Sixtieth Anniversary of the Adoption of the International Covenants on Human Rights

A/HRC/RES/61/7View 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 2026.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 1986–2026

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2026	A/HRC/RES/61/7	Sixtieth anniversary of the adoption of the International Covenants on Human Rights	733	10%Compare
1986	A/RES/41/32	Twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the International Covenants on Human Rights	2,010	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Anniversaries Civil and Political Rights Conferences Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Treaties

What’s in this document?

8 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms the importance of the International Covenants on Human Rights as major components of international efforts to promote universal respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms;

Calls upon all States that have not yet done so to consider becoming parties to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights;

Encourages States parties to consider limiting the extent of any reservations that they lodge to the International Covenants on Human Rights and the Optional Protocols thereto, to formulate any reservations as precisely and narrowly as possible and to review regularly such reservations with a view to withdrawing them so as to ensure that no reservation is incompatible with the object and purpose of the relevant treaty;

Calls for the strictest compliance by States parties with their obligations under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and, where applicable, the Optional Protocols thereto;

Invites the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to make provisions for events and arrangements aimed at the celebration of the anniversary of the International Covenants on Human Rights and to circulate the relevant information among States and other stakeholders;

Also invites States, as well as relevant United Nations organs and agencies, in cooperation with the High Commissioner, to celebrate the anniversary of the International Covenants on Human Rights by intensifying their own contributions to United Nations system-wide efforts to promote and protect all human rights and fundamental freedoms, welcomes in this regard the various commemorative initiatives, and calls upon them to take part meaningfully in those processes, where appropriate;

Decides to convene at its sixty-third session a high-level panel discussion accessible for persons with disabilities on the topic “The sixtieth anniversary of the International Covenants on Human Rights: universality, indivisibility, interdependence and interrelatedness of all human rights”, in order to give the sixtieth anniversary of the International Covenants on Human Rights attention commensurate with its historical significance;

Recommends that the General Assembly mark the sixtieth anniversary of the International Covenants on Human Rights during its eighty-first session.

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