National Policies and Human Rights

A/HRC/RES/35/32View PDF

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 10Technical assistance and capacity-building, published in 2017.

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4 versions · 2013–2017

2017A/HRC/RES/35/32National policies and human rightsLatestCompare with previous version
2015A/HRC/RES/30/24National policies and human rightsCompare with previous version
2014A/HRC/RES/27/26National policies and human rightsCompare with previous version
2013A/HRC/RES/23/19National policies and human rights

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What subjects does this mandate have?

8 topics

Capacity Building Consultations Government Policy Human Rights Human Rights Policy Report Preparation Sustainable Development Technical Cooperation

What does this mandate say?

12 operative paragraphs

Welcomes the expert workshop to discuss effective, inclusive and participatory mechanisms and methodologies to mainstream human rights in the formulation and implementation of public policies, held on 5 September 2016, and takes note with appreciation of the summary report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the expert workshop;

Emphasizes that the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development offers entry points for inclusive and participatory implementation of plans and national policies, while mainstreaming human rights towards a more balanced and integrated plan of action for achieving sustainable development that reflects the indivisibility and interdependence of all human rights;

Encourages States to give due consideration to information, observations and recommendations from human rights mechanisms, including the universal periodic review, when implementing and monitoring progress on the 2030 Agenda;

Encourages regional and international human rights systems to provide technical assistance and capacity-building to States, upon request, in order to enable them to fulfil their human rights obligations and related commitments through the said processes;

Acknowledges the efforts made by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in both technical assistance and capacity-building, upon request and in close cooperation with States, to align laws, policies, institutions and practices with their human rights obligations and commitments, to implement universal periodic review recommendations supported by the States concerned and to follow up on recommendations made by other United Nations human rights mechanisms;

Encourages the Office of the High Commissioner to enhance further the efforts aimed at supporting these measures in order that national policies, programmes and strategies, by including human rights obligations in their formulation and execution, have a positive impact on the effective implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals;

Recommends that States integrate into their national policies a human rights perspective aimed at the promotion, protection and full realization of human rights and fundamental freedoms, and take into consideration the views of civil society in the process;

Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to prepare a compilation of good practices, challenges, lessons learned and recommendations in mainstreaming human rights as enshrined in international human rights law, into national policies, in order to contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, in consultation with States, relevant United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, intergovernmental organizations, treaty bodies, special procedures, regional human rights mechanisms, national human rights institutions, civil society organizations, academia and other relevant stakeholders, including through informal regional consultations, and to submit it to the Human Rights Council at its forty-first session;

Requests the Advisory Committee to contribute during the consultation process, including by the participation of its members in the informal consultations, and to prepare a study that could help States to implement the 2030 Agenda by integrating human rights into national policies on the basis of the compilation prepared by the High Commissioner, and to present it within its regular reporting cycle to the Human Rights Council at its forty-fifth session, on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;

Encourages States to support the Office of the High Commissioner and the members of the Advisory Committee in this endeavour, taking into account the importance of sharing good practices across regions and of international cooperation;

Invites the Office of the High Commissioner and relevant United Nations bodies, agencies, funds and programmes and other relevant stakeholders to cooperate with States in providing technical assistance, upon request, to the States concerned, with the purpose of assisting them in integrating human rights into national policies and programmes so that national policies aimed at achieving the Sustainable Development Goals contribute to the enjoyment of human rights;

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