Technical Assistance and Capacity-Building for South Sudan in the Field of Human Rights

A/HRC/RES/18/17View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 10 Technical assistance and capacity-building, published in 2011.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 2011–2013

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/23/24

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2013	A/HRC/RES/23/24	Technical assistance and capacity-building for South Sudan in the field of human rights	631	39%Compare
2012	A/HRC/RES/21/28	Technical assistance and capacity-building for South Sudan in the field of human rights	427	29%Compare
2011	A/HRC/RES/18/17	Technical assistance and capacity-building for South Sudan in the field of human rights	407	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Capacity Building Human Rights South Sudan Technical Cooperation

What’s in this document?

7 operative paragraphs

Welcomes the establishment of the Republic of South Sudan on 9 July 2011 upon its proclamation as an independent State;

Also welcomes the commitments made by the Government of South Sudan to strengthen national mechanisms of promotion and protection of human rights, and calls on the Government to implement those commitments;

Calls upon the Government of South Sudan to strengthen ongoing cooperation with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan on issues pertaining to the promotion and protection of human rights, and calls upon all parties to make every effort to prevent violence;

Encourages the international community to provide the Government of South Sudan with technical and financial assistance and to support its efforts to promote and protect human rights;

Invites the Office of the United High Commissioner for Human Rights, in collaboration with the Government of South Sudan, to identify and assess areas of assistance and, upon its request, to assist the Government in its efforts to promote and protect human rights;

Calls upon States Members of the United Nations, in the framework of international cooperation, relevant United Nations agencies and international financial institutions, to provide the Government of South Sudan, upon its request, with appropriate technical assistance and capacity-building to promote respect for human rights;

Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to present a report on the implementation of the present resolution to the Human Rights Council at its twenty-first session.

The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of the Council on its eighteenth session (A/HRC/18/2), chap. I.

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