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Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

by the URG team November 22, 2016

URG Insights

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  • UN recognises new universal guidance framework for the establishment and/or strengthening of NMIRFs

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  • What do the UN80 reforms mean for the human rights pillar, and what role should the Human Rights Council play in building a UN that is ‘better equipped to serve the people whose lives depend on it’?

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