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 Draft General Comment on Science - Call for contributions by 14 February 2020 Online system for NGOs and NHRIs submissions 67th session, 17 February - 6 March 2020. Registration starts on 16 December 2019. Deadline for submissions: 10 Janurary 2020. 66th PSWG of CESCR (private meeting), 9-13 March 2020. Deadline for submissions: 6 January 2020	HTMLCountry5 Recent Events and Developments Joint statement on freedom of association, including the right to form and join trade unions Deadline for written contributions for the drafting of a general comment on land and ICESCR extended until 30 November 2019 66th session, 30 September – 18 October 2019 Day of general discussion on land, 14 October 2019 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 revises "Note on the procedure for follow-up to concluding observations" E \| F 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 Spain: Forced eviction violated right to housing, say UN experts 30 October 2019 UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights publishes findings on Denmark, Ecuador, Israel, Senegal, Slovakia, and Switzerland 22 October 2019 Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concludes its sixty-sixth session 18 October 2019 Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights starts day of general discussion on governance of land 14 October 2019 Committee on economic, social and cultural rights concludes day of general discussion on governance of land tenure 14 October 2019	HTMLCountry7 Ratifications and Reporting Status of ratification by treaty and by country Declarations and reservations World Maps on Ratifications Reporting status by country