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.

1987/52. 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, in which it decided to establish 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, in which it decided 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 resolution 1986/44 of 12 March 1986, in which it noted the progress. achieved by the working group at its first meeting, 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 the progress made by the open-ended working group during its one-week meeting prior to the forty-third session of the Commission, in particular the commencement of preparations for drafting,

1. Decides to continue at its forty-fourth session, as a matter of the highest priority, 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 during the forty-third session;

2. Decides also to make available during the forty-fourth session of the Commission appropriate meeting time for the working group, preferably during the first two weeks of the session;

3. Requests the Economic and Social Council to authorize a one-week session of an open-ended working group prior to the forty-fourth session of the Commission on Human Rights with a view to continuing the work on 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;

4. Recommends the following draft resolution to the Economic and Social Council for adoption:

[For the text, see chap. I, sect. A, draft resolution II.]

56th meeting
11 March 1987
[Adopted without a vote. See chap. XII.]