The InternationalCovenant on Civil and Political Rights: A Study on Bangladesh Compliance International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), was adopted by the General Assembly by consensus, without any abstentions.16 The ICCPR comprises all of the traditional human rights as they are known from historic documents such as the First Ten Amendments to the Constitution of the United States (1789/1791) and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizens (1789). In perfect harmony with other International Bills of Rights, the Covenant consists of a preamble and fifty-three articles, divided into six parts. Part 1 (Article 1) recognises the right of all peoples to selfdetermination, including the right to “freely determine their political status,” pursue their economic, social and cultural goals, and manage and dispose of their own resources. It recognises a negative right of a people not to be deprived of its means of subsistence, and imposes an obligation on those parties still responsible for non-self governing and trust territories (colonies) to encourage and respect their selfdetermination. Part 2 (Articles 2–5) obliges parties to legislate where necessary to give effect to the rights recognised in the Covenant, and to provide an effective legal remedy for any violation of those rights. It also requires the rights be recognised “without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status,” and to ensure that they are enjoyed equally by women. The 25