International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights (ICESR)
Unofficial
Summary
Article 1
All peoples have the right of
self-determination, including the right to determine their political status and
freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development.
Article 2
Each State Party undertakes to take steps to
the maximum of its available resources to achieve progressively the full
realization of the rights in this treaty. Everyone is entitled to the same
rights without discrimination of any kind.
Article 3
The States undertake to ensure the equal
right of men and women to the enjoyment of all rights in this treaty.
Article 4
Limitations may be placed on these rights
only if compatible with the nature of these rights and solely for the purpose
of promoting the general welfare in a democratic society.
Article 5
No person, group or government has the right
to destroy any of these rights.
Article 6
No person, group or government has the right
to destroy any of these rights.
Article 7
Everyone has the right to just conditions of
work; fair wages ensuring a decent living for himself and his family; equal pay
for equal work; safe and healthy working conditions; equal opportunity for
everyone to be promoted; rest and leisure.
Article 8
Everyone has the right to form and join
trade unions, the right to strike.
Article 9
Everyone has the right to social security,
including social insurance.
Article 10
Protection and assistance should be accorded
to the family. Marriage must be entered into with the free consent of both
spouses. Special protection should be provided to mothers. Special measures
should be taken on behalf of children, without discrimination. Children and
youth should be protected from economic exploitation. Their employment in
dangerous or harmful work should be prohibited. There should be age limits
below which child labor should be prohibited.
Article 11
Everyone has the right to an adequate
standard of living for himself and his family, including adequate food,
clothing and housing. Everyone has the right to be free from hunger.
Article 12
Everyone has the right to the enjoyment of
the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health.
Article 13
Everyone has the right to education. Primary
education should be compulsory and free to all.
Article 14
Those States where compulsory, free primary
education is not available to all should work out a plan to provide such
education.
Article 15
Everyone has the right to take part in
cultural life; enjoy the benefits of scientific progress.
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International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
(ICCPR)
Unofficial
Summary
Article 1
All peoples have the right of
self-determination, including the right to determine their political status and
freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development.
Article 2
Each State must respect and ensure to all
people within its territory and jurisdiction all rights in this treaty without
discrimination of any kind.
Article 3
The States undertake to ensure the equal
right of men and women to the enjoyment of all rights in this treaty.
Article 4
Derogation from State obligations is to be
strictly limited.
Article 5
Derogation from State obligations is to be
strictly limited.
Article 6
Everyone has the right to life.
Article 7
No one shall be subjected to torture or
cruel or degrading treatment or punishment.
Article 8
No one shall be held in slavery or
servitude.
Article 9
Everyone has the right to liberty and
security of person. No one shall be arrested or detained arbitrarily.
Article 10
Everyone deprived of liberty shall be
treated with respect.
Article 11
No one shall be imprisoned merely for
failing to pay a debt.
Article 12
Everyone has the right to freedom of
movement and to leave and enter his own country.
Article 13
An alien lawfully in the territory of a
State Party may be expelled only in accordance with law.
Article 14
Everyone is equal before the law. Everyone
has the right to a fair trial. Everyone has the right to be presumed innocent
until proven guilty. No one may be compelled to testify against himself.
Article 15
No one shall be held guilty of a criminal
offense when the act did not constitute a criminal offense at the time it was
committed.
Article 16
Everyone has the right to be recognized
everywhere as a person before the law.
Article 17
Everyone has the right to privacy.
Article 18
Everyone has the right to freedom of
thought, conscience and religion.
Article 19
Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion
and expression.
Article 20
Propaganda for war shall be prohibited. Hate
speech that constitutes incitement to discrimination or violence shall be
prohibited.
Article 21
Everyone has the right to peaceful assembly.
Article 22
Everyone has the right to freedom of
association, including the right to join a trade union.
Article 23
All adults have the right to marry and found
a family. Women and men have equal rights to marry, within marriage, and at its
dissolution.
Article 24
Every child shall have protection as
required by his status as a minor, without discrimination of any kind. Every
child has the right to a nationality.
Article 25
Every citizen has the right to take part in
public affairs and to vote.
Article 26
Everyone is equal before the law and has the
right to equal protection of the law, without discrimination of any kind.
Article 27
Ethnic, religious, or linguistic minorities
shall not be denied the right to enjoy their own culture.
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