Against this background, it was impossible to agree on a single, comprehensive human rights instrument giving holistic effect to the Declaration’s principles. And, unsurprisingly, it took almost two decades before UN member states simultaneously adopted two separate treaties – the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights – encompassing the two distinct baskets of rights. However, only the former treaty was endowed with a follow-up mechanism to monitor its implementation.
En este contexto, era imposible acordar un instrumento único y amplio en materia de derechos humanos que diera un efecto holístico a los principios de la Declaración. No es de extrañar que pasaran casi dos décadas antes de que los Estados miembros de la ONU adoptaran simultáneamente dos tratados distintos – el Pacto Internacional de Derechos Civiles y Políticos y el Pacto Internacional de Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales – que abarcaban las dos canastas diferentes de derechos.