Enhancement of Technical Cooperation and Capacity-Building in the Field of Human Rights

A/HRC/RES/27/20View 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 2014.

What other versions does this mandate have?

15 versions · 2011–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/60/30

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/HRC/RES/60/30	Enhancement of technical cooperation and capacity-building in the field of human rights	2,409	58%Compare
2024	A/HRC/RES/57/32	Enhancement of technical cooperation and capacity-building in the field of human rights	2,944	59%Compare
2023	A/HRC/RES/54/28	Enhancement of technical cooperation and capacity-building in the field of human rights	2,731	53%Compare
2022	A/HRC/RES/51/34	Enhancement of technical cooperation and capacity-building in the field of human rights	2,195	33%Compare
2021	A/HRC/RES/48/24	Enhancement of technical cooperation and capacity-building in the field of human rights	2,670	45%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

11 subjects

Capacity Building Conferences Development Strategies Financing Human Rights Advancement Human Rights Policy International Obligations Popular Participation Poverty Mitigation Report Preparation Technical Cooperation

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14 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms that States have the primary responsibility for the promotion and protection of human rights, and emphasizes the need to promote a cooperative and constructive approach to international cooperation for the promotion and protection of human rights and to enhance the role of the Human Rights Council in promoting advisory services, technical assistance and capacity-building, particularly through the discussions held under agenda item 10;

Reaffirms also that each country must take primary responsibility for its own development and that the role of national policies and strategies cannot be overemphasized in the achievement of sustainable development and poverty eradication, and recognizes that increased, effective national efforts should be complemented by concrete, effective and supportive international programmes, measures and policies, including technical cooperation, aimed at expanding development opportunities and the building institutional and technical capacities of developing countries, while taking into account national conditions and ensuring respect for national ownership strategies and sovereignty, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 67/224 of 21 December 2012 on the Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008-2017);

Encourages that the following elements be taken into account, as appropriate, in devising the aforementioned national policies and strategies, with due consideration given to the national context:

To ensure that such policies and strategies are in line with the State’s obligations under international human rights law and are carried out in a non-discriminatory, participatory, transparent and accountable manner;

To respond to the needs, and to promote the empowerment and realization of the rights, of the poorest and disadvantaged, and people in vulnerable situations, and to take into account the guiding principles on extreme poverty and human rights, adopted by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 21/11 on 27 September 2012;

To actively engage with and promote free, informed and meaningful participation of all relevant stakeholders, especially in decision-making on public policies that affect their lives;

To ensure transparency and accountability by providing accessible and adequate information, including information on the rights of all relevant stakeholders;

Affirms that technical cooperation should be an inclusive exercise that engages and involves all national stakeholders, including government agencies and civil society, at all stages;

Welcomes the panel discussion held under agenda item 10 of the Human Rights Council at its twenty-sixth session on the theme “Technical cooperation and capacity-building in advancing the rights of persons with disabilities through legal and institutional frameworks, including public-private partnerships”, which underscored the need to ensure that persons with disabilities could participate in and benefit from society on an equal basis with others through, inter alia, the promotion of the rights of persons with disabilities and the mainstreaming of such rights in development policies;

Calls upon the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and relevant United Nations agencies to continue to provide technical cooperation to States, upon their request, in the implementation of their human rights obligations and accepted universal periodic review recommendations to ensure and promote the full realization of the rights of persons with disabilities;

Welcomes the efforts made by the Office of the High Commissioner to provide technical assistance and capacity-building to States, and emphasizes that such technical assistance and capacity-building shall be provided in consultation with and with the consent of the States concerned;

Also welcomes the report of the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation in the Field of Human Rights submitted to the Human Rights Council at its twenty-sixth session,² and encourages the Office of the High Commissioner to fully implement the recommendations made by the Board to ensure effectiveness of technical cooperation, while encouraging States to enhance voluntary contributions for the relevant United Nations funds to support technical assistance and capacity-building, particularly the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation in the Field of Human Rights, the Voluntary Fund for Participation in Universal Periodic Review Mechanism and the Voluntary Fund for Financial and Technical Assistance for the Implementation of the Universal Periodic Review;

²A/HRC/26/51.

Decides, in accordance with paragraphs 3 and 4 of Human Rights Council resolution 18/18 of 29 September 2011, that the theme for the annual thematic panel discussion under agenda item 10 to be held at the twenty-eighth session of the Council shall be “Technical cooperation to support inclusive and participatory development and poverty eradication at the national level”;

Requests the High Commissioner to prepare a report on the technical assistance provided by his Office to support inclusive and participatory development at the national level, for submission to the Human Rights Council at its twenty-eighth session, to serve as a basis for the thematic panel discussion, and to liaise with States, relevant United Nations bodies and agencies, relevant special procedures and other stakeholders with a view to ensuring their participation in the thematic panel discussion.

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