Question of a draft Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.
| Publisher | UN Commission on Human Rights |
| Author | UN Commission on Human Rights (45th sess. : 1989 : Geneva) |
| Publication Date | 8 March 1989 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | E/CN.4/RES/1989/60 |
| Reference | 45 |
| Cite as | UN Commission on Human Rights, Question of a draft Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms., 8 March 1989, E/CN.4/RES/1989/60, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3b00f09dc.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
1989/60. Question of a draft declaration on the right and responsibility of individuals, groups and organs of society to promote and protect universally recognized human rights and fundamental freedoms
The Commission on Human Rights, Recalling its decision 1984/116 of 16 March 1984, under which it established an open-ended working group to draft a declaration on the right and responsibility of individuals, groups and organs of society to promote and protect universally recognized human rights and fundamental freedoms, Recalling also its decision 1985/112 of 14 March 1985 that the open-ended working group should be convened at the forty-second session of the Commission, meeting pre-sessionally for one week, and its resolutions 1986/44 of 12 March 1986, 1987/52 of 11 March 1987 and 1988/71 of 10 March 1988, in which the progress achieved by the working group at its first, second and third meetings was noted, Recalling also its resolutions 23 (XXXVI) of 29 February 1980, 28 (XXXVII) of 11 March 1981, 1982/30 of 11 March 1982 and 1983/31 of 8 March 1983 concerning the role of individuals, groups and organs of society in the promotion and protection of universally recognized human rights, Noting with satisfaction the progress made by the open-ended working group during its meetings prior to and during the forty-fifth session of the Commission, Noting also the working group's view that substantial further progress can be achieved at its next meeting if sufficient time is made available,1. Decides to continue at its forty-sixth session its work on the elaboration of the draft declaration on the right and responsibility of individuals, groups and organs of society to promote and protect universally recognized human rights and fundamental freedoms, using as a basis the views expressed and proposals made in the working group at its previous sessions;
2. Decides also to make available prior to and during the forty-sixth session of the Commission appropriate meeting time for the working group;
3. Recommends the following draft resolution to the Economic and Social Council for adoption:
[For the text, see chap. I, sect. A, draft resolution VIII.]
55th meeting8 March 1989
[Adopted without a vote. See chap. XXIII.]