The Contribution of Development to the Enjoyment of All Human Rights

A/HRC/RES/41/19View 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 2019.

What other versions does this mandate have?

5 versions · 2017–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/59/19

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/HRC/RES/59/19	The contribution of development to the enjoyment of all human rights	1,654	53%Compare
2023	A/HRC/RES/53/28	The contribution of development to the enjoyment of all human rights	1,825	63%Compare
2021	A/HRC/RES/47/11	The contribution of development to the enjoyment of all human rights	1,351	64%Compare
2019	A/HRC/RES/41/19	The contribution of development to the enjoyment of all human rights	1,222	27%Compare
2017	A/HRC/RES/35/21	The contribution of development to the enjoyment of all human rights	512	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 subjects

Conferences Development Development Assistance Human Rights Poverty Mitigation Sustainable Development

What’s in this document?

16 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms the significant contribution of development to the enjoyment of all human rights by all;

Recognizes that development and the realization of human rights and fundamental freedoms are interdependent and mutually reinforcing;

Calls upon all countries to promote sustainable development to enable better enjoyment of human rights and to achieve gender equality;

Calls upon all States to realize people-centred development of the people, by the people and for the people;

Also calls upon all States to spare no effort to promote sustainable development, in particular while implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, as it promotes the enjoyment of human rights;

Emphasizes the importance for people of each State to benefit from sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth;

Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee on the contribution of development to the enjoyment of all human rights;²

²A/HRC/41/50.

Reaffirms the commitment of all States to ending poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including by eradicating extreme poverty, and emphasizes that eradicating poverty, including extreme poverty, is an indispensable requirement for sustainable development and an overarching objective of the 2030 Agenda;

Welcomes and appreciates the efforts and investments made by States, international organizations and other stakeholders to eradicate poverty, as well as the remarkable progress made in this field, which is of significant importance for the enjoyment of human rights, and calls for enhanced international cooperation and exchanges regarding poverty eradication;

Calls upon Member States and the United Nations system, including its funds and programmes and specialized agencies, in accordance with their mandates, to mobilize resources to carry out development cooperation and assist States, upon their request, in promoting sustainable development;

Encourages Member States, relevant United Nations bodies and other stakeholders to take the 2030 Agenda into account when delivering technical assistance and capacity-building, as requested by the countries concerned, in the field of human rights;

Invites relevant United Nations human rights mechanisms and procedures to continue to take into account the role of development in promoting and protecting human rights when fulfilling their mandates;

Invites the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to strengthen its work relevant to sustainable development, including studies on the role of development in the enjoyment of human rights;

Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to organize a one-day intersessional seminar, before the forty-seventh session of the Human Rights Council, on the contribution of development to the enjoyment of all human rights, in order to allow Member States, relevant United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, international organizations, national human rights institutions, civil society organizations and other stakeholders to identify challenges and gaps and share good practices and experiences in this regard;

Also requests the High Commissioner to provide the above-mentioned intersessional seminar with all necessary resources for the services and facilities, and to prepare a summary report on the discussions held at the seminar for presentation to the Human Rights Council at its forty-seventh session;

Decides to remain seized of the matter.

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