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ESCR / Statements / Kenya / 2007 / November

Kenya and the Philippines: OMCT Statement to the CESCR

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OMCT has submitted two lists of issues for consideration by the Committee, one in response to the initial periodic report of Kenya – in collaboration with ICJ Kenya and the Centre for Minority Rights Development - and the other arising from the initial-fourth periodic report of the Philippines – with contributions from Karapatan and Pax Christi. These two lists share a common approach based on the conviction that torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment and other forms of violence are related in many ways to disrespect for economic, social and cultural rights. If, therefore, these phenomena are to be effectively eliminated, then their economic, social and cultural root causes must be, first, understood and, secondly, effectively addressed.
  

We would also like to draw attention to the fact that the converse equally applies: acting to reduce levels of violence in a given society is a fundamental step toward ensuring the widespread enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights. In both Kenya and the Philippines, conflict and lack of security expose citizens to situations that severely impede their possibility of escaping from poverty, of working in just and favourable conditions, of providing care and education to their children and of enjoying an adequate standard of living and the highest attainable standard of health. OMCT recognises that the social, economic and cultural root causes of violence is an issue that the Committee has been concerned with for many years, and our objective in compiling these lists of issues is to contribute to the preparation of practical recommendations that can be both implemented and monitored.  


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Date: November 27, 2007
Activity: Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Type: Statements
Country: Kenya, Philippines
Subjects: Inequality, Land and Housing, Police, Military and Paramilitary, Poverty, Torture and violence

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