A/HRC/RES/45/31 Reaffirming also that the existing mechanisms of the Human Rights Council, particularly the universal periodic review, the special procedures, the complaints procedure, the Advisory Committee and the open-ended intergovernmental working groups, contribute to the prevention of human rights violations and to the promotion and protection of human rights, Recognizing that the bulk of preventive work, including when technical assistance is provided by the international community, takes place at the national level, on the initiative and under the direction of national authorities, through the implementation of the State’s international human rights obligations and commitments, inter alia through the work of national mechanisms for implementation, reporting and follow-up Recognizing also that prevention, to be effective, requires long-term engagement and a forward-looking approach in identifying and addressing the risk factors and root causes of crises, which, if not tackled, may lead to human rights emergencies or conflicts, Acknowledging the important role played by national human rights institutions, civil society organizations and human rights defenders in preventing human rights violations, including by providing information on early warning signs and on patterns of human rights violations, and underscoring their contribution to the work of the Human Rights Council and the need to protect those who seek to cooperate, cooperate or have cooperated with the United Nations, its representatives and its mechanisms in the field of human rights, including with the Council’s mechanisms, from acts of intimidation and reprisal, Recalling Human Rights Council resolution 38/18 of 6 July 2018, Recalling also Human Rights Council resolution 42/6 of 26 September 2019 on the role of prevention in the promotion and protection of human rights, and other relevant Council resolutions, Underscoring the importance of enhancing the contribution of the Human Rights Council to prevention, including through more systematic links with efforts to sustain peace and to implement the Sustainable Development Goals, Recalling General Assembly resolution 70/262 of 27 April 2016 on the review of the United Nations peacebuilding architecture, and Security Council resolution 2282 (2016) of 27 April 2016, as well as Assembly resolution 70/1 of 25 September 2015, entitled “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, Acknowledging that the promotion and protection of human rights and the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development are interrelated and mutually reinforcing, and that both serve to build national resilience, Taking note of the reports of the Secretary-General on peacebuilding and sustaining peace submitted to the General Assembly at its seventy-third and seventy-fourth sessions,1 Taking note also of the Secretary-General’s “A Call to Action for Human Rights”, launched on 24 February 2020 during the forty-third session of the Human Rights Council, and noting with appreciation its focus on prevention, 1. Welcomes the work of the rapporteurs and takes note of their report on an overview of consultations on the contribution of the Human Rights Council to the prevention of human rights violations2 and the recommendations therein, submitted in accordance with Council resolution 38/18; 2. Encourages States and all other relevant stakeholders to consider the recommendations made in the report of the rapporteurs; 3. Urges all mechanisms of the Human Rights Council to integrate prevention into their work and, where appropriate, into their reporting, in accordance with their respective mandates; 1 2 2 A/73/890–S/2019/448 and A/74/976–S/2020/773. A/HRC/43/37.