Commemoration of the 30th Anniversary of the Declaration on the Right to Development

A/HRC/RES/31/4View 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 2016.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 2016–2022

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/49/8

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2022	A/HRC/RES/49/8	Commemoration of the 35th anniversary of the Declaration on the Right to Development	660	49%Compare
2016	A/HRC/RES/31/4	Commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the Declaration on the Right to Development	801	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Anniversaries Conferences Declarations Report Preparation Right to Development

What’s in this document?

6 operative paragraphs

Welcomes the thirtieth anniversary of the Declaration on the Right to Development, and stresses the importance of the mandate of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights with regard to the promotion and protection of the realization of the right to development, while fully recognizing its distinct nature and intrinsic value;

Acknowledges the work of the High Commissioner for the commemoration of the thirtieth anniversary of the Declaration on the Right to Development, and notes with interest the factsheet published thereon in January 2016;⁴

⁴Fact Sheet No. 37: Frequently Asked Questions on the Right to Development.

Decides to convene, at its thirty-second session, a panel discussion on the promotion and protection of the right to development as part of the celebrations of the thirtieth anniversary of the Declaration on the Right to Development;

Invites the High Commissioner to liaise with States and all stakeholders, including relevant United Nations bodies, agencies, funds and programmes, treaty bodies, special procedure mandate holders, national human rights institutions and civil society, with a view to ensuring their participation in the panel discussion;

Requests the High Commissioner to prepare a summary report on the panel discussion and to submit it to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-third session, and decides to bring the report to the attention of the General Assembly ahead of the high-level segment to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the Declaration on the Right to Development;

Encourages all Member States to engage constructively in all discussions for the full implementation of the Declaration on the Right to Development.

23March 2016

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