43- At the national Level, encouraging recent. development.s, possibly influenceal byinlernational action, have included the lestoration of denocratic rule in a nuoberof count.ries, Ehe cessation of states of emergency in sone countries, tbe conductot investigations into najor hurnan rights abuses and the bringing to trial of thoseresponsible. a growing consciousness of the inportance of hunan rights issues, thecreation or strengthening of institutions such as the offices of, ombudsmen, bumanrighes commissions and race relations bodies, 1Ol and the renewed connitnent on lhepart of many groups, such as hunanitarian non-!6ve rnmental organizaEions, tradeunions and churches, to strive for the protection of human righEs. 44. At the internationar lever, reference may be made to a nurnber of positivedevel-opnents in t.he human rights field. lifith respect to s tandard-setting , theGeneral- Assenbly, at its thirty-ninlh session, adopCed the Convention againstTorture and otber cruel, rnhunan or Degrading Treatment or punishment (resorution39/46 ot IO Decenber 1984), which constituees a major breakthrough in theinternationar connunily's endeavour to abolish Eoruure. rn addition, progress isconfinuinq to b€ ftade in the drafting of conventions on Ehe rights of the cbiltt antton the rights of migrant eorkers and i.n the elaboration of other instrunentsdealing, inter alia, with the hunan rights of i.ndividuars who are noc citizens ofthe country in whj.ch they live, tbe right to developnent. abolition of the deathpenaLty, and Ehe protection of all persons under any forn of deeention orinprisonnen!. !{oreover, the level of ratificat.ions of kev international hunanrights instruments has continued to increase. 45- Overalf, as Ehe Sec reta ry-General has noted. hurnan righes are todayr if notsufficiently respected, at least better defined, better known and better defendedthan in previous decades and the viol-ations of which they are tbe object aredenounced and condemned beyond the fronEiers of the countries where they arecommitted, for the stake in this fight for hunan dignity is widely perceived asuniversal. The j.ncreasing number of sj.tuations under consideration by thecomnission on Human Rights in recent. years attests not only to the severity of theviolations of human rights that have occurred around the eorld. but al-so Eo anincreased eirlingness on the part of states Menbers of lhe organization to focus onsPecific situations nith a vierd to contri.buting to a terrninacion of violationa.There bas aLso been a groreing enphasis on the provision of technicar assisEance,provided flithin the tramework of Ehe Advisory Services programne, Co help
**Analysis**
The text appears to focus on human rights issues, discussing recent developments at the national and international levels, including the adoption of new conventions, increased ratifications of human rights instruments, and the growing emphasis on providing technical assistance to help protect human rights. The text also mentions the importance of human rights institutions and the role of various groups and organizations in promoting human rights. Given this focus on human rights, it is likely that the text falls under the category of human rights.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief