The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural rights issued these concluding observations in October 2015, following the combined second to fourth periodic reports of Guyana. The Committee acknowledges the State's ratifications of various international instruments, as well as welcomes the State's adoption of national legislating supporting economic, social and cultural rights.
The concluding observations main body consists of a series of subjects of concern and recommendations. Topics covered are concerns regarding various state practices, land and natural resources, discrimination against marginalized groups, worker's rights, domestic violence, legal age for marriage, family rights poverty, right to housing, water, sanitation and electricity, right to food, right to health and right to education.
Citation: UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 'Concluding Observations on the Combined Second to Fourth Periodic Reports of Guyana' (2015), E/C.12/GUY/CO/2-4