Human Rights Treaty Body System

A/RES/75/174View 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 2020.

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?

3 subjects

Human Rights Human Rights Monitoring Treaty-Monitoring Bodies

What’s in this document?

9 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the status of the human rights treaty body system;¹²

¹²A/74/643.

Welcomes the annual reports of the human rights treaty bodies submitted to the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth¹³ and seventy-fifth¹⁴ sessions and to the Economic and Social Council at its 2019¹⁵ and 2020 sessions;¹⁶

¹³Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-fourth Session, Supplement No. 18 (A/74/18); ibid., Supplement No. 38 (A/74/38); ibid., Supplement No. 40 (A/74/40); ibid., Supplement No. 44 (A/74/44); ibid., Supplement No. 48 (A/74/48); ibid., Supplement No. 55 (A/74/55); and ibid., Supplement No. 56 (A/74/56); see also A/74/256.

¹⁴Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-fifth Session, Supplement No. 18 (A/75/18); ibid., Supplement No. 38 (A/75/38); ibid., Supplement No. 40 (A/75/40); ibid., Supplement No. 41 (A/75/41); ibid., Supplement No. 44 (A/75/44); ibid., Supplement No. 48 (A/75/48); and ibid., Supplement No. 56 (A/75/56).

¹⁵Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2019, Supplement No. 2 (E/2019/22).

¹⁶Ibid., 2020, Supplement No. 2 (E/2020/22).

Invites the Chairs of the human rights treaty bodies to address and engage in an interactive dialogue with the General Assembly at its seventy-sixth and seventy-seventh 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;

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 the General Assembly at its seventy-seventh session a report on the status of the human rights treaty body system.

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