Voluntary yearly calendar of resolutions as of 4 …€¦ · Web viewElaboration of international...

As at 4 May 2018Voluntary yearly calendar for thematic resolutions of the Human Rights Council

March sessions

Human Rights Council General Assembly

Initiative SG / HC reports Other HR Mechanisms,

Bodies & Annual Panels

Special Procedures Instruments/Conventions Related GA resolution

SP reporting at 3C

Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law (Mexico, Turkey)Biennial resolution

HC report

Combatting intolerance based on religion or belief (OIC)

HC report Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief (1981)

Combating intolerance based on religion or belief (OIC)

Freedom of religion or belief (EU)

SR freedom of religion or belief (est. 1986)Next mandate renewal in HRC40 (2019)

Freedom of religion or belief (EU)

SP reporting

Cultural rights (Cuba)

SR cultural rights (est. 2009)Next mandate renewal in HRC37 (2018)

Declaration on cultural diversity (2001)

Human rights and cultural diversity (NAM)

SP reporting

Effective implementation of international HR instruments (Canada)

SG report

Elaboration of international complementary standards to the ICERD (African Group)

The Ad Hoc Committee on the elaboration of complementary standards (est. 2007)(HRC res. 3/103)

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SP reporting at 3C

Human Rights and the Environment (Costa Rica, Maldives, Morocco, Slovenia, Switzerland)

SR on human rights and the environment (former IE) (est. 2012)

Next mandate renewal in HRC37 (2018)

Human rights, democracy and the rule of law (Morocco, Norway, Peru, Romania, Republic of Korea, Tunisia)Biennial resolution

Forum on human rights, democracy and the rule of law(res.28/14)(Biennial)

Enhancing periodic and genuine elections and democratization (USA)

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SP reporting at 3C

Human rights defenders (Norway)Triennial resolution

SR human rights defenders (est. 2000)


Protecting women human rights defenders (Norway)

Recognizing the role of human rights defenders and the need for their protection (Norway)

Human Rights defenders in the context of the Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of individuals, groups and organs of society to promote and protect universally recognized human rights and fundamental freedoms (Norway)

SP reporting

Impact of non-repatriation of funds of illicit origin to countries of origin(Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and African Group)

Advisory Committee study at HRC39

IE Foreign Debt and Human Rights (est. 2014)Next mandate renewal in HRC43 (2020)

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SP reporting at 3C

Integrity of the judicial system (Russia)

Mainstreaming (Portugal)

Panel on HR mainstreaming (See HRC res. 16/21, §42)

Migrants from North Africa (African Group)Triennial resolutionMinorities(Austria, Senegal, Slovenia)Biennial resolution

HC report Forum on Minority Issues (res. 19/23)

SR minorities (est. 2005)Next mandate renewal in HRC43 (2020)

Declaration on the rights of minorities (1992)

Effective promotion of the declaration on the rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities (Austria)

SP reporting

Persons with albinism(African Group)Biennial resolution

IE on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism (est. 2015)Next mandate renewal in HRC37 (2018)

International albinism awareness day (Israel, Morocco, Nigeria, Norway, Somalia, Turkey, UAE)

Persons with Albinism (Tanzania, Malawi)

SP reporting

Prevention of genocide (Armenia)Biennial resolution

Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide

Genocide Convention (1951)

Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (1998)

Promoting mutually beneficial cooperation in the field of Human Rights (China)

Advisory Committee study and report to HRC43

All relevant human rights treaties including UDHR, VDPA, ICCPR and ICESCR.

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SP reporting at 3C

Promotion and protection of human rights and the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (Azerbaijan, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Ecuador, Fiji, Luxembourg, Portugal, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Thailand and Uruguay)Biennial resolution

HC summary report

Two one-day Intersessional meetings on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development held in advance of 2019 and 2020 respectively.

