Organization of the work of the session: Question of the violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in any part of the world, with particular reference to colonial and other dependent countries and territories
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14 March 1985
1985/112. Organization of the work of the session Question of the violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in any part of the world, with particular reference to colonial and other dependent countries and territories[1]164
The Commission, recalling its decision 1984/116 of 16 March 1984 in which it decided to establish at its forty-first session 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, and considering that it had not proved possible to convene the working group at the forty-first session, 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 taking into account, inter alia, reporting and documentation from the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities arising from its work on draft principles on the right and responsibility of individuals, groups and organs of society to promote and protect universally recognized human rights and fundamental freedoms.[1]164 Adopted at the 57th meeting, on 14 March 1985, by 30 votes to none, with 11 abstentions. See chap.III.
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