UN Human Rights Council Documents

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6 July 2012 A/HRC/RES/20/21 This was a Human Right Council resolution that adopted without a vote, strongly condemned grave and systematic human rights abuses committed against the population, in particular by Al-Shabaab and its affiliates, and called for all parties to take immediate steps to protect women and children.
3 July 2012 A/HRC/RES/20/17 The Human Rights Council condemned human rights violations and acts of violence committed in northern Mali by the rebels, terrorist groups and organised transnational crime networks.
2 July 2012 A/HRC/21/29 This report was on "The Question of the Death Penalty."
4 June 2012 A/HRC/23/49/Add.3 This was the report of the special rapporteur on violence against women following her 28 October to 6 November 2012 mission to BiH.
23 March 2012 A/HRC/RES/19/29 The Human Rights Council adopted a resolution calling upon the parties in Yemen to release persons arbitrarily detained by them and to end practices of unlawful detention.
23 March 2012 A/HRC/RES/19/28 This was an HRC resolution on Somalia.
22 March 2012 A/HRC/RES/19/13 The Human Rights Council adopted a resolution expressing very serious concern at the ongoing grave, widespread and systematic human rights violations in DPRK.
22 March 2012 A/HRC/RES/19/17 This Human Rights Council resolution established the International Fact-Finding Mission on Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
22 March 2012 A/HRC/RES/19/14 The resolution included a call on Israel to desist from its continuous building of settlements and imposing Israeli citizenship on Syrian citizens and to allow the Syrian population of the occupied Syrian Golan to visit their families.
8 March 2012 A/HRC/19/68 This report of the International Commission of Inquiry on Libya stated that both pro and anti-Qaddafi forces had committed war crimes in Libya. The document concluded that NATO had “conducted a highly precise campaign” but recommended further investigation in instances where civilian casualties and strikes on non-military targets were reported.
7 December 2011 A/HRC/19/29 This was Human Rights Council resolution on Special Fund established by the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
23 November 2011 A/HRC/S-17/2/Add.1 This was the report of the commission of inquiry as requested in August.
23 August 2011 A/HRC/S-17/1 This resolution requested an independent international commission of inquiry to investigate all alleged violations of international human rights law since March 2011.
1 August 2011 UNHCHR 13th Periodic Report This was the thirteenth periodic report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in the Sudan.
17 June 2011 A/HRC/RES/17/10 This Human Rights Council resolution called for the implementation of the independent international fact-finding mission’s conclusions regarding the 31 May 2010 Gaza flotilla incident.