Human Rights Treaty Body System

A/RES/73/162View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 74a Implementation of human rights instruments, published in 2019.

What other versions does this mandate have?

5 versions · 2017–2024

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/79/165

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2024	A/RES/79/165	Human rights treaty body system	1,183	74%Compare
2023	A/RES/77/210	Human rights treaty body system	934	78%Compare
2020	A/RES/75/174	Human rights treaty body system	765	76%Compare
2019	A/RES/73/162	Human rights treaty body system	838	61%Compare
2017	A/RES/71/185	Human rights treaty body system	586	–

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

4 reports · 2020–2026

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2026	A/81/355	Status of the human rights treaty body system report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/79/165
2024	A/79/336	Status of the human rights treaty body system report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/210
2022	A/77/279	Status of the human rights treaty body system report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/75/174
2020	A/74/643	Status of the human rights treaty body system report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/73/162

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Human Rights Human Rights Monitoring Treaty-Monitoring Bodies Webcasts

What’s in this document?

10 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the status of the human rights treaty body system;¹⁰

¹⁰A/73/309.

Welcomes the annual reports of the human rights treaty bodies submitted to the General Assembly at its seventy-second¹¹ and seventy-third¹² sessions and to the Economic and Social Council at its 2017¹³ and 2018 sessions;¹⁴

¹¹Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-second Session, Supplement No. 18 (A/72/18); ibid., Supplement No. 38 (A/72/38); ibid., Supplement No. 40 (A/72/40); ibid., Supplement No. 44 (A/72/44); ibid., Supplement No. 48 (A/72/48); ibid., Supplement No. 55 (A/72/55); and ibid., Supplement No. 56 (A/72/56); see also A/72/168.

¹²Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-third Session, Supplement No. 18 (A/73/18); ibid., Supplement No. 38 (A/73/38); ibid., Supplement No. 41 (A/73/41); ibid., Supplement No. 44 (A/73/44); ibid., Supplement No. 48 (A/73/48); and ibid., Supplement No. 56 (A/73/56).

¹³Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2017, Supplement No. 2 (E/2017/22).

¹⁴Ibid., 2018, Supplement No. 2 (E/2018/22).

Invites the Chairs of the human rights treaty bodies to address and engage in an interactive dialogue with the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth and seventy-fifth sessions under the item relevant to the work of the treaty body;

Encourages all stakeholders to continue their efforts for the full implementation of resolution 68/268;

Reaffirms paragraphs 26 to 28 of its resolution 68/268, in which it set out how the allocation of meeting time to the treaty bodies would be identified and requested the Secretary-General to provide the corresponding financial and human resources, decided that the meeting time allocated would be reviewed biennially and amended on that basis at the request of the Secretary-General in line with established budgetary procedures, and requested the Secretary-General accordingly to take into account the meeting time needed by the human rights treaty body system in his future biennial programme budget;

Recalls paragraph 22 of its resolution 68/268, in which it decided, in principle, with the aim of enhancing the accessibility and visibility of the human rights treaty bodies, to webcast, as soon as feasible, the public meetings of the treaty bodies, and decides in this regard to provide, as of 2020, in all the official languages used in the respective committees, live webcasts and video archives of relevant meetings of the treaty bodies that are available, accessible, searchable and secure, including from cyberattacks;

Expresses appreciation for the organization of discussions on matters related to the implementation of each human rights treaty at meetings of the States parties thereto, and requests the Secretary-General to continue to support such practices;

Also expresses appreciation for the opportunity to interact with the Chairs of the treaty bodies during their annual meetings, and requests the Secretary-General to continue to support such opportunities;

Further expresses appreciation for the advisory services, capacity-building and technical assistance provided by the Secretary-General to support States parties in building their capacity to implement their treaty obligations, and requests the Secretary-General to continue his efforts in this regard;

Reiterates its request, made in paragraph 40 of its resolution 68/268, that the Secretary-General submit to it a comprehensive report on the status of the human rights treaty body system, and, in view of the decision, in paragraph 41 of that resolution, to consider the state of the human rights treaty body system no later than 2020, requests the Secretary-General to submit that report in January 2020, in advance of the review of the human rights treaty body system.

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