National Institutions for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights

A/RES/39/144View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 102b National institutions for the protection and promotion of human rights, published in 1985.

What other versions does this mandate have?

8 versions · 1984–2004

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/58/175

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2004	A/RES/58/175	National institutions for the protection and promotion of human rights	1,337	—
1992	A/RES/46/124	National institutions for the protection and promotion of human rights	—	—
1990	A/RES/44/64	National institutions for the protection and promotion of human rights	—	—
1988	A/RES/42/116	National institutions for the protection and promotion of human rights	646	32%Compare
1987	A/RES/41/129	National institutions for the protection and promotion of human rights	550	84%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 2005

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2005	A/60/299	National institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/58/175

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 subjects

Advisory Services Human Rights Advancement Human Rights Institutions Information Dissemination Institution Building International Instruments

What’s in this document?

12 operative paragraphs

I.

Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General; 21 7 2.

Emphasizes the importance of the integrity and independence of national institutions for the protection and promotion of human rights, in accordance with national legislation;

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

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

Invites all Member States to take appropriate steps to disseminate 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 consider including in their educational curricula material relevant to a comprehensive understanding of human rights issues;

Also recommends that all Member States should take appropriate steps to encourage the exchange of experience in the establishment of national institutions;

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 protection and promotion of human rights;

Requests the Secretary-General to provide all necessary assistance to Member States, upon their request, in the implementation of paragraph 5 above, according high priority to the needs of developing countries;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue and, as appropriate, increase assistance in the field of human rights to Governments, at their request, within the framework of the programme of advisory services in the field of human rights;

Also requests the Secretary-General, in the light of his reports and of further information received, to prepare and submit to the General Assembly, through the Commission on Human Rights and the Economic and Social Council, a consolidated report, for eventual publication as a United Nations handbook on national institutions for the use of Governments, including information on the various types and models of national and local institutions for the protection and promotion of human rights, taking into account differing social and legal systems;

Further requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fortieth session on the implementation of the present resolution.

215 Resolution 217 A (III).

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What’s in this document?

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