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15.
Requests the Office of the High Commissioner and other relevant United
Nations agencies to provide the Independent Expert with all the human, technical and
financial assistance necessary to carry out fully his mandate;
16.
Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.
42nd meeting
29 September 2017
[Adopted without a vote.]
36/28.
Enhancement of technical cooperation and capacity-building in
the field of human rights
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
particularly with regard to achieving international cooperation in promoting and
encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all, without
distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other
opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status,
Reaffirming the obligation of States under the Charter to promote universal respect
for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms,
Recalling all relevant international human rights treaties, including the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social
and Cultural Rights,
Recognizing that the enhancement of international cooperation is essential for the
effective promotion and protection of human rights, which should be based on the
principles of cooperation and genuine dialogue and aimed at strengthening the capacity of
States to prevent human rights violations and to comply with their human rights obligations
for the benefit of all human beings,
Recognizing also the importance of enhancing international support for
implementing effective and targeted capacity-building in developing countries to support
national plans to implement all the Sustainable Development Goals,
Recalling General Assembly resolution 70/1 of 25 September 2015 on the 2030
Agenda for Sustainable Development,
Recalling also that the 2030 Agenda is guided by the purposes and principles of the
Charter, including full respect for international law, and is grounded in the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights and international human rights treaties, that it is informed by
other instruments, such as the Declaration on the Right to Development, and that it is to be
implemented in a manner that is consistent with the rights and obligations of States under
international law,
Recognizing that the implementation of the 2030 Agenda must be consistent with a
State’s obligations under international human rights law,
Bearing in mind the mandate of the Human Rights Council, as stated by the General
Assembly in its resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006, to promote advisory services,
technical assistance and capacity-building, to be provided in consultation with and with the
consent of the States concerned, and the provisions of Council resolutions 5/1 and 5/2 of 18
June 2007 and 16/21 of 25 March 2011 that aim to enable the Council to fulfil such a
mandate,
Recalling all relevant resolutions of the Human Rights Council on the enhancement
of technical cooperation and capacity-building in the field of human rights,
Noting the important role that technical cooperation and capacity-building can play
in building States’ capacities to implement the Sustainable Development Goals in a way
that is consistent with their respective obligations under international human rights law,
Recognizing the positive role of capacity-building in the field of human rights in
supporting States in their implementation of the 2030 Agenda,
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