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A/HRC/51/19: Human rights implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people
Published
09 June 2022
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A/HRC/51/19
Summary
The present study was prepared in accordance with resolution 48/12, in which the Council requested the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to conduct a detailed study on ways to mitigate the impact of the global pandemic on the human rights of young people for presentation at the Council at its fifty-first session. It highlights the systemic barriers to youth’s human rights, particularly education, employment and social security, health, and participation, in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. It recommends that States adopt a youth-centred, human rights-based approach to COVID-19 recovery and implement it in partnership with youth, and that States and UN entities mainstream youth rights so that young people can fully enjoy their human rights.
Related links
- Report on youth and human rights
- Youth and COVID-19: Impacts on jobs, education, rights and mental well-being (2020)
Inputs received
Member States
- Albania
- Austria (1, 2)
- Azerbaijan
- Chile
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Czech Republic
- Ecuador
- Honduras
- Italy
- Malaysia
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Nepal
- Norway (1, 2)
- Portugal
- Qatar (1, 2)
- Republic of Korea
- Romania
- Russian Federation
- Togo
- Turkey (1, 2)
- Uzbekistan
NHRIs
NGOs and Civil Society Organizations
- Anglican Consultative Council
- Africa Albinism Network
- Brazilian Campaign for the Right to Education
- Centro de Derechos Humanos Fray Francisco de Vitoria
- Caritas International
- Children of Prisoners Europe (1, 2, 3, 4)
- European Youth Forum
- Youth Organizations Forum (GoFor)
- International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
- Maat for Peace, Development, and Human Rights
- Mauritius Institute of International Studies
- Plan International
- World Federation of the Deaf
- World Vision International
- Global, and Y-Peer Asia-Pacific
- Youth RISE, Youth-LEAD, Y+
Regional bodies
- Council of Europe
- European Network of Ombudspersons for Children (1, 2, 3)
United Nations entities
- United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (1, 2)
- Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth
- Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict
- OHCHR Central Asia Regional Office
- United Nations Population Fund
- UN Office on Drugs and Crime
Issued By:
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Delivered To:
UN Human Rights Council at its 51st session