World Programme for Human Rights Education

A/RES/59/113BView PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 105b Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms, published in 2005.

What other versions does this mandate have?

11 versions · 2005–2023

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/54/7

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2023	A/HRC/RES/54/7	World Programme for Human Rights Education	1,015	32%Compare
2022	A/HRC/RES/51/2	World Programme for Human Rights Education	1,047	36%Compare
2018	A/HRC/RES/39/3	World Programme for Human Rights Education	963	27%Compare
2017	A/HRC/RES/36/12	World Programme for Human Rights Education	1,182	20%Compare
2013	A/HRC/RES/24/15	World Programme for Human Rights Education	685	—

What subjects does this mandate have?

10 subjects

Human Rights Advancement Human Rights Education Human Rights Institutions Information Dissemination Intergovernmental Organizations Non-Governmental Organizations Programme Implementation Programmes of Action Regional Organizations Technical Cooperation

What’s in this document?

6 operative paragraphs

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²Resolution 59/113, in section I of the Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 49 (A/59/49), vol. I, becomes resolution 59/113 A.

Adopts the revised draft plan of action for the first phase (2005–2007) of the World Programme for Human Rights Education,³ which focuses on primary and secondary school systems;

³A/59/525/Rev.1.

Encourages all States to develop initiatives within the World Programme and, in particular, to implement, within their capabilities, the plan of action;

Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in close cooperation with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, to promote the national implementation of the plan of action, provide relevant technical assistance when requested and coordinate related international efforts;

Appeals to relevant organs, bodies or agencies of the United Nations system, as well as all other international and regional intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, within their respective mandates, to promote and technically assist, when requested, the national implementation of the plan of action;

Calls upon all existing national human rights institutions to assist in the implementation of human rights education programmes consistent with the plan of action;

Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to widely disseminate the plan of action among States and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations.

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