Elimination of Discrimination Against Persons Affected by Leprosy and Their Family Members

A/HRC/RES/15/10View 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 2010.

What other versions does this mandate have?

7 versions · 2008–2020

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/44/6

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2020	A/HRC/RES/44/6	Elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members	1,134	87%Compare
2017	A/HRC/RES/35/9	Elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members	1,031	51%Compare
2015	A/HRC/RES/29/5	Elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members	645	27%Compare
2011	A/RES/65/215	Elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members	274	40%Compare
2010	A/HRC/RES/15/10	Elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members	319	34%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Anti-Discrimination Measures Community Participation Guidelines Leprosy Principles

What’s in this document?

5 operative paragraphs

Takes note with appreciation of the Principles and Guidelines for the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members submitted to the Council by the Advisory Committee;³

³A/HRC/15/30, annex.

Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to disseminate the Principles and Guidelines as appropriate;

Encourages Governments, relevant United Nations bodies, specialized agencies, funds and programmes, other intergovernmental organizations and national human rights institutions to give due consideration to the Principles and Guidelines in the formulation and implementation of their policies and measures concerning persons affected by leprosy and their family members;

Encourages all relevant actors in society, including hospitals, schools, universities, religious groups and organizations, business enterprises, newspapers, broadcasting networks and other non-governmental organizations, to give due consideration, as appropriate, to the Principles and Guidelines, in the course of their activities;

Invites the General Assembly to consider, as appropriate, the issue of the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members, including possible ways to promote further the Principles and Guidelines.

The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of the Council on its fifteenth session (A/HRC/15/60), chap. I.

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