A/HRC/RES/52/9
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
14 April 2023
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Fifty-second session
27 February–4 April 2023
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council
on 3 April 2023
52/9.
Freedom of opinion and expression: mandate of Special Rapporteur on
the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and
expression
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling Human Rights Council resolutions 7/36 of 28 March 2008, 12/16 of 2
October 2009, 16/4 of 24 March 2011, 23/2 of 13 June 2013, 25/2 of 27 March 2014 34/18
of 24 March 2017, 43/4 of 19 June 2020, 44/12 of 16 July 2020 and 50/15 of 8 July 2022,
and all previous resolutions of the Commission on Human Rights and the Council on the
right to freedom of opinion and expression,
Recognizing that the effective exercise of the right to freedom of opinion and
expression, as enshrined in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, is essential for the enjoyment of other human rights
and freedoms and constitutes a fundamental pillar for building a democratic society and
strengthening democracy, bearing in mind that all human rights are universal, indivisible,
interdependent and interrelated,
Recalling Human Rights Council resolutions 5/1, on the institution-building of the
Council, and 5/2, on the Code of Conduct for Special Procedure Mandate Holders of the
Council, of 18 June 2007, and stressing that the mandate holder shall discharge his or her
duties in accordance with those resolutions and the annexes thereto,
1.
Welcomes the work of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection
of the right to freedom of opinion and expression;
2.
Decides to extend the mandate of Special Rapporteur on the promotion and
protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression for a further period of three
years;
3.
Urges all States to cooperate fully with and to assist the Special Rapporteur in
the performance of his or her tasks, to provide all necessary information requested by him or
her and to consider favourably his or her requests for visits and for implementing his or her
recommendations;
GE.23-06903(E)