National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights

A/RES/50/176View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1996.

What other versions does this mandate have?

20 versions · 1979–2018

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/72/181

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2018	A/RES/72/181	National institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights	2,976	25%Compare
2016	A/HRC/RES/33/15	National institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights	2,265	17%Compare
2016	A/RES/70/163	National institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights	2,291	23%Compare
2014	A/HRC/RES/27/18	National institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights	1,927	22%Compare
2014	A/RES/68/171	National institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights	2,111	32%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

17 reports · 2003–2019

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2019	A/74/226	National institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/72/181
2018	A/HRC/39/20	National institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights report of the Secretary-General	A/HRC/RES/33/15
2018	A/HRC/39/21	Activities of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions in accrediting national institutions in compliance with the Principles relating to the Status of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (the Paris Principles) report of the Secretary-General	A/HRC/RES/33/15
2017	A/72/277	National institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/70/163
2016	A/HRC/33/34	Activities of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions in accrediting national institutions in compliance with the Principles relating to the Status of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (Paris Principles) report of the Secretary-General	A/HRC/RES/27/18

What subjects does this mandate have?

8 subjects

Advisory Services Human Rights Advancement Human Rights Institutions Information Dissemination Information Exchange Institution Building Public Information Technical Cooperation

What’s in this document?

11 operative paragraphs

Takes note with satisfaction of the updated report of the Secretary-General;⁵

⁵A/50/452.

Reaffirms the importance of the development of effective, independent and pluralistic national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights in keeping with the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action and, inter alia, the principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights contained in the annex to General Assembly resolution 48/134, and recognizes that it is the right of each State to choose the framework that is best suited to its particular needs at the national level;

Encourages Member States to establish or, where they already exist, to strengthen national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights, as outlined in the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, and, where appropriate, to incorporate those elements in national development plans or in their preparation of national action plans;

Encourages national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights established by Member States to prevent and combat all violations of human rights as enumerated in the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action and relevant international instruments;

Affirms the role of national institutions, where they exist, as appropriate agencies for the dissemination of human rights materials and public information activities, including those of the United Nations;

Requests the Secretary-General to give high priority to requests from Member States for assistance in the establishment and strengthening of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights as part of the programme of advisory services and technical assistance in the field of human rights, and invites Governments to contribute to the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Advisory Services and Technical Assistance in the Field of Human Rights for these purposes;

Notes the role of the coordinating committee created by national institutions at the second International Workshop on National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, held at Tunis from 13 to 17 December 1993, in close cooperation with the Centre for Human Rights of the Secretariat, to assist Governments and institutions, when requested, to follow up on relevant resolutions and recommendations concerning the strengthening of national institutions;

Also notes the importance of finding an appropriate form of participation by national institutions in relevant United Nations meetings dealing with human rights;

Recognizes the important and constructive role that non-governmental organizations may play, in cooperation with national institutions, for the better promotion and protection of human rights;

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

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

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