National Institutions for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights

A/RES/41/129View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 101 Alternative approaches and ways and means within the United Nations System for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms, published in 1987.

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?

8 subjects

Advisory Services Human Rights Advancement Human Rights Institutions Information Exchange Institution Building Laws and Regulations Manuals Non-Governmental Organizations

What’s in this document?

9 operative paragraphs

I.

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General; 111 2.

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

Encourages ali 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;

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

Encourages ali Member States to take appropriate steps to promote the exchange of information and experience concerning the establishment of such national institutions;

Requests the Secretary-General to give due attention to the role of national institutions and nongovernmental organizations concerned with the protection and promotion of human rights and to provide ali necessary assistance to Member States, upon their request, in the implementation of paragraphs 3 and 5 above, according high priority to the needs of developing countries;

Also requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide and, as appropriate, to enhance assistance in the

field of human rights to Govemments, at their request, within the framework of the programme of advisory services in the field of human rights;

Encourages the Secretary-General to complete as soon as possible and to 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 Govemments, 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;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its forty-second session on the implementation of the present resolution.

VI.

States have the duty to co-operate with each other in ensuring de- Artic/e JO velopment and climinating obstacles to development. States should real- Steps should be taken to ensure the full exercise and progressive enize their rights and fulfil their duties in such a manner as to promote a hancement of the right to development, including the formulation, adopnew international economic order based on sovereign equality, intertion and implementation of policy, legislative and other measures at the dependence, mutual interest and co-operation among ali States, as well as national and intemational levels. to encourage the observance and realization of human rights.

Artic/e 4 1.

States have the duty to take steps, individually and collectively, to formulate international development policies with a view to facilitating the full realization of the right to development.

Sustained action is required to promote more rapid development of developing countries. As a complement to the efforts of developing countries, effective international co-operation is essential in providing these countries with appropriate means and facilities to foster their comprehensive development.

Article 5 States shall take resolute steps to eliminate the massive and flagran! violations of the human rights of peoples and human beings affected by situations such as those resulting from apartheid, all forms of racism and racial discrimination, colonialism, foreign domination and occupation, aggression, foreign interference and threats against national sovereignty, national unity and territorial integrity, threats of war and refusal to recognize the fundamental right of peoples to self-determination.

Article 6 l.

Ali States should co-operate with a view to promoting, encouraging and strengthening universal respect for and observance of ali human rights and fundamental freedoms for ali without any distinction as to race, sex, language or religion.

Ali human rights and fundamental freedoms are indivisible and interdependent; equal attention and urgent consideration should be given to the implementation, promotion and protection of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights.

States should take steps to eliminate obstacles to development resulting from failure to observe civil and political rights, as well as economic, social and cultural rights.

Article 7 Ali States should promote the establishment, maintenance and strengthening of international peace and security and, to that end, should do their utmost to achieve general and complete disarmament under effective international control, as well as to ensure that the resources released by effective disarmament measures are used for comprehensive development, in particular that of the developing countries.

Article 8 l.

States should undertake, at the national level, ali necessary measures for the realization of the right to development and shall ensure, inter alia, equality of opportunity for ali in their access to basic resources, education, health services, food, housing, employment and the fair distribution of income. Effective measures should be undertaken to ensure that women have an active role in the development process. Appropriate economic and social reforms should be carried out with a view to eradicating ali social injustices.

States should encourage popular participation in ali spheres as an important factor in development and in the full realization of ali human rights.

Article 9 1.

Ali the aspects of the right to development set forth in the present Declaration are indivisible and interdependent and each of them should be considered in the context of the whole.

Nothing in the present Dedaration shall be construed as being contrary to the purposes and principies of the U nited Nations, oras implying that any State, group or person ha~ a right to engage in any activity orto perform any act aimed al the violation ofthe rights set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights2 and in the lnternational Covenants on Human Right,_24 111 A/411464

112 E/CN.4/1986/20 and Add.1-3 113 Uni1ed Nation, pubhcation, Sales No. E.83.XIV. l.

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