Enhancement of Technical Cooperation and Capacity-Building in the Field of Human Rights

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 10Technical assistance and capacity-building, published in 2019.

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15 versions · 2011–2025

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Capacity Building Conferences Coordination Within UN System Detained Persons Financing Human Rights Prisoner Treatment Prisoners Report Preparation Technical Cooperation Women

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Emphasizes that the general debate under agenda item 10 is an essential platform for Members and observers of the Human Rights Council to share their visions and views with regard to promoting more effective technical cooperation and capacity-building in the field of human rights, and to share concrete experiences, challenges and information on assistance needed in the implementation of their human rights obligations and voluntary pledges and commitments, and of accepted universal periodic review recommendations, and their achievements and good practices in this area;

Reiterates that technical cooperation and capacity-building in the field of human rights continue to be based on consultations with and with the consent of the States concerned, and should take into account their needs, and the fact that all human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated and aim to make a concrete impact on the ground;

Underscores the need to strengthen international, regional and bilateral cooperation and dialogue in the promotion and protection of human rights, including those relating to the human rights of prisoners, including women prisoners and offenders;

Reaffirms that technical cooperation should remain an inclusive exercise that engages and involves all national stakeholders, including government agencies, national human rights institutions and civil society;

Also reaffirms the ongoing need for enhanced voluntary contributions to the relevant United Nations funds to support technical assistance and capacity-building in the field of human rights, and encourages States to continue to make contributions to these funds, especially those who have not yet done so;

Encourages Member States to endeavour to improve conditions in detention, including by addressing the issue of overcrowding, consistent with the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules), the United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (the Bangkok Rules) and all other relevant and applicable United Nations standards and norms in crime prevention and criminal justice, to continue to exchange good practices in order to identify challenges faced in implementing the rules, and to share their experiences in dealing with those challenges;

Encourages Member States having developed legislation, procedures, policies or practices for women in prison or on alternatives to imprisonment for women offenders to make information available to other States and relevant international, regional and intergovernmental organizations, as well as non-governmental organizations, and to assist them in developing and implementing training or other activities in relation to such legislation, procedures, policies or practices;

Encourages States in need of assistance to consider requesting technical assistance from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and other United Nations agencies in the implementation of their human rights obligations and voluntary pledges and commitments, including recommendations accepted in the context of the universal periodic review, and strongly encourages the Office of the High Commissioner and respective United Nations agencies to respond favourably to such requests and to provide information on the technical support provided to States;

Stresses the importance of enhancing coordination between the Office of the High Commissioner and other United Nations agencies in their technical cooperation and capacity-building efforts, and encourages the sharing of information on a regular basis among the Office, other relevant United Nations agencies and the States concerned on technical assistance and capacity-building efforts undertaken at the national level;

Calls upon the Office of the High Commissioner to enhance its cooperation, within its mandate, with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in the provision of relevant technical assistance to countries and to identify the needs and capacities of countries in order to increase country-to-country and South-South cooperation relating to the treatment of prisoners, including women prisoners, and non-custodial measures for women offenders;

Encourages the special procedures of the Human Rights Council, in their interaction with States, to share information and their knowledge relating to best practices and the possibility of technical assistance and capacity-building in the promotion and protection of human rights, including, where applicable and within their respective mandates, those pertaining to the human rights of prisoners, including women prisoners and offenders;

Welcomes the panel discussion held pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 39/18 at its forty-first session on the theme “Technical cooperation and capacity-building in the field of the human rights of older persons”, at which participants discussed relevant issues, including national and regional efforts to combat all forms of discrimination against older persons and to promote and protect their rights, the initiatives organized by the World Health Organization for the Decade of Healthy Ageing 2020-2030 and the Global Network for Age-friendly Cities and Communities, the potential impact of new technologies on the human rights of older persons and the importance of promoting the empowerment and meaningful participation of older persons;

Decides, in accordance with paragraphs 3 and 4 of its resolution 18/18 of 29 September 2011, that the theme of the annual thematic panel discussion under agenda item 10, to be held during its forty-fourth session, will be “Upholding the human rights of prisoners, including women prisoners and offenders: enhancing technical cooperation and capacity-building in the implementation of the Nelson Mandela Rules and the Bangkok Rules”;

Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to prepare a report, to be submitted to the Human Rights Council at its forty-fourth session, to serve as a basis for the panel discussion, on the activities and plans of the Office and relevant United Nations country teams and agencies, in particular the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, and regional organizations to support States’ efforts to promote and protect the human rights of prisoners, including women prisoners and offenders, in particular in the implementation of the Nelson Mandela Rules and the Bangkok Rules;

Calls upon States, international human rights bodies and mechanisms, relevant international organizations, national human rights institutions and civil society to share best practices and make use of the ideas and issues raised in the panel discussion to enhance the efficiency, effectiveness and policy coherence of technical cooperation and capacity-building efforts and build multi-stakeholder partnerships in the promotion and protection of the human rights, including the rights of prisoners, including women prisoners and offenders.

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