Human Rights Treaty Body System

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Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 74aImplementation of human rights instruments, published in 2019.

What other versions does this mandate have?

5 versions · 2017–2024

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/79/165

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What subjects does this mandate have?

4 topics

Human Rights Human Rights Monitoring Treaty-Monitoring Bodies Webcasts

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 2020.

2020A/74/643Status of the human rights treaty body system report of the Secretary-General

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What does this mandate say?

10 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the status of the human rights treaty body system;

Welcomes the annual reports of the human rights treaty bodies submitted to the General Assembly at its seventy-second and seventy-third sessions and to the Economic and Social Council at its 2017 and 2018 sessions;

Invites the Chairs of the human rights treaty bodies to address and engage in an interactive dialogue with the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth and seventy-fifth sessions under the item relevant to the work of the treaty body;

Encourages all stakeholders to continue their efforts for the full implementation of resolution 68/268;

Reaffirms paragraphs 26 to 28 of its resolution 68/268, in which it set out how the allocation of meeting time to the treaty bodies would be identified and requested the Secretary-General to provide the corresponding financial and human resources, decided that the meeting time allocated would be reviewed biennially and amended on that basis at the request of the Secretary-General in line with established budgetary procedures, and requested the Secretary-General accordingly to take into account the meeting time needed by the human rights treaty body system in his future biennial programme budget;

Recalls paragraph 22 of its resolution 68/268, in which it decided, in principle, with the aim of enhancing the accessibility and visibility of the human rights treaty bodies, to webcast, as soon as feasible, the public meetings of the treaty bodies, and decides in this regard to provide, as of 2020, in all the official languages used in the respective committees, live webcasts and video archives of relevant meetings of the treaty bodies that are available, accessible, searchable and secure, including from cyberattacks;

Expresses appreciation for the organization of discussions on matters related to the implementation of each human rights treaty at meetings of the States parties thereto, and requests the Secretary-General to continue to support such practices;

Also expresses appreciation for the opportunity to interact with the Chairs of the treaty bodies during their annual meetings, and requests the Secretary-General to continue to support such opportunities;

Further expresses appreciation for the advisory services, capacity-building and technical assistance provided by the Secretary-General to support States parties in building their capacity to implement their treaty obligations, and requests the Secretary-General to continue his efforts in this regard;

Reiterates its request, made in paragraph 40 of its resolution 68/268, that the Secretary-General submit to it a comprehensive report on the status of the human rights treaty body system, and, in view of the decision, in paragraph 41 of that resolution, to consider the state of the human rights treaty body system no later than 2020, requests the Secretary-General to submit that report in January 2020, in advance of the review of the human rights treaty body system.

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