The Contribution of the Human Rights Council to the Prevention of Human Rights Violations

A/HRC/RES/38/18View 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 2018.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 2018–2020

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/45/31

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2020	A/HRC/RES/45/31	The contribution of the Human Rights Council to the prevention of human rights violations	1,225	28%Compare
2018	A/HRC/RES/38/18	The contribution of the Human Rights Council to the prevention of human rights violations	789	–

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 2022

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2022	A/HRC/49/68	Current system-wide delivery and financing of, and existing gaps in, technical assistance and capacity-building that support the implementation by States of their international human rights obligations and commitments report of the Secretary-General		A/HRC/RES/45/31

What subjects does this mandate have?

10 subjects

Appointment of Officers Conferences Coordination Within UN System Crime Prevention Financial Resources Human Rights Monitoring Human Rights Violations Peacebuilding Report Preparation Sustainable Development

What’s in this document?

13 operative paragraphs

Recognizes the contribution that the Human Rights Council can make to the prevention of human rights violations, including through the mandate set out in paragraph 5 (f) of General Assembly resolution 60/251, which comprises two mutually reinforcing elements:

To contribute, through dialogue and cooperation, towards the prevention of human rights violations;

To respond promptly to human rights emergencies;

Decides to convene two intersessional seminars with States and other relevant stakeholders, including the United Nations Secretariat and relevant bodies, representatives of subregional and regional organizations, international human rights mechanisms, national human rights institutions and non-governmental organizations, on the contribution that the Human Rights Council can make to the prevention of human rights violations;

Requests the President of the Human Rights Council to appoint, as early as possible, a chair-rapporteur and two rapporteurs to chair and facilitate the two intersessional seminars in Geneva, and to consult and gather the views of relevant stakeholders in Geneva and New York, with a view to presenting proposals on how the Council could effectively contribute in the future to the prevention of human rights violations, in the form of a report for consideration by the Council at its forty-third session;

Decides that the report shall:

Provide an overview of the views reflected in the two seminars;

Give due consideration to how the Human Rights Council can work effectively with all pillars of the United Nations system on the prevention of human rights violations with a view to strengthening system-wide coherence and contributing to sustaining peace and the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals;

Give due consideration to the availability in the United Nations system of financial resources for human rights promotion, and for prevention in particular;

Requests the President of the Human Rights Council, when appointing the chair-rapporteur, to consult with regional groups and to give paramount consideration to governmental background or experience, and when appointing the rapporteurs, to give paramount consideration to relevant multilateral and human rights expertise and experience, as well as to gender and broad geographic representation;

Calls upon States and other relevant stakeholders to cooperate fully with the chair-rapporteur and the rapporteurs and to provide them with all the relevant information to enable them to fulfil their mandate;

Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to ensure that the chair-rapporteur and rapporteurs receive the necessary financial and human resources to enable them to discharge their mandate fully;

Decides to remain seized of the matter.

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