Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law

A/HRC/RES/28/14View 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 2015.

What other versions does this mandate have?

7 versions · 2012–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/58/8

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/HRC/RES/58/8	Human rights, democracy and the rule of law	2,258	45%Compare
2023	A/HRC/RES/52/22	Human rights, democracy and the rule of law	2,021	38%Compare
2021	A/HRC/RES/46/4	Human rights, democracy and the rule of law	1,146	73%Compare
2019	A/HRC/RES/40/9	Human rights, democracy and the rule of law	946	58%Compare
2017	A/HRC/RES/34/41	Human rights, democracy and the rule of law	1,090	48%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

7 subjects

Conferences Decision-Making Democracy Human Rights Political Participation Rule of Law Youth

What’s in this document?

8 operative paragraphs

Decides to establish a forum on human rights, democracy and the rule of law to provide a platform for promoting dialogue and cooperation on issues pertaining to the relationship between these areas; the Forum shall identify and analyse best practices, challenges and opportunities for States in their efforts to secure respect for human rights, democracy and the rule of law;

Expresses its expectation that the Forum will contribute to the efforts of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to improve cooperation among United Nations mechanisms, bodies and specialized agencies, funds and programmes on activities related to the promotion of human rights, democracy and the rule of law, including at the regional level;

Decides that the Forum shall be open to the participation of States, United Nations mechanisms, bodies and specialized agencies, funds and programmes, intergovernmental organizations, regional organizations and mechanisms in the field of human rights, national human rights institutions and other relevant national bodies, academics and experts and non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council; the Forum shall also be open to other non-governmental organizations whose aims and purposes are in conformity with the spirit, purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, based on arrangements, including Economic and Social Council resolution 1996/31 of 25 July 1996, and practices observed by the Human Rights Council through an open and transparent accreditation procedure in accordance with the Rules of Procedure of the Council, which will provide for timely information on the participation of and consultations with the States concerned;

Also decides that the Forum shall meet every two years for two working days allocated to thematic discussions;

Requests the President of the Human Rights Council to appoint for each session, on the basis of regional rotation, and in consultation with regional groups, a chairperson of the Forum from candidates nominated by members and observers of the Council; the chairperson, serving in his or her personal capacity, shall be responsible for the preparation of a summary of the discussions of the Forum, to be made available to all its participants;

Requests the High Commissioner to provide all the necessary support to facilitate the convening of the Forum and the participation of relevant stakeholders from every region in its meetings, paying particular attention to ensuring the broadest possible and most equitable participation, with due regard to gender balance;

Requests the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner to provide the Forum with all the services and facilities necessary to fulfil its mandate;

Decides that the theme of the first session of the Forum, to be held in 2016, will be “Widening the democratic space: the role of youth in public decision-making”.

The delegation of Algeria subsequently stated that there had been an error in its voting and that it had intended to vote in favour of the draft text.

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