A/HRC/RES/23/19
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 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,
1.
Recognizes that State action aimed at the full realization of human rights and
fundamental freedoms at the national level is made most effective by drawing up and
putting into practice national policies in conformity with obligations under international
human rights law;
2.
Stresses the importance of the resolution of Heads of State and Government
to integrate the promotion and protection of human rights into national policies as reflected
in the 2005 World Summit Outcome,
3.
Recognizes the importance of developing, strengthening and implementing,
as appropriate, national systems for collecting, monitoring and evaluating relevant
disaggregated national data as a useful tool for drawing up and assessing the impact of
national policies aimed at the enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms;
4.
Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights to prepare a report on technical assistance and capacity-building options for
integrating human rights into national policies, drawing from worldwide best practices in
this field, with a view to support States in developing and applying suitable methodologies
to that end, upon request and according to their own particular needs and priorities;
5.
Also requests the Office of the High Commissioner to submit the abovementioned report to the Human Rights Council at its twenty-seventh session.
39th meeting
13 June 2013
[Adopted without a vote.]
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