ICCPR, ICESCR and other human rights instruments

Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Question of the realization in all countries of economic, social and cultural rights (Portugal)

SG report

Regional arrangements (Armenia, Belgium, Mexico, Senegal, Thailand)Triennial resolution

HC report OHCHR Workshop on Regional Arrangements (Triennial)

Advisory Committee report at HRC39

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SP reporting at 3C

Rights of the child(EU-GRULAC)

HC report SRSG violence against children

SRSG children & conflict

Annual full-day meeting on rights of the child (res. 7/29)

SR sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material (est. 1990) and (res. 34/16)


CRC (1989)

CRC-OPSC on sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography (2000)

CRC-OPAC on children in armed conflict (2000)

OP3-CRC communications procedure (2011)

Rights of the child (EU-GRULAC countries)

The girl child (SADC)

SP reporting

Right to adequate housing (Brazil, Germany, Finland, Namibia)

SR adequate housing (est. 2000)Next mandate renewal in HRC43 (2020)

SP reporting

Right to freedom of opinion and expression (USA)

SR on the right to freedom of opinion and expression (est. 1993)

Next mandate renewal in HRC43 (March 2020)

SP reporting

Right to work (Egypt, Greece, Indonesia, Mexico, Romania)

HC report UDHR and ICESCR

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SP reporting at 3C

Rights of persons with disabilities (Mexico, New Zealand)Biennial resolution

OHCHR report Annual half-day debate on rights with persons with disabilities (HRC res. 7/9)

SR rights of persons with disabilities (est. 2014)

Next mandate renewal in HRC44 (June 2020)

CRPD (2006)

OP-CRPD on communications procedure (2006)

Declaration on the rights of disabled persons (1975)

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto (Mexico, New Zealand, Sweden)

Toward the full realization of an inclusive and accessible UN for persons with disabilities (Antigua and Barbuda, Brazil, Italy, Poland, Republic of Korea, Tanzania)

SP reporting

Terrorism and human rights(Egypt & Mexico)

HC (invited to report)

Special Procedure mandate holders (invited to report)

Charter of the UN, UDHR, ICESCR, ICCPR and other relevant human rights instruments.

Protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism (Mexico)

Effects of terrorism on the enjoyment of human rights (Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Saudi Arabia)

The effects of foreign debt and other related int. financial obligations of States (Cuba)

Advisory Committee report at HRC39

IE foreign debt (est. 2000)


SP reporting

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SP reporting at 3C

The promotion and protection of human rights in the context of peaceful protest (Switzerland, Turkey, Costa Rica)Biennial resolution

HC report

The right to food (Cuba)

SR on the Right to Food (est. 2000)Next mandate renewal in HRC41 (2019)

The right to food (Cuba)

SP reporting

The Right to Privacy in the digital age(Austria, Brazil, Germany, Liechtenstein, Mexico,)

SR on the right to privacy (est. 2015)


The Right to Privacy in the digital age (Brazil, Germany)

SP reporting

The role of good governance in the protection of human rights(Australia, Chile, Republic of Korea, South Africa, Poland)Biennial resolution

HC report

Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment(Denmark) Biennial resolution

SG report Voluntary Fund for victims of torture

SR on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment


CAT (1984)

OPCAT (2002)

Declaration on the protection of all persons from torture

Torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (Denmark)

SP reporting

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SP reporting at 3C

Unilateral coercive measures(NAM)

OHCHR report Biennial half-day panel discussion on unilateral coercive measures (res.27/21)(September session)

SR on unilateral coercive measures (est. 2014)Next mandate renewal in HRC45 (September 2020)

Human rights and unilateral coercive measures(NAM)

SP reporting

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June sessions


Initiative SG / HC reports Other HR Mechanisms, Bodies

& Annual Panels

Special Procedures Instruments/Conventions Related GA resolution SP reporting at 3C

Accelerating efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women (Canada)

HC report Related to women’s rights:Annual full day discussion on women’s human rights (Chile)(HRC res. 6/30) in June session

Annual half-day panel on the integration of a gender perspective (Chile) (HRC res. 6/30) in September session

SR on violence against women, its causes and consequences (est. 1994)Next mandate renewal in HRC41 (2019)

CEDAW (1979)

OP-CEDAW communications procedure (1999)Declaration on the elimination of violence against women (1993)

Intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls(France, Netherlands)Biennial resolution altering with HRC

Violence against women migrant workers(Indonesia, Philippines)

Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilations (African Group)

Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas (Mongolia)

SP reporting

Elimination of discrimination against women (Colombia, Mexico)

Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice(est. 2010)Next mandate renewal in HRC41 (2019)

Elimination of female genital mutilation (African Group)

Business and Human Rights (Norway, Russian Federation, Ghana, Argentina)

HC report Annual Forum on Business and Human Rights (res 17/4)

