National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights

A/RES/36/134View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 79b National institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights, published in 1982.

What other versions does this mandate have?

20 versions · 1979–2018

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/72/181

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2018	A/RES/72/181	National institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights	2,976	25%Compare
2016	A/HRC/RES/33/15	National institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights	2,265	17%Compare
2016	A/RES/70/163	National institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights	2,291	23%Compare
2014	A/HRC/RES/27/18	National institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights	1,927	22%Compare
2014	A/RES/68/171	National institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights	2,111	32%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

17 reports · 2003–2019

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2019	A/74/226	National institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/72/181
2018	A/HRC/39/20	National institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights report of the Secretary-General	A/HRC/RES/33/15
2018	A/HRC/39/21	Activities of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions in accrediting national institutions in compliance with the Principles relating to the Status of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (the Paris Principles) report of the Secretary-General	A/HRC/RES/33/15
2017	A/72/277	National institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/70/163
2016	A/HRC/33/34	Activities of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions in accrediting national institutions in compliance with the Principles relating to the Status of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (Paris Principles) report of the Secretary-General	A/HRC/RES/27/18

What subjects does this mandate have?

10 subjects

Human Rights Advancement Human Rights Education Human Rights Institutions Information Dissemination Information Exchange Institution Building International Instruments Non-Governmental Organizations Public Information Treaties

What’s in this document?

8 operative paragraphs

Invites all Member States to take appropriate step~ for the establishment or, where they already exist. the strengthening of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights;

Emphasizes the importance of the integrity and independence of such national institutions, in accordance with national legislation;

Draws attention to the constructive role that national non-governmental organizations can play in the work of national institutions;

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Inv_ites all Member States to take appropriate steps to d1ssemmate the texts of human rights instruments. including international covenants and conventions, in their respective national or local languages in order to give the widest possible publicity to these instruments;

Recommends that all Member States should consiue1 including material relevant to a comprehensive understanding of human rights issues in their educational curriculum:

116 Resolution 217 A (Ill). 117 Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex Recommends that all Member States should take appropriate steps to encourage the exchange of experience in the establishment of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights; ' 7.

Requests the Secretary-General. in carrying out public information activities in the field of human rights, to give due attention to the role of national institutions and non-governmental organizations concerned with the promotion and protection of human rights;

Requests the Secretary-General to provide all necessary assistance to Member States, upon their request, in the implementation of paragraph 4 above, high priority being accorded to the needs of developing countries;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its thirty-eighth session a report providing detailed information on the various types of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights,

taking into account differing social and legal systems and the contribution that national institutions can make towards the implementation of the international human rights instruments:

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Recommends that Member States should bring the present resolution to the attention of representatives of their national institutions;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-eighth session a subitem entitled "National institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights''.

115 A/36/440.

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