A/HRC/RES/31/22
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
20 April 2016
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-first session
Agenda item 3
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 24
March 2016
31/22.
The negative impact of the non-repatriation of funds of illicit
origin to the countries of origin on the enjoyment of human
rights, and the importance of improving international
cooperation
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Declaration on the
Right to Development, the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action and other relevant
human rights instruments,
Recalling General Assembly resolutions 60/251 of 15 March 2006, 62/219 of 22
December 2007 and 65/281 of 17 June 2011, and Human Rights Council resolutions 5/1
and 5/2 of 18 June 2007, 11/11 of 18 June 2009 and 16/21 of 25 March 2011,
Recalling also General Assembly resolutions 54/205 of 22 December 1999, 55/61 of
4 December 2000, 55/188 of 20 December 2000, 56/186 of 21 December 2001, 57/244 of
20 December 2002, 58/205 of 23 December 2003, 59/242 of 22 December 2004, 60/1 of 16
September 2005, 60/207 of 22 December 2005, 61/209 of 20 December 2006, 62/202 of 19
December 2007, 63/226 of 19 December 2008, 64/237 of 24 December 2009, 65/1 of 22
September 2010, 65/169 of 20 December 2010, 67/192 of 20 December 2012, 68/195 of 18
December 2013, 68/309 of 10 September 2014 and 69/199 of 18 December 2014,
Recalling further Human Rights Council resolutions 17/23 of 17 June 2011, 19/38
of 23 March 2012, 22/12 of 21 March 2013, 25/9 of 27 March 2014 and 28/5 of 26 March
2015,
Reaffirming the commitments of States parties to the United Nations Convention
against Corruption thereunder, recognizing that the Convention is aimed at promoting and
strengthening measures to prevent and combat corruption more efficiently and effectively,
and that the return of assets is one of the main objectives and a fundamental principle of the
said Convention, and that States parties are obligated to accord one another the widest
measure of cooperation and assistance in this regard,
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