Regional Arrangements for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights

A/HRC/RES/12/15View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development, published in 2009.

What other versions does this mandate have?

24 versions · 1978–2020

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/43/17

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2020	A/HRC/RES/43/17	Regional arrangements for the promotion and protection of human rights	626	80%Compare
2017	A/HRC/RES/34/17	Regional arrangements for the promotion and protection of human rights	653	56%Compare
2015	A/HRC/RES/30/3	Regional arrangements for the promotion and protection of human rights	826	66%Compare
2013	A/HRC/RES/24/19	Regional arrangements for the promotion and protection of human rights	637	58%Compare
2011	A/HRC/RES/18/14	Regional arrangements for the promotion and protection of human rights	450	63%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

5 reports · 1978–2010

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2010	A/65/369	Regional arrangements for the promotion and protection of human rights report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/63/170
2006	A/61/513	Regional arrangements for the promotion and protection of human rights report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/59/196
2004	A/59/323	Regional arrangements for the promotion and protection of human rights report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/57/210
2002	A/57/283	Regional arrangements for the promotion and protection of human rights report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/55/105
1978	A/33/219	Regional arrangements for the promot ion and protection of human rights report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/32/127

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Conferences Human Rights Advancement Regional Cooperation Regional Organizations Southeast Asia

What’s in this document?

5 operative paragraphs

Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General on the workshop on regional arrangements for the promotion and protection of human rights (A/HRC/11/3), held on 24 and 25 November 2008 in Geneva, including its conclusions and recommendations;

Also welcomes the progress made by Governments in the establishment of regional and subregional arrangements for the promotion and protection of human rights, and their achievements in all regions of the world;

Further welcomes the regional efforts made by Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to advance the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the Southeast Asian region, as manifested by the establishment of the Association’s Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights;

Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to hold a workshop on regional arrangements for the promotion and protection of human rights on a regular basis and to convene the next one in the first semester of 2010, within existing resources, to allow further sharing of information and concrete proposals on ways and means to strengthen cooperation between the United Nations and regional arrangements in the field of human rights and the identification of strategies to overcome obstacles to the promotion and protection of human rights at the regional and international levels, with the participation of representatives of the relevant regional and subregional arrangements from different regions, experts and interested States Members of the United Nations, observers, national human rights institutions and representatives of non-governmental organizations;

Also requests the High Commissioner to present to the Council, at its fifteenth session, a report on the discussions held at the above-mentioned workshop and on the progress towards the implementation of the present resolution.

The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of the Council on its twelfth session (A/HRC/12/50), chap. I.

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