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to take steps aimed at coordinating the multiple reporting requirements and guidelines for preparing
State reports under the respective human rights conventions and study the suggestion that the
submission of one overall report on treaty obligations undertaken by each State would make these
procedures more effective and increase their impact.
88. The World Conference on Human Rights recommends that the States parties to international
human rights instruments, the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council should consider
studying the existing human rights treaty bodies and the various thematic mechanisms and procedures
with a view to promoting greater efficiency and effectiveness through better coordination of the
various bodies, mechanisms and procedures, taking into account the need to avoid unnecessary
duplication and overlapping of their mandates and tasks.
89. The World Conference on Human Rights recommends continued work on the improvement of the
functioning, including the monitoring tasks, of the treaty bodies, taking into account multiple proposals
made in this respect, in particular those made by the treaty bodies themselves and by the meetings of
the chairpersons of the treaty bodies. The comprehensive national approach taken by the Committee
on the Rights of the Child should also be encouraged.
90. The World Conference on Human Rights recommends that States parties to human rights treaties
consider accepting all the available optional communication procedures.
91. The World Conference on Human Rights views with concern the issue of impunity of perpetrators of
human rights violations, and supports the efforts of the Commission on Human Rights and the SubCommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities to examine all aspects of the
issue.
92. The World Conference on Human Rights recommends that the Commission on Human Rights
examine the possibility for better implementation of existing human rights instruments at the
international and regional levels and encourages the International Law Commission to continue its
work on an international criminal court.
93. The World Conference on Human Rights appeals to States which have not yet done so to accede to
the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 and the Protocols thereto, and to take all appropriate
national measures, including legislative ones, for their full implementation.
94. The World Conference on Human Rights recommends the speedy completion and adoption of the
draft declaration on the right and responsibility of individuals, groups and organs of society to promote
and protect universally recognized human rights and fundamental freedoms.
95. The World Conference on Human Rights underlines the importance of preserving and strengthening
the system of special procedures, rapporteurs, representatives, experts and working groups of the
Commission on Human Rights and the Sub-Commission on the Prevention of Discrimination and
Protection of Minorities, in order to enable them to carry out their mandates in all countries throughout
the world, providing them with the necessary human and financial resources. The procedures and
mechanisms should be enabled to harmonize and rationalize their work through periodic meetings. All
States are asked to cooperate fully with these procedures and mechanisms.
96. The World Conference on Human Rights recommends that the United Nations assume a more
active role in the promotion and protection of human rights in ensuring full respect for international
humanitarian law in all situations of armed conflict, in accordance with the purposes and principles of
the Charter of the United Nations.
97. The World Conference on Human Rights, recognizing the important role of human rights
components in specific arrangements concerning some peace-keeping operations by the United
Nations, recommends that the Secretary-General take into account the reporting, experience and
capabilities of the Centre for Human Rights and human rights mechanisms, in conformity with the
Charter of the United Nations.
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