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Promoting International Cooperation to Support National Mechanisms for Implementation, Reporting and Follow-Up

A/HRC/RES/51/33View PDF

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 10Technical assistance and capacity-building, published in 2022.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 2019–2025
This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/60/27
  • 2025A/HRC/RES/60/27Promoting international cooperation to support national mechanisms for implementation, reporting and follow-upLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2022A/HRC/RES/51/33Promoting international cooperation to support national mechanisms for implementation, reporting and follow-upCompare with previous version
  • 2019A/HRC/RES/42/30Promoting international cooperation to support national mechanisms for implementation, reporting and follow-up

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

8 topics
Capacity BuildingConferencesFollow-Up ProceduresHuman RightsInternational CooperationInternational ObligationsReporting ProceduresTechnical Cooperation

What does this mandate say?

6 operative paragraphs
1
Encourages States to establish or strengthen national mechanisms for implementation, reporting and follow-up for further compliance with human rights obligations and commitments and to share good practices and experiences in their use for the elaboration of public policies and plans, at all levels, with a human rights approach;
2
Welcomes the technical assistance and capacity-building provided by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the United Nations Development Programme, through United Nations resident coordinators and United Nations national and regional representations, in consultation with and with the consent of the States concerned, in particular with a view to supporting the establishment or the strengthening of national mechanisms for implementation, reporting and follow-up;
3
Also welcomes the holding, from 24 November to 3 December 2021, of five online regional consultations to exchange experiences and good practices relating to the establishment and development of national mechanisms for implementation, reporting and follow-up, and their impact on the effective implementation of human rights obligations and commitments, as well as the additional information provided by Member States throughout the consultation process, and takes note of the report of the Office of the High Commissioner on the regional consultations and the conclusions and recommendations contained therein;
4
Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to organize a one-day intersessional seminar in 2023 and a one-day intersessional seminar in 2024, both to be held in Geneva, to consider further the experiences and good practices shared during the five online regional consultations relating to the establishment and development of national mechanisms for implementation, reporting and follow-up, with States and other relevant stakeholders, including the United Nations Secretariat and relevant bodies, representatives of subregional and regional organizations, international human rights mechanisms, other international organizations, national human rights institutions and non-governmental organizations, to make the seminars fully accessible to persons with disabilities, and to present to the Council at its fifty-seventh session a summary report on the seminars, available in an easy-to-read version and in an accessible format;
5
Also requests the Office of the High Commissioner to establish and maintain a virtual knowledge hub for national mechanisms, in collaboration with States and relevant stakeholders, in order to share good practices and to facilitate the exchange of experiences;
6
Decides to continue its consideration of the matter.

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