A/HRC/RES/27/26 Reaffirming that all human rights are inalienable, universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated and that, therefore, national policies aimed at their promotion and protection will also have a mutually reinforcing effect on their realization, Recognizing that each State has the right to choose the framework that is best suited to its particular needs at the national level, Reaffirming the importance of international cooperation to support States in the process of integrating their obligations and commitments under international human rights law into national legislation, and drawing up and carrying out national policies aimed at the full realization of human rights and fundamental freedoms, Recognizing the important and constructive role that national human rights institutions and civil society can play in the process of drawing up and assessing the impact of national policies aimed at the promotion, protection and full realization of human rights and fundamental freedoms, Bearing in mind that technical cooperation offered by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, upon request of and in close cooperation with States, with the aim of integrating human rights into national policies and programmes can be a useful vehicle to support States’ compliance with their human rights obligations, as well as their follow-up to recommendations made by the United Nations human rights mechanisms, Affirming that the participation of members of all sectors of society in debating and developing policies and programmes affecting the population is critical for the success of such processes, Recognizing that public policies planned and formulated through participatory approaches are key for promoting respect for, and safeguarding of, the realization of human rights, 1. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on technical assistance and capacity-building options for integrating human rights into national policies;2 2. Acknowledges the efforts made by the Office of the High Commissioner, in both technical assistance and capacity-building, upon request and in close cooperation with States, to align laws, policies, institutions and practices with their human rights obligations and commitments, to implement accepted universal periodic review recommendations and to follow up on recommendations made by other United Nations human rights mechanisms; 3. Recommends that States integrate into their national policies a human rights perspective aimed at the promotion, protection and full realization of human rights and fundamental freedoms; 4. Decides to convene, at its twenty-eighth session, a panel discussion on the issue of national policies and human rights, with a particular focus on the findings of the report,2 identifying challenges, further developments and good practices in mainstreaming human rights in national policies and programmes; 2 2 A/HRC/27/41.