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

A/HRC/RES/60/30View PDF

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A document of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 10 Technical assistance and capacity-building, published in 2025.

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15 versions · 2011–2025

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/HRC/RES/60/30	Enhancement of technical cooperation and capacity-building in the field of human rights	2,409	58%Compare
2024	A/HRC/RES/57/32	Enhancement of technical cooperation and capacity-building in the field of human rights	2,944	59%Compare
2023	A/HRC/RES/54/28	Enhancement of technical cooperation and capacity-building in the field of human rights	2,731	53%Compare
2022	A/HRC/RES/51/34	Enhancement of technical cooperation and capacity-building in the field of human rights	2,195	33%Compare
2021	A/HRC/RES/48/24	Enhancement of technical cooperation and capacity-building in the field of human rights	2,670	45%Compare

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 3	Advisory services, technical cooperation and field activities	79

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 3	Advisory services, technical cooperation and field activities	79	—

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 subjects

Capacity Building Conferences Human Rights Right to Health Technical Cooperation Websites

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14 operative paragraphs

Emphasizes that the general debate under agenda item 10 is an essential platform for members and observers of the Human Rights Council to openly and safely share their visions and views, and concrete experiences, challenges, progress and achievements, as well as 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, civil society, including women’s organizations, and all rights holders;

Reiterates that technical cooperation and capacity-building in the field of human rights should 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, as well as their national context, 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;

Underscores the need to strengthen international, regional and bilateral cooperation and dialogue in support of the promotion and protection 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 and protection of human rights, including those relating to the empowerment of all women and girls, while engaging with relevant players, including national human rights institutions, civil society organizations and all rights holders;

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;

Welcomes the technical assistance and capacity-building provided by the Office of the High Commissioner, 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 States in ensuring the full and effective enjoyment of the right of everyone to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health;

Encourages States in need of technical assistance in ensuring the full and effective enjoyment of the right of everyone to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health to consider requesting such assistance from the Office of the High Commissioner and other relevant United Nations agencies, and strongly encourages the Office and respective United Nations agencies to respond favourably to such requests and to provide information, in a transparent and timely manner, on the technical support available for and provided to States;

Encourages States to continue to promote initiatives aimed at sharing experiences, lessons learned and best practices in providing human rights technical cooperation and capacity-building support through bilateral cooperation, including bilateral human rights dialogues and North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation, to assist States in implementing their human rights obligations, as well as voluntary pledges and commitments;

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 and best practices 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 knowledge and best practices, including on the possibility of providing technical assistance and capacity-building within their respective mandates;

Welcomes the panel discussion held by the Human Rights Council at its fifty-ninth session, pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 57/32 of 11 October 2024, on the theme “The role of technical cooperation and capacity-building in strengthening national structures which play a role in promoting and safeguarding human rights, particularly national human rights institutions and national mechanisms for implementation, reporting and follow-up”, at which participants underlined the importance of technical cooperation and capacity-building in supporting States in strengthening their national human rights institutions and national mechanisms for implementation, reporting and follow-up, as well as the complementarity between the two entities in the promotion and protection of human rights at the national level;³

³See A/HRC/59/65.

Recognizes the ongoing development by the Office of the High Commissioner of an online repository pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 54/28 of 12 October 2023, which will be integrated into the UN Human Rights Knowledge Gateway as a knowledge hub on technical cooperation and capacity-building activities in the implementation of universal periodic review recommendations upon the consent of the States concerned, and calls upon States, relevant United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, international and regional organizations, regional human rights mechanisms, national human rights institutions and civil society organizations to engage with the knowledge hub by regularly submitting and updating information in this area;

Decides that the annual thematic panel discussion under agenda item 10, pursuant to paragraphs 3 and 4 of Human Rights Council resolution 18/18 of 29 September 2011, will henceforth be held biennially starting from its sixty-second session, and that the theme at the said panel discussion will be “Technical cooperation and capacity-building in supporting States in the full and effective realization of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health”, and to make it fully accessible to persons with disabilities;

Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to prepare a report on technical cooperation and capacity-building activities, as well as related challenges and best practices, of States, the Office and other relevant stakeholders, including national human rights institutions, in helping States to fully and effectively realize the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, based on contributions from States, relevant United Nations agencies and other stakeholders, and taking into account the outcome of the panel discussion, and to submit the report to the Human Rights Council at its sixty-sixth session;

Calls upon States to implement their human rights obligations, and also 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 panel discussion and the above-mentioned report to enhance the efficiency, effectiveness and policy coherence of technical cooperation and capacity-building efforts and to build multi-stakeholder partnerships, in supporting States in the full and effective realization of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health.

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