A/HRC/RES/18/13 1. Affirms the importance of effective preventive measures as a part of overall strategies for the promotion and protection of all human rights; 2. Recognizes that States have the primary responsibility for the promotion and protection of all human rights, including the prevention of human rights violations, and that this responsibility involves all branches of the State; 3. Stresses that States should promote supportive and enabling environments for the prevention of human rights violations, including, inter alia, by: (a) Considering ratifying international human rights conventions and covenants; (b) Fully implementing international human rights conventions and covenants to which they are party; (c) Developing good governance, democratic systems, the rule of law and accountability; (d) Adopting policies to ensure the enjoyment of all human rights; (e) Addressing all forms of discrimination, as well as factors, inter alia, inequality and poverty, that may lead to situations in which human rights violations are committed; (f) Promoting a free and active civil society; (g) Promoting freedom of expression; (h) Ensuring, where they exist, strong and independent national human rights institutions, in accordance with the principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (the Paris Principles); (i) Promoting human rights education and training, in particular for State actors; (j) Ensuring an independent and functioning judiciary; (k) Fighting corruption; 4. Welcomes the role of national human rights institutions in contributing to the prevention of human rights violations, and encourages States to strengthen the mandate and capacity of such institutions, where they exist, to enable them to fulfil this role effectively in accordance with the Paris Principles; 5. Acknowledges that the Human Rights Council shall, inter alia, contribute, through dialogue and cooperation, to the prevention of human rights violations and respond promptly to human rights emergencies; 6. Welcomes the submission of the report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the Workshop on the Role of Prevention in the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights,1 and takes note of the conclusions and recommendations therein; 7. Stresses the need to further develop and raise awareness of the concept of prevention of human rights violations in order to encourage its reflection in relevant policies and strategies at the national, regional and international levels; 8. Recognizes the need for further research to assist States, at their request, and other stakeholders to understand and mainstream the role of prevention into the promotion and protection of human rights; 1 2 A/HRC/18/24.