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International conventions

(a) Treaty bodies, status of Covenants

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(c) Article 3 of the Satversme states that The territory of the Latvian State, within the borders established by international agreements, consists of Vidzeme, Latgale, Kurzeme and Zemgale

Gender equality at the constitutional level is determined by Article 91 of Chapter 8 Fundamental Human Rights in the Satversme of Latvia, which prescribes that all people in Latvia shall be equal before the law and court , as well as that human rights shall be exercised without any discrimination .

Article 8 of the Covenant

Article 9 of the Covenant The establishment and development of the social security system in Latvia cannot be viewed separately from the political changes that have taken place in Latvia during the last ten years and that have had a significant impact on the development of the country on the whole.

Article 12 of the Covenant

of work article 7 of the Covenant

It recalled that the State party apos s obligations under the Covenant applied as of the date of entry into force for the State party.

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apos Each State Party to the present Covenant undertakes

International Covenants on Human Rights

the International Covenants on Human RightsResolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.

quot 1. Recommends to the States parties to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights that they consider amending the Covenant to provide for its follow up by a committee whose members would be elected by the States parties to the Covenant, as is the case with other, similar human rights treaty bodies

(c) The provisions of the Covenant must be interpreted in the light of the Covenant apos s objects and purposes (article 31 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties).

I. Article 14 of the Covenant

The Covenant does not prohibit the death penalty

Moreover, the Optional Protocol to the Covenant, negotiated and adopted contemporaneously with it, permits State parties to denounce it.

His Government was a party to the Regional Convention on Suppression of Terrorism of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), to which six other members of the Association were also parties.

Article 2, describing the general obligations undertaken by States parties to the Covenant, was of particular importance to a full understanding of the Covenant and must be viewed as having a dynamic relationship with all other provisions of the Covenant.

(b) Urge States that are not yet parties to the Covenant to adhere to the Covenant at the earliest possible time

Full respect for such guidelines, insofar as they reflect the obligations contained in the Covenant, is essential on the part of both the agencies themselves and States Parties to the Covenant.

Status of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Optional Protocols to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

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58 165. International Covenants on Human Rights

International Covenants on Human Rights

of health article 12 of the Covenant

I. GENERAL PROVISIONS OF THE COVENANT

Recalling further the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights2 and the Convention on the Rights of the Child,

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(a) The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights which, in its article 2, provides that each State Party to the Covenant, shall undertake to take steps, to the maximum of its available resources, with a view to achieving progressively the full realization of the rights recognized in the Covenant.

Preparations are under way to ratify the international covenants on civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights.

Rights of the elderly

of association and participation article 8 of the Covenant 159 172 37

of the Covenant 211 286 48

I. Article 14 of the Covenant 405 99

14. Status of the International Covenants on Human Rights.

It is true that the Covenant does not prohibit the death penalty

(a) Right to life (Covenant, art. 6)

(a) Status of the International Covenants on Human Rights.

The Committee further encourages the State party to include the Covenant in school curricula and to give consideration to reflecting it in the training curricula.

Initial reports submitted by States parties under articles 16 and 17 of the Covenant

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