Enhancement of Technical Cooperation and Capacity-Building in the Field of Human Rights

A/HRC/RES/39/18View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 10 Technical assistance and capacity-building, published in 2018.

What other versions does this mandate have?

15 versions · 2011–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/60/30

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/HRC/RES/60/30	Enhancement of technical cooperation and capacity-building in the field of human rights	2,409	58%Compare
2024	A/HRC/RES/57/32	Enhancement of technical cooperation and capacity-building in the field of human rights	2,944	59%Compare
2023	A/HRC/RES/54/28	Enhancement of technical cooperation and capacity-building in the field of human rights	2,731	53%Compare
2022	A/HRC/RES/51/34	Enhancement of technical cooperation and capacity-building in the field of human rights	2,195	33%Compare
2021	A/HRC/RES/48/24	Enhancement of technical cooperation and capacity-building in the field of human rights	2,670	45%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

7 subjects

Ageing Persons Capacity Building Conferences Financing Human Rights Report Preparation Technical Cooperation

What’s in this document?

9 operative paragraphs

Emphasizes that the general debate under agenda item 10 is an essential platform for Members and observers of the Human Rights Council to share their visions and views to promote more effective technical cooperation and capacity-building in the field of human rights, and to share concrete experiences, challenges and information on assistance needed in the implementation of their human rights obligations and voluntary pledges and commitments, and of accepted universal periodic review recommendations, and their achievements and good practices in this area;

Reiterates that technical cooperation and capacity-building in the field of human rights continue to be based on consultations with and the consent of the States concerned, and should take into account their needs, and the fact that all human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated and aim to make a concrete impact on the ground;

Underscores the need to strengthen international, regional and bilateral cooperation and dialogue in the promotion and protection of human rights, including the human rights of older persons;

Reaffirms that technical cooperation should remain an inclusive exercise that engages and involves all national stakeholders, including government agencies, national human rights institutions and civil society;

Also reaffirms the ongoing need for enhanced voluntary contributions to the relevant United Nations funds to support technical assistance and capacity-building in the field of human rights, and encourages States to continue to make contributions to these funds, especially those who have not yet done so;

Welcomes the panel discussion held pursuant to its resolution 36/28 of 29 September 2017 at its thirty-eighth session on the theme “Human rights and the Sustainable Development Goals: enhancing human rights technical cooperation and capacity-building to contribute to the effective and inclusive implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, at which participants discussed the mutually reinforcing linkages between human rights and the Sustainable Development Goals, the role of the human rights treaty bodies in consolidating this two-way interaction, the need to maximize impact on the ground and ensure policy coherence at the national level, the need for capacity-building in the area of national statistical systems, and the importance of multi-stakeholder partnerships among Governments, United Nations country teams and agencies, national human rights institutions and civil society;

Decides, in accordance with paragraphs 3 and 4 of its resolution 18/18 of 29 September 2011, that the theme of the annual thematic panel discussion under agenda item 10, to be held during its forty-first session, will be “Technical cooperation and capacity-building in the field of the human rights of older persons”;

Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to prepare a report, to be submitted to the Human Rights Council at its forty-first session to serve as a basis for the panel discussion, on the activities undertaken by the Office and relevant United Nations country teams and agencies, and regional organizations to support States’ efforts to promote and protect the human rights of older persons and their autonomy and independence, and address implementation gaps in national legislation, policies and programmes, including where applicable those relating to the Sustainable Development Goals, income security, the promotion of active and healthy ageing, the use of assistive technology, access to information and lifelong learning, combating all forms of discrimination against older persons, paying particular attention to older women and supporting the full integration of older persons in society and access to care, health and support services for older persons in their communities;

Calls upon States, international human rights bodies and mechanisms, relevant international organizations, national human rights institutions and civil society to share best practices and to make use of the ideas and issues raised in the panel discussion to enhance the efficiency, effectiveness and policy coherence of technical cooperation and capacity-building efforts in the promotion and protection of the human rights, including the rights of older persons.

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