Promotion of the Right of Peoples to Peace

A/HRC/RES/17/16View 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 2011.

What other versions does this mandate have?

5 versions · 2003–2011

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2011	A/HRC/RES/17/16	Promotion of the right of peoples to peace	1,452	88%Compare
2010	A/HRC/RES/14/3	Promotion of the right of peoples to peace	1,322	81%Compare
2009	A/HRC/RES/11/4	Promotion of the right of peoples to peace	1,195	83%Compare
2008	A/HRC/RES/8/9	Promotion of the right of peoples to peace	1,237	35%Compare
2003	A/RES/57/216	Promotion of the right of peoples to peace	760	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Human Rights International Security Peace Right to Peace

What’s in this document?

17 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms that the peoples of our planet have a sacred right to peace;

Also reaffirms that the preservation of the right of peoples to peace and the promotion of its implementation constitute a fundamental obligation of all States;

Stresses the importance of peace for the promotion and protection of all human rights for all;

Also stresses that the deep fault line that divides human society between the rich and the poor and the ever-increasing gap between the developed world and the developing world pose a major threat to global prosperity, peace, human rights, security and stability;

Further stresses that peace and security, development and human rights are the pillars of the United Nations system and the foundations for collective security and well-being;

Emphasizes that ensuring the exercise of the right of peoples to peace and its promotion demands that the policies of States be directed towards the elimination of the threat of war, particularly nuclear war, the renunciation of the use or threat of use of force in international relations and the settlement of international disputes by peaceful means on the basis of the Charter of the United Nations;

Affirms that all States should promote the establishment, maintenance and strengthening of international peace and security and an international system based on respect for the principles enshrined in the Charter and the promotion of all human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the right to development and the right of peoples to self-determination;

Urges all States to respect and to put into practice the principles and purposes of the Charter in their relations with all other States, irrespective of their political, economic or social systems or of their size, geographical location or level of economic development;

Reaffirms the duty of all States, in accordance with the principles of the Charter, to use peaceful means to settle any dispute to which they are parties and the continuance of which is likely to endanger the maintenance of international peace and security, and encourages States to settle their disputes as early as possible as an important contribution to the promotion and protection of all human rights of everyone and all peoples;

Underlines the vital importance of education for peace as a tool to foster the realization of the right of peoples to peace, and encourages States, United Nations specialized agencies and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to contribute actively to this endeavour;

Calls upon States and relevant United Nations bodies to promote the effective implementation of the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace;

Invites States and relevant United Nations human rights mechanisms and procedures to continue to pay attention to the importance of mutual cooperation, understanding and dialogue in ensuring the promotion and protection of all human rights;

Recalls the holding of the workshop on the right of peoples to peace in Geneva on 15 and 16 December 2009, with the participation of experts from all regions of the world;

Takes note of the progress report of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee on the right of peoples to peace,² which includes more than 40 possible standards for inclusion in the draft declaration on the right of peoples to peace;

²A/HRC/17/39.

Supports the need to further promote the realization of the right of peoples to peace and, in that regard, requests the Advisory Committee, in consultation with Member States, civil society, academia and all relevant stakeholders, to present a draft declaration on the right of peoples to peace and to report on progress thereon to the Council at its twentieth session;

Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to retransmit the questionnaire prepared by the Advisory Committee in the context of its mandate on the issue of the right of peoples to peace, seeking the views and comments of Member States, civil society, academia and all relevant stakeholders;

Decides to continue to consider the issue in 2012 under the same agenda item.

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