International Covenants on Human Rights

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Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 96 International covenants on human rights, published in 1984.

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26 versions · 1979–2016

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/70/144

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6 subjects

Human Rights Periodic Reports Public Information Publications Signatures, Accessions, Ratifications Treaties

What’s in this document?

12 operative paragraphs

Taking note ofthe report ofthe Secretary-General IM, 011 the status of the Intemational Covenant on Eronomic. Social and Cultural Rights, 165 the International Covcnant 011 Civil and Political Rights 165 and the Optional Protocol to the lnternational Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. 165

Noting with appreciatwn that, following its appcal, more Member States have acceded to the Intemational Covi:-- nants on Human Rights, 165

Recognizing the important role of the Human Rights Committee in the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Optional Protocol thereto,

Taking into account the useful work of the Sc~sional Working Group of Governmental Experts on the lmplementation of the lnternational Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,

Bearing in mind the important responsibilities of thc Economic and Social Council in relation to the Intcrnational Covenants on Human Rights,

Taking note of Economic and Social Council decision 1983/184 of29 July 1983, in which the Counr.il invitcd the General Assembly to consider at its thirty-eighth session the possibilíty of scheduling the meetings of the Human Rights Committee so that the Committee's report could be submitted to the Assembly through the Council at its first regular session,

Takes note with appreciation of the report of thc Human Rights Committee on its seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth sessions, 167 and expresses its satisfaction at the serious and constructive manner in which the Committee is continuing to perform its functions;

l-é'xpresses its appreciation to those States parties to the lnternational Covenant on Civil and Política! Rights

General Assembly that havc extended their co-operation to thc Human Rights Committcc in submitting their reports under articlc 40 of the Covenant and urges States partics that have not yct done so to submit their reports to the Committcc as speedily as possible;

Urges those States partics to the lnternational Covcnant on Civil and Political Rights that have becn rcquested by the Human Rights Committcc to provide additional information to comply with that request;

Commends those Statcs parties to the lnternational Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights that have submitted their reports under article 16 of the Covcnant and urges States that have not yet done so to submit their reports as soon as possible and, in those instances in which it is not possible to do so, to inform the Sessional Working Group of Governmental Expcrts on thc lmplcmentation of thc lnternational Covcnant on Economic. Social and Cultural Rights as to when thosc rcports will be submitted;

Notes wirh apprcciation that thc majority of States partics to thc lntcrnational Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and an incrcasing number of States parties to the lntemational Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, havc bccn rcpresentcd by cxpcrts for thc presentation of thcir rcports, thcreby assisting thc Human Rights Committec and thc Economic and Social Council in thcir work, and hopes that ali Statcs parties to both Covenants will arrangc such representation in future;

Again inri/es ali States that have not yct done so to become parties to the lnternational Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and thc lntemational Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, as well as to consider acceding to the Optional Protocol to the lntcrnational Covenant on Civil and Political Rights;

Invites thc States parties to the Intcmational Covcnant on Civil and Political Rights to consider making thc declaration provided for in article 41 of the Covenant;

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Emphasizes the importancc of the strictest compliance by States partics with their obligations under the lntcrnational Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the lntemational Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and, where applicable, the Optional Protocol to the Intemational Covenant on Civil and Political Rights;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to keep the Human Rights Committee informcd ofthe activities of thc Commission on Human Rights, the Sub-Commission on Prcvcntion of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the Committce on thc Elimination of Discrimination against Women and also to transmit the annual rcports of the Human Rights Committee to those bodies;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the Gencial Asserr:bly at its thirty-ninth session a report on thc status of thc Intemational Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Intemational Covenant on Civil and Política! Rights and the Optional Protocol to the lnternational Covenant 011 Civil and Political Rights:

Urges the Secretary-General to take further positive steps to ensure that adequate publicity and other arrangements are made to enable the Human Rights Committee and thc Economic and Social Council to carry out ctfcctively, within existing resources, their respective functions under the International Covenants on Human Rights: Thirly-eighth Session A/so urges the Secretary-General to expedite arrangements for publication of the official public records of thc Human Rights Committee in bound volumes, starting with its first scssion, as indicated in General Assembly resolution 37/191:

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to take ali possiblc steps to ensure that the Centre for Human Rights of the Sccretariat is able to assist etfectively the Human Rights Committee and the Economic and Social Council in the implementation of their respective functions under the Intcmational Covcnants on Human Rights, taking into account General Assembly resolutions 3534 (XXX) of 17 Deccmbcr 1975 and 31/93 of 14 December 1976.

/00/h p!enary meeting 16 Decemher /983

162 Resolution 1386 (XIV).

lt.5 Resolution 2200 A (XXII annex.

163 See E/CN.4/1983/62.

166 A/38/392.

164 See Official Record~ ofthe Econom,c and Soual Couno/, / 11//3, Su¡1¡1/clr. 7 O/final Rl'/'ord, o( the /,, 11eral .-hscmblr. l/11rtr-eighrh S,•111011. Sur ment No. 3 (E/1983/13 and Corr. l ). chap. Xl ¡1/nw11i \'o. 40 (A'.1X 40)

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