Promoting Mutually Beneficial Cooperation in the Field of Human Rights

A/HRC/RES/43/21View 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 2020.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 2018–2021

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/46/13

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2021	A/HRC/RES/46/13	Promoting mutually beneficial cooperation in the field of human rights	1,220	57%Compare
2020	A/HRC/RES/43/21	Promoting mutually beneficial cooperation in the field of human rights	1,351	53%Compare
2018	A/HRC/RES/37/23	Promoting mutually beneficial cooperation in the field of human rights	844	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Conferences Human Rights International Cooperation Poverty Mitigation Technical Cooperation

What’s in this document?

10 operative paragraphs

Calls upon all States to uphold multilateralism and to work together to promote mutually beneficial cooperation in the field of human rights, and encourages other stakeholders, including international and regional organizations and non-governmental organizations, to contribute actively to this endeavour;

Stresses the critical role of the Human Rights Council as the principal intergovernmental body dealing with human rights within the United Nations system, and emphasizes the need for the Council to fulfil its mandate with a strong commitment to multilateralism by implementing the principles of universality, impartiality, objectivity and non-selectivity, constructive international dialogue and cooperation, with a view to enhancing the promotion and protection of all human rights;

Calls upon all States and other stakeholders to undertake constructive and genuine dialogue and cooperation in the field of human rights, based on universality, impartiality, objectivity, indivisibility, non-selectivity, non-politicization, equality and mutual respect, with the aim of promoting mutual understanding, expanding common ground, narrowing differences and strengthening constructive cooperation;

Reiterates the important role of technical assistance and capacity-building in promoting and protecting human rights, calls upon States to strengthen human rights technical assistance and capacity-building through mutually beneficial cooperation, upon the request of and in accordance with the priorities set by the States concerned, and welcomes in this regard North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation;

Takes note of the report of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee on the role of technical assistance and capacity-building in fostering mutually beneficial cooperation in promoting and protecting human rights;²

²A/HRC/43/31.

Emphasizes the importance of the universal periodic review as a mechanism based on cooperation and constructive dialogue with the objective of, inter alia, improving the situation of human rights on the ground and promoting the fulfilment of the human rights obligations and commitments undertaken by States, and calls upon all States and relevant stakeholders to participate constructively in it;

Invites relevant United Nations human rights mechanisms and procedures to continue to pay attention to the importance of mutually beneficial cooperation in promoting and protecting all human rights;

Decides to convene at its forty-sixth session a meeting under item 3 of its agenda, with a duration of two hours, to be presided over by the President of the Human Rights Council, on the theme of the role of poverty alleviation in promoting and protecting human rights, with the participation of senior officials from States to share information on good practices and experience in their countries with regard to particular aspects of the promotion and protection of human rights, and encourages States to take this opportunity to facilitate relevant technical cooperation;

Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to provide for the above-mentioned meeting all necessary resources for the services and facilities, and to prepare a summary report on the meeting and to submit it to the Human Rights Council at its forty-ninth session;

Decides to remain seized of the matter.

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