right, in addition to the information provided under
appendix 3 of the harmonized guidelines and taking
into account the framework and tables of illustrative
indicators outlined by the Office of the United Nations
High Commissioner for Human
Rights (OHCHR)
(HRI/
MC/2008/3);
(c) Mechanisms in place to ensure that a State
party’s obligations under the Covenant are fully
taken into account in its actions as a member of
international organizations and international financial
institutions, as well as when negotiating and ratifying
international
agreements,
in order to ensure
that
1. State reports submitted under the harmonized
guidelines on reporting
under the international
human rights treaties consist of two parts: a common
core document and treaty-specific documents. The
common core document should contain general
information about the reporting State, the general
economic, social and cultural
the most disadvantaged and
are not undermined;
framework for the protection and promotion of human
reference to specific examples of relevant case law;
rights, as well as information on non-discrimination
and equality, and effective remedies, in accordance
with the harmonized guidelines,
2. The treaty-specific document submitted to the
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
should
not repeat
information
included
in the
common core document or merely list or describe
the legislation adopted by the State party. Rather,
it should contain specific information relating to the
implementation, in law and in fact, of articles 1 to
15 of the Covenant, taking into account the general
comments of the Committee, as well as information
on recent developments in law and practice affecting
the full realization of the rights recognized in the
Covenant. It should also contain information on the
concrete
measures
taken
towards
that
goal,
and
the progress achieved, including — except for initial
treaty-specific documents — information on the steps
taken to address issues raised by the Committee
in the concluding observations on the State party's
previous report, or in its general comments.
(d)
The
incorporation
and
rights, particularly of
marginalized groups,
direct
applicability
of
each Covenant right in the domestic legal order, with
(e) The judicial and other appropriate remedies in
place enabling victims to obtain redress in case their
Covenant rights have been violated;
(f)
Structural or other significant obstacles arising
from factors beyond the State party’s control which
impede the full realization of the Covenant rights;
(g) Statistical data on the enjoyment of each
Covenant right, disaggregated by age, gender, ethnic
origin, urban/rural population and other relevant
status, on an annual comparative basis over the past
five years.
4.
The
treaty-specific
document
should
be
accompanied by a sufficient number of copies in
one of the working languages of the Committee
(English, French, Russian and Spanish) of all other
supplementary documentation which the State party
may wish to have distributed to all members of the
Committee to facilitate the consideration of the
report.
3. In relation to the rights recognized in the Covenant,
the treaty-specific document should indicate:
(a) Whether the State party has adopted a national
framework
law, policies and strategies for the
implementation of each Covenant right, identifying
the resources available for that purpose and the most
cost-effective ways of using such resources;
(b) Any mechanisms in place to monitor progress
towards the full realization of the Covenant rights,
including identification of indicators and related
national benchmarks in relation to each Covenant
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5. Ifa State party is party to any of the ILO Conventions
listed in appendix 2 of the harmonized guidelines, or
to any other relevant conventions of United Nations
Specialized agencies, and has already submitted
reports to the supervisory committee(s) concerned
that are relevant to any of the rights recognized in
the Covenant, it should append the respective parts
of those reports rather than repeat the information
in the treaty-specific document, However, all matters
which arise under the Covenant and are not fully
covered in those reports should be dealt with in the
present treaty-specific document.