A/HRC/25/31 to the economic, social and cultural rights contained in various human rights instruments. Therefore, follow-up and enforcement mechanisms must be established and be available and accessible in practice. As a way to promote enforcement, United Nations special rapporteurs have recommended implementing diverse measures, including sanctions, against those who interfere with the implementation of rights enshrined in the instruments.141 Additionally, as enforcement should be considered as an integral part of the proceedings,142 this right must be understood in conjunction with the requirement of a “prompt decision” when examining the length of a trial or proceeding. VII. Conclusion 36. The right to effective access to justice for economic, social and cultural rights violations is well established in the United Nations human rights protection system. The system has both recognized the right and established extensive guidance on how States should ensure its realization. In this sense, the system reflects a broader trend among international human rights protection mechanisms requiring that States create adequate remedial mechanisms for economic, social and cultural rights violations. Failure to provide effective remedial mechanisms that can lead to reparations for economic, social and cultural rights violations can itself amount to a breach of human rights obligations. 141 142 CMW/C/MEX/CO/2, 2011, para. 28; CEDAW, general recommendation No. 24 (1999), para. 15. Regional human rights systems have considered that lack of implementation of judicial decisions in the area of economic, social and cultural rights constitutes a violation of due process rights. See, for example, European Court of Human Rights, Burdov v. Russia, 7 May 2002; Makarova and others v. Russia, 24 February 2005; Plotnikovy and Poznakhirina v. Russia, 24 February 2005; Sharenok v. Ukraine, 22 February 2005; Inter-American Court of Human Rights, “5 pensioners” v. Peru, 28 February 2003; Acevedo Jaramillo and others v. Peru, 7 February 2006. 17

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