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International Covenants on Human Rights

A/RES/68/155No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 69aImplementation of human rights instruments, published in 2014.

What other versions does this mandate have?

26 versions · 1979–2016
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/70/144
  • 2016A/RES/70/144International Covenants on Human RightsLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2014A/RES/68/155International Covenants on Human RightsCompare with previous version
  • 2012A/RES/66/148International Covenants on Human RightsCompare with previous version
  • 2010A/RES/64/152International Covenants on Human RightsCompare with previous version
  • 2008A/RES/62/147International Covenants on Human RightsCompare with previous version

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

What subjects does this mandate have?

1 topic
Human Rights

What does this mandate say?

4 operative paragraphs
1
Welcomes the annual reports of the Human Rights Committee submitted to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh and sixty-eighth sessions;
2
Also welcomes the reports of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on its forty-sixth and forty-seventh sessions and on its forty-eighth and forty-ninth sessions;
3
Invites the Chairs of the Committees to address and engage in an interactive dialogue with the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth and seventieth sessions under the item entitled “Promotion and protection of human rights”, within existing resources;
4
Requests the Secretary-General to keep the General Assembly informed of the status of the International Covenants on Human Rights and the Optional Protocols thereto, including all reservations and declarations, through the United Nations websites.

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