A/HRC/RES/37/6
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
9 April 2018
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-seventh session
26 February–23 March 2018
Agenda item 3
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council
on 22 March 2018
37/6.
The role of good governance in the promotion and protection of human
rights
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Guided also by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a common standard
of achievement of all peoples and all nations, and also the Vienna Declaration and
Programme of Action, which affirmed that all human rights are universal, indivisible,
interdependent and interrelated,
Recalling all relevant international human rights treaties, including the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social
and Cultural Rights,
Recalling also Human Rights Council resolutions 7/11 of 27 March 2008, 19/20 of
23 March 2012, 25/8 of 27 March 2014 and 31/14 of 23 March 2016, all other resolutions
relevant to the role of good governance in the promotion of human rights, and the United
Nations Millennium Declaration,
Welcoming the resolve of States parties to the United Nations Convention against
Corruption, and noting with interest the provisions of the Convention that have led to the
development of a mechanism among States parties to review their progress in combating
corruption,
Welcoming also the commitments made by all States in the 2005 World Summit
Outcome1 to make the fight against corruption a priority at all levels,
Noting the ongoing work by several important initiatives towards the deepening of
good governance practices at the national, regional and international levels,
Recognizing the importance of a conducive environment, at both the national and
international levels, for the full enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms and
of the mutually reinforcing relationship between good governance and human rights,
1
General Assembly resolution 60/1.
GE.18-05513(E)