International Covenant on Economic

United Nations. 1966. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. New York UN. 

United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (UNCESCR). 2000. General Comment No. 14, Substantive Issues Arising in the Implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, E/C. 12/2000/4, August 11, 2000. Geneva CESCR. Available at http //www.unhchr.ch/tbsMoc.nsf/(symbol)/E.C.12.2000.4.En OpenDocument [Accessed March 24, 2005]. 

The Convention foremost addresses the state and not the member of the national minority. This language is known from the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights which also provides for state duties. Considering that the Convention describes a framework for the protection of national minorities, its addressees must be the states that can guarantee the framework and the minorities who can fill it with life. 

General Assembly (2006) Human Rights Council UN Doc. A/Res/60/251 General Assembly (2008) Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights UN Doc. A/RES/63/117... 

Both the Charter of the United Nations and several subsequent UN documents identify the moral right of all peoples to self-determination. The United Nations was created in part to develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples. UN resolution 1514, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights reiterate that all peoples have the right to self-determination and that by virtue of that right they freely... 

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