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International Covenants on Human Rights

A/RES/70/144View PDF

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 72aImplementation of human rights instruments, published in 2015.

What other versions does this mandate have?

26 versions · 1979–2016
  • 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).

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

iExtracted automatically from each entity’s budget submission.

What subjects does this mandate have?

1 topic
Human Rights

What does this mandate say?

5 operative paragraphs
1
Welcomes the annual reports of the Human Rights Committee submitted to the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth and seventieth sessions;
2
Also welcomes the reports of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on its fiftieth and fifty-first sessions and on its fifty-second and fifty-third sessions;
3
Decides to devote one plenary meeting of the General Assembly, within existing resources, at its seventy-first session, to the commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights1 and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,1 and requests the President of the General Assembly to conduct consultations with Member States in order to determine the modalities for that meeting;
4
Invites the Chairs of the two Committees, within existing resources, to address and engage in an interactive dialogue with the General Assembly at its seventy-first and seventy-second sessions under the item entitled “Promotion and protection of human rights”;
5
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 with regard to all reservations and declarations made, through the United Nations websites.

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