A/HRC/RES/45/2
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
13 October 2020
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Forty-fifth session
14 September–7 October 2020
Agenda item 2
Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the
High Commissioner and the Secretary-General
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council
on 6 October 2020
45/2.
Strengthening cooperation and technical assistance in the field of
human rights in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant
on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel,
Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the International Convention for the
Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, the Convention on the Elimination
of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and other relevant international human rights
instruments,
Reiterating the primary responsibility of the State to respect, protect and fulfil human
rights and fundamental freedoms,
Reaffirming that all human rights are universal, indivisible, interrelated,
interdependent and mutually reinforcing, and that all human rights must be treated in a fair
and equal manner, on the same footing and with the same emphasis,
Reaffirming also that the process of promoting and protecting human rights should be
conducted in conformity with the purposes and principles of the Charter, including the respect
for the universal principles of sovereignty, territorial integrity, the free determination of
peoples, the sovereign equality of States and non-intervention and non-interference in
internal affairs, and in full respect for international law,
Recalling that States elected to membership in the Human Rights Council shall uphold
the highest standards in the promotion and protection of human rights and fully cooperate
with the Council,
Recalling also the obligation of States to ensure accessible and effective remedies to
individuals for any violations or abuses of human rights,
Underlining the primary importance of engaging in continuous constructive dialogue
and cooperation with the State concerned in order to strengthen its capacity to comply with
its human rights obligations,
Recalling General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006 and Human Rights
Council resolution 5/1 of 18 June 2007,
GE.20-13315(E)