Working Group on human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises (est. 2011, replacing the SRSG est. 2005)Next mandate renewal in HRC44 (2020)

SP reporting

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& Annual Panels


Elaboration of international legally binding instrument on TNCs and Other Business Enterprises with respect to human rights(Ecuador, South Africa)

IGWG on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights (res. 26/9) (reporting in March)

Enhancement of International cooperation in the field of HR (NAM)

Enhancement of int. cooperation in the field of human rights (NAM)

Strengthening UN action in the field of human rights through the promotion of international cooperation and the importance of non-selectivity, impartiality and objectivity (Cuba)

Child, early and forced marriage (Argentina, Canada, Ethiopia, Honduras, Italy, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Sierra Leone, Switzerland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Uruguay, Zambia)Biennial resolution

HC report (Biennial)

Child, early and forced marriage(Canada, Zambia)Biennial resolution, alternating with HRC

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& Annual Panels


Civil Society Space(Chile, Ireland, Japan, Sierra Leone, Tunisia)

HC report

Contribution of parliaments to the HRC and UPR (Ecuador, Italy, Maldives, Morocco, Philippines, Romania, Spain)

Related: Voluntary Fund for participation in UPR OHCHR report

Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions(Sweden)Triennial resolution

SR on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (est. 1982)


Principles on the prevention of summary executions (1989)

Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (Finland)

SP reporting

Extreme Poverty and Human Rights(France, Albania, Romania, Belgium, Peru, Chile, Philippines, Senegal, Morocco)Biennial resolution

SR on extreme poverty and human rights (est. 2011 replacing the IE est. 1998)


Human rights and extreme poverty (Peru)

SP reporting

Human Rights and arbitrary deprivation of nationality (Russian Federation)Biennial resolution

SG report

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& Annual Panels


Human rights and climate change(Bangladesh, Philippines, Viet Nam)

OHCHR report

Human rights and international solidarity (Cuba)

IE on human rights and international solidarity (est. 2005)


SP reporting

Human rights and the regulation of civilian acquisition, possession and use of firearms(Ecuador, Peru)

Human rights in cities and other human settlements(Brazil, Ecuador)Biennial resolutionHuman rights, sexualorientation and gender identity (Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Uruguay)

IE on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (est. 2016)Next mandate renewal in HRC41 (2019)

SP reporting(starting from 73rd session of GA)

Human rights of internally displaced persons (Austria, Honduras, Uganda)Biennial resolution

SR on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons (est. 2010 replacing SRSG est. 1992) Next mandate renewal in HRC41 (2019)

Protection of and assistance to internally displaced Persons (Norway)

SP reporting

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& Annual Panels


Human rights of migrants (Mexico)Biennial resolution

SR on the human rights of migrants (est. 1999)


ICPMW (1990)

Protocol against the smuggling of migrants by land, sea or air (2000)

Protection of migrants (Mexico)

SP reporting

Independence and impartiality of the judiciary, jurors and assessors, and the independence of lawyers(Hungary, Australia, Botswana, Maldives, Mexico, Thailand)Biennial resolution

SR on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers (est. 1994)


Basic Principles on the independence of the judiciary (1985)Basic Principles of the role of lawyers (1990)

SP reporting

Internet and human rights

(Brazil, Nigeria, Sweden, Tunisia, Turkey, United States of America)Biennial resolution

HC report

Negative impact of corruption on the enjoyment of human rights (Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Morocco, Poland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)Biennial resolution

Convention against corruption (2003)

Preventing and combating corrupt practices and the transfer of proceeds of corruption in accordance with the UN Convention against corruption (Colombia)

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& Annual Panels


Protection of the family (Bangladesh, Belarus, China, Cote d’Ivoire, Egypt, El Salvador, Mauritania, Morocco, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia)

UDHR, ICCPR, ICESCR, CRC Celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family (G77 and China)

Realizing the equal enjoyment of the right to education by every girl(United Arab Emirates)Triennial resolution

HC report

Right to education (Portugal)

SR on the right to education (est. 1998)


SP reporting

Right of everyone to the Enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health (Brazil)

SR on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health (est. 2002)Next mandate renewal in HRC42 (September 2019)

SP reporting

Rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association(USA, Czech Republic, Indonesia, Lithuania, Maldives, Mexico and Nigeria)

