The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1966 was drafted as a supplement to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights of the same year.

The text retains economic, social and cultural rights, which are human rights for which States undertake to intervene to take appropriate measures to ensure their realization. These include the right to health, the right to education, the right to work and the right to social security, …