Status of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and of the International Covenants on Human Rights.

UN Commission on Human Rights (44th sess. : 1988 : Geneva), Status of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and of the International Covenants on Human Rights., E/CN.4/RES/1988/31, UN Commission on Human Rights, 8 March 1988, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unchr/1988/en/6957 [accessed 22 April 2025]
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1988/31. Status of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and of the International Covenants on Human Rights

The Commission on Human Rights, Having Considered the sub-item and item of its agenda entitled respectively "Status of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment" and "Status of the International Covenants on Human Rights", Noting that different methods apply to the distribution among States parties of expenses incurred as regards the implementation machinery under the various international instruments in the field of human rights, Concerned that legal, financial and administrative difficulties arising in connection with some of these methods may increasingly hamper the proper functioning of the respective implementation machinery, Conscious that the financial burden to be carried by States parties under the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment is an onerous one, especially for developing countries, and may delay its universal acceptance, Noting that the United Nations, having adopted these various instruments, has an interest in ensuring that any difficulties affecting the functioning of the relevant monitoring bodies are appropriately addressed, Bearing in mind that the Economic and Social Council is called upon to consider annual reports on the activities of all such bodies and that it can therefore make appropriate recommendations to the General Assembly,

1. Recommends to the Economic and Social Council that it give the matter due attention;

2. Requests the Secretary-General to prepare for consideration by the Council at its next session a concise overview of the various methods applied under different human rights instruments as regards their financial implications.

52nd meeting
8 March 1988
[Adopted without a vote. See chap. X.]
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