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International standards and guidelines:

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966)

• {···español: Pacto Internacional de Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales}

• {···français: Pacte international relatif aux droits économiques, sociaux et culturels}

Basic Documents on Economic and Social Rights (Center on Economic and Social Rights)

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights [Fact Sheet No. 16 (Rev. 1)] (U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights)

• {···español: Comité de Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales}

• {···français: Le Comité des droits économiques, sociaux et culturels} 

The domestic application of the Covenant: General comment 9 (Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 1998)

• {···español: La aplicación interna del Pacto: CESCR Observación general 9}

• {···français: Application du Pacte au niveau national: CESCR Observation générale 9} 

Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: A Guide to the Legal Framework (Center for Economic & Social Rights, Jan. 2000)

Global Code of Ethics for Tourism (World Tourism Organization, 1999)

Limburg Principles on the Implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (June 1986)

Maastricht Guidelines on Violations of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Jan. 1997)

Quito Declaration (on the enforcement and realization of economic, social and cultural rights in Latin America and the Caribbean) (adopted by over 50 development and human rights NGOs, July 1998)

Text of global agreements and commitments on sustainable development (UN Commission on Sustainable Development)

United Nations Declaration on the Right to Development (1986)

• {···español: Declaración sobre el derecho al desarrollo} 

• {···français: Déclaration sur le droit au développement}