A/HRC/RES/47/7
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
26 July 2021
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Forty-seventh session
21 June–14 July 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 12 July 2021
47/7.
The negative impact of corruption on the enjoyment of human rights
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the Charter of the United Nations,
Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenants
on Human Rights and other relevant international human rights instruments,
Recalling all relevant resolutions of the Commission on Human Rights and the Human
Rights Council,
Recalling also that the United Nations Convention against Corruption, to which 140
States are signatories and 186 States are parties, has been the most comprehensive and
universal instrument on corruption since its entry into force on 14 December 2005, the
purposes of which are outlined in its article 1,
Reaffirming that States have the primary responsibility for the promotion and
protection of human rights,
Noting with interest the outcomes of the sessions of the Conference of the States
Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption, and stressing the need for States
parties to the Convention to ensure the effective implementation of the decisions and
resolutions adopted by the Conference,
Welcoming the upcoming ninth session of the Conference of the States Parties to the
United Nations Convention against Corruption, to be held in Egypt in December 2021,
Taking note of the report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights on challenges faced and best practices applied by States in integrating human
rights into their national strategies and policies to fight against corruption, including those
addressing non-State actors, such as the private sector,1
Acknowledging that the poor and those in marginalized and vulnerable situations are
at particular risk of suffering from the adverse impact of corruption on the enjoyment of
human rights,
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A/HRC/44/27.
GE.21-10278(E)