Human Rights Council Resolution 35/14 on youth and
human rights, requests the Office of the High
Commissioner for Human Rights to conduct a detailed study
on the implementation of human rights with regard to young
people, the identification of cases of discrimination against
young people in the exercise of their human rights, and best
practices in the full and effective enjoyment of human rights
by young people, highlighting the contribution of
empowered youth to the realization of human rights in
society, to be submitted to the Council prior to its thirty-
ninth session.
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights would be grateful to receive any relevant
information for the preparation of this report. In particular:
• Challenges faced by young people in your country;
• Examples of discrimination against young people in the
exercise of their rights;
• Are you aware of policies and programmes aimed at
supporting young people to realise their rights? If so, please describe them;
• How are youth organisations or youth-led structures
involved in developing, implementing, monitoring and/or
evaluating policies and programmes on youth in your
country?;
• What measures at international level would facilitate/
support the realisation of young people’s rights;
• Any other issue you would like to share with OHCHR.
Information should be sent to Imma Guerras-Delgado,
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights (e-mail: registry@ohchr.org, cc: iguerras-delgado@ohchr.org) by 12th January 2018 at the latest.
The
information provided will be made available on the OHCHR website.
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