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³ UN Doc. A/57/387 (2002).

⁴ Seven core human rights treaties set legal standards for states parties for the promotion and protection of human rights: the International Covenant on Fxonomic, Social and Cultural Rights; the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women; the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment and Punishment; the Convention on the Rights of the Child; and the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers and Members of their Families.

⁵ The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights specified seven objectives of the reporting process in its first General Comment, adopted during its third session in 1989. See Compilation of General Comments and General Recommendations Adopted by Human Rights Treaty Bodies, UN Doc. HRJ/GEN/I/Rev.6 at 8-10 (2003).

⁶ See International Law Association, New Delhi Conference (2002), Committee on International Human Rights Law and Practice, “Interim Report on the Impact of the Work of the United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies on National Courts and Tribunals.”

⁷ Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and Follow-Up to the World Conference on Human Rights, UN Doc. E/CN.4/2004/12/Addl, para. 2.

⁸ See supra note 3, para. 54.

⁹ Effective Implementation of International Instruments on Human Rights, Including Reporting Obligations Under International Instruments on Human Rights, UN Doc. A/58/350 (2003).