SR on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association (est. 2010)Next mandate renewal in HRC41 (June 2019)

Freedom of association and protection of the right to organise convention (1948, No. 87)

SP reporting

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& Annual Panels


Right to peace(Cuba)

Declaration on the Right to Peace (2016)

Social Forum (Cuba)

Social Forum(res. 19/24)(Reporting in March)

The protection of human rights in the context of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)(Brazil)Triennial resolutionTrafficking in persons, especially women and children (Germany, Philippines)Biennial resolution

SR on trafficking in persons, especially women and children (est. 2004)


Convention for the prevention of trafficking in persons (1949)Protocol to prevent and suppress trafficking in persons (2000)

Trafficking in women and girls (Philippines)

SP reporting

Youth and Human Rights(Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, El Salvador, France, Greece, Italy, Morocco, Philippines, Portugal, Republic of Moldova, Tunisia)

HC report The World Programme of Action for Youth (1995)

Policies and programmes involving youth (2015)

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September sessions



& Panels


Arbitrary detention(France)Biennial resolution

Working Group on arbitrary detention (est. 1991) (Reports in September)Next mandate renewal in HRC42 (2019)

Composition of staff of OHCHR(Cuba)

HC report

Conscientious objection to military service(Costa Rica, Croatia, Poland)Quadrennial resolution

HC report (next report in HRC41)

Contemporary forms of slavery (UK)Triennial resolution

SR on the contemporary forms of slavery (est. 2007)Next mandate renewal in HRC42 (2019)

Slavery Convention (1926)

Forced Labour Convention (1947, No. 29)

Abolition of Forced Labour Convention (1957, No. 105)

SP reporting

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& Panels


Cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights(Fiji, Ghana, Hungary, Ireland, Uruguay)Biennial resolution

SG report

Democratic and equitable international order(Cuba)

IE on an equitable international order (est. 2011)Next mandate renewal in HRC45 (2020)

Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order (Cuba)

SP reporting

Enforced disappearances (France, Morocco, Argentina, Japan)

Working Group on enforced disappearances (est. 1980)Next mandate renewal in HRC45 (2020)

CED (2006)

Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (1992)

International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (Argentina, Morocco, France)

SP reporting

Equal participation in political and public affairs (Botswana, Czech Republic, Indonesia, Netherlands, Peru)

HC report

Elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance (African Group)

SG progress report

HC report

Ad Hoc Committee on complementary standards(res. 3/103)(reporting in March

IGWG on the DDPA(res. CHR 2002/68)(reporting in March)

SR on contemporary forms of racism (est. 1993)

Next mandate renewal in HRC43 (March 2020)

ICERD (1965)

International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of RacialDiscrimination(1969)

Declaration on race and racial prejudice (1978)

A global call for concrete action for the total elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and the comprehensive implementation and follow-up of the

SP reporting (SR and WG)

Elaboration of international complementary standards to the ICERD(African Group)

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& Panels


From rhetoric to reality – a global call for concrete action against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance(African Group) Working Group of Experts

on People of African Descent (est. 2002)Next mandate renewal in HRC45 (2020)

People of African descent(African Group)

Forensic genetics(Argentina)Biennial resolution

Hazardous waste(Côte d’Ivoire, African Group)Triennial resolution

SR on hazardous waste (est. 1995)Next mandate renewal in HRC45 (2020)

Human rights and indigenous peoples (Guatemala, Mexico)Biennial resolution

HC report Annual half-day panel on the rights of indigenous peoples (HRC res. 18/8)

Annual meeting of Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (est. 2007) (intersessional)

SR on the rights of indigenous peoples (est. 2001)Next mandate renewal in HRC42 (2019)

Declaration on the rights of indigenous persons (2007)

Rights of indigenous peoples(Bolivia and Ecuador)

SP Reporting

Human rights in the administration of justice, including juvenile justice (Austria)Biennial resolution

HC report Human rights in the administration of justice(Austria)

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& Panels


Human rights issues related to terrorist hostage-taking (African Group)Triennial resolution

Impact of arms transfers on human rights (Ecuador, Peru)

OHCHR Report

Incompatibility between racism and democracy (MERCOSUR)Triennial resolutionLocal government and human rights (Chile, Egypt, South Korea, Romania)Biennial resolution Mental health and human rights (Brazil, Portugal)National human rights institutions(Australia) Biennial resolution

