Promoting Mutually Beneficial Cooperation in the Field of Human Rights

A/HRC/RES/37/23View 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 2018.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 2018–2021

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/46/13

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2021	A/HRC/RES/46/13	Promoting mutually beneficial cooperation in the field of human rights	1,220	57%Compare
2020	A/HRC/RES/43/21	Promoting mutually beneficial cooperation in the field of human rights	1,351	53%Compare
2018	A/HRC/RES/37/23	Promoting mutually beneficial cooperation in the field of human rights	844	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Capacity Building Human Rights International Cooperation Report Preparation Technical Cooperation

What’s in this document?

5 operative paragraphs

Calls upon all States to uphold multilateralism and to work together to promote mutually beneficial cooperation in the field of human rights, and encourages other stakeholders, including international and regional organizations and non-governmental organizations, to contribute actively to this endeavour;

Reiterates the important role of technical assistance and capacity-building in promoting and protecting human rights, calls upon States to strengthen human rights technical assistance and capacity-building through mutually beneficial cooperation, upon the request of and in accordance with the priorities set by the States concerned, and welcomes in this regard North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation;

Emphasizes the importance of the universal periodic review as a mechanism based on cooperation and constructive dialogue with the objective of, inter alia, improving the situation of human rights on the ground and promoting the fulfilment of the human rights obligations and commitments undertaken by States, and calls upon all States and relevant stakeholders to participate constructively in it;

Invites relevant United Nations human rights mechanisms and procedures to continue to pay attention to the importance of mutually beneficial cooperation in promoting and protecting all human rights;

Requests the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee to conduct a study on the role of technical assistance and capacity-building in fostering mutually beneficial cooperation in promoting and protecting human rights, and to submit a report thereon to the Human Rights Council before its forty-third session.

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