ICESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1966, para. 1
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1. Each State Party to the present Covenant undertakes to take steps, individually and through international assistance and co-operation, especially economic and technical, to the maximum of its available resources, with a view to achieving progressively the full realization of the rights recognized in the present Covenant by all appropriate means, including particularly the adoption of legislative measures.
Legal status
Legally binding
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
International treaty
Means of adoption
Vote
Topic(s)
Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
All
N.A.
Year
1966
Paragraph type
Article
Reference
ICESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966), Article 2, 1.
Paragraph focus
Commitment of State parties to achieve progressively the full realisation of rights enshrined in the Covenant