The Role of the Ombudsman, Mediator and Other National Human Rights Institutions in the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights

A/RES/67/163View 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 2013.

What other versions does this mandate have?

6 versions · 2009–2018

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/72/186

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2018	A/RES/72/186	The role of the Ombudsman, mediator and other national human rights institutions in the promotion and protection of human rights	1,187	19%Compare
2017	A/RES/71/200	The role of the Ombudsman, mediator and other national human rights institutions in the promotion and protection of human rights	410	19%Compare
2015	A/RES/69/168	The role of the Ombudsman, mediator and other national human rights institutions in the promotion and protection of human rights	1,088	81%Compare
2013	A/RES/67/163	The role of the Ombudsman, mediator and other national human rights institutions in the promotion and protection of human rights	903	85%Compare
2011	A/RES/65/207	The role of the Ombudsman, mediator and other national human rights institutions in the promotion and protection of human rights	863	44%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

4 reports · 2010–2020

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2020	A/75/224	The role of the Ombudsman, mediator and other national human rights institutions in the promotion and protection of human rights report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/72/186
2017	A/72/230	The role of the Ombudsman, mediator and other national human rights institutions in the promotion and protection of human rights report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/71/200
2012	A/67/288	Role of the Ombudsman, mediator and other national human rights institutions in the promotion and protection of human rights report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/65/207
2010	A/65/340	The role of the Ombudsman, mediator and other national human rights institutions in the promotion and protection of human rights report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/63/169

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 subjects

Human Rights Institutions Mediation Ombudsman

What’s in this document?

12 operative paragraphs

Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General;⁴

⁴A/67/288.

Encourages Member States:

To consider the creation or the strengthening of independent and autonomous ombudsman, mediator and other national human rights institutions at the national and, where applicable, the local level;

To endow ombudsman, mediator and other national human rights institutions, where they exist, with an adequate legislative framework and financial means in order to ensure the efficient and independent exercise of their mandate and to strengthen the legitimacy and credibility of their actions as mechanisms for the promotion and protection of human rights;

To develop and conduct, as appropriate, outreach activities at the national level, in collaboration with all relevant stakeholders, in order to raise awareness of the important role of the Ombudsman, mediator and other national human rights institutions;

Recognizes that, in accordance with the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action,Error: Reference source not found it is the right of each State to choose the framework for national institutions, including the Ombudsman, mediator and other national human rights institutions, which is best suited to its particular needs at the national level, in order to promote human rights in accordance with international human rights instruments;

Welcomes the active participation of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in all international and regional meetings of the Ombudsman, mediator and other national human rights institutions;

Encourages the Office of the High Commissioner, through its advisory services, to develop and support activities dedicated to the existing Ombudsman, mediator and other national human rights institutions and to strengthen their role within national systems for human rights protection;

Encourages the Ombudsman, mediator and other national human rights institutions, where they exist:

To operate, as appropriate, in accordance with the principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (the Paris Principles)⁵ and other relevant international instruments, in order to strengthen their independence and autonomy and to enhance their capacity to assist Member States in the promotion and protection of human rights;

⁵Resolution 48/134, annex.

To request, in cooperation with the Office of the High Commissioner, their accreditation by the International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, in order to enable them to interact effectively with the relevant human rights bodies of the United Nations system;

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

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