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

A/HRC/RES/23/24View 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 2013.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 2011–2013

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?

5 subjects

Capacity Building Human Rights Report Preparation South Sudan Technical Cooperation

What’s in this document?

9 operative paragraphs

Calls upon the Government of South Sudan to implement legally binding international and regional human rights instruments to which it is party;

Also calls on the Government of South Sudan to strengthen cooperation with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan on issues pertaining to the promotion and protection of human rights and to ensure the security of its members;

Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on technical assistance and capacity-building for South Sudan;³

³A/HRC/23/31.

Requests the Government of South Sudan to take steps to tackle impunity and improve the justice system, including improvement in the training of government officials to foster a culture of accountability;

Requests Member States, relevant United Nations agencies and stakeholders to support, as a matter of urgency, the national efforts of the Government of South Sudan on technical assistance and capacity-building to include training and workshops in human rights education to overcome challenges in the areas of security and to promote respect for human rights;

Requests the Government of South Sudan to take steps to strengthen further the independence of the South Sudan Human Rights Commission, enabling it to contribute to promotion and protection of the human rights of the people of South Sudan;

Requests the High Commissioner to report on the situation of human rights in South Sudan, to work with the Government of South Sudan to provide it with technical assistance, and to identify additional areas of assistance to strengthen the capacity of South Sudan to fulfil its human rights obligations and commitments;

Also requests the High Commissioner to submit an interim report to the Human Rights Council at its twenty-sixth session, and a final report at its twenty-eighth session, on progress in technical assistance and capacity-building in the field of human rights;

Decides to remain seized of this matter.

  The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of the Council on its twenty-third session (A/HRC/23/2), chap. I.

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