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

A/HRC/RES/51/34View PDF

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

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15 versions · 2011–2025

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Capacity Building Human Rights Technical Cooperation

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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, and concrete experiences, challenges and information on assistance needed, with regard to promoting more effective technical cooperation and capacity-building in the field of human rights, and that such technical cooperation should remain an inclusive exercise that engages and involves all national stakeholders, including government agencies, national human rights institutions, national mechanisms for implementation, reporting and follow-up, the private sector and civil society, including women’s organizations;

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 requests, needs and priorities, and the fact that all human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated, and are aimed at making a concrete impact at all levels on the ground;

Underlines the importance of addressing the evolving challenges in implementing technical cooperation and capacity-building activities on the ground, and the need to promote constructive dialogue and collaboration, as well as financial support and advisory services for technical assistance in the field of human rights, taking into account the national context;

Underscores the need to strengthen international, regional and bilateral cooperation and dialogue in support of the promotion, protection and fulfilment of human rights, with a view to generating sustainable outcomes, and encourages regional human rights bodies to share experiences and exchange good practices in the promotion, protection and fulfilment of human rights, including those relating to the empowerment of all women and girls, while engaging with relevant players including national human rights institutions and civil society organizations;

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, encourages States to continue to make contributions to these funds as well as to the technical assistance and capacity-building programme of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to ensure that the Office of the High Commissioner is in a position to respond to the requests for assistance identified in its annual appeals, and encourages the funds and the Office to continue to enhance the efficiency and transparency of their activities;

Encourages States in need of technical assistance to consider requesting it from the Office of the High Commissioner and other relevant United Nations agencies in the implementation of their human rights obligations, as well as their 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 the respective United Nations agencies to respond favourably to such requests and to provide information, in a transparent manner, on the technical support available for and 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 between the Office, other relevant United Nations agencies and the States concerned on technical assistance and capacity-building efforts undertaken at the national level;

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

Encourages the Office of the High Commissioner and the special procedures of the Human Rights Council to support States, upon request, in building their capacity for the promotion, protection and fulfilment of human rights, through various activities and engagement, making use also of available virtual platforms where appropriate, where States and a wide range of partners and actors can participate, learn and share experiences and identify needs for assistance;

Welcomes the panel discussion held by the Human Rights Council at its fiftieth session, pursuant to its resolution 48/24 of 11 October 2021, on the theme “Technical cooperation on the full and effective participation of women in decision-making and in public life and on the elimination of violence, with a view to achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls”, at which participants underlined the importance of technical cooperation and capacity-building in promoting gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls as a component to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, in particular Goal 5, and stressed the need to promote, protect and fulfil the rights of women and girls, and the need for them to be closely consulted and actively involved in decision-making processes and in public life, as well as to eliminate all forms of violence against them;

Decides, in accordance with paragraphs 3 and 4 of Human Rights Council resolution 18/18 of 29 September 2011, to hold, before the fifty-third session of the Council, a half-day intersessional meeting on the theme “Technical cooperation and capacity-building in the Human Rights Council: taking stock of the past for a better discharge of this mission in the future”, in order to allow States, relevant United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, international organizations, national human rights institutions, civil society organizations and other stakeholders to identify and reflect on the achievements made and obstacles faced, and to share best practices and experiences in this regard;

Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to provide the above-mentioned intersessional meeting with all necessary services and facilities, and to provide webcasting services for the meeting;

Also requests the High Commissioner to present a report to the Human Rights Council at its fifty-third session, recommending the way forward to improve technical cooperation and capacity-building in the field of human rights, taking into account the outcomes of the discussions held during the intersessional meeting, to be followed by an enhanced interactive dialogue;

Calls upon States, international human rights bodies and mechanisms, relevant international organizations, national human rights institutions, national mechanisms for implementation, reporting and follow-up and civil society to make use of the ideas and issues raised in the intersessional meeting and the enhanced interactive dialogue to enhance the efficiency, effectiveness and policy coherence of technical cooperation and capacity-building efforts and to build multi-stakeholder partnerships, with a view to improving States’ capacities to promote, protect and fulfil human rights.

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