States’ Human Rights Obligations Regarding Public Services essential for the enjoyment of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights - The regional perspective

A brief published by the Global Initiative for Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (GI-ESCR) in October 2020 captures the concerns raised by the privatisation of public services by United Nations (UN) human rights treaty bodies, special procedures, and by States in the context of the Universal Periodic Review process1. The present research brief complements and expands this 2020 research by looking at the standards developed by regional human rights monitoring bodies: the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), the European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR), and the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (IACHR).