Mandate

In resolution 28/14, adopted on 26 March 2015, the Human Rights Council decided to establish a forum on human rights, democracy and rule of law. 

The purpose of the Forum is ‘to provide a platform for promoting dialogue and cooperation on issues pertaining to the relationship between these areas’ and to ‘identify and analyze best practices, challenges and opportunities for States in their efforts to secure respect for human rights, democracy and the rule of law’.