RES/30/14 Contribution of parliaments to the work of the Human Rights Council and its universal periodic review

Human Rights Council Thirtieth session

Agenda item 5

Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 1 October 2015

30/14. Contribution of parliaments to the work of the Human

Rights Council and its universal periodic review

The Human Rights Council,

Acknowledging the crucial role that parliaments play in, inter alia, translating

international commitments into national policies and laws, and hence in contributing to the

fulfilment by each State Member of the United Nations of its human rights obligations and

commitments and to the strengthening of the rule of law,

Taking note of the successive resolutions adopted by the General Assembly since

2010, in particular its resolutions 65/123 of 13 December 2010, in which the Assembly

recognized the importance of continued parliamentary support for the work of the Human

Rights Council, and 66/261 of 29 May 2012, in which it encouraged the Inter-Parliamentary

Union, as the world organization of national parliaments, to strengthen its contribution to

the Council, particularly with regard to the universal periodic review, as well as resolution

68/272 of 19 May 2014, in which the Assembly welcomed the contribution of the Inter-

Parliamentary Union to the work of the Council,

Recalling its resolutions 22/15 of 21 March 2013 and 26/29 of 27 June 2014 on the

contribution of parliaments to the work of the Human Rights Council and its universal

periodic review,

Taking note with appreciation of the summary report of the United Nations High

Commissioner for Human Rights of the panel discussion on the theme, “Contribution of

parliaments to the work of the Human Rights Council and its universal periodic review”,

held on 29 May 2013,Available from www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/RegularSessions/Session26/Pages/ListReports.aspx.

Welcoming the update at the twenty-ninth session by the High Commissioner on the

activities of the Inter-Parliamentary Union on parliamentary capacity-building, as well as

on its activities with regard to the work of the Human Rights Council and its universal

periodic review, as requested by the Council in its resolution 26/29,

Considering that the Human Rights Council and parliaments stand to gain

considerably from continuing exploring possible synergies to ensure that the universal

periodic review has the greatest impact at the national level,

1. Decides to convene, at its thirty-second session, on the occasion of the tenth

anniversary of the Human Rights Council, a panel discussion to take stock of the

contribution of parliaments to the work of the Council and its universal periodic review and

to identify ways to enhance further that contribution;

2. Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human

Rights to organize the panel discussion and to liaise with the Inter-Parliamentary Union,

States Members of the United Nations and relevant United Nations bodies and agencies, as

well as with civil society, including non-governmental organizations, and national human

rights institutions, with a view to ensuring their participation;

3. Requests the High Commissioner to prepare a report on the panel discussion

in the form of a summary and to submit it to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-fifth

session;

4. Decides to continue consideration of this issue under the same agenda item.

41st meeting

1 October 2015

[Adopted without a vote.]