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Principles: National institutions for the promotion and protection
of human rights
United Nations (UN)
December 20, 1993
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The General
Assembly,
Recalling
the relevant resolutions concerning national institutions for the
protection and promotion of human rights, notably its resolutions
41/129 of 4 December 1986 and 46/124 of 17 December 1991 and Commission
on Human Rights resolutions 1987/40 of 10 March 1987, 1988/72 of 10
March 1988, 1989/52 of 7 March 1989, 1990/73 of 7 March 1990,
1991/27 of
5 March 1991 and 1992/54 of 3 March 1992, and taking note of Commission
resolution 1993/55 of 9 March 1993, Emphasizing the importance of
the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenants
on Human Rights and other international instruments for promoting
respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms,
Affirming that priority should be accorded to the development of appropriate
arrangements at the national level to ensure the effective implementation
of international human rights standards, Convinced of the significant
role that institutions at the national level can play in promoting
and protecting human rights and fundamental freedoms and in developing
and enhancing public awareness of those rights and freedoms, Recognizing
that the United Nations can play a catalytic role in assisting the
development of national institutions by acting as a clearing-house
for the exchange of information and experience,
Mindful in this regard
of the guidelines on the structure and functioning of national and
local institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights
endorsed by the General Assembly in its resolution 33/46 of 14
December 1978, Welcoming the growing interest shown worldwide in the
creation and strengthening of national institutions, expressed during
the Regional Meeting for Africa of the World Conference on Human Rights,
held at Tunis from 2 to 6 November 1992, the Regional Meeting for
Latin America and the Caribbean, held at San Jose from 18 to 22 January
1993, the Regional Meeting for Asia, held at Bangkok from 29 March
to 2 April 1993, the Commonwealth Workshop on National Human Rights
Institutions, held at Ottawa from 30 September to 2 October 1992 and
the Workshop for the Asia and Pacific Region on Human Rights Issues,
held at Jakarta from 26 to 28 January 1993, and manifested in the
decisions announced recently by several Member States to establish
national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights,
Bearing in
mind the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, in which the
World Conference on Human Rights reaffirmed the important and constructive
role played by national institutions for the promotion and protection
of human rights, in particular in their advisory capacity to the competent
authorities, their role in remedying human rights violations, in the
dissemination of human rights information and in education in human
rights.
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