23/55 Report of the open-ended intergovernmental working group on a draft United Nations declaration on the right to peace

United Nations A/HRC/23/55

General Assembly Distr.: General 16 April 2013

Original: English

Human Rights Council Twenty-third session Agenda item 5 Human rights bodies and mechanisms

Report of the open-ended intergovernmental working group on a draft United Nations declaration on the right to peace

Chairperson-Rapporteur: Christian Guillermet-Fernández (Costa Rica)

Note by the secretariat

1. In its resolution 20/15, the Human Rights Council decided to establish an open- ended intergovernmental working group, to meet for four working days prior to the twenty- second session of the Council, to progressively negotiate a draft United Nations declaration on the right to peace on the basis of the draft submitted by the Advisory Committee,1 without prejudging relevant past, present and future views and proposals. The Council requested the Working Group to present a report at its twenty-third session.

2. The open-ended working group held its first session from 18 to 21 February 2013. A report was adopted ad referendum at the last meeting of the first session.

3. The above-mentioned report of the working group is contained in document A/HRC/WG.13/1/2.

1 A/HRC/20/31.

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