A/HRC/RES/52/21
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
19 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
52/21.
The negative impact of the non-repatriation of funds of illicit origin to
the countries of origin on the enjoyment of human rights, and the
importance of improving international cooperation
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant
on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Declaration on the Right to Development, the
Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, the United Nations Convention against
Corruption and other relevant human rights instruments,
Recalling General Assembly resolutions 60/251 of 15 March 2006, 62/219 of 22
December 2007 and 65/281 of 17 June 2011, and Human Rights Council resolutions 5/1 and
5/2 of 18 June 2007, 11/11 of 18 June 2009 and 16/21 of 25 March 2011,
Recalling also General Assembly resolutions 73/190 of 17 December 2018, 74/276 of
1 June 2020, 75/206 of 21 December 2020, 76/196 of 17 December 2021 and 77/154 of 14
December 2022 on the importance of preventing and combating corrupt practices, and the
promotion of international cooperation to combat illicit financial flows and strengthen good
practices on assets return to foster sustainable development and the full realization of human
rights,
Recalling further Human Rights Council resolutions 17/23 of 17 June 2011, 19/38 of
23 March 2012, 22/12 of 21 March 2013, 25/9 of 27 March 2014, 28/5 of 26 March 2015,
31/22 of 24 March 2016, 34/11 of 23 March 2017, 40/4 of 21 March 2019 and 46/11 of 23
March 2021,
Recalling that human rights are universal, indivisible, interrelated and interdependent,
and reiterating the commitment to ensure the effective enjoyment of all civil, political,
economic, social and cultural rights for everyone, including the right to development, and the
primary responsibility of States to promote, protect and respect all human rights and
fundamental freedoms,
Concerned that flows of funds of illicit origin deprive countries of resources required
to progressively realize human rights, including economic, social and cultural rights, and in
particular the right to development, in such a way that threatens the stability and sustainable
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