Situation of Human Rights in the Russian Federation

A/HRC/RES/51/25View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 4 Human rights situations that require the Council's attention, published in 2022.

What other versions does this mandate have?

5 versions · 2022–2026

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/63/22

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2026	A/HRC/RES/63/22	Situation of human rights in the Russian Federation	2,797	—Compare
2025	A/HRC/RES/60/21	Situation of human rights in the Russian Federation	2,462	72%Compare
2024	A/HRC/RES/57/20	Situation of human rights in the Russian Federation	1,949	66%Compare
2023	A/HRC/RES/54/23	Situation of human rights in the Russian Federation	1,385	52%Compare
2022	A/HRC/RES/51/25	Situation of human rights in the Russian Federation	1,041	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Civil and Political Rights Human Rights Russian Federation Special Rapporteurs

What’s in this document?

5 operative paragraphs

Strongly urges the Russian authorities to comply with all of the State’s obligations under international human rights law;

Calls upon the Russian authorities to uphold the fundamental freedoms of thought, conscience, religion or belief, opinion and expression, peaceful assembly and association, in particular by removing restrictions on diversity in ideas, criticism and dissent, as well as associated rights to liberty and security of person, fair trial, and freedom from torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment for people exercising these freedoms;

Decides to appoint a special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation for a period of one year, and requests the mandate holder to monitor the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation, to collect, examine and assess relevant information from all relevant stakeholders, including Russian civil society both inside and outside the country, taking into account relevant age, gender and disability dimensions, to cooperate with other relevant United Nations human rights mechanisms, to make recommendations, and to present a comprehensive report to the Human Rights Council at its fifty-fourth session and to the General Assembly at its seventy-eighth session;

Calls upon the Russian authorities to cooperate fully with the Special Rapporteur, including by allowing the mandate holder unhindered access to visit the country and to meet freely with relevant stakeholders, including civil society and human rights defenders, and providing the mandate holder with the information necessary to properly fulfil the mandate, and also calls upon the Russian authorities to cooperate fully with all special procedure mandate holders, the treaty bodies and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and to refrain from all forms of intimidation and reprisals against persons and associations for their cooperation with these bodies;

Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to provide the Special Rapporteur with the assistance and all the resources necessary to enable the fulfilment of the mandate.

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