The Contribution of Development to the Enjoyment of All Human Rights

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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 2023.

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5 versions · 2017–2025

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6 topics

Covid-19 Development Human Rights Poverty Mitigation Recovery Sustainable Development

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16 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms the significant contribution of development to the enjoyment of all human rights by all;

Recognizes that development and the realization of human rights and fundamental freedoms are interdependent and mutually reinforcing;

Calls upon all States to promote sustainable development to enable better enjoyment of human rights, to achieve gender equality and to promote equality of opportunity for development;

Also calls upon all States to realize people-centred development of the people, by the people and for the people;

Encourages all States to spare no effort to promote sustainable development, particularly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, to recover from the pandemic, and to pay particular attention to the promotion and protection of rights of persons in vulnerable situations;

Emphasizes the importance for the entire population of each State to benefit from inclusive and sustainable development and of addressing inequalities within and among States in the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, and calls upon States to ensure that efforts to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development for all, by reaching all its Goals and targets, are strengthened and accelerated in this decade of action for building more sustainable, peaceful, just, equitable, inclusive and resilient societies where no one is left behind;

Reaffirms the commitment of all States to ending poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including by eradicating extreme poverty, and emphasizes that eradicating poverty, including extreme poverty, is an indispensable requirement for sustainable development and an overarching objective of the 2030 Agenda;

Welcomes and appreciates the efforts made by States, international organizations and other stakeholders to eradicate poverty, as well as the remarkable progress made in this field, particularly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, which is of significant importance for the enjoyment of human rights, and calls for enhanced international cooperation and exchanges regarding poverty eradication;

Calls upon Member States and the United Nations system, including its funds and programmes and specialized agencies, in accordance with their mandates, to continue to mobilize resources to carry out development cooperation and to assist States, particularly developing and the least developed countries, upon their request, in promoting sustainable development;

Encourages Member States, relevant United Nations bodies and other stakeholders to take the 2030 Agenda into account when delivering technical assistance and capacity-building, as requested by the countries concerned, in the field of human rights;

Invites relevant United Nations human rights mechanisms and procedures to continue to take into account the role of development in promoting and protecting human rights when fulfilling their mandates, and to incorporate a development perspective into their work;

Notes with appreciation the organization of all five regional seminars on the contribution of development to the enjoyment of all human rights, and looks forward to receiving the summary report on the seminars in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 47/11 for consideration at its fifty-fourth session;

Encourages the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to reinforce its work and initiatives on fighting poverty and addressing inequalities in the context of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, which contributes to the enjoyment of all human rights, and requests the Secretary-General to enhance the Office’s dedicated capacity to strengthen work and initiatives on these matters, including at the regional level, to provide such increased support;

Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to prepare a compilation of best practices in the contribution of development to the promotion and protection of all human rights in the context of recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, and to submit the document, including in an accessible and easy-to-read format, to the Human Rights Council at its fifty-sixth session;

Also requests the Office of the High Commissioner, when preparing the above-mentioned compilation, to seek input from experts from diverse geographic regions, including from States, relevant intergovernmental organizations, United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, relevant special procedures, the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee, the treaty bodies, national human rights institutions, academia and civil society representatives;

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