General Documents Not Relating To Specific States

General Comments or Recommendations

CESCR

CESCR General Comment 1 (Reporting by States parties)

CESCR General Comment 2 (Article 22: International technical assistance measures)

CESCR General Comment 3 (Art. 2, para. 1: The nature of States parties obligations)

CESCR General Comment 4 (Art. 11.1: The right to adequate housing)

CESCR General Comment 5 (Persons with disabilities)

CESCR General Comment 6 (The economic, social and cultural rights of older persons)

CESCR General Comment 7 (The right to adequate housing: Art. 11.1 - forced evictions)

CESCR General Comment 8 (The relationship between economic sanctions and respect for economic, social and cultural rights)

CESCR General Comment 9 (The domestic application of the Covenant)

CESCR General Comment 10 (The role of national human rights institutions in the protection of economic, social and cultural rights)

CESCR General Comment 11 (Article 14: Plans of action for primary education)

CESCR General Comment 12 (Article 11: The right to adequate food)

CESCR General Comment 13 (Article 13: The right to education)

CESCR General Comment 14 (Article 12: The right to the highest attainable standard of health)

CESCR General Comment 15 (Articles 11 and 12: The Right to Water)

CESCR General Comment 16: The equal right of men and women to the enjoyment of all economic, social and cultural rights (art. 3 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights)

CESCR General Comment 17 (The right of everyone to benefit from the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he or she is the author (article 15, paragraph 1 (c))

CESCR General Comment 18 (The Right to Work)

CESCR General Comment 19 (The right to social security (art. 9))

CESCR General Comment 20 (Non-Discrimination in Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (art. 2, para. 2))

CESCR General Comment 21 (Right of everyone to take part in cultural life (art. 15(1)(a))

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A treaty body may adopt General Comments or Recommendations, which are official statements adopted by the Committee that elaborate on the meaning of treaty obligations. Some General Comments or Recommendations may be procedural in nature, others may address substantive provisions of the treaty and provide the Committee's interpretation of treaty rights.

CERD and CEDAW refer to these official statements as “General Recommendations” and CED, CRPD, CCPR, CESCR, CAT, CRC and CMW refer to them as “General Comments”.