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In the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, adopted in June 1993, the World Conference on Human Rights recommended to States to consider the desirability of drawing up a national action plan identifying steps whereby States would improve the promotion and protection of human rights.

Handbook on National Human Rights Plans of Action

Country	Plan of Action
Australia*	National Action Plan on Human Rights (1996, 1997 Update) [English] National Action Plan on Human Rights (2004) [English]
Bolivia*	National Plan of Action for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in the Medium and Long Term (1999) [English] [Spanish] National Action Plan for Human Rights (2009-2013) [Spanish]
Brazil*	National Action Plan for Human Rights (1996) [English] National Action Plan on Human Rights (2009) [available in Portugese only]
Cape Verde	Plan National d’Action pour les droits humains et La Citoyenneté (2003) [French]
China	National Human Rights Action Plan of China (2009-2010) [English]
Ecuador*	National Human Rights Program (1998) [English] [French] [Spanish]
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Plan d'action national pour la promotion et la protection des droits de l'homme (2000) [French]
Guatemala	National Action Plan on Human Rights (2007-2017) [Spanish]
Indonesia*	National Plan of Action on Human Rights (1998-2003) [English] National Plan of Action on Human Rights (2004-2009) (available in Bahasa Indonesia language only)
Latvia*	National Programmes for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights (1995) [English]
Lithuania	National Programmes for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights (2002) [English]
Kazakhstan	National Action Plan on Human Rights (2009-2012) [English]
Malawi*	National Plan of Action in the Field of Human Rights (1995-1996) [English]
Mauritanie	Plan national d'action pour la promotion et la protection des droits de l'homme (2003) [French] and Annex
Mexico*	National Program to Promote and Strengthen Human Rights (1998) [English] [Spanish] National Program for Human Rights (2004-2006) [Spanish] Programa Nacional de Derechos Humanos (2008-2012) [Spanish]
Moldova	National Human Rights Action Plan of the Republic of Moldova for (2004-2008) [English]
Mongolia	National Human Rights Action Programme of Mongolia (2003) [English]
New Zealand	Action Plan for Human Rights (2005-2010) [English]
Nepal	National Human Rights Action Plan (2004) [English]
Nigeria	National Action Plan for the Promotion & Protection of Human Rights (2006) [English] National Action Plan for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in Nigeria (2009-2013) [English]
Norway	Plan of Action for Human Rights (2000-2005) [English]
Peru	National Human Rights Plan (2006 - 2010) [Spanish]
Philippines*	Human Rights Plan 1996-2000 [English]
Republic of Korea	National Action Plan for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (2007-2011) (available in Korean language only - Summary in English)
South Africa*	National Action Plan for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights (1998) [English]
Spain	Plan de Derechos Humanos (2008) [Spanish]
Sweden	National Human Rights Action Plan (2002-2004) [English] National Action Plan for Human Rights (2006-2009) [English]
Thailand	National Action Plan on Human Rights (2009-2013) [available in Thai only]
Venezuela*	National Plan of Human Rights [Spanish]

*/ Extracted from the first Compendium of National Plans of Action for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights prepared by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in preparation for the inter-sessional Workshop on Developing National Plans of Action in the Asia-Pacific Region in Bangkok, Thailand 5-7 July 1999

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