The Universal, Indivisible, Interrelated, Interdependent and Mutually Reinforcing Nature of All Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms

A/RES/66/151View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 69b Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms, published in 2012.

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 2013

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2013	A/68/224	The universal, indivisible, interrelated, interdependent and mutually reinforcing nature of all human rights and fundamental freedoms report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/66/151

What subjects does this mandate have?

7 subjects

Civil and Political Rights Democracy Development Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Human Rights Human Rights Policy Poverty

What’s in this document?

10 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms that all human rights are universal, indivisible, interrelated, interdependent and mutually reinforcing and that all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights must be treated in a fair and equal manner, on the same footing and with the same emphasis;

Recalls, in this regard, the importance of ensuring the universality, objectivity and non-selectivity of the consideration of human rights issues;

Stresses that democracy, development and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms are interdependent and mutually reinforcing;

Acknowledges that good governance and the rule of law at the national and international levels are essential for sustained economic growth, sustainable development and the eradication of poverty and hunger;

Stresses that the existence of widespread extreme poverty inhibits the full and effective enjoyment of human rights, and reaffirms that States should take steps to eliminate obstacles to development resulting from failure to observe civil and political rights, as well as economic, social and cultural rights;

Encourages States to take into account the universal, indivisible, interrelated, interdependent and mutually reinforcing nature of all human rights when integrating the promotion and protection of all human rights into relevant national policies and when promoting international cooperation in the field of human rights, while recalling that the primary responsibility for promoting and protecting human rights rests with the State;

Encourages the United Nations system to continue to improve its efforts to take into account the universal, indivisible, interrelated, interdependent and mutually reinforcing nature of all human rights when mainstreaming human rights into its activities, with a view to contributing to the full enjoyment of, universal respect for and observance of all human rights and fundamental freedoms;

Recognizes the positive contribution of all relevant stakeholders, including civil society, to promoting the universal, indivisible, interrelated, interdependent and mutually reinforcing nature of all human rights, and encourages the continuation of efforts in this regard, as appropriate to their activities;

Encourages the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, treaty bodies, special procedures of the Human Rights Council and other mandate holders to continue to improve their efforts to take into account the universal, indivisible, interrelated, interdependent and mutually reinforcing nature of all human rights in the fulfilment of their mandates;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution.

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