Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

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The Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is a human rights treaty that establishes complaint and inquiry mechanisms allowing individuals and groups to seek international review of alleged violations of their economic, social, and cultural rights.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations treaty ⓘ
human rights treaty ⓘ
optional protocol ⓘ
adoptedBy United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
adoptedOnOccasionOf 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ
adoptionDate 2008-12-10 ⓘ
adoptionPlace New York City ⓘ
aimsTo provide access to justice at the international level ⓘ
strengthen enforcement of economic, social and cultural rights ⓘ
allows groups to submit complaints ⓘ
individuals to submit complaints ⓘ
third-party submissions under certain conditions ⓘ
alsoKnownAs OP-ICESCR ⓘ
Optional Protocol to the ICESCR ⓘ
basedOn International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ⓘ
belongsToCategory United Nations human rights instruments ⓘ
treaties concluded in 2008 ⓘ
complements International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ⓘ
depositedWith Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
enteredIntoForce 2013-05-05 ⓘ
establishesMechanism collective communications procedure ⓘ
individual communications procedure ⓘ
inquiry procedure ⓘ
hasPreambleReferencing dignity and equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family ⓘ
hasProvisionOn admissibility criteria for communications ⓘ
follow-up to the Committee’s views and recommendations ⓘ
friendly settlement of communications ⓘ
interim measures ⓘ
inquiryProcedureAppliesTo grave or systematic violations of economic, social and cultural rights ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
monitoredBy Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ⓘ
openedForSignature 2009-09-24 ⓘ
partOf International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights system ⓘ
providesFor international review of alleged violations of economic, social and cultural rights ⓘ
relatesTo cultural rights ⓘ
economic rights ⓘ
social rights ⓘ
requires States parties to recognize competence of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ⓘ
exhaustion of domestic remedies for communications ⓘ
subject economic, social and cultural rights ⓘ
international human rights law ⓘ

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International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights → hasOptionalProtocol → Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ⓘ
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights → alsoKnownAs → OP-ICESCR ⓘ
linked to: Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights → alsoKnownAs → Optional Protocol to the ICESCR ⓘ
linked to: Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Optional Protocols to core human rights treaties → example → Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ⓘ