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Contribution of Parliaments to the Work of the Human Rights Council and Its Universal Periodic Review

A/HRC/RES/35/29View PDF

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 5Human rights bodies and mechanisms, published in 2017.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 2013–2017
  • 2017A/HRC/RES/35/29Contribution of parliaments to the work of the Human Rights Council and its universal periodic reviewLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2015A/HRC/RES/30/14Contribution of parliaments to the work of the Human Rights Council and its universal periodic reviewCompare with previous version
  • 2014A/HRC/RES/26/29Contribution of parliaments to the work of the Human Rights Council and its universal periodic reviewCompare with previous version
  • 2013A/HRC/RES/22/15Contribution of parliaments to the work of the Human Rights Council and its universal periodic review

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

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

iExtracted automatically from each entity’s budget submission.

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 topics
Human Rights AdvancementHuman Rights MonitoringLegislative BodiesReport Preparation

What does this mandate say?

7 operative paragraphs
1
Encourages States, in accordance with their national legal framework, to promote the involvement of parliaments in all stages of the universal periodic review reporting process through, inter alia the inclusion of the national parliament as a relevant stakeholder in the consultation process for the national report and in the implementation of supported recommendations by the State concerned, and to report on such involvement in their national report and voluntary mid-term reports or during the interactive dialogue session of the universal periodic review;
2
Welcomes the growing practice by States under review of including parliamentarians in their national delegations participating in the universal periodic review, and encourages States, as appropriate, to continue this practice;
3
Invites the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to provide the Human Rights Council with regular updates on the parliamentary capacity-building and awareness-raising activities carried out by the Office of the High Commissioner in cooperation and coordination with the Inter-Parliamentary Union, and on related activities with regard to the work of the Council and its universal periodic review;
4
Encourages all relevant stakeholders to promote and enhance cooperation between their national parliaments and national human rights institutions and civil society in the promotion and protection of all human rights and fundamental freedoms;
5
Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to prepare a study, in close cooperation with the Inter-Parliamentary Union and in consultation with States, United Nations agencies and other relevant stakeholders, on how to promote and enhance synergies between parliaments and the work of the Human Rights Council and its universal periodic review, and to present it to the Council at its thirty-eighth session, in order to provide States and other relevant stakeholders with elements that could serve as orientation to strengthen their interaction towards the effective promotion and protection of human rights;
6
Encourages all relevant human rights mechanisms to consider the present resolution within the framework of their respective mandates;
7
Decides to continue its consideration of this issue under the same agenda item.

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