United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Pre-Sessional Working Group 51St Session 21-24 May 2013 Geneva, Switzerland
United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Pre-Sessional Working Group 51st Session 21-24 May 2013 Geneva, Switzerland EGYPT’S OBLIGATION TO RESPECT, PROTECT AND FULFILL THE RIGHT TO ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE, SCIENCE, ART AND CULTURE (ICESCR ARTICLE 15) submitted by Pro Bono United Nations Human Rights Reporting Program Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Lawi NOT ONLY are human rights inherent, inalienable, and universal. Economic, social, cultural, civil, and political rights are likewise inextricably interdependent, indivisible, and interrelated. The enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights by the people of Egypt, therefore, necessitates the attainment of their correlative civil and political rights, especially in the all-too- important and far-reaching area of the right to access to knowledge, science, art and culture (ICESCR Art. 15; UDHR Art. 27(1)). Another set of issues for the Committee to address is related to the ICESCR Article 15 “right to science and culture.” Article 15 has historically received little attention in the CESCR’s reporting process than many others, in part due to uncertainties of interpretation. Recent work by the CESCR to produce general comments makes this provision ripe for greater emphasis. The right to science and culture recognizes the importance of protecting and expanding access to technology and opportunities to take part in cultural life. Pursuing this track is quite important in order for the people, and children especially, to gain access to the latest advances and developments in the field of education, pursuant to ICESCR Article 13 (right of everyone to education) in relation to General Comment No.
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