International Covenants on Human Rights

A/RES/70/144View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 72a Implementation of human rights instruments, published in 2015.

What other versions does this mandate have?

26 versions · 1979–2016

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2016	A/RES/70/144	International Covenants on Human Rights	245	51%Compare
2014	A/RES/68/155	International Covenants on Human Rights	165	76%Compare
2012	A/RES/66/148	International Covenants on Human Rights	140	6%Compare
2010	A/RES/64/152	International Covenants on Human Rights	1,899	76%Compare
2008	A/RES/62/147	International Covenants on Human Rights	2,000	75%Compare

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 2	Supporting human rights treaty bodies	28

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Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 2	Supporting human rights treaty bodies	28	—

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

What subjects does this mandate have?

1 subject

Human Rights

What’s in this document?

5 operative paragraphs

Welcomes the annual reports of the Human Rights Committee submitted to the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth² and seventieth³ sessions;

²Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 40 (A/69/40), vols. I and II.

³Ibid., Seventieth Session, Supplement No. 40 (A/70/40).

Also welcomes the reports of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on its fiftieth and fifty-first sessions⁴ and on its fifty-second and fifty-third sessions;⁵

⁴Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2014, Supplement No. 2 (E/2014/22).

⁵Ibid., 2015, Supplement No. 2 (E/2015/22).

Decides to devote one plenary meeting of the General Assembly, within existing resources, at its seventy-first session, to the commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights1 and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,1 and requests the President of the General Assembly to conduct consultations with Member States in order to determine the modalities for that meeting;

Invites the Chairs of the two Committees, within existing resources, to address and engage in an interactive dialogue with the General Assembly at its seventy-first and seventy-second sessions under the item entitled “Promotion and protection of human rights”;

Requests the Secretary-General to keep the General Assembly informed of the status of the International Covenants on Human Rights and the Optional Protocols thereto,⁶ including with regard to all reservations and declarations made, through the United Nations websites.

⁶See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex, resolution 44/128, annex, and resolution 63/117, annex.

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