reporting procedures and to stimulate the activities of the States parties, the international organizations and the specialized agencies concerned in achieving progressively and effectively the full realization of the rights recognized in the Covenant. Whenever necessary, the Committee may, in the light of the experience of States parties and of the conclusions which it has drawn therefrom, revise and update its general comments.67 General Comments68 No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Subject Reporting by States parties International technical assistance measures (art. 22) The nature of States parties’ obligations (art.2 (1)) The right to adequate housing Persons with disabilities The economic, social and cultural rights of older persons The right to adequate housing: forced evictions (art.11 (1)) The relationship between economic sanctions and respect for economic, social and cultural rights The domestic application of the Covenant The role of national human rights institutions in the protection of economic, social and cultural rights Plans of action for primary education (art. 14) The right to adequate food (art. 11) The right to education (art. 13) The right to the highest attainable standard of health (art. 12) The right to water (arts. 11 and 12) The equal right of men and women to the enjoyment of all economic, social and cultural rights (art.3) The right of everyone to benefit from the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author (art. 15 (1) (c)) The right to work (art. 6) The right to social security Non-discrimination in economic, social and cultural rights (art. 2, para. 2) The right of everyone to take part in cultural life Year 1989 1990 1990 1991 1994 1995 1997 1997 1998 1998 1999 1999 1999 2000 2002 2005 2005 2005 2008 2009 2009 3.6.3 Other Procedures Fact-finding missions Members of the CESCR may undertake fact-finding missions within State Parties to assess, first-hand, the observance of the ICESCR. To this end, the CESCR has requested invitations to visit the territories of States Parties, including the Dominican Republic and Panama. Of these two, only Panama issued such an invitation and a fact-finding mission took place in April 1995. 23