The Role of Good Governance in the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights

A/HRC/RES/37/6View 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?

9 versions · 2008–2026

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/63/12

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2026	A/HRC/RES/63/12	The role of good governance in the promotion and protection of human rights	2,633	—Compare
2024	A/HRC/RES/57/5	The role of good governance in the promotion and protection of human rights	2,826	67%Compare
2022	A/HRC/RES/51/5	The role of good governance in the promotion and protection of human rights	2,134	44%Compare
2020	A/HRC/RES/45/9	The role of good governance in the promotion and protection of human rights	2,185	56%Compare
2018	A/HRC/RES/37/6	The role of good governance in the promotion and protection of human rights	1,579	68%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 subjects

Conferences Governance Human Rights Human Rights Advancement Public Administration Sustainable Development

What’s in this document?

15 operative paragraphs

Welcomes the holding by the Human Rights Council, at its thirtieth session, of a panel discussion on a human rights-based approach to good governance in the public service and the summary report thereon;³

³A/HRC/31/28.

Takes note with appreciation of the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the activities and programmes of the United Nations system contributing to the role of good governance in the promotion and protection of human rights;⁴

⁴A/HRC/34/28.

Recognizes that international human rights law provides a set of standards to guide governing processes and to assess performance outcomes, and in this regard stresses that good governance is necessary for establishing and maintaining an environment conducive to the promotion and protection of human rights;

Welcomes the growing trend towards the universal ratification of the United Nations Convention against Corruption, encourages States that have not yet ratified this important international instrument to consider doing so, and encourages States parties to the Convention to promote its effective implementation;

Also welcomes the commitments made by all States in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to good governance in the promotion and protection of human rights, including in Sustainable Development Goal 16;

Urges States to increase their efforts and to take measures to prevent and combat corruption in all its forms and at all levels, and thereby contributing to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, including Goal 16;

Underlines that the primary responsibility lies with States at the national level, including through their constitutional provisions and other enabling legislation, consistent with their international obligations, to ensure that professional public services uphold the highest standards of efficiency, competence and integrity and are predicated on good governance principles, including impartiality, rule of law, transparency, accountability, participation, inclusivity and combating corruption, and stresses the importance of human rights training and education in this regard;

Invites the Secretary-General to ensure the upholding of the integrity of the United Nations system in its service of humanity, and improved coordination between United Nations agencies, programmes and funds, with a view to ensuring that the United Nations system continues to improve the quality of its work at all levels, including in support of objectives and priorities at the national level;

Encourages the relevant mechanisms of the Human Rights Council to continue to consider, within their respective mandates, the issue of the role of good governance in the promotion and protection of human rights;

Encourages States to consider developing and implementing appropriate tools or mechanisms to review, measure and assess progress in good governance, including but not limited to the Sustainable Development Goals, including Goal 16;

Requests the High Commissioner:

To convene, before the forty-first session of the Human Rights Council, a half-day intersessional seminar on the role of good governance in the promotion and protection of human rights, and on sharing best practices in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, including Goal 16 in this regard;

To invite States, the special procedures and other relevant stakeholders from diverse regions, including experts and civil society organizations, and relevant United Nations agencies, funds and programmes and other international organizations to participate actively in the above-mentioned seminar;

To submit to the Human Rights Council at its forty-third session a report, in the form of a summary, on the seminar;

Decides to remain seized of the matter.

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