National Institutions for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights

A/RES/42/116View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 105b National institutions for the protection and promotion of human rights, published in 1988.

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?

11 subjects

Advisory Services Bibliographies Focal Points Human Rights Advancement Human Rights Institutions Information Dissemination Information Exchange Institution Building Manuals Non-Governmental Organizations Public Information

What’s in this document?

12 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General; 130 2.

Reaffirms 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 Member States to establish or, where they already exist, to strengthen national institutions for the protection and promotion of human rights and to incorporate these elements in national development plans;

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

Welcomes the consolidated report of the Secretary- General on national institutions131 and requests him to bring the report up to date, bearing in mind the practica! needs of those engaged in the development of national institutions;

Invites the Secretary-General to include in his updated report all the information provided by Govemments and any additional information Govemments may wish to provide, with particular emphasis on the functioning of various models of national institutions in implementing intemational standards on human rights, as well as a list of existing national institutions with contact points and a bibliography of relevant materials;

Requests the Secretary-General to transmit the updated report, through the Commission on Human Rights and the Economic and Social Council, to the General Assembly at its forty-fourth session, for wide distribution as a United Nations handbook on national institutions;

Recognizes the constructive role that nongovernmental organizations can play in relation to national institutions;

Affirms the role of national institutions as focal points for the dissemination ofhuman rights materials and other public information activities under the auspices of the United Nations;

Encourages the development of funding and other strategies to facilitate the establishment of national human rights institutions and, in this regard, invites Member States to consider making requests for such assistance through the advisory services programme of the United Nations;

Requests the Secretary-General to provide ali necessary assistance to Member States, upon their request, in the implementation of paragraphs 2 to 4 and 8 to 10 a~ove, according priority to the needs of developing countnes;

A Isa requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its forty-fourth session on the implementation of the present resolution.

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

VI. 132 E/CN.4/1987/10.

133 E/CN.4/1987/16 and Add.1-3.

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