SG report Principles on the status of national institutions (Paris Principles) (1993)

National institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights(Germany)

National policies (Algeria, Ecuador, Italy, Peru, Romania, Thailand)

OHCHR report Advisory Committee study at HRC45

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& Panels


Older persons(Argentina, Brazil)Triennial resolution

IE on the rights of older persons (est. 2013) Next mandate renewal in HRC42 (2019)

UN Principles for Older Persons (1991)

Towards a multilateral instrument to promote and protect the Human Rights and Dignity of Older Persons (Argentina)

Measures to enhance the promotion and protection of the Human Rights and Dignity of older Persons (Argentina)

SP reporting

Preventable maternal mortality and morbidity(Burkina Faso, Colombia, New Zealand)

HC report

Private military and security companies (African Group)Triennial resolution

IGWG to elaborate the content of an international regulatory framework on the regulation, monitoring and oversight of the activities of private military and security companies (HRC res. 36/11)

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& Panels


Promoting human rights through sport and the Olympic ideal (Brazil, Congo, Cyprus, Greece, Japan, Lebanon, Morocco, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation)

Promoting international cooperation to support national human rights follow-up systems, processes and related mechanisms, and their contribution to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development(Brazil, Paraguay)Promotion and protection of the human rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas(Bolivia, Cuba, Ecuador, South Africa)Biennial resolution

IGWG on a UN declaration on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas(HRC res. 21/19)

Regional cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region(Thailand)

Right to development (NAM)

HC and SG report Working Group on the Right to Development (HRC res. 9/3)

SR on the right to development (est. 2016)

Declaration on the right to development (1986)

Right to development(NAM)

SP reporting

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& Panels


Right to truth(Argentina,)Biennial resolution

HC report Right to the Truth (Argentina)

Transitional Justice (Argentina, Austria, Colombia, Côte d'Ivoire, France, Maldives, Morocco, Peru, Switzerland, Uruguay)

Biennal resolution

SR on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence

(Argentina, Austria, Colombia, Côte d'Ivoire, France, Maldives, Morocco, Peru, Switzerland, Uruguay)

Triennal resolution

SR on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence (est. 2011)Next mandate renewal in HRC45 (2020)

SP reporting

Safety of Journalists (Austria, Brazil, France, Greece, Morocco, Qatar and Tunisia)Biennial resolution

The safety of journalists and the issue of impunity (Argentina, Austria, Costa Rica, France, Greece and Tunisia)

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& Panels


Technical cooperation and capacity building in the field of human rights (Brazil, Honduras, Indonesia, Morocco, Norway, Qatar, Singapore, Thailand, Turkey)

HC report (June session)

HC briefing & Voluntary Fund Technical Cooperation (HRC res.18/18) (March session)

Annual half-day thematic panel discussion on technical cooperation (res 18/18)(June session)

The full enjoyment of human rights by all women and girls and the systematic mainstreaming of a gender perspective into the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development(Angola, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, Timor-Leste)The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation (Germany and Spain) Biennial resolution

SR on Water and Sanitation (est. 2008)Next mandate renewal: HRC42 (2019)

The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation (Germany and Spain)

SP reporting

The right to a nationality (Algeria, Australia, Botswana, Colombia, Mexico, Slovakia, Turkey, United States of America)

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& Panels


The question of the death penalty(Belgium, Benin, Costa Rica, France, Mexico, Mongolia, Moldova, Switzerland)Biennial resolution

SG report Biennial half-day high-level panel on the question of the death penalty (res 26/2)(March session)

Moratorium on the use of the death penalty(Chile)

The role of prevention (Hungary, Maldives, Morocco, Poland, Ukraine, Uruguay)Triennial resolution

HC report

The use of mercenaries (Cuba)

Working Group on the use of mercenaries (est. 1987, change from SR in 2005)Next mandate renewal in HRC42 (2019)

International Convention against the use of mercenaries (1989)

Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination(Cuba)

SP reporting

Traditional values (Russia)Biennial resolution

HC report

Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights(El Salvador) World Programme for Human Rights Education (Brazil, Costa Rica, Italy, Morocco, Slovenia, Senegal, Philippines, Thailand )Biennial resolution

HC report UN Declaration on human rights education and training (2011)

Follow-up to the International Year of human rights learning(African Group)

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