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World Programme for Human Rights Education

A/HRC/RES/51/2View PDF

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 3Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development, published in 2022.

What other versions does this mandate have?

11 versions · 2005–2023
This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/54/7
  • 2023A/HRC/RES/54/7World Programme for Human Rights EducationLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2022A/HRC/RES/51/2World Programme for Human Rights EducationCompare with previous version
  • 2018A/HRC/RES/39/3World Programme for Human Rights EducationCompare with previous version
  • 2017A/HRC/RES/36/12World Programme for Human Rights EducationCompare with previous version
  • 2013A/HRC/RES/24/15World Programme for Human Rights EducationCompare 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?

3 topics
Human Rights EducationProgrammes of ActionSustainable Development

What does this mandate say?

11 operative paragraphs
1
Takes note with appreciation of the evaluation of the implementation of the third phase of the World Programme for Human Rights Education prepared by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights;
2
Also takes note with appreciation of the midterm progress report on the implementation of the fourth phase of the World Programme for Human Rights Education prepared by the Office of the High Commissioner;
3
Welcomes the convening of the high-level panel discussion on the theme “The tenth anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training: good practices, challenges and the way forward”, on 29 September 2021, and the summary report of the discussion prepared by the Office of the High Commissioner;
4
Notes with appreciation the initiatives by all relevant stakeholders for the implementation of the fourth phase of the World Programme;
5
Encourages States and all other stakeholders to strengthen efforts to advance the implementation of all phases of the World Programme for Human Rights Education, at all levels;
6
Encourages States to establish monitoring and evaluation mechanisms to review efforts, and to ensure that human rights education content and methodologies remain relevant to the experiences and challenges faced by youth, and that women benefit from the World Programme on an equal footing;
7
Welcomes the efforts of the Office of the High Commissioner, in close cooperation with relevant United Nations agencies, including the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, and Member States and civil society, including youth organizations, in advancing human rights education and training globally, including through the promotion of national implementation of the World Programme for Human Rights Education, the provision of methodological and training support, capacity-building and technical assistance, and the coordination of related international efforts;
8
Appeals to relevant organs, bodies and agencies of the United Nations system and all other international and regional intergovernmental organizations, States and non-governmental organizations to provide, upon request, technical support to countries willing to implement nationally the plans of action adopted in the context of the World Programme on Human Rights Education and to build their capacity for human rights education and training;
9
Recognizes that the World Programme for Human Rights Education can contribute to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and encourages the Office of the High Commissioner, in cooperation with all relevant stakeholders, to continue to support States’ efforts to implement the 2030 Agenda, including towards the achievement of Goal 4, target 7 thereof;
10
Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to seek the views of States, relevant intergovernmental organizations, in particular the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, the United Nations Youth Office, the special procedures of the Human Rights Council, national human rights institutions, national mechanisms for implementation, reporting and follow-up, civil society, including non-governmental organizations, and other relevant stakeholders in the target sectors, focus areas or thematic human rights issues for the fifth phase of the World Programme, bearing in mind possible synergies with the 2030 Agenda and other relevant initiatives on human rights education and training, and to submit a report thereon to the Human Rights Council at its fifty-fourth session;
11
Decides to consider this issue at its fifty-fourth session in accordance with its programme of work.

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