Submission to the UN Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights

CenterLaw submitted a stakeholder report for the Philippines’ most recent review under the UN Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights. In this report, we outline how the disregard of the 2023 UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women decision awarding reparations to the Malaya Lolas – and all survivors of the “comfort women” system – also violates their rights under the CESCR. Read the report below!