Contribution of Parliaments to the Work of the Human Rights Council and Its Universal Periodic Review

A/HRC/RES/26/29View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 5 Human rights bodies and mechanisms, published in 2014.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 2013–2017

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/35/29

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2017	A/HRC/RES/35/29	Contribution of parliaments to the work of the Human Rights Council and its universal periodic review	812	44%Compare
2015	A/HRC/RES/30/14	Contribution of parliaments to the work of the Human Rights Council and its universal periodic review	497	20%Compare
2014	A/HRC/RES/26/29	Contribution of parliaments to the work of the Human Rights Council and its universal periodic review	630	20%Compare
2013	A/HRC/RES/22/15	Contribution of parliaments to the work of the Human Rights Council and its universal periodic review	299	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 subjects

Capacity Building Conferences Human Rights Advancement Human Rights Monitoring Legislative Bodies Legislators

What’s in this document?

7 operative paragraphs

Encourages States, in accordance with their national legislation, to promote the involvement of parliaments in all stages of the universal periodic review reporting process, in particular through the inclusion of the national parliament as a relevant stakeholder in the consultation process of the national report and in the implementation of recommendations, and to report on such involvement in their national report and voluntary mid-term reports or during the interactive dialogue session of the universal periodic review;

Welcomes the growing practice by States under review of including parliamentarians in their national delegations to the universal periodic review, and encourages States, as appropriate, to continue this practice;

Also welcomes the recent efforts by the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the parliamentary and other authorities of Member States to organize, in collaboration with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, regional seminars aimed at raising awareness of the work of the Human Rights Council, in particular its universal periodic review, and to build capacities of parliaments to contribute to its work;

Further welcomes in that regard the recent regional seminar held in Romania for parliaments of Central and Eastern Europe, and invites States, with the support of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the Office of the High Commissioner, to continue to contribute to such activities;

Invites the High Commissioner to provide the Human Rights Council with regular updates on the activities of the Inter-Parliamentary Union on parliamentary capacity-building, as well as on its activities with regard to the work of the Council and its universal periodic review;

Encourages all relevant stakeholders to promote and enhance cooperation between their national parliaments and national human rights institutions and civil society in the promotion and protection of all human rights and fundamental freedoms;

Decides to continue consideration of the issue under the same agenda item.

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