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including recommendations accepted in the context of the universal periodic review, and
strongly encourages the Office of the High Commissioner and respective United Nations
agencies to respond favourably to such requests and to provide information on the technical
support provided to States;
9.
Stresses the importance of enhancing coordination between the Office of the
High Commissioner and other United Nations agencies in their technical cooperation and
capacity-building efforts, and encourages the sharing of information on a regular basis
among the Office, other relevant United Nations agencies and the States concerned on
technical assistance and capacity-building efforts undertaken at the national level;
10.
Calls upon the Office of the High Commissioner to enhance its cooperation,
within its mandate, with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in the provision of
relevant technical assistance to countries and to identify the needs and capacities of
countries in order to increase country-to-country and South-South cooperation relating to
the treatment of prisoners, including women prisoners, and non-custodial measures for
women offenders;
11.
Encourages the special procedures of the Human Rights Council, in their
interaction with States, to share information and their knowledge relating to best practices
and the possibility of technical assistance and capacity-building in the promotion and
protection of human rights, including, where applicable and within their respective
mandates, those pertaining to the human rights of prisoners, including women prisoners and
offenders;
12.
Welcomes the panel discussion held pursuant to Human Rights Council
resolution 39/18 at its forty-first session on the theme “Technical cooperation and capacitybuilding in the field of the human rights of older persons”, at which participants discussed
relevant issues, including national and regional efforts to combat all forms of discrimination
against older persons and to promote and protect their rights, the initiatives organized by
the World Health Organization for the Decade of Healthy Ageing 2020-2030 and the
Global Network for Age-friendly Cities and Communities, the potential impact of new
technologies on the human rights of older persons and the importance of promoting the
empowerment and meaningful participation of older persons;
13.
Decides, in accordance with paragraphs 3 and 4 of its resolution 18/18 of 29
September 2011, that the theme of the annual thematic panel discussion under agenda item
10, to be held during its forty-fourth session, will be “Upholding the human rights of
prisoners, including women prisoners and offenders: enhancing technical cooperation and
capacity-building in the implementation of the Nelson Mandela Rules and the Bangkok
Rules”;
14.
Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to prepare a report, to be
submitted to the Human Rights Council at its forty-fourth session, to serve as a basis for the
panel discussion, on the activities and plans of the Office and relevant United Nations
country teams and agencies, in particular the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime,
and regional organizations to support States’ efforts to promote and protect the human
rights of prisoners, including women prisoners and offenders, in particular in the
implementation of the Nelson Mandela Rules and the Bangkok Rules;
15.
Calls upon States, international human rights bodies and mechanisms,
relevant international organizations, national human rights institutions and civil society to
share best practices and make use of the ideas and issues raised in the panel discussion to
enhance the efficiency, effectiveness and policy coherence of technical cooperation and
capacity-building efforts and build multi-stakeholder partnerships in the promotion and
protection of the human rights, including the rights of prisoners, including women prisoners
and offenders.
42nd meeting
27 September 2019
[Adopted without a vote.]
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