A/HRC/RES/56/15 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 16 July 2024 Original: English Human Rights Council Fifty-sixth session 18 June–12 July 2024 Agenda item 10 Technical assistance and capacity-building Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 11 July 2024 56/15. Informing the Human Rights Council on the human rights adviser programme The Human Rights Council, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, Guided also by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and all other relevant international human rights instruments, Reaffirming that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights, and that everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Emphasizing that States have the primary responsibility for ensuring respect for and for the promotion, protection and fulfilment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms, Recognizing that, in the context of technical cooperation and capacity-building, the enhancement of international cooperation contributes to the effective promotion, protection and fulfilment of human rights, which should be based on the principles of cooperation and genuine dialogue and aimed at strengthening the capacity of States to promote, protect and fulfil all human rights, to prevent human rights violations and to comply with their human rights obligations, Recalling General Assembly resolution 48/141 of 7 January 1994 and the mandate given to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights therein, and bearing in mind the mandate of the Human Rights Council, as described by the Assembly in its resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006, including with regard to the promotion of advisory services, technical assistance and capacity-building, to be provided in consultation with and with the consent of the States concerned, and the provisions of Council resolutions 5/1 and 5/2 of 18 June 2007 and 16/21 of 25 March 2011 that aim to enable the Council to fulfil such a mandate, Recalling also General Assembly resolution 75/233 of 21 December 2020 and Human Rights Council resolution 54/28 of 12 October 2023, Reiterating that one of the responsibilities of the High Commissioner and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights is to provide advisory services and technical assistance, at the request of the State concerned, with a view to supporting actions and programmes in the field of human rights, and to coordinate activities to promote GE.24-13011 (E)