The Social Forum

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Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 5Human rights bodies and mechanisms, published in 2016.

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19 versions · 2006–2025

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What subjects does this mandate have?

6 topics

Communicable Diseases Conferences Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Epidemics Hiv/Aids Human Rights

What does this mandate say?

14 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms the Social Forum as a unique space for interactive dialogue between the United Nations human rights machinery and various stakeholders, including the contribution of civil society and grass-roots organizations, and stresses the need to ensure greater participation of grass-roots organizations and of those living in poverty, particularly women, especially from developing countries, in the sessions of the Forum;

Underlines the importance of coordinated efforts at the national, regional and international levels for the promotion of social cohesion based on the principles of social justice, equity and solidarity and of addressing the social dimension and challenges of the ongoing globalization process and the negative impact of the current economic and financial crises;

Stresses the need for increased and sustained participation and contribution of civil society and all other relevant actors listed in the present resolution to the promotion and effective realization of the right to development;

Decides that the Social Forum will meet for three working days in 2017, in Geneva, on dates suitable for the participation of representatives of States Members of the United Nations and of the broadest possible range of other stakeholders, especially from developing countries, and also decides that, at its next meeting, the Forum should focus on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of the HIV epidemic and other communicable diseases and epidemics;

Requests the President of the Human Rights Council to appoint, as early as possible, from candidates nominated by regional groups, the Chairperson-Rapporteur for the 2017 Social Forum, bearing in mind the principle of regional rotation;

Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to make available the most recent and relevant United Nations reports and documents on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of the HIV epidemic and other communicable diseases and epidemics as background documents for the dialogues and debates that will be held at the 2017 Social Forum;

Requests the High Commissioner to facilitate participation in the 2017 Social Forum in order to contribute to interactive dialogues and debate at the Forum and to assist the Chair-Rapporteur as resource persons, of no fewer than 10 experts, including representatives of civil society and grass-roots organizations in developing countries and the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health;

Decides that the Social Forum will remain open to the participation of representatives of States Members of the United Nations and all other interested stakeholders, such as intergovernmental organizations, different components of the United Nations system, especially mandate holders of thematic procedures and mechanisms of the human rights machinery, regional economic commissions and specialized agencies and organizations, and representatives designated by human rights national institutions and non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, and will also be open to other non-governmental organizations whose aims and purposes are in conformity with the spirit, purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, including newly emerging actors, such as small groups and rural and urban associations from the North and the South, anti-poverty groups, peasants’ and farmers’ organizations and their national and international associations, voluntary organizations, environmental organizations and activists, youth associations, community organizations, trade unions and associations of workers, and representatives of the private sector, on the basis of arrangements, including Economic and Social Council resolution 1996/31 of 25 July 1996 and practices observed by the Commission on Human Rights, through an open and transparent accreditation procedure, in accordance with the rules of procedure of the Human Rights Council, while ensuring the most effective contribution of these entities;

Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to seek effective means of ensuring consultation and the broadest possible participation of representatives from every region, in particular, representatives of persons with disabilities, especially those from developing countries, in the Social Forum, including by establishing partnerships with non-governmental organizations, the private sector and international organizations;

Requests the Secretary-General to take appropriate measures to disseminate information about the Social Forum, to invite relevant individuals and organizations to the Forum, and to take all practical measures required for the success of this initiative;

Invites the 2017 Social Forum to submit a report containing its conclusions and recommendations to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-seventh session;

Requests the Secretary-General to provide the Social Forum with all the services and facilities necessary to fulfil its activities, and requests the High Commissioner to provide all the support necessary to facilitate the convening and proceedings of the Forum;

Encourages all Member States to participate in the discussions of the Social Forum so that worldwide representation in the debates can be ensured;

Decides to continue consideration of this issue at its thirty-fifth session under the same agenda item.

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