ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the practice relevant to the protection of vulnerable groups of two special UN treaty bodies: the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Committee on ESCR) and the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC). It also examines the two Committees' practice to show Committees perceive vulnerable groups and their vulnerability and highlights the implications of such vulnerability from the point of view of State responsibility under the Covenant on ESCR and the Child Convention. The Committee on ESCR was established in 1985 by Resolution 1985/17 of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). The Committee on ESCR's General Comments reveal the contour of the Committee's concept of vulnerable groups of persons and their legal protection under Covenant on ESCR. The Committee on ESCR effects legal protection of vulnerable or marginalized and disadvantaged groups when assessing periodic reports submitted by State parties to the Covenant on ESCR, and detailing measures adopted to realize Covenant rights.
