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After acceding to the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) in 2023, Germany is now, for the first time, facing an individual complaint before the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (“the ESCR Committee”). The case was brought by a man from Syria who had requeste

#ESCRCommittee #HumanRights #UnitedNations

https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/just-a-friendly-suggestion/

German Parliament finally ratified the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights #ICESCR, closing a huge #HumanRights gap in #Germany. This allows individuals to submit complaints to the #ESCRCommittee in #Geneva

https://www.bundestag.de/dokumente/textarchiv/2022/kw45-de-fakultativprotokoll-917472