Respect for the right of everyone to own property alone as well as in association with others.
- Author: UN Commission on Human Rights (47th sess. : 1991 : Geneva)
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1 March 1991
1991/19. Respect for the right of everyone to own Property alone as well as in association with others
The Commission on Human Rights, Recalling General Assembly resolution 45/98 of 14 December 1990, Reaffirming the right of States, and their peoples freely to choose and develop their political, social, economic and cultural systems and to determine their laws and regulations, Recognizing the value of constructive dialogue in the national context on the ways and means by which States can promote the full enjoyment of the right of everyone to own property alone as well as in association with others, Recognizing also, in this context, the importance of enabling everyone to acquire property, alone or in association with others, by taking practical actions that assist the economic development of developing countries, Convinced that the right of everyone to own property alone as well as in association with others, as set forth in article 17 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, is of particular significance in fostering widespread enjoyment of other basic human rights and contributes to securing the goals of economic and social development enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, Reaffirming, in accordance with article 29 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, that, in the exercise of his or her rights and freedoms, everyone shall be subject only to such limitations as are determined by law solely for the purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of others and of meeting the just requirements of morality, public order and the general welfare in a democratic society,1. Believes that the consideration by the international community of the right of everyone to own property alone as well as in association with others would benefit from insights contained in a comprehensive study of that right and its relationship to the effective enjoyment of other human rights and fundamental freedoms;
2. Believes also that such a study should suggest ways and means to implement the right of everyone to own property alone as well as in association with others, bearing in mind the goals of attaining social justice and fostering the enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms;
3. Requests its Chairman to entrust an independent expert with the task of preparing a study, within the existing resources, on the means whereby and the degree to which respect for the right to own property alone as well as in association with others contributes to the development of individual liberty and initiative, which serve to foster, strengthen and enhance the exercise of other human rights and fundamental freedoms, and requests that a preliminary report be submitted to the Commission at its forty-eighth session and the final report at its forty-ninth session;
4. Requests the independent expert, in preparing the study, to analyse the right to own property alone as well as in association with others in relation to the following types of property, taking into consideration the question of social justice and the ways to achieve it:
(a) Personal property, including the residence of one's self and family;
(b) Economically productive property, including property associated with agriculture, commerce and industry;
5. Decides to consider the question at its forty-eighth session under the agenda item "Question of the realization in all countries of the economic, social and cultural rights contained in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and study of special problems which the developing countries face in their efforts to achieve these human rights".
47th meeting1 March 1991
[Adopted without a vote. See chap. VII.]
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