The Role of Good Governance in the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights

A/HRC/RES/25/8View 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 2014.

What other versions does this mandate have?

9 versions · 2008–2026

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/63/12

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2026	A/HRC/RES/63/12	The role of good governance in the promotion and protection of human rights	2,633	—Compare
2024	A/HRC/RES/57/5	The role of good governance in the promotion and protection of human rights	2,826	67%Compare
2022	A/HRC/RES/51/5	The role of good governance in the promotion and protection of human rights	2,134	44%Compare
2020	A/HRC/RES/45/9	The role of good governance in the promotion and protection of human rights	2,185	56%Compare
2018	A/HRC/RES/37/6	The role of good governance in the promotion and protection of human rights	1,579	68%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Conferences Governance Human Rights Human Rights Advancement Public Administration

What’s in this document?

6 operative paragraphs

Welcomes the publication of the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the role of the public service as an essential component of good governance in the promotion and protection of human rights,³ and takes note with interest of her conclusions and recommendations;

³A/HRC/25/27.

Also welcomes the growing trend towards the universal ratification of the United Nations Convention against Corruption, and encourages States that have not yet ratified this important international instrument to consider doing so;

Underlines that the primary responsibility lies with States at the national level, including through their constitutional provisions and other enabling legislation, consistent with their international obligations, to ensure that professional public services uphold the highest standards of efficiency, competence and integrity, and are predicated on good governance principles, including impartiality, rule of law, transparency, accountability and combating corruption, and stresses the importance of human rights training and education in this regard;

Invites the Secretary-General to ensure the upholding of the integrity of the United Nations system in its service of humanity, and improved coordination between United Nations agencies, programmes and funds, with a view to ensuring that the United Nations system continues to improve the quality of its work at all levels, including in support of objectives and priorities at the national level;

Requests the High Commissioner to organize, at the thirtieth session of the Human Rights Council, a panel discussion on a human rights-based approach to good governance in the public service, and to liaise with States, relevant United Nations bodies, agencies and programmes, treaty bodies, special procedures and regional human rights mechanisms, as well as with civil society, including non-governmental organizations, and national human rights institutions, with a view to ensuring their contribution to the panel discussion;

Also requests the High Commissioner to prepare a report on the panel discussion in the form of a summary report, and to present it to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-first session.

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