"in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the ideal of free human beings enjoying freedom from fear and want can only be achieved if conditions are created whereby everyone may enjoy his economic, social and cultural rights, as well as his civil and political rights."

1998: 50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
 

Welcome to the website for the Canadian Non-Governmental Organizations that participated in the recent review of Canada's compliance with the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESC)

NGOs play an important part in the United Nations review process, providing reliable and well-documented information to the U.N. Committee on which an objective assessment can be made of the state’s compliance with fundamental human rights.

We hope to provide you with complete information in one place of the whole process of the review of Canada.
 
U.N. COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS (CESCR)  NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS THE GOVERNMENTS OF CANADA
Dec. 4th Concluding Observations on Canada SUBMISSIONS TO (CESCR) BY CCPI Charter Committee on Poverty Issues Canadian Government Responses: (November 1998) Including all the provinces.
Nov. 27th Press Release:Government Delegation Asked to Explain Cuts in Social Assistance CANADIAN WOMEN AND THE SOCIAL DEFICIT: NAWL National Association of Women and the Law Canadian Government's CORE DOCUMENT to its reports.
Nov. 27th Press Release Government Delegation Queried on Poverty Levels, Housing and Homelessness Problems NAPO Brief to the Committee  The National Anti-Poverty Organization Canada's Report on The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
June 1998 List of Issues for Canada Ad Hoc Committee on Trade and Investment SUBMISSION  
Fact Sheet No.16 (Rev.1), The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights LIFT (Low Income Families Together) People's Report the the United Nations  
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights STATEMENT by The Inter-Church Council on Immigrants and Refugees Organization  
Universal Declaration of Human Rights Link to: The Grand Council of the Crees  
 
See also COMMUNITY RESPONSES TO  the United Nations International Committee on  Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)  Geneva, November, 1998

This site last updated August 4, 1999 by: Sherrie Tingley