6Pre-sessional Working Group, Implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, List of Issue to Be Taken up in Connection with the Consideration of the Initial Report of the People's Republic of" China Concerning the Rights Cov- ered by Articles 1--15 of the International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights,7 June 2004, E/C.12/Q/CHN/1, para. 1.
7Helen Keller, Geir Ulfstein, UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies: Law and Legitimacy, Cambridge Unversity Press, 2012, p.200.
8See E.W. Vierdag, The Legal Nature of Rights Granted by the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 9 NETH. Y.B. INT'L L. 69 (1978).p.103.
9Commission on Human Rights, Report of the Secretary-General in Response to Commission Resolution 2003/18, UN Doc. E/CN.4/ 2004/WG.23/2, para. 25 (2003) , para. 10.
10Azizur Rahman Chowdhury, Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan, An Introduction to International Human Rights Law, Martinus Nijhoff Publish- ers, 2010, p.55.