Question of the International Legal Protection of the Human Rights of Individuals Who Are Not Citizens of the Country in Which They Live

A/RES/39/103View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1985.

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5 versions · 1981–1985

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1985	A/RES/39/103	Question of the international legal protection of the human rights of individuals who are not citizens of the country in which they live	573	77%Compare
1984	A/RES/38/87	Question of the international legal protection of the human rights of individuals who are not citizens of the country in which they live	509	69%Compare
1983	A/RES/37/169	Question of the international legal protection of the human rights of individuals who are not citizens of the country in which they live	500	75%Compare
1982	A/RES/36/165	Question of the international legal protection of the human rights of individuals who are not citizens of the country in which they live	430	78%Compare
1981	A/RES/35/199	Question of the international legal protection of the human rights of individuals who are not citizens of the country in which they live	379	–

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4 subjects

Declarations Human Rights Non-Citizens Working Groups

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3 operative paragraphs

Bearing in mind Economic and Social Council resolutions 1790 (LIV) of 18 May 1973 and 1871 (LVI) of 17 May 1974 concerning the question of the international legal protection of the human rights of individuals who are not citizens of the country in which they live,

Recalling Commission on Human Rights resolutions 8

(XXIX) of 21 March 1973,68 11 (XXX) of 6 March

1974,69 16 (XXXV) of 14 March 197970 and I 9 (XXXVI) of 29 February 198071 on the same subject,

Recalling also resolution 9 (XXXI) of 13 September 1978 of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, 72

Recalling that the Economic and Social Council, by its resolution 1980/29 of 2 May 1980, decided to transmit to the General Assembly at its thirty-fifth session the text of the draft declaration on the human rights of individuals who are not citizens of the country in which they live, prepared by the Special Rapporteur of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities and amended by the Sub-Commission, 73 together with the comments on the text received from Member States74 in response to Council decision 1979/36 of I 0 May 1979, and recommended that the Assembly should consider the adoption of a declaration on the subject,

Recalling also its resolutions 35/199 of I 5 December 1980, 36/165 of 16 December 1981, 371169 of 17 December 1982 and 38/87 of 16 December I 983, by which it decided to establish an open-ended working group for the purpose of concluding the elaboration of the draft declaration on the human rights of individuals who are not citizens of the country in which they live.

Having considered the comments submitted by Governments, specialized agencies, regional and intergovernmental organizations and the competent organs of the United Nations pursuant to General Assembly resolution 37/169 on the reports of the open-ended working groups established at the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, thirty-seventh and thirty-eighth sessions of the Assembly,75

Having considered the report of the Working Group established for the purpose of concluding the elaboration of the draft declaration on the human rights of individuals who are not citizens of the country in which they live, 76 l. Takes note of the report of the Working Group and of the fact that, although the Working Group has done useful work, it has not had sufficient time to conclude its task;

Decides to establish, at its fortieth session, an openended working group for the purpose of concluding the elaboration of the draft declaration on the human rights of individuals who are not citizens of the country in which they live;

Requests the Secretary-General to invite Governments to·submit further comments and views on the draft declaration as a whole, taking into consideration the progress made by the Working Group and the present state of the draft, in time for their inclusion in a report of the Secretary-General to be submitted to the General Assembly at its fortieth session;

Expresses the hope that a draft declaration on the human rights of individuals who are not citizens of the country in which they live will be adopted by the General Assembly at its fortieth session.

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by paragraph I of this article. The other States Parties shall not be bound by paragraph I of this article with respect to any State Party having made ~uch a reservation. 3.

Any State Party having made a reservation in accordance with paragraph 2 of this article may at any time withdraw this reservation by notification to the Secretary-General of the United Nations

Article 31 A State Party may denounce this Convention by written notification to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Denunciation becomes effective one year after the date of receipt of the notification by the Secretary-General.

Such a denunciation shall not have the effect of releasing the State Party from its obligations under this Convention in regard to any act or omission which occurs prior to the date at which the denunciation becomes effective, nor shall denunciation prejudice in any way the continued consideration of any matter which is already under consideration by the Committee prior to the date at which the denunciation becomes effective.

Following the date at which the denunciation of a State Party becomes effective, the Committee shall not commence consideration of any new matter regarding that State.

Article 32 The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall inform all States Members of the United Nations and all States which have signed this Convention or acceded to it of the following:

(a) Signatures, ratifications and accessions under articles 25 and 26;

(/,) The date of entry into force of this Convention under article 27 and the date of the entry into force of any amendments under article 29;

(cl Denunciations under article 31

Article 33 I. This Convention, of which the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally :uthentic. shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall transmit certified copies of this Convention to all States.

62 Resolution 217 A (Ill).

66 See A/C.3/39/ I.

63 Resolution 2200 A (XXI). annex.

67 A/C3/39/4 and Corr.!.

64 Resolution 2106 A (XX). annex.

68 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Counc,i. F,(/1•-/,>lmh Sessim,. Supplement No 6.(Fl,265). chap. XX. sect. A.

• • 65 Resolution 34/180, annex.

69 Ibid., F;/i_v-sixth Session. Supp/emem No. 5 (E/5464), chap. XIX. sect. A. 70 See Official Records of the t.'conom,c and Soc,a/ Counc,/, 1979. Supplement No. 6 (E/1979/36), chap. XXIV. sect. A. 71 Ibid., 1980, Supplement No. J (E/1980/13 and Corr.I). chap. XXVI. sect. A.

72 See E!CN.4/1296, chap. XVll, sect A 73 EiCN.4/1336. 74E/CN.4/1354 and Add.1-6. 75 See A/38/147 and Add. I. 76 A/C.3/39/9 and < ·orr. l. 77 A/39/443. 78 A/39/402 and Add. I and 2.

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