International Covenants on Human Rights

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Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 100 International Covenants on Human Rights, published in 1989.

What other versions does this mandate have?

26 versions · 1979–2016

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/70/144

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2016	A/RES/70/144	International Covenants on Human Rights	245	51%Compare
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What subjects does this mandate have?

15 subjects

Civil and Political Rights Conference and Meeting Services Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Experts Human Rights Human Rights Advancement Information Dissemination Languages Meeting Records Periodic Reports Publications Reporting Procedures Signatures, Accessions, Ratifications State of Emergency Treaties

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19 operative paragraphs

Also takes note with appreciation of the report of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, in cluding its suggestions and recommendations;

Expresses its satisfaction with the serious and con 3. structive manner in which both Committees are carry ing out their function;

Expresses its appreciation to the States parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights that have submitted their reports to the Human Rights Com mittee under article 40 of the Covenant and urges States parties that have not yet done so to submit their reports as speedily as possible;

Urges those States parties to the International Cove 5. nant on Civil and Political Rights that have been re quested by the Human Rights Committee to provide addi tional information to comply with that request;

Commends the States parties to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights that have submitted their reports under article 16 of the Cove nant and urges States parties that have not yet done so to submit their reports as soon as possible;

Notes with satisfaction that the majority of States parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Politi cal Rights and an increasing number of States parties to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cul tural Rights have been represented by experts in the presentation of their reports, thereby assisting the respec tive monitoring bodies in their work, and hopes that all States parties to both Covenants will arrange such representation in the future;

Again urges all States that have not yet done so to become parties to the International Covenant on Eco nomic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and to consider acceding to the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights;

Invites the States parties to the International Cove nant on Civil and Political Rights to consider making the declaration provided for in article 41 of the Covenant;

Emphasizes the importance of the strictest compli ance by States parties with their obligations under the In ternational Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Politi cal Rights and, where applicable, the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights;

Calls upon all States parties to the International 11. Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights to adhere fully to these two Covenants and to all the rights and principles contained therein;

Stresses the importance of avoiding the erosion of human rights by derogation, and underlines the necessity of strict observance of the agreed conditions and proce dures for derogation under article 4 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, bearing in mind the need for States parties to provide the fullest possible in formation during states of emergency, so that the justifca tion for and appropriateness of measures taken in these circumstances can be assessed;

Appeals to States parties to the Covenants that have exercised their sovereign right to make reservations in accordance with relevant rules of international law to consider whether any such reservation should be re viewed;

Urges States parties to pay active attention to the protection and promotion of civil and political rights, as well as economic, social and cultural rights;

Urges States parties to the International Covenant 15. on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the specialized agencies and other relevant United Nations bodies to ex tend their full support and co-operation to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights;

Requests the Secretary-General to keep the Hu man Rights Committee and the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights informed of the relevant activi ties of the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council, the Commission on Human Rights, the Commis sion on the Status of Women, the Sub-Commission on Pre vention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimina tion, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, the Committee against Torture and, where appropriate, other functional commissions of the Economic and Social Council and the specialized agen cies, and also to transmit the annual reports of the Human Rights Committee and the Committee on Economic, So cial and Cultural Rights to those bodies;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its forty-fourth session a report on the status of the International Covenant on Economic, So cial and Cultural Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights;

Also requests the Secretary-General, within exist ing resources, to ensure that the Human Rights Commit tee and the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights are able to hold the necessary sessions and are pro vided with administrative support and summary records;

Further requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the Centre for Human Rights of the Secretariat effec tively assists the Human Rights Committee and the Com mittee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the im plementation of their respective mandates;

Again urges the Secretary-General, taking into ac count the suggestions of the Human Rights Committee, to take determined steps, within existing resources, to give more publicity to the work of that Committee and, simi larly, to the work of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights;

Encourages all Governments to publish the texts of 21. the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cul tural Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Optional Protocol to the Interna tional Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in as many languages as possible and to distribute them and make them known as widely as possible in their territories.

83Official Records of the General Assembly. Forty-third Session, Suf.e,lement No. 40 (A/43/40).

Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1988, Supplement No. 4 (E/1988/14).

8S See HRI/MC/1988/CRP. I.

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