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Новият защитен механизъм на международния пакт за икономически, социални и културни права
The new protective mechanism of the international covenant on economic, social and cultural rights

Author(s): Irena Ilieva
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, International Law
Published by: Пловдивски университет »Паисий Хилендарски«
Keywords: economic rights; social rights; cultural rights; international covenant; optional protocol
Summary/Abstract: The article is dedicated to the new international legal mechanism for protection of economic, social and cultural rights and the need for the Republic of Bulgaria to sign and ratify the Additional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The history of the creation of the additional protocol and the procedures regulated in it are reviewed.