Contribution of Parliaments to the Work of the Human Rights Council and Its Universal Periodic Review

A/HRC/RES/35/29View 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 2017.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 2013–2017

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2017	A/HRC/RES/35/29	Contribution of parliaments to the work of the Human Rights Council and its universal periodic review	812	44%Compare
2015	A/HRC/RES/30/14	Contribution of parliaments to the work of the Human Rights Council and its universal periodic review	497	20%Compare
2014	A/HRC/RES/26/29	Contribution of parliaments to the work of the Human Rights Council and its universal periodic review	630	20%Compare
2013	A/HRC/RES/22/15	Contribution of parliaments to the work of the Human Rights Council and its universal periodic review	299	–

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 4	Supporting the Human Rights Council, its subsidiary bodies and mechanisms	56

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 4	Supporting the Human Rights Council, its subsidiary bodies and mechanisms	56	—

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Human Rights Advancement Human Rights Monitoring Legislative Bodies Report Preparation

What’s in this document?

7 operative paragraphs

Encourages States, in accordance with their national legal framework, to promote the involvement of parliaments in all stages of the universal periodic review reporting process through, inter alia the inclusion of the national parliament as a relevant stakeholder in the consultation process for the national report and in the implementation of supported recommendations by the State concerned, and to report on such involvement in their national report and voluntary mid-term reports or during the interactive dialogue session of the universal periodic review;

Welcomes the growing practice by States under review of including parliamentarians in their national delegations participating in the universal periodic review, and encourages States, as appropriate, to continue this practice;

Invites the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to provide the Human Rights Council with regular updates on the parliamentary capacity-building and awareness-raising activities carried out by the Office of the High Commissioner in cooperation and coordination with the Inter-Parliamentary Union, and on related activities with regard to the work of the Council and its universal periodic review;

Encourages all relevant stakeholders to promote and enhance cooperation between their national parliaments and national human rights institutions and civil society in the promotion and protection of all human rights and fundamental freedoms;

Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to prepare a study, in close cooperation with the Inter-Parliamentary Union and in consultation with States, United Nations agencies and other relevant stakeholders, on how to promote and enhance synergies between parliaments and the work of the Human Rights Council and its universal periodic review, and to present it to the Council at its thirty-eighth session, in order to provide States and other relevant stakeholders with elements that could serve as orientation to strengthen their interaction towards the effective promotion and protection of human rights;

Encourages all relevant human rights mechanisms to consider the present resolution within the framework of their respective mandates;

Decides to continue its consideration of this issue under the same agenda item.

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