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

A/HRC/RES/36/22View 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 · 2012–2017

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?

7 subjects

Agricultural Workers Consultations Declarations Human Rights Peasantry Rural Areas Working Groups

What’s in this document?

7 operative paragraphs

Decides that the open-ended intergovernmental working group on a United Nations declaration on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas shall hold its fifth annual session for five working days before the thirty-eighth session of the Human Rights Council, in accordance with its mandate, to negotiate, finalize and submit to the Council a draft United Nations declaration on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas;

Also decides that the updated version of the draft declaration that will be presented by the Chair-Rapporteur of the working group at its fifth session, taking into consideration the report of the Chair-Rapporteur on the fourth session, and the version of the draft declaration resulting from the fifth session will be translated into all official languages of the United Nations;

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 fifth session 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;

Requests the Secretariat to provide the working group with the human, technical and financial assistance necessary for it to fulfil its mandate, including by providing interpretation for one informal intersessional consultation, and a webcast for the fifth 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 and the General Assembly for their consideration.

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