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mechanisms in identifying and addressing obstacles to the enjoyment of human rights by
youth,
Bearing in mind that young people face specific challenges that require integrated
responses by States, the United Nations system and other stakeholders,
Bearing in mind also that today’s generation of youth is the largest the world has
ever witnessed, and that the ways in which the challenges and the potential of young people
are addressed by policy will influence the well-being and livelihood of future generations,
Underlining the important role that youth can play in the promotion of peace,
sustainable development and human rights, and the importance of active and wide
participation of youth in decision-making,
Stressing that the enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms by young
people empowers them to contribute to the political, civil, economic, social, and cultural
development of their countries,
Recalling the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training,
and recognizing that human rights education and training for youth can contribute to the
promotion of inclusive and tolerant societies, thereby favouring the progressive realization
of all human rights,
1.
Decides to convene at its thirty-third session a panel discussion on the theme,
“Youth and human rights”, the objective of which will be to identify challenges, best
practices and lessons learned in the exercise of human rights by young people, and relevant
opportunities for the empowerment of youth in the exercise of their rights, and requests the
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to liaise with States and all
stakeholders, including relevant United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, the treaty
bodies, the special procedures of the Human Rights Council, national human rights
institutions and civil society, including representatives of youth organizations, with a view
to ensuring their participation in the panel discussion;
2.
Requests the High Commissioner to prepare a report on the panel discussion
in the format of a summary, and to submit the report to the Human Rights Council at its
thirty-fifth session;
3.
Decides to remain seized of the matter.
41st meeting
30 June 2016
[Adopted without a vote.]
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