A/HRC/RES/51/34
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
12 October 2022
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Fifty-first session
12 September–7 October 2022
Agenda item 10
Technical assistance and capacity-building
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council
on 7 October 2022
51/34.
Enhancement of technical cooperation and capacity-building in the
field of human rights
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
particularly with regard to achieving international cooperation in promoting and encouraging
respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all, without distinction of any
kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social
origin, property, birth or other status,
Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and recalling all relevant
human rights treaties, including the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
Recognizing that, in the context of technical cooperation and capacity-building, the
enhancement of international cooperation is essential for the effective promotion, protection
and fulfilment of human rights, which should be based on the principles of cooperation and
genuine dialogue and aimed at strengthening the capacity of States to promote, protect and
fulfil human rights, to prevent human rights violations and to comply with their human rights
obligations for the benefit of all human beings,
Bearing in mind the mandate of the Human Rights Council, as stated by the General
Assembly in its resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006, to promote advisory services, technical
assistance and capacity-building, to be provided in consultation with and with the consent of
the States concerned, and the provisions of Council resolutions 5/1 and 5/2 of 18 June 2007
and 16/21 of 25 March 2011 that aim to enable the Council to fulfil such a mandate,
Recalling all relevant Human Rights Council resolutions on the enhancement of
technical cooperation and capacity-building in the field of human rights, in particular Council
resolution 33/28 of 30 September 2016 and the report requested therein, and the report of the
Secretary-General entitled “Current system-wide delivery and financing of, and existing gaps
in, technical assistance and capacity-building that support the implementation by States of
their international human rights obligations and commitments”,1
Reaffirming General Assembly resolution 70/1 of 25 September 2015, entitled
“Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, and recalling the
Sustainable Development Goals, in particular Goal 17 on strengthening the means of
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