Promotion and Protection of the Human Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas

A/HRC/RES/30/13View 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 2015.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 2012–2017

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/36/22

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2017	A/HRC/RES/36/22	Promotion and protection of the human rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas	928	68%Compare
2015	A/HRC/RES/30/13	Promotion and protection of the human rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas	763	48%Compare
2014	A/HRC/RES/26/26	Promotion and protection of the human rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas	668	41%Compare
2012	A/HRC/RES/21/19	Promotion and protection of the human rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas	439	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

9 subjects

Agricultural Workers Consultations Declarations Human Rights Official Languages Peasantry Report Preparation Rural Areas Working Groups

What’s in this document?

7 operative paragraphs

Decides that the working group with the mandate to negotiate, finalize and submit to the Human Rights Council a draft United Nations declaration on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas shall hold its next two annual sessions for five working days each before the thirty-sixth session of the Council;

Also decides that the draft declaration presented by the Chair-Rapporteur of the working group at its second session will be translated in all official languages of the United Nations, and that negotiations during the third session of the working group shall be held on this basis, taking into consideration the report of the Chair-Rapporteur on the second session;

Requests the Chair-Rapporteur of the working group to conduct informal consultations during the intersessional periods, as appropriate, with Governments, relevant special procedures of the Human Rights Council, regional groups, intergovernmental organizations, United Nations mechanisms, civil society and representatives of peasants and other people working in rural areas, as well as with other relevant stakeholders and other relevant specialized agencies of the United Nations system;

Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to ensure the participation in the annual sessions of the working group of up to five expert panellists, including representatives of peasants and other people working in rural areas, civil society and grass-roots organizations from developing countries, in order to contribute to the analysis and interactive dialogues;

Also requests the Office of the High Commissioner to provide the working group with the human, technical and financial assistance necessary for it to fulfil its mandate, and to prepare a background study for the working group in relation to the rights included in the draft declaration before the third session of the working group;

Invites States, civil society and all relevant stakeholders, in particular representatives of peasants and other people working in rural areas, to contribute actively and constructively to the work of the working group;

Requests the working group to submit an annual report on progress made to the Human Rights Council for its consideration.

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