The Contribution of the Human Rights Council to the Prevention of Human Rights Violations

A/HRC/RES/45/31View PDF

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 5Human rights bodies and mechanisms, published in 2020.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 2018–2020

2020A/HRC/RES/45/31The contribution of the Human Rights Council to the prevention of human rights violationsLatestCompare with previous version
2018A/HRC/RES/38/18The contribution of the Human Rights Council to the prevention of human rights violations

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Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

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What subjects does this mandate have?

5 topics

Crime Prevention Financing Human Rights Monitoring Human Rights Violations Technical Cooperation

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 2022.

2022A/HRC/49/68Current system-wide delivery and financing of, and existing gaps in, technical assistance and capacity-building that support the implementation by States of their international human rights obligations and commitments report of the Secretary-General

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What does this mandate say?

9 operative paragraphs

Welcomes the work of the rapporteurs and takes note of their report on an overview of consultations on the contribution of the Human Rights Council to the prevention of human rights violations and the recommendations therein, submitted in accordance with Council resolution 38/18;

Encourages States and all other relevant stakeholders to consider the recommendations made in the report of the rapporteurs;

Urges all mechanisms of the Human Rights Council to integrate prevention into their work and, where appropriate, into their reporting, in accordance with their respective mandates;

Requests the Secretary-General to prepare a report analysing the current system-wide delivery and financing of, and existing gaps in, technical assistance and capacity-building that support the implementation by States of their international human rights obligations and commitments, and provided upon the request, in consultation with and with the consent of the State concerned, and to make recommendations in order to improve and scale-up the system-wide delivery and financing of technical assistance and capacity-building in the field of human rights with a view to building national resilience, and to submit that report to the Human Rights Council for its consideration at its forty-ninth session;

Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to continue to strengthen the capability of the Office of the High Commissioner to identify, verify, manage and analyse data and early warning signs emanating from all sources, including from States, human rights mechanisms, national human rights institutions, civil society organizations, human rights defenders, United Nations country teams and the Office’s field presences, and to address them in accordance with her mandate;

Calls upon the High Commissioner, where the Office of the High Commissioner identifies patterns of human rights violations that point to a heightened risk of a human rights emergency, to continue to bring that information to the attention of the members and observers of the Human Rights Council in a manner that reflects the urgency of the situation and that maintains space for dialogue and cooperation with the State and region concerned, including through briefings;

Recognizes that the Human Rights Council may resort, on a case-by-case basis and where appropriate, to work formats that enhance dialogue and cooperation with the State and region concerned, with the aim of addressing the root causes of and preventing further human rights violations and responding promptly to human rights emergencies;

Requests the Secretary-General to bring regularly to the attention of the relevant bodies of the United Nations the reports of the Human Rights Council relevant to prevention;

Decides to invite the Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission, commencing in 2021, to brief, on an annual basis, the Human Rights Council, during one of its regular sessions, under agenda item 3, on the work of the Commission, including in relation to country situations that are on the Council’s agenda.

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