GENEVA (23 September 2022) – The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights will hold its upcoming session from 26 September to 14 October. During the session, the Committee will examine El Salvador, Mongolia, Italy, Guatemala, Tajikistan and Luxembourg.
The six countries are among the 171 States parties to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. They are required to undergo regular reviews by the Committee of 18 independent international experts on how they are implementing the Covenant.
The Committee, which has received the respective country reports and other submissions from non-governmental organizations, will discuss a range of issues with the six delegations on the following dates at Geneva time:
El Salvador*
26 September 16:00 – 18:00
27 September 16:00 – 18:00
28 September 16:00 – 18:00
Mongolia
27 September 10:00 – 13:00
28 September 10:00 – 13:00
Italy
29 September 15:00 – 18:00
30 September 10:00 – 13:00
Guatemala
3 October 15:00 – 18:00
4 October 15:00 – 18:00
Tajikistan
4 October 10:00 – 13:00
5 October 10:00 – 13:00
Luxembourg
6 October 15:00 – 18:00
7 October 15:00 – 18:00
The above public dialogues* will be held in the Ground Floor Conference Room, Palais Wilson, Geneva. All public meetings are open to the press and livecast on UN Web TV