Preventable Mortality and Morbidity of Children Under 5 Years of Age as a Human Rights Concern

A/HRC/RES/24/11View 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 2013.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 2013–2016

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/33/11

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2016	A/HRC/RES/33/11	Preventable mortality and morbidity of children under 5 years of age as a human rights concern	1,292	43%Compare
2014	A/HRC/RES/27/14	Preventable mortality and morbidity of children under 5 years of age as a human rights concern	1,218	46%Compare
2013	A/HRC/RES/24/11	Preventable mortality and morbidity of children under 5 years of age as a human rights concern	1,109	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Child Mortality Conferences Guidelines Human Rights Maternal and Child Health

What’s in this document?

11 operative paragraphs

Takes note with appreciation of the report on mortality of children under 5 years of age as a human rights concern prepared by the World Health Organization pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 22/32,³ and welcomes its emphasis on integrating human rights into efforts to prevent under-5 mortality;

³A/HRC/24/60.

Recognizes that a human rights-based approach to reduce and eliminate preventable child mortality and morbidity is an approach underpinned by the principles of, inter alia, equality and non-discrimination, participation, the best interests of the child, international cooperation and accountability;

Affirms the importance of applying a human rights-based approach to reducing and eliminating preventable child mortality and morbidity, and requests all States to renew their political commitment in that respect at all levels, and also calls upon States, in adopting a human rights-based approach, especially to scale up efforts to achieve integrated management of integrated and quality maternal, newborn and child health care and services, particularly at the community and family levels, and to take action to address the main causes of child mortality;

Encourages States and other relevant stakeholders, including national human rights institutions and non-governmental organizations, to take action at all levels to address the interlinked root causes of mortality and morbidity of children under 5 years of age, such as poverty, malnutrition, harmful practices, violence, stigma and discrimination, unsafe households and environments, lack of safe drinking water and sanitation, lack of accessible, affordable and appropriate health-care services and medicines, late detection of childhood illnesses and lack of education;

Calls upon States to strengthen their international commitment, cooperation and mutual assistance with the objective of reducing and eliminating preventable mortality and morbidity of children under 5 years of age, including through the sharing of good practices, research, policies, monitoring and capacity-building;

Reaffirms that the Human Rights Council should promote the effective coordination and mainstreaming of human rights within the United Nations system;

Requests the Office of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in close collaboration with the World Health Organization, to prepare concise technical guidance on the application of a human rights-based approach to the implementation of policies and programmes to reduce and eliminate preventable mortality and morbidity of children under 5 years of age;

Also requests the Office of High Commissioner to convene, in cooperation with relevant United Nations agencies, in particular the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, special procedures mandate holders and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children, an expert workshop to discuss the draft of the technical guidance referred to in paragraph 7 above, with the participation of Governments and open to regional organizations, relevant United Nations bodies and civil society organizations, to assist in the preparation of the technical guidance;

Further requests the Office of the High Commissioner to provide an oral update in this regard before the twenty-seventh session of the Human Rights Council;

Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to present the technical guidance to the Human Rights Council at its twenty-seventh session;

Decides to remain seized of the matter.

  The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of the Council on its twenty-fourth session (A/HRC/24/2), Part One.

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