complaints under article 41, both under the and the ICCPR Second Optional Protocol. none. Inquiry procedure: Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights International Covenant on – Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Unlike the other treaty bodies, the Committee on Economic, Mandate and composition: Social and Cultural Rights is not established under the treaty but was created by ECOSOC (resolution 1985/17) to carry out its monitoring functions in Part IV of the Covenant. The Committee is comprised of 18 individual experts serving four-year terms. Fifteen of the seats are equally distributed among the regional groups. The Committee meets twice a year in Geneva. an initial report is due within two years of the Covenant entering into Periodic reports: force for a State party and every five years thereafter (articles 16 and 17, ICESCR). periodic reports are prepared by the Department of Foreign Affairs Australia’s and Trade and are available on the website (). Department’s State parties must expressly consent to the Committee Individual communications: hearing individual communications from individuals within its jurisdiction by becoming a party to the Article 2 of the Optional Protocol to the ICESCR. Optional Protocol permits communications from groups. The admissibility requirements are set out in article 3. Australia is not a party to the and is not Optional Protocol to the ICESCR contemplating becoming a party at this stage. State parties to the can declare that State complaints: Optional Protocol to the ICESCR they recognise the competence of the Committee to receive communications from another State party claiming that it has not fulfilled its obligations under the Covenant (article 10). State parties to the can declare they recognise the Inquiry procedure: Optional Protocol competence of the Committee to examine allegations of grave or systematic violations of any of the Covenant rights (article 11).
complaints under article 41, both under the ICCPR and the Second Optional Protocol. Inquiry procedure: none. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights – International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Mandate and composition: Unlike the other treaty bodies, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is not established under the treaty but was created by ECOSOC (resolution 1985/17) to carry out its monitoring functions in Part IV of the Covenant. The Committee is comprised of 18 individual experts serving four-year terms. Fifteen of the seats are equally distributed among the regional groups. The Committee meets twice a year in Geneva. Periodic reports: an initial report is due within two years of the Covenant entering into force for a State party and every five years thereafter (articles 16 and 17, ICESCR). Australia’s periodic reports are prepared by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and are available on the Department’s website (). Individual communications: State parties must expressly consent to the Committee hearing individual communications from individuals within its jurisdiction by becoming a party to the Optional Protocol to the ICESCR. Article 2 of the Optional Protocol permits communications from groups. The admissibility requirements are set out in article 3. Australia is not a party to the Optional Protocol to the ICESCR and is not contemplating becoming a party at this stage. State complaints: State parties to the Optional Protocol to the ICESCR can declare that they recognise the competence of the Committee to receive communications from another State party claiming that it has not fulfilled its obligations under the Covenant (article 10). Inquiry procedure: State parties to the Optional Protocol can declare they recognise the competence of the Committee to examine allegations of grave or systematic violations of any of the Covenant rights (article 11).