World Programme for Human Rights Education Adoption of the Plan of Action for the Fourth Phase

Calls upon all States and other relevant stakeholders to develop initiatives in accordance with the World Programme and, in particular, to implement, within their capabilities, the plan of action for the fourth phase, and encourages States to submit their midterm progress reports and final national evaluation reports on the implementation of the fourth phase to the Office of the High Commissioner, as specified in the plan of action;

Encourages States and relevant stakeholders, during the fourth phase of the World Programme, to strengthen efforts to advance also the implementation of the three previous phases, including by undertaking their own activities in support of all four phases;

Requests the Office of the High Commissioner, in close cooperation with relevant United Nations agencies, including the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Development Programme and the United Nations Population Fund, to promote the national implementation of the plan of action, to provide technical assistance when requested and to coordinate related international efforts;

Encourages all national human rights institutions to assist in the implementation of human rights education programmes, in accordance with the plan of action;

Requests the Office of the High Commissioner, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women to disseminate the plan of action widely among States, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, national human rights institutions and civil society;

Reminds States of the need to prepare and submit their national evaluation reports on the third phase of the World Programme to the Office of the High Commissioner by April 2020;

Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to submit a final report on the implementation of the third phase of the World Programme, based on national evaluation reports, to the Human Rights Council at its forty-fifth session;