A/HRC/RES/46/11
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
26 March 2021
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Forty-sixth session
22 February–24 March 2021
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 23 March 2021
46/11.
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 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the
Universal Declaration of Human 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 and 75/206 of 21 December 2020 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 and 40/4 of 21 March 2019,
Recalling that human rights, as recognized in the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International
Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural 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,
Reaffirming that all peoples may, for their own ends, freely dispose of their natural
wealth and resources without prejudice to any obligations arising out of international
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