Workshop on monitoring economic, social and cultural rights

On 12 and 13 August 2010, HURIDOCS and the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights convened a workshop to discuss the so-called IBSA procedure for more effective monitoring and implementation of economic, social and cultural rights.

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On 12 and 13 August 2010, HURIDOCS and the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights convened a workshop to discuss the so-called IBSA procedure for more effective monitoring and implementation of economic, social and cultural rights. IBSA provides a framework for accountability of State actors when reporting on their progress on implementing ESC rights, through a process of better structuring State party reports with the help of Indicators as well as state-proposed Benchmarks as implementation targets. These benchmarks are fine-tuned by the reporting State party and the Committee during a period of Scoping, finally leading to an Assessment of the State party’s performance.

The particular aims of the workshop were to :

  • update civil society representatives on the process and to reinforce their participation in the discussions
  • identify how indicators can be contextualized at country level, and
  • identify how civil society can and should contribute to the IBSA process in order to enrich the constructive dialog and advocate for the rights of the most marginalized and disadvantaged populations groups.

The report of the Workshop Bridging the gap between human rights advocates and scientists: improved measurement of the realisation of ESC rights is available here.

Bridging the gap between human rights advocates and scientists
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This event was sponsored by the Permanent Mission of the Netherlands to the UN in Geneva.

sommaire en français

Les 12 et 13 août 2010, HURIDOCS et de l’Académie de droit international humanitaire et des droits humains à Genève ont organisé un atelier pour discuter de la procédure dite de l’IBSA pour un suivi plus efficace et la mise en œuvre des droits économiques, sociaux et culturels. La rapport est disponible en anglais.

resumen en español

El 12 y 13 de agosto de 2010, HURIDOCS y la Academia del Derecho Internacional Humanitario y los Derechos Humanos de Genebra organizó un seminario para discutir el procedimiento denominado IBSA por una vigilancia más eficaz y la aplicación de los derechos económicos, sociales y culturales.

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