• About the Unit
  • The Unit
  • Mandate and Functions
  • Action Plan
  • Creation
• Hearings
• Decisions and Jurisprudence
  • IACHR
  • IACourtHR
• Activities and Initiatives
  • Promotion and other Activities
  • Working Group of the Protocol of San Salvador (in Spanish)
• Press Releases

The ESC Rights Unit has been developing its mandate on the basis of six pillars:

1. Compiling information provided by civil society, experts, social movements, academics, and the states of the hemisphere to determine priorities with respect to the situation of economic, social, and cultural rights in the Americas.
2. Providing opinions and inputs with respect to the processing and consideration of requests for precautionary measures, petitions and cases on alleged violations of human rights referring to economic, social, and cultural rights.
3. Conducting general monitoring activities on the situation of economic, social, and cultural rights in the region.
4. Promoting the work of the ESC Rights Unit to promote the visibility of the issue of ESC rights.
5. Engaging in a permanent and strategic dialogue with other actors of the system and of the Organization of American States (OAS), such as the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, among others.
6. Continuous with the collaboration with the Working Group of the Protocol of San Salvador.