a confidential inquiry procedure in cases of grave or
systematic violations of economic, social or cultural rights. Furthermore, it is envisaged the possibility to
trigger complementary measures of international assistance and cooperation, Trust Fund included, with
the consent of the State concerned. A certain frustration may nonetheless be felt at the fact that, in four
years since its adoption, the Protocol has not yet received the tenth instrument of ratification or accession
required to entry into force, being Spain, on 1 October 2012, the only Western European state listed
among the Contracting States. |
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