Advisory Committee - Draft Declaration on human rights education and training

FOR THE LATEST VERSION of the Preliminary draft of the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training (version 5 of 6/08/2009) as contained in Annex 2 of A/HRC/AC/3/CRP/4/Corr.1 Informal English translation, click here for link to AC Extranet

The Human Rights Council requested the Advisory Committee to prepare a draft declaration on human rights education and training (para. 1 of resolution 6/10 [ E F S A C R] entitled “United Nations declaration on human rights education and training”). To this end the Council also requested the Advisory Committee to seek the views and inputs of Member States, relevant international and regional organizations, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, national human rights institutions as well as civil society organizations, including non-governmental organizations, on the possible elements of the content of the declaration (para. 1 (a) of resolution 6/10).

The questionnaire  prepared and dispatched by the Advisory Committee together with the accompanying note verbale; as well as the responses to the questionnaires received to date may be found at the following links:

Questionnaire to Governments
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Questionnaire to National Human Rights Institutions
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Questionnaire to International and Regional Organizations
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Questionnaire to civil society organizations, including NGOs
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Note Verbale dated 6 February 2009
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Responses to the questionnaires received to date

The Advisory Committee during its first session, entrusted a drafting group with the task of undertaking preparatory work (para. 1 of recommendation 1/1 [E | F | S]) and in the annex included elements of the conceptual framework for further work and consultations.

During its second session, the Advisory Committee provided a progress report to the Council on its work and consultations (para.s 8-18 of recommendation 2/1 [E | F]) on the basis of a working paper prepared by the rapporteur of the drafting group (A/HRC/AC/2/CRP.1).

The Council in a follow-up resolution during its 10th regular session, welcomed with satisfaction the progress report of the Advisory Committee and requested it to submit its draft Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training to the Council for consideration at its 13th session in March 2010 (para. 3 of resolution 10/28).

The Council also welcomed the initiative of the Platform for Human Rights Education and Training to organize a seminar, with the participation of experts and specialists and the assistance and expertise of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and all interested parties in order to further the reflection on elements to be included in the draft Declaration (para. 2 of resolution 10/28).

The seminar took place on 16 and 17 July 2009 in Marrakesh, Morocco and the programme of work with links to the presentations made may be found at the following link: Seminar on the United Nations Declaration on human rights education and training.