Retrogressive measures

Type of entry: Potential Violation

For example, in employment programmes, resource allocation, social security or social welfare programmes

Broader Terms:

Rights, realisation of
Progressive realisation
International assistance

See ESC right:

Relevant ICESCR Articles:

02(1): Each State Party to the present Covenant undertakes to take steps, individually and through international assistance and co-operation, especially economic and technical, to the maximum of its available resources, with a view to achieving progressively the full realization of the rights recognized in the present Covenant by all appropriate means, including particularly the adoption of legislative measures.