ABSTRACT

Time for “rest and leisure” is one of the human rights established by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESR). Countries which ratify the ICESR are expected to account for their performance in achieving the human rights set out in the covenant in periodic reports to the United Nations. This should include statistical indicators as appropriate. Country reports have, to date, tended to ignore the right to leisure time. This paper seeks to remedy this situation by offering a methodology for assessing national levels of performance, taking account of national resources in the form of Gross Domestic Product per capita. A worked example of the application of the methodology is offered for 23 countries for which leisure time information is available.

摘要

“休息和休闲”时间是《世界人权宣言》和《经济、社会、文化权利国际公约》（ICESR）确立的人权之一。批准 ICESR 的国家应在向联合国提交的定期报告中说明其在实现公约中规定的人权方面的表现。这应酌情包括统计指标。迄今为止，国家报告往往忽视休闲时间的权利。本文试图通过提供一种评估国家绩效水平的方法来纠正这种情况，同时考虑到人均国内生产总值形式的国家资源。为 23 个可获得闲暇时间信息的国家提供了应用该方法的一个工作示例。