Article 12 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1. The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health. 2. The steps to be taken by the States Parties to the present Covenant to achieve the full realization…

Article 11 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1. The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize the right of everyone to an adequate standard of living for himself and his family, including adequate food, clothing and housing, and to the continuous improvement of living conditions. The States Parties will take appropriate steps…

Article 10 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize that: 1. The widest possible protection and assistance should be accorded to the family, which is the natural and fundamental group unit of society, particularly for its establishment and while it is responsible for the care and…

Article 9 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize the right of everyone to social security, including social insurance. See also: Article 8 ICESCR

Article 8 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1. The States Parties to the present Covenant undertake to ensure: (a) The right of everyone to form trade unions and join the trade union of his choice, subject only to the rules of the organization concerned, for the promotion and protection of his economic…

Article 7 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize the right of everyone to the enjoyment of just and favourable conditions of work which ensure, in particular: (a) Remuneration which provides all workers, as a minimum, with: (i) Fair wages and equal remuneration for work of…

Article 6 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1. The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize the right to work, which includes the right of everyone to the opportunity to gain his living by work which he freely chooses or accepts, and will take appropriate steps to safeguard this right. 2. The…

Article 5 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1. Nothing in the present Covenant may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights or freedoms recognized herein, or at their…

Article 4 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize that, in the enjoyment of those rights provided by the State in conformity with the present Covenant, the State may subject such rights only to such limitations as are determined by law only in so far as…

Article 3 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights The States Parties to the present Covenant undertake to ensure the equal right of men and women to the enjoyment of all economic, social and cultural rights set forth in the present Covenant. See also: Article 2 ICESCR