Working Group on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas

A/HRC/RES/54/9View 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 2023.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 2023–2026

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/63/11

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2026	A/HRC/RES/63/11	Working Group on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas	1,291	—Compare
2023	A/HRC/RES/54/9	Working Group on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas	1,525	–

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Programme 20	Human rights	433

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Programme 20	Human rights	433	—

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Agricultural Workers Human Rights Peasantry Rural Areas Working Groups

What’s in this document?

10 operative paragraphs

Calls upon Governments, specialized agencies, bodies and organizations of the United Nations system, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to promote the effective and comprehensive dissemination and implementation of the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas, and the implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas;

Decides to establish, for a period of three years, a working group on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas, consisting of five independent experts, with balanced geographical representation, to be appointed by the Human Rights Council at its fifty-fifth session, with the following mandate:

To promote the effective and comprehensive dissemination and implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas, while identifying challenges and gaps in its implementation at the national, regional and international levels, and to make recommendations in this regard;

To identify, exchange and promote good practices and lessons learned on the implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas, and to seek and receive information from all relevant sources, including Governments, the rights holders as defined in article 1 of the Declaration, national human rights institutions, civil society, other relevant special procedures of the Human Rights Council, the treaty bodies, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, specialized agencies, funds, programmes, bodies and organizations of the United Nations system, and regional mechanisms;

To work in close coordination with the Office of the High Commissioner, the special procedures and other human rights mechanisms, the treaty bodies, other relevant United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, international organizations and regional mechanisms;

To facilitate and contribute to the exchange of technical assistance, capacity-building, transfer of technologies and international cooperation in support of national efforts, actions and measures to better implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas, in consultation with the rights holders as defined in article 1 of the Declaration;

To submit an annual report to the Human Rights Council and to the General Assembly on its work and activities, containing its conclusions and recommendations, according to their respective programmes of work;

Calls upon all States and all stakeholders to cooperate fully with the Working Group on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas in the performance of its mandate and to consider implementing the recommendations made by the Working Group in its reports submitted under the mandate;

Requests the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to provide the Working Group with all financial and human resources necessary to enable it to carry out its mandate fully and effectively, and to provide all the support necessary to facilitate, in a transparent manner, the convening of the Working Group;

Decides to remain seized of the matter.

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