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Local Government and Human Rights

A/HRC/RES/24/2No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 3Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development, published in 2013.

What other versions does this mandate have?

7 versions · 2013–2024
This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/57/12
  • 2024A/HRC/RES/57/12Local government and human rightsLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2022A/HRC/RES/51/12Local government and human rightsCompare with previous version
  • 2020A/HRC/RES/45/7Local government and human rightsCompare with previous version
  • 2018A/HRC/RES/39/7Local government and human rightsCompare with previous version
  • 2016A/HRC/RES/33/8Local government and human rightsCompare with previous version

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 topics
Human RightsLocal GovernmentPublic ServicesReport Preparation

What does this mandate say?

3 operative paragraphs
1
Requests the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee to prepare, from within existing resources, a research-based report on the role of local government in the promotion and protection of human rights, including human rights mainstreaming in local administration and public services, with a view to compiling best practices and main challenges, and to present a progress report on the requested research-based report to the Human Rights Council at its twenty-seventh session, for its consideration;
2
Also requests the Advisory Committee to seek the views and inputs of Member States, relevant international and regional organizations, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and relevant special procedures, as well as national human rights institutions and non-governmental organizations, in order to prepare the above-mentioned research-based report;
3
Encourages the Advisory Committee, when elaborating the above-mentioned report, to take into account, as appropriate, the recommendations made by the human rights treaty bodies, at the universal periodic review and by the special procedures, as well as the work done on the issue by relevant United Nations agencies, funds and programmes within their respective mandates.

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