A/HRC/22/24 Contents Page I. Introduction ............................................................................................................. 1–2 3 II. Normative framework ............................................................................................. 3–21 3 A. Gender equality and non-discrimination as cross-cutting norms .................... 3–13 3 B. The complementarity between the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women ................................................. 14–17 5 Example of complementarity: the right to health ............................................ 18–21 6 Activities of treaty bodies ....................................................................................... 22–33 7 A. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights .................................... 23–24 7 B. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women ................. 25–29 8 C. Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families............................................................................. 30–31 9 D. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination ................................ 32–33 9 Activities of special procedures on women’s economic, social and cultural rights 34–57 10 C. III. IV. A. Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation .................................................................................................. 34–36 10 B. Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences............................................................................................ 37–38 11 C. Special Rapporteur on the right to education .................................................. 39–40 12 D. Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context .................................................................................................. 41–43 12 E. Independent Expert on minority issues ........................................................... 44–45 12 F. Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health .............................. 46 13 G. Independent Expert on the question of human rights and extreme poverty .... 47–48 13 H. Special Rapporteur on the right to food .......................................................... 49–51 13 I. Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights ............................................ 52–55 14 J. Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice ................................................................................................. 56–57 14 Activities of the Human Rights Council ................................................................. 58–59 15 The Council’s panel discussion on women’s economic, social and cultural rights . 58–59 15 VI. Activities of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights .................................................................................................... 60–68 15 VII. Conclusions ............................................................................................................. 69–71 17 V. 2 Paragraphs