Human Rights and a Culture of Peace

Calls upon all States to ensure the full realization of all human rights and to strengthen and promote a culture of peace;

Also calls upon all States to reaffirm their commitment to peace and to take effective measures to uphold and promote peace and security, development and human rights, consistent with the purposes and principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations;

Further calls upon all States to support and promote the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace and to do their utmost to promote and strengthen a culture of peace through the adoption of appropriate and effective measures at the national, regional and international levels, in line with international human rights law;

Encourages all relevant international organizations, including United Nations bodies, regional organizations and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, to promote and support the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace and to do their utmost to contribute to the promotion and strengthening of a culture of peace through the adoption of appropriate and effective measures, in line with their respective mandates;

Urges all States to take into account, in their relevant national human rights policies, an approach that integrates the promotion of a culture of peace and to ensure that efforts in this regard are inclusive, responsive to the needs of affected persons and aligned with international human rights law;

Invites States and all relevant stakeholders, including international and regional organizations, including United Nations bodies, specialized agencies, funds and programmes, within their respective mandates, international human rights mechanisms, national human rights institutions, civil society and the private sector, to support and promote the mutually reinforcing links between a culture of peace and the promotion and protection of all human rights for all;

Calls upon all States to ensure that all persons, including those belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, have the opportunity to contribute to the promotion and strengthening of a culture of peace;

Encourages States and regional and international organizations to acknowledge and support the important role of national human rights institutions and civil society, including women- and youth-led organizations, to be fully engaged in the promotion and strengthening of a culture of peace and human rights education;

Encourages all States and regional and international organizations, including United Nations bodies, in particular the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations and national human rights institutions to contribute actively to supporting education for peace and human rights education as tools to promote a culture of peace;

Calls upon all States to invest in early childhood education as a fundamental contribution to the development of more peaceful societies, and urges them to provide age-appropriate education in children’s schools that builds a culture of peace and non-violence, including lessons in mutual understanding, respect, tolerance and human rights;

Also calls upon all States to ensure a free, independent, plural and diverse media and recognize and support its educative and informative role in contributing to the promotion of human rights and a culture of peace, in building and supporting the functioning of inclusive and peaceful knowledge societies and democracies, an informed citizenry, the rule of law and participation in public affairs, in holding public institutions and officials accountable and in fostering intercultural dialogue, peace and good governance;

Calls upon all States and the United Nations system to ensure the full, equal, meaningful and safe participation of women and girls, as well as youth, in strengthening and promoting a culture of peace;

Calls upon all States to develop public awareness of the need for and value of peace and the relationship between the realization of peace and security, development and human rights, and to facilitate activities, commemorations and initiatives that engage public consciousness with peace and human rights;

Invites all relevant United Nations human rights treaty bodies and special procedures of the Human Rights Council, designated experts, intergovernmental working groups and expert mechanisms, as well as the Office of the High Commissioner, to continue to bear in mind the topic of the present resolution within their respective mandates;

Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to organize two half-day workshops in Geneva, in a hybrid and fully accessible format, on human rights and a culture of peace, and to promote participation by and inputs from interested States, relevant United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, international human rights mechanisms, national human rights institutions, civil society organizations, academia and other relevant stakeholders, in order to:

Also requests the High Commissioner to provide for the above-mentioned two half-day workshops all the services and facilities necessary to make the discussions hybrid and fully accessible and to provide webcasting services to facilitate remote active participation from interested delegations in New York;

Further requests the High Commissioner to prepare a summary report on the above-mentioned workshops, including any recommendations stemming therefrom, and to submit it to the Human Rights Council at its sixty-first session;

Requests the Secretary-General to bring the present resolution and the above-mentioned report to the attention of all States for consideration, including within the context of the follow-up by the General Assembly to the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace and the General Assembly High-level Forum on the Culture of Peace;