Promoting and Protecting Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Within the Context of Addressing Inequalities

A/HRC/RES/60/14View PDF

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A document 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 2025.

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2 versions · 2023–2025

2025A/HRC/RES/60/14Promoting and protecting economic, social and cultural rights within the context of addressing inequalitiesLatestCompare with previous version
2023A/HRC/RES/54/22Promoting and protecting economic, social and cultural rights within the context of addressing inequalities

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5 topics

Capacity Building Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Equality International Cooperation Technical Cooperation

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17 operative paragraphs

Stresses the importance of respecting, protecting and fulfilling economic, social and cultural rights within the context of addressing inequalities, including within and among States, as envisaged in the Sustainable Development Goals;

Emphasizes that States, in fulfilling economic, social and cultural rights, should provide adequate investments, in accordance with the national legislation of each State and its international human rights obligations, in public health systems, education, social protection, decent work, housing, food, water and sanitation systems, including to respond effectively to global challenges;

Also emphasizes that States need to enhance their ongoing efforts in order to create conditions conducive to the enjoyment and realization of economic, social and cultural rights, including by mobilizing resources towards the full, equal and effective enjoyment of these rights by persons in marginalized or vulnerable situations;

Recalls that every State has a responsibility to promote the economic, social and cultural development of its people and to that end has the discretion and responsibility to choose its means and goals of development consistent with its obligations under international human rights law;

Encourages States that have not yet signed and ratified or acceded to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to consider doing so, and encourages all States to implement relevant Human Rights Council resolutions on economic, social and cultural rights;

Encourages the identification of the root causes of discrimination, in particular in the context of multiple and aggravated forms of discrimination, and the adoption of measures necessary to combat discrimination and inequalities, inter alia, poverty alleviation, homelessness elimination, human rights education and social protection;

Stresses that it is essential to scale up international cooperation to support developing and least developed countries and persons in marginalized and vulnerable situations, who are disproportionately bearing the impacts of global crises and resource constraints, to ensure that global efforts are based on unity, solidarity, multilateral cooperation and the principle of leaving no one behind;

Encourages international financial institutions to continue to support States, in particular developing countries, and, when doing so, to take into consideration the prioritization of social spending and the enhancement of States’ fiscal space, while engaging collaboratively in terms of international assistance and cooperation, all of which contribute to the realization of economic, social and cultural rights;

Encourages the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Human Rights Council, the United Nations development system, international financial institutions, regional organizations and other stakeholders, as appropriate and within their respective mandates, to take into consideration the needs of States, especially developing and least developed countries, to fulfil their responsibilities to better promote and protect economic, social and cultural rights, address inequalities and implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;

Calls upon the Office of the High Commissioner, in accordance with its mandate, to strengthen its work and set its priorities on economic, social and cultural rights, taking into consideration relevant resolutions and decisions of the Human Rights Council, with due regard to achieving international cooperation in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights;

Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to enhance its work, within its mandate, in the field of economic, social and cultural rights, in order to effectively assist all countries in promoting and protecting economic, social and cultural rights and addressing inequalities, including through technical assistance and the development of practical tools and support;

Also requests the Office of the High Commissioner to continue to ensure that its headquarters are equipped with adequate and proportionate posts and capacity, with due regard to gender balance and equitable geographical representation, and that its regional offices are provided with sufficient resources, so as to enable the effective fulfilment of its mandate in the field of economic, social and cultural rights;

Decides to convene a panel discussion, with gender balance and equitable geographical representation, on progress, challenges and opportunities in promoting and protecting economic, social and cultural rights within the context of addressing inequalities, including the impact of the funding and liquidity constraints on the work of the Office of the High Commissioner to promote and protect economic, social and cultural rights in accordance with its mandate, at the sixty-third session of the Human Rights Council, and to invite States, relevant United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, international and regional organizations, national human rights institutions, civil society organizations and other relevant stakeholders to share achievements, challenges and best practices and to identify ways in which the Office can best contribute to the efforts of States to respect, promote and fulfil economic, social and cultural rights, in accordance with its mandate, including the possibility of enhancing the capacity of the Office to better provide advisory services and technical assistance;

Requests the Secretary-General to provide the panel discussion with all the resources necessary for services and facilities;

Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to prepare a substantive report on the panel discussion and to present the report to the Human Rights Council at its sixty-sixth session, to be followed by an interactive dialogue;

Also requests the High Commissioner to enhance and broaden the work carried out on studies and analysis about economic, social and cultural rights, with a view to identifying legal, policy and other measures, while taking into account the diversity of legal systems, cultural contexts and approaches, in order to consolidate promising practices and provide technical support and capacity-building through the knowledge hub for economic, social and cultural rights;

Decides to remain seized of the matter and to consider taking further action in order to implement the present resolution.

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