Parallel Report Submitted to the 51st Session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Relation to the Second Periodic Report Submitted by: Belarus
Publisher: The Equal Rights Trust, Belarus Volume: 23 pages, pdf Description: This parallel report focuses on the extent to which Belarus has met its obligations to respect, protect and fulfil the rights to equality and non-discrimination. The submission is concerned with Belarus’s performance under Article 2(2) of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (the Covenant), and with the impact which discrimination has on the enjoyment of economic and social rights protected by the Covenant. Thus, the submission reflects the importance which the Committee has placed on the need for effective protection from discrimination for the realisation of all Covenant rights.