Contribution of the Implementation of the Objectives of the International Year of the Family and Its Follow-Up Processes in the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights

A/HRC/RES/54/17View PDF

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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 2023.

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5 subjects

Conferences Family Family Welfare Human Rights International Years

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7 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the relevant reports of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the objectives of the International Year of the Family and its follow-up processes;

Encourages States to ensure the meaningful and inclusive participation of all relevant stakeholders, including United Nations entities, civil society, academic institutions and the private sector, in the development and implementation of relevant family-oriented policies and programmes responding to the needs and expectations of all families;

Recognizes the important role of civil society, including research institutes, academia, family organizations and associations, the private sector and the media, in advocacy, promotion, research and policymaking and, as appropriate, evaluation of family policy development and capacity-building;

Invites States, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the treaty bodies, relevant special procedure mandate holders and other relevant international and regional human rights mechanisms, within their respective mandates and competence, to consider mainstreaming the promotion of family-oriented policies that promote and protect the human rights of all family members as a cross-cutting issue in national development plans and programmes;

Decides to convene, at its fifty-seventh session, a panel discussion, accessible to persons with disabilities, on the implementation of States’ obligations under relevant provisions of international human rights law on the role of the family in supporting the protection and promotion of human rights of its members, to discuss challenges and best practices in this regard, and requests the High Commissioner to prepare a summary report on the discussion, and an Easy Read version thereof, and to submit it to the Human Rights Council at its fifty-eighth session;

Also decides to organize an expert workshop, accessible to persons with disabilities, before its fifty-ninth session, on the role of the family and family-oriented approaches, policies and programmes in the promotion and protection of human rights and in sustainable development, to highlight best practices from different regions, with the participation of representatives from States, United Nations entities and civil society, and requests the High Commissioner to prepare a summary report on the discussions held at the workshop, and an Easy Read version thereof, and to submit it to the Human Rights Council at its sixtieth session;

Further decides to remain seized of the matter.

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