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UN resolutions 

Over the past two decades, the United Nations General Assembly and other bodies have issued resolutions of relevance to NHRIs:

  • GA resolution 48/134 endorsing the Paris Principles;
  • A number of GA resolutions on national human rights institutions, of which the latest is A/RES/74/156
  • A number of HRC resolutions on national human rights institutions, of which the latest is A/HRC/RES/51/31
  • A number of GA resolutions on the role of the Ombudsman, mediator and other national human rights institutions in the promotion and protection of human rights, of which the latest is A/RES/75/186.

Latest UN Secretary-General reports

Secretary-General's report to the General Assembly on national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights. - A/76/246
  • The role of the Ombudsman, mediator and other national human rights institutions in the promotion and protection of human rights. – A/75/224
  • Secretary-General's report to the General Assembly on national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights. - A/74/226
  • Secretary-General's report to the Human Rights Council on national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights. - A/HRC/39/20
  • Secretary-General's report to the Human Rights Council on Activities of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions in accrediting national institutions in compliance with the principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (the Paris Principles). - A/HRC/39/21
  • Secretary-General's report to the General Assembly on national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights. - A/76/2445
    Annex I: Submissions from national human rights institutions to the Human Rights Council (submitted between August 2020 and July 2021)
    Annex II: Engagement of national human rights institutions in the third cycle of the universal periodic review (2019–2020)
    Annex III: Engagement of national human rights institutions in the work of the treaty bodies (August 2020–July 2021)