Adopted by General Assembly resolution 2200A (XXI) on 16 December 1966. Entry into force 3 January 1976.
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Adopted by General Assembly resolution A/RES/63/173 on 10 December 2008. Entry into force 3 months after the date of deposit of the 10th ratification.
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* In addition to the above treaties, the treaty monitoring body, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR), publishes its interpretation of the Covenant provisions and elaborates on the content of human rights provisions in the form of General Comments.
Regional Treaties
- Inter American Commission on Human Rights: Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (“Protocol of San Salvador)
Adopted at the eighteenth regular session of the General Assembly in San Salvador, El Salvador on 17 November 1988.
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- Council of Europe: Revised European Social Charter of 1996
Adopted at Strasbourg on 3 May 1996. Entry into force July 1 1999.
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