A/HRC/RES/35/29
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
13 July 2017
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-fifth session
6–23 June 2017
Agenda item 5
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 23 June 2017
35/29.
Contribution of parliaments to the work of the Human Rights
Council and its universal periodic review
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and all
relevant human rights instruments,
Acknowledging the crucial role that parliaments play in, inter alia, translating
international commitments into national policies and laws, including by supporting the
implementation of recommendations generated by the international human rights
mechanisms, especially the recommendations supported by the State concerned in the
framework of the universal periodic review, as appropriate, and hence their contribution to
the fulfilment by each State Member of the United Nations of its human rights obligations
and commitments and to the strengthening of the rule of law,
Taking note of the successive resolutions adopted by the General Assembly since
2010, in particular its resolutions 65/123 of 13 December 2010, in which the Assembly
recognized the importance of continued parliamentary support for the work of the Human
Rights Council, and 66/261 of 29 May 2012, in which it encouraged the Inter-Parliamentary
Union, as the world organization of national parliaments, to strengthen its contribution to
the Council, particularly with regard to the universal periodic review, as well as resolution
68/272 of 19 May 2014, in which the Assembly welcomed the contribution of the InterParliamentary Union to the work of the Council,
Recalling Human Rights Council resolutions 22/15 of 21 March 2013, 26/29 of 27
June 2014 and 30/14 of 1 October 2015, on the contribution of parliaments to the work of
the Council and its universal periodic review,
Taking note with appreciation of the summary report of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights on the panel discussion on taking stock of the
contribution of parliaments to the work of the Human Rights Council and its universal
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