The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) is the body of 18 independent experts that monitors implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights by its States parties. The Committee was established under ECOSOC Resolution 1985/17 of 28 May 1985 to carry out the monitoring functions assigned to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in Part IV of the Covenant.

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HTMLCountry4 Upcoming Events 70th session : The 70th session of the Committee is scheduled from 27 September to 15 October 2021 in Geneva. The provisional agenda includes the review of the following State Parties: Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kuwait, Nicaragua. The programme is available at: 70th session webpage (subject to change depending on the COVID-19 pandemic). Please also note that restrictions are currently in place to access UN premises. Details on how to contribute to the work of the Committee and deadlines for written contributions are available under the 70th webpage in the "Informative note on SUBMISSIONS from civil society and national human rights institutions" CESCR calls for written contributions Draft General Comment on Land and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Deadline extended to 15 August 2021 Draft Rules of procedure under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)	HTMLCountry5 Recent Events and Developments 68th Pre-sessional Working Group, 8 to 12 March 2021 New individual complaints form and guidance note Form (Word): English \| Français \| русский \| Español Guidance (Word): English \| Français \| русский \| Español Committee adopts Statement on universal affordable vaccination against COVID-19, international cooperation and intellectual property, 12 March 2021 69th session, 15 February to 5 March 2021 Information on the Predictable Review Cycle and the Simplified Reporting procedure sent to all State Parties Committee adopts Statement on universal and equitable access to vaccines for COVID-19, 27 November 2020 General comment No. 25 on Science and economic, social and cultural rights Art. 15.1.b, 15.2, 15.3 and 15.4 Press note on COVID-19 statement Committee adopts statement on the Covid-19 Pandemic and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 6 April 2020 Joint statement on freedom of association, including the right to form and join trade unions Five UN human rights treaty bodies issue a joint statement on human rights and climate change, 16 Sept 2019 Committee adopts statement on the pledge to "Leave No One Behind", 8 March 2019 Committee adopts "Working methods concerning the Committee’s follow-up to Views under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights"
HTMLCountry6 Latest News UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights issues findings on Finland and Latvia 16 March 2021 Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concludes sixty-ninth online session after adopting concluding observations and recommendations on reports of Finland and Latvia 5 March 2021 Committee on Economic, Social And Cultural Rights discusses the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in its dialogue with Finland 19 February 2021 Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights opens remote sixty-ninth session 15 February 2021 UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to review Finland and Latvia 11 February 2021	HTMLCountry7 Ratifications and Reporting Status of ratification by treaty and by country Declarations and reservations World Maps on Ratifications Reporting status by country