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IDSN recommendations to the Human Rights Council

IDSN urges all UN member states, in particular the members of the Human Rights Council, to support the UN study on discrimination based on work and descent and to work for the promotion of a comprehensive international framework to address this form of discrimination.

The Human Rights Council is urged to:

  1. Take note of the publication of the final report on discrimination based on work and descent, including the draft UN principles and guidelines published by the Human Rights Council (A/HRC/11/CRP.3);
  2. Recognise the importance of this framework as the first comprehensive framework to propose general and specific measures to promote and protect the rights of persons affected by discrimination based on work and descent;
  3. Recommend that Member States and their institutions, UN agencies, special agencies and programmes give due consideration to the draft UN principles and guidelines for the effective elimination of discrimination based on work and descent in the formulation and implementation of their policies and measures for persons affected by discrimination based on work and descent;
  4. Also recommend that other relevant actors in society, including research institutions, media, the corporate sector, non-governmental organizations, and international organizations give due consideration to the principles and guidelines for the realization of all human rights and fundamental freedoms of persons affected by discrimination based on work and descent;
  5. Commend that the provisions of framework should be mainstreamed into the work of existing human rights bodies, including the Special Procedures and Universal Periodic Review of the UN Human Rights Council as well as the monitoring activities of the UN human rights treaty bodies;
  6. Adopt the draft UN principles and guidelines for the effective elimination of discrimination based on work and descent;
  7. Establish a follow-up monitoring mechanism such as a Special Rapporteur on Discrimination Based on Work and Descent to effectively promote and oversee the compliance with the adopted Principles and Guidelines on a systematic basis.

> Read the draft Principles and Guidelines

> Background information on the UN Sub-Commission on discrimination based on work and descent