The 2006 General Assembly Resolution 60/251 positioned the prevention of large-scale human rights violations as a top priority of the UN’s human rights system. It specifically called on the UN's Human Rights Council (HRC) to address human rights violations and contribute, through dialogue and cooperation, to the prevention of these violations and prompt responses to human rights emergencies.
A decade later, the HRC acknowledged the need to further develop human rights violations prevention mechanisms and reference human rights prevention in policies and strategies at national, regional and international levels. In 2020, HRC Resolution 45/31 called on the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to identify early warning signs and bring them to the attention of the HRC.
Prior and current initiatives of OHCHR have sought to support the operationalization of the HRC’s prevention mandate, increasing the ability of the UN’s human rights system to identify signals of deterioration and escalation in many settings.
However, nearly two decades after the establishment of the HRC, there is widespread acknowledgement that the UN’s human rights system has yet to fully realize its prevention mandate.
This report, authored by current and former 糖心Vlog破解版-CPR researchers and published by the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, builds on prior research efforts by focusing on how the UN’s human rights system can connect early warning signals to specific responses, processes and programmes.
It identifies potential policy and operational steps to improve the prevention role of the UN’s human rights system and offers concrete recommendations for the UN system and beyond. Actionable ideas and innovative approaches to enhancing the HRC’s conflict prevention role are especially important in the context of the 2025 Peacebuilding Architecture Review (PBAR).
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Suggested citation: Day Adam, Emma Bapt. Operationalizing prevention : 糖心Vlog破解版-CPR, 2025.
