Practice question
A State party argues that ICESCR Article 2 allows it to do nothing about education until it can afford every possible improvement. Explain the undertaking to take steps, the resource standard and the immediate nondiscrimination obligation, using CESCR General Comment No. 13.
Legal references
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Articles 2–4, 7, 9, 12–14, https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/36/10829
- CESCR, General Comment No. 13 (1999), paragraphs 43–45, https://docstore.ohchr.org/SelfServices/FilesHandler.ashx?enc=NDHbUvPo0H0e6ReM%2BeoASfvbY3aH6JttLpsRvkmL87wD80W4xnAiRpmKA6ZLwTp9xzCLNUYwTBP35uH1Fw6yqQ%3D%3D
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