Human rights and thematic procedures.

1992/41.
Human rights and thematic procedures

The Commission on Human Rights, Considering that, over the years, thematic procedures established by the Commission with regard to the consideration of questions related to the promotion and protection of civil and political rights have earned an important position among its human rights monitoring mechanisms, Noting with satisfaction that an increasing number of Governments, as well as non-governmental organizations, have developed a working relationship with one or more of the thematic procedures, Recalling its resolution 1991/31 of 5 March 1991, Recalling also its various resolutions in which it urged Governments to intensify their cooperation with the thematic special rapporteurs and working groups and to provide information requested on any measures taken in pursuance of recommendations addressed to them,

1. Commends those Governments that have invited any of the thematic special rapporteurs or the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances to visit their countries and recommends that Governments consider follow-up visits designed to assist them with effective implementation of recommendations by the thematic special rapporteurs and the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances;

2. Encourages Governments to respond expeditiously to requests for information made to them through the procedures, so that the thematic special, rapporteurs concerned, the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances and the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention may carry out their mandates effectively;

3. Also encourages Governments encountering problems in the field of human rights to cooperate more closely with the Commission through the pertinent thematic procedures, in particular by inviting a thematic special rapporteur or working group to visit their countries;

4. Invites the Governments concerned to study carefully the recommendations addressed to them under thematic procedures and to keep the relevant mechanisms informed promptly on the progress made towards their implementation;

5. Invites the thematic special rapporteurs and working groups to include in their annual reports information provided by Governments on follow-up action, as well as their own observations thereon;

6. Invites non-governmental organizations to continue their cooperation with the thematic procedures;

7. Encourages the thematic special rapporteurs and working groups to follow closely the progress made by Governments in their investigations carried out within their respective mandates;

8. Requests the thematic special rapporteurs and working groups to include in their reports comments on problems of responsiveness and the results of analyses, as appropriate, in order to exercise their mandates even more effectively;

9. Requests the Secretary-General, in close contact with the thematic special rapporteurs and working groups, to issue annually a comprehensive compilation of their general recommendations;

10. Also requests the Secretary-General, in implementing the United Nations budget for the biennium 1992-1993, to ensure the availability of such resources as are necessary for an effective implementation of all thematic mandates, including any additional tasks entrusted to the thematic special rapporteurs and working groups by the Commission.

48th meeting
28 February 1992
[Adopted without a vote. See chap. XI.]