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Situation of Human Rights in the Russian Federation

A/HRC/RES/54/23View PDF

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 4Human rights situations that require the Council's attention, published in 2023.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 2022–2025
This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/60/21
  • 2025A/HRC/RES/60/21Situation of human rights in the Russian FederationLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2024A/HRC/RES/57/20Situation of human rights in the Russian FederationCompare with previous version
  • 2023A/HRC/RES/54/23Situation of human rights in the Russian FederationCompare with previous version
  • 2022A/HRC/RES/51/25Situation of human rights in the Russian Federation

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

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 topics
Civil and Political RightsHuman RightsRussian FederationSpecial Rapporteurs

What does this mandate say?

6 operative paragraphs
1
Strongly urges the Russian authorities to comply with all of the State’s obligations under international human rights law;
2
Calls upon the Russian authorities to uphold the fundamental freedoms of thought, conscience, religion or belief, opinion and expression, peaceful assembly and association, in particular by removing restrictions on diversity in ideas, criticism and dissent, as well as associated rights to liberty and security of person, fair trial, and freedom from torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; to put an immediate end to the misuse of the judicial system to suppress the rights of journalists and other media workers, cultural figures, lawyers, researchers, historians, civil society and human rights defenders, and peaceful anti-war protesters, notably women and persons in vulnerable situations; to release immediately and unconditionally all those arbitrarily detained or forcibly disappeared; and to ensure the safe return of deported individuals, especially children;
3
Welcomes the report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation;
4
Decides to extend the mandate of Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation as defined by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 51/25 for a period of one year, and requests the mandate holder to hold consultations with all stakeholders, including civil society inside and outside the Russian Federation, and to present a comprehensive report to the Council at its fifty-seventh session and to the General Assembly at its seventy-ninth session;
5
Calls upon the Russian authorities to establish full and non-selective engagement with all United Nations human rights mechanisms, including constructive communication and full cooperation with the mandate of the Special Rapporteur, to allow the mandate holder unhindered access to visit the country and meet freely with relevant stakeholders, including civil society and human rights defenders, as well as individuals in detention, and to provide the Special Rapporteur with the information necessary to properly fulfil the mandate, and also calls upon the Russian authorities to cooperate fully with all other special procedures of the Human Rights Council, the treaty bodies, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, as well as all stakeholders in the context of the universal periodic review, and to refrain from all forms of intimidation and reprisals against persons and associations for their cooperation with these bodies;
6
Requests the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to provide the Special Rapporteur with all necessary assistance and adequate human, technical and financial resources to enable the effective fulfilment of the mandate.

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