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6 Article 3: Equal Rights of Men and Women

From: The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Commentary, Cases, and Materials

Ben Saul, David Kinley, Jacqueline Mowbray

Content type:
Book content
Product:
Oxford Scholarly Authorities on International Law [OSAIL]
Published in print:
01 March 2014
ISBN:
9780199640300

From: Oxford Public International Law (http://opil.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2023. All Rights Reserved.date: 05 February 2023

Subject(s):
Gender — Economic, social, and cultural rights — Women, rights — Right to work — Human trafficking
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. Article 3 seeks to ensure equality between men and women in the enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights. It is closely related to the general prohibition on discrimination in Article 2(2), which also prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex. As with the discussion of Article 2(2) above, this chapter will not consider the specifics of how this right to equality...
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