The Negative Impact of Corruption on the Enjoyment of Human Rights

A/HRC/RES/47/7View 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 2021.

What other versions does this mandate have?

7 versions · 2013–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/59/6

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/HRC/RES/59/6	The negative impact of corruption on the enjoyment of human rights	2,144	79%Compare
2023	A/HRC/RES/53/17	The negative impact of corruption on the enjoyment of human rights	2,053	72%Compare
2021	A/HRC/RES/47/7	The negative impact of corruption on the enjoyment of human rights	1,922	74%Compare
2019	A/HRC/RES/41/9	The negative impact of corruption on the enjoyment of human rights	1,688	49%Compare
2017	A/HRC/RES/35/25	The negative impact of corruption on the enjoyment of human rights	1,771	37%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Coordination Within UN System Corruption Covid-19 Crime Prevention Human Rights

What’s in this document?

17 operative paragraphs

Urges States that have not yet ratified or acceded to the United Nations Convention against Corruption to consider doing so, and calls upon States parties to the Convention to effectively implement it;

Recognizes the negative impact of widespread corruption on the enjoyment of human rights, including by reducing the resources available for all sectors, thereby hampering the realization of all human rights;

Welcomes the commitments made by all States in Sustainable Development Goal 16 and its target 16.5 on substantially reducing corruption and bribery in all their forms;

Also welcomes the political declaration entitled “Our common commitment to effectively addressing challenges and implementing measures to prevent and combat corruption and strengthen international cooperation”, adopted by the General Assembly at its thirty-second special session, held from 2 to 4 June 2021, on challenges and measures to prevent and combat corruption and strengthen international cooperation;³

³See A/S-32/2/Add.1.

Takes note of the joint statement of 30 May 2021 of the treaty bodies on corruption and human rights;

Underlines the necessity to step up cooperation and coordination among different stakeholders, including the private sector and civil society at the national, regional and international levels, to fight corruption in all its forms as a means of contributing positively to the promotion and protection of human rights;

Stresses that preventive measures are one of the most effective means of countering corruption and of avoiding its negative impact on the enjoyment of human rights, calls for the strengthening of preventive measures at all levels, and underlines that one key aspect of preventive measures is to address the needs of those in vulnerable situations who may be the first victims of corruption;

Urges States to create and maintain, in law and in practice, while addressing the negative impact of corruption on the enjoyment of human rights, a safe and enabling environment in which civil society can operate free from hindrance and insecurity;

Recognizes that the negative impact of corruption on human rights and sustainable development can be prevented and addressed through anti-corruption education, and notes with appreciation the capacity-building activities and specialized curricula developed by relevant institutions, such as the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the International Anti-Corruption Academy;

Encourages national anti-corruption authorities and national human rights institutions, where they exist, to cooperate through the exchange of information, where appropriate, and the development of joint strategies and plans of action to fight corruption and its negative impact on the enjoyment of human rights;

Invites the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, as the secretariat of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption, to exchange views and to keep each other abreast of ongoing activities to deepen the understanding of the nexus between corruption and human rights, as appropriate and within their respective mandates, under the aegis of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime;

Encourages the mechanisms of the Human Rights Council to consider, within their existing mandates, the issue of the negative impact of corruption on the enjoyment of human rights, and encourages treaty bodies to take into account the impact of corruption on human rights in their activities and recommendations;

Stresses the importance of policy coherence among the intergovernmental processes in Geneva, Vienna and New York on the issue of corruption and its impact on the enjoyment of human rights;

Decides to convene an intersessional panel discussion, before the fiftieth session of the Human Rights Council, on the challenges and good practices in the prevention of corruption, and the impact of corruption on the enjoyment of human rights in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, and also decides that the discussions will be fully accessible to persons with disabilities;

Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to organize the above-mentioned panel discussion in coordination with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, and to liaise with relevant stakeholders, including States, international and regional organizations, the Advisory Committee, the treaty bodies, the special procedures of the Human Rights Council and other relevant United Nations agencies, funds and programmes within their respective mandates;

Also requests the Office of the High Commissioner to prepare a summary report on the above-mentioned panel discussion and to present it to the Human Rights Council at its fifty-first session.

Decides to remain seized of this issue.

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