The Impact of Property on the Enjoyment of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms

A/RES/42/115View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 105d Respect for the right of everyone to own property alone as well as in association with others and its contribution to the economic and social development of Member States, published in 1988.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 1988–1989

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/43/124

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1989	A/RES/43/124	The impact of property on the enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms	—	—
1988	A/RES/42/115	The impact of property on the enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms	786	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

12 subjects

Apartheid Civil and Political Rights Colonialism Developing Countries Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Human Rights Violations Laws and Regulations Property Rights Racial Discrimination South Africa Southern Africa Transnational Corporations

What’s in this document?

5 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms the obligation of States to take effective steps with a view to achieving the full realization of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights;

Recognizes that there exist in Member States many forms oflegal property ownership, including private, communal and State forms, each of which should contribute to ensuring the effective development and utilization of human resources through the establishment of sound bases for political, economic and social justice;

Calls upon States to ensure that their national legislation with regard to all forms of property shall preclude any impairment of the enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms, without prejudice to their right freely to choose and develop their political, social, economic and cultural systems;

Vigorously condemns the transnational corporations that maintain or are increasing their collaboration with the racist regime of South Africa, thus encouraging that regime to persist in its inhuman and criminal policy of brutal oppression of the peoples of southern Africa and denial of their human rights and becoming accomplices in the inhuman practices of racial discrimination, colonialism and apartheid;

Requests the Secretary-General, in preparing his report to the General Assembly at its forty-third session, in accordance with resolution 41/132 of 4 December 1986, to take into account Commission on Human Rights resolution 1987 / 18, as well as the present resolution.

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128 See Official Records of the General Assembly. Forty-second Session, Third Committee, 36th meeting, and corrigendum.

129 Resolution 41/128, annex.

l30 A/42/395. 131 E/CN.4/1987/37.

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