Human Rights Council resolutions

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Human Rights Council resolutions are formal decisions adopted by the UN Human Rights Council that set standards, express concerns, and recommend actions on human rights issues worldwide.

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Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations document ⓘ
international legal instrument (non‑binding) ⓘ
soft law instrument ⓘ
adoptedAt United Nations Office at Geneva ⓘ
linked to: UN Office at Geneva
adoptedBy United Nations Human Rights Council ⓘ
adoptedIn Human Rights Council regular sessions ⓘ
Human Rights Council special sessions ⓘ
basedOn Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ
core UN human rights treaties ⓘ
canAddress civil and political rights ⓘ
collective and group rights ⓘ
economic, social and cultural rights ⓘ
rights of specific groups such as women, children, minorities and persons with disabilities ⓘ
canBe adopted by consensus ⓘ
adopted by recorded vote ⓘ
createdBy Member States of the Human Rights Council ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalEffect politically authoritative ⓘ
legalStatus non‑binding on UN Member States ⓘ
mayEstablish commissions of inquiry ⓘ
fact‑finding missions ⓘ
independent expert mandates ⓘ
international investigative mechanisms ⓘ
special rapporteur mandates ⓘ
working group mandates ⓘ
mayRequest reports from UN special procedures ⓘ
reports from the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ
reports from the UN Secretary‑General ⓘ
monitoredBy Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ
numberingSystem HRC session number followed by resolution number (e.g. A/HRC/RES/xx/yy) ⓘ
oftenCallOn States to implement recommendations ⓘ
oftenInvite civil society and national human rights institutions to contribute ⓘ
international and regional organizations to cooperate ⓘ
oftenReaffirm existing international human rights obligations of States ⓘ
precededBy Commission on Human Rights resolutions ⓘ
purpose create and renew international investigative mechanisms ⓘ
create international commissions of inquiry and fact‑finding missions ⓘ
establish and renew special procedures mandates ⓘ
express concern about human rights situations ⓘ
provide guidance on implementation of international human rights law ⓘ
recommend actions to States and other actors ⓘ
set human rights standards ⓘ
regulates country‑specific human rights situations ⓘ
thematic human rights issues ⓘ
repository Official Document System of the United Nations (ODS) ⓘ
subjectTo negotiation among Member States ⓘ
votingRule simple majority of members present and voting ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

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United Nations debates on children and armed conflict → resultsIn → Human Rights Council resolutions ⓘ
Sri Lankan Civil War → UNInvolvement → UN Human Rights Council resolutions on Sri Lanka ⓘ
linked to: Human Rights Council resolutions
Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council → legalBasis → Human Rights Council resolutions ⓘ
Human Rights Council resolutions → precededBy → Commission on Human Rights resolutions ⓘ
linked to: Human Rights Council resolutions
United Nations resolutions → includes → United Nations Human Rights Council resolutions ⓘ
linked to: Human Rights Council resolutions
United Nations Human Rights Council Resolution S-9/1 → partOf → United Nations Human Rights Council special-session resolutions on the occupied Palestinian territory ⓘ
linked to: Human Rights Council resolutions