To be admitted as a member of the united nations Council of Human rights, the vietnamese government in power has undertook the 14 voluntary pledgees

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I. Promotion and protection of human rights at the national, regional and international levels.

II. Viet Nam’s voluntary commitments as a member of the Human Rights Council.

1. Adopt policies and measures and increase resources to better ensure all fundamental economic, social, cultural, civil and political human rights in line with internationally recognized norms.

2. Achieve the Millennium Development Goals.

3. Continue to improve the legal and judicial systems, build a rule-of-law State and strengthen national institutions protecting human rights, including the possible establishment of a national human rights institution.

4. Adopt policies and measures and increase resources to ensure social security, welfare and justice, particularly the rights of vulnerable groups, such as women, children, the elderly, people with disabilities and ethnic minorities.

5. Promote human rights education and training to improve the awareness and capacity of law-enforcement agencies to better ensure peoples’ rights and fundamental freedoms.

6. Continue to implement the recommendations that Viet Nam has accepted in the first UPR cycle in 2009, and to participate in a responsible and constructive manner in the second UPR cycle.

7. Strengthen grass-roots democracy and the people’s involvement in the planning and execution of policies, and improve Viet Nam’s engagement with political, social organizations working in the field of human rights.

8. Participate in an active, constructive and responsible manner in the work of the Council to contribute to strengthening the Council’s efficiency and effectiveness, transparency, objectivity and balance, in the spirit of dialogue and cooperation.

9. Strengthen cooperation and dialogue with United Nations human rights mechanisms, particularly treaty bodies and Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights special procedures, including possible invitations for additional country visits to Viet Nam.

10. Support and actively participate in intergovernmental consultations on improving the capacity and effectiveness of human rights treaty bodies.

11. Participate in and contribute to the promotion of ASEAN human rights cooperation, particularly in the AICHR framework and in the implementation of the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration.

12. Maintain bilateral human rights dialogue and cooperation mechanisms with partner countries, with the common goal of promoting and protecting human rights in the world.

13. Complete procedures for early accession to the Convention against Torture.

14. Complete procedures for the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

* Source: Dan Chim Viet