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Equal Participation in Political and Public Affairs

A/HRC/RES/39/11No 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 2018.

What other versions does this mandate have?

6 versions · 2014–2024
This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/57/17
  • 2024A/HRC/RES/57/17Equal participation in political and public affairsLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2021A/HRC/RES/48/2Equal participation in political and public affairsCompare with previous version
  • 2018A/HRC/RES/39/11Equal participation in political and public affairsCompare with previous version
  • 2016A/HRC/RES/33/22Equal participation in political and public affairsCompare with previous version
  • 2015A/HRC/RES/30/9Equal participation in political and public affairsCompare 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?

6 topics
Equal OpportunityGuidelinesPolitical ParticipationPopular ParticipationPublic InformationTechnical Cooperation

What does this mandate say?

4 operative paragraphs
1
Presents these guidelines as a set of orientations for States, as well as for, where appropriate, other relevant stakeholders in relation to the effective implementation of the right to participate in public affairs;
2
Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to disseminate and promote the use of the guidelines and to provide technical cooperation and capacity-building to States upon their request regarding the use of the guidelines;
3
Also requests the Office of the High Commissioner to prepare, in consultation with States and all other relevant stakeholders, a follow-up report on good practices and challenges faced by States in using the guidelines, and to present it to the Human Rights Council at its forty-eighth session;
4
Encourages Governments, local authorities, relevant United Nations bodies, specialized agencies, funds and programmes, other intergovernmental organizations and national human rights institutions to give due consideration to the guidelines in the formulation and implementation of their policies and measures concerning equal participation in political and public affairs.

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