Effective functioning of the various mechanisms established for supervision, investigation and monitoring of the implementation of the treaty obligations entered into by States in regard to human rights and of the existing international standards in this regard.
| Publisher | UN Commission on Human Rights |
| Author | UN Commission on Human Rights (49th sess. : 1993 : Geneva) |
| Publication Date | 9 March 1993 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | E/CN.4/RES/1993/58 |
| Reference | 49 |
| Cite as | UN Commission on Human Rights, Effective functioning of the various mechanisms established for supervision, investigation and monitoring of the implementation of the treaty obligations entered into by States in regard to human rights and of the existing international standards in this regard., 9 March 1993, E/CN.4/RES/1993/58, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3b00f0e20.html [accessed 23 October 2022] |
1993/58. Effective functioning of the various mechanisms established for supervision, investigation and monitoring of the implementation of the treaty obligations entered into by States in regard to human rights and of the existing international standards in this regard
The Commission on Human Rights, Recalling General Assembly resolution 43/115 of 8 December 1988 and its own resolution 1991/20 of I March 1991 concerning the effective functioning of bodies established pursuant to United Nations human rights instruments, Bearing in mind the latest reports of the Human Rights Committee, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Committee against Torture, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the Group of Three and the Committee on the Rights of the Child, among others, Recalling its various resolutions in which it created a substantial number of thematic or country special rapporteurs, special representatives, independent experts and ad hoc working groups, all of which are non-treaty mechanisms, Bearing in mind that, pursuant to Economic and Social Council resolution 1503 (XLVIII) of 27 May 1970 and Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities resolution 1 (XXIV) of 13 August 1971, the mechanism was duly established and implemented for dealing with communications relating to allegations of violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms in any country, within the confidential procedure, Considering that other organizations of the United Nations system, such as the International Labour Organization and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, have also established various mechanisms for the promotion, protection and full realization of human rights and fundamental freedoms, Considering also that, in view of the substantial increase in recent years in the number of mechanisms created in this sphere, many countries, particularly developing countries, have to prepare numerous periodic reports and answer a wide range of requests for information on facts or situations said to exist in those countries, requests that cannot be fully met as required or within the requisite time-limits, Mindful of the need to pay due attention to the possible simplification, rationalization and improvement of the methods of work of all the existing mechanisms and of fostering a broad exchange of views to achieve more effective functioning of these mechanisms, Recognizing the important role that should be played in this regard by the Centre for Human Rights, in its capacity as the coordinating centre for human rights within the United Nations, Recalling General Assembly resolution 31/130 of 16 December 1977 and its own resolutions 1989/48 and 1989/54 of 7 March 1989, 1991/30 of 5 March 1991, 1991/79 of 6 March 1991, 1992/39 of 28 February 1992 and 1992/83 of 6 March 1992,1. Expresses its conviction that the strengthening of the role of the United Nations system in the promotion, protection and full realization of all human rights, in keeping with the Charter of the United Nations, requires increasingly efficient functioning of all the existing or any future mechanisms, as well as suitable methods of work of the Commission on Human Rights;
2. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the Commission, at its fiftieth session, a report on:
(a) The original mandates assigned to the various treaty and non-treaty mechanisms established for the supervision, investigation and monitoring of the implementation of the provisions of international legal instruments and standards in this regard;
(b) The international legal norms and standards on which existing non-treaty mechanisms now base their activities, as well as the conceptual framework, methods of work and procedural rules that each has deemed it advisable to apply in the discharge of its mandate;
(c) The various norms, criteria and practices established by each of the various existing mechanisms in regard to the admissibility of communications, as well as the preliminary consideration and evaluation of communications, their referral to the interested parties and the subsequent course followed in connection with them;
(d) The criteria used in practice by the Centre for Human Rights to channel communications received on these issues either to existing public machinery or to bodies provided for in the confidential procedure established under Economic and Social Council resolution 1503 (XLVIII), together with the legal foundation for such criteria;
3. Also Requests the Secretary-General to make the report available to the World Conference on Human Rights for consideration under item 12 (c) of its agenda;
4. Decides to discuss the report at its fiftieth session, under the agenda item "Further promotion and encouragement of human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the question of the programme and methods of work of the Commission".
63rd meeting9 March 1993
[Adopted by a roll-call vote of 33 to 16 with
3 abstentions. See chap. XI.]
