The Negative Impact of Corruption on the Enjoyment of Human Rights

A/HRC/RES/29/11View 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 2015.

What other versions does this mandate have?

7 versions · 2013–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/59/6

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/HRC/RES/59/6	The negative impact of corruption on the enjoyment of human rights	2,144	79%Compare
2023	A/HRC/RES/53/17	The negative impact of corruption on the enjoyment of human rights	2,053	72%Compare
2021	A/HRC/RES/47/7	The negative impact of corruption on the enjoyment of human rights	1,922	74%Compare
2019	A/HRC/RES/41/9	The negative impact of corruption on the enjoyment of human rights	1,688	49%Compare
2017	A/HRC/RES/35/25	The negative impact of corruption on the enjoyment of human rights	1,771	37%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Corruption Crime Prevention Human Rights Intersectoral Cooperation Report Preparation

What’s in this document?

9 operative paragraphs

Takes note with interest of the final report of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee on the issue of the negative impact of corruption on the enjoyment of human rights;³

³A/HRC/28/73.

Urges States that have not yet done so to consider ratifying or acceding to the United Nations Convention against Corruption, and calls upon on States parties to the Convention to implement it;

Underlines the necessity to step up cooperation and coordination among different stakeholders at the national, regional and international levels to fight corruption in all its forms as a means of contributing positively to the promotion and protection of human rights;

Stresses that preventive measures are one of the most effective means of countering corruption and of avoiding its negative impact on the enjoyment of human rights, calls for the strengthening of prevention measures at all levels, and underlines that one key aspect of preventive measures is to address the needs of groups in vulnerable situations who may be the first victims of corruption;

Recognizes that the negative impact of corruption on human rights and sustainable development can be combated through anti-corruption education, and notes with appreciation the capacity-building activities and specialized curricula developed by relevant institutions, such as the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the International Anti-Corruption Academy;

Encourages consideration of the need for cooperation between national anti-corruption authorities and national human rights institutions, where they exist, through the exchange of information, where appropriate, and the development of joint strategies and action plans to fight corruption and its negative effects on the enjoyment of human rights;

Invites the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, as the secretariat of the Conference of States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption, to exchange views to deepen the understanding of the nexus between corruption and human rights;

Encourages the mechanisms of the Human Rights Council to consider, within their existing mandates, the issue of the negative impact of corruption on the enjoyment of human rights;

Requests the High Commissioner to prepare a compilation of best practices of efforts to counter the negative impact of corruption on the enjoyment of all human rights developed by States, national human rights institutions, national anti-corruption authorities, civil society and academia, with a view to submitting it the Council at its thirty-second session.

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