13th session of the Human Rights Council (1-26 March 2010)

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Resolutions, decisions and President’s statements

The final adopted texts can be accessed in all six official languages of the United Nations in the first column below and also on the Official Document System (ODS). To search for adopted texts on ODS, enter the final number in the search field, preceded by A/HRC/RES for resolutions, A/HRC/DEC for decisions or A/HRC/PRST for President’s statements.
More information about the consideration of each draft proposal, including any oral revisions, amendments, statements of programme budget implications or detailed voting results (as applicable), can be found on the HRC13 Extranet (New users access).

RESOLUTIONS

Adopted text	Title	Item	Draft	Action taken
A/HRC/RES/13/1	Composition of staff of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights	2	A/HRC/13/L.18	Adopted on 24 March 2010 [31 in favour, 12 against, 3 abstentions]
A/HRC/RES/13/2	Human rights and arbitrary deprivation of nationality	3	A/HRC/13/L.4 [orally revised]	Adopted on 24 March 2010 [without a vote]
A/HRC/RES/13/3	Open-ended Working Group on an optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child to provide a communications procedure	3	A/HRC/13/L.5	Adopted on 24 March 2010 [without a vote]
A/HRC/RES/13/4	The right to food	3	A/HRC/13/L.17	Adopted on 24 March 2010 [without a vote]
A/HRC/RES/13/5	Human rights in the occupied Syrian Golan	7	A/HRC/13/L.2	Adopted on 24 March 2010 [31 in favour, 1 against, 15 abstentions]
A/HRC/RES/13/6	Right of the Palestinian people to self-determination	7	A/HRC/13/L.27	Adopted on 24 March 2010 [45 in favour, 1 against]
A/HRC/RES/13/7	Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan	7	A/HRC/13/L.28	Adopted on 24 March 2010 [46 in favour, 1 against]
A/HRC/RES/13/8	The grave human rights violations by Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem	7	A/HRC/13/L.29	Adopted on 24 March 2010 [31 in favour, 9 against, 7 abstentions]
A/HRC/RES/13/9	Follow-up to the report of the United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict	7	A/HRC/13/L.30 [orally revised]	Adopted on 24 March 2010 [29 in favour, 6 against, 11 abstentions]
A/HRC/RES/13/10	Adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, in the context of mega-events	3	A/HRC/13/L.6 [orally revised]	Adopted on 25 March 2010 [without a vote]
A/HRC/RES/13/11	Human rights of persons with disabilities: national implementation and monitoring and introducing as the theme for 2011 the role of international cooperation in support of national efforts for the realization of the rights of persons with disabilities	3	A/HRC/13/L.8 [orally revised]	Adopted on 25 March 2010 [without a vote]
A/HRC/RES/13/12	Rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities	3	A/HRC/13/L.11	Adopted on 25 March 2010 [without a vote]
A/HRC/RES/13/13	Protection of human rights defenders	3	A/HRC/13/L.24 [orally revised]	Adopted on 25 March 2010 [without a vote]
A/HRC/RES/13/14	Situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea	4	A/HRC/13/L.13	Adopted on 25 March 2010 [28 in favour, 5 against, 13 abstentions]
A/HRC/RES/13/15	United Nations declaration on human rights education and training	5	A/HRC/13/L.22	Adopted on 25 March 2010 [without a vote]
A/HRC/RES/13/16	Combating defamation of religions	9	A/HRC/13/L.1 [orally revised]	Adopted on 25 March 2010 [20 in favour, 17 against, 8 abstentions]
A/HRC/RES/13/17	The Social Forum	5	A/HRC/13/L.16 [orally revised]	Adopted on 25 March 2010 [without a vote]
A/HRC/RES/13/18	Elaboration of complementary standards to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination	9	A/HRC/13/L.9 [orally revised]	Adopted on 25 March 2010 [without a vote]
A/HRC/RES/13/19	Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment: the role and responsibility of judges, prosecutors and lawyers	3	A/HRC/13/L.19 [orally revised]	Adopted on 26 March 2010 [without a vote]
A/HRC/RES/13/20	Rights of the child: the fight against sexual violence against children	3	A/HRC/13/L.21 [orally revised]	Adopted on 26 March 2010 [without a vote]
A/HRC/RES/13/21	Strengthening of technical cooperation and consultative services in the Republic of Guinea	10	A/HRC/13/L.14 [orally revised]	Adopted on 26 March 2010 [without a vote]
A/HRC/RES/13/22	Situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the strengthening of technical cooperation and consultative services	10	A/HRC/13/L.23 [orally revised]	Adopted on 26 March 2010 [without a vote]
A/HRC/RES/13/23	Enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights	2	A/HRC/13/L.7 [orally revised]	Adopted on 26 March 2010 [without a vote]
A/HRC/RES/13/24	Protection of journalists in situations of armed conflict	3	A/HRC/13/L.12	Adopted on 26 March 2010 [without a vote]
A/HRC/RES/13/25	Situation of human rights in Myanmar	4	A/HRC/13/L.15 [orally revised]	Adopted on 26 March 2010 [without a vote]
A/HRC/RES/13/26	Protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism	3	A/HRC/13/L.20 [orally revised]	Adopted on 26 March 2010 [without a vote]
A/HRC/RES/13/27	A world of sports free from racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance	9	A/HRC/13/L.26 [orally revised]	Adopted on 26 March 2010 [without a vote]

DECISIONS

Adopted text	Title	Item	Draft	Action taken
A/HRC/DEC/13/101	Outcome of the universal periodic review: Eritrea	6	n/a	Adopted on 17 March 2010 [without a vote]
A/HRC/DEC/13/102	Outcome of the universal periodic review: Cyprus	6	n/a	Adopted on 17 March 2010 [without a vote]
A/HRC/DEC/13/103	Outcome of the universal periodic review: Dominican Republic	6	n/a	Adopted on 17 March 2010 [without a vote]
A/HRC/DEC/13/104	Outcome of the universal periodic review: Cambodia	6	n/a	Adopted on 17 March 2010 [without a vote]
A/HRC/DEC/13/105	Outcome of the universal periodic review: Norway	6	n/a	Adopted on 17 March 2010 [without a vote]
A/HRC/DEC/13/106	Outcome of the universal periodic review: Albania	6	n/a	Adopted on 17 March 2010 [without a vote]
A/HRC/DEC/13/107	Outcome of the universal periodic review: Democratic Republic of the Congo	6	n/a	Adopted on 18 March 2010 [without a vote]
A/HRC/DEC/13/108	Outcome of the universal periodic review: Côte d’Ivoire	6	n/a	Adopted on 18 March 2010 [without a vote]
A/HRC/DEC/13/109	Outcome of the universal periodic review: Portugal	6	n/a	Adopted on 18 March 2010 [without a vote]
A/HRC/DEC/13/110	Outcome of the universal periodic review: Bhutan	6	n/a	Adopted on 18 March 2010 [without a vote]
A/HRC/DEC/13/111	Outcome of the universal periodic review: Dominica	6	n/a	Adopted on 18 March 2010 [without a vote]
A/HRC/DEC/13/112	Outcome of the universal periodic review: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea	6	n/a	Adopted on 18 March 2010 [without a vote]
A/HRC/DEC/13/113	Outcome of the universal periodic review: Brunei Darussalam	6	n/a	Adopted on 19 March 2010 [without a vote]
A/HRC/DEC/13/114	Outcome of the universal periodic review: Costa Rica	6	n/a	Adopted on 19 March 2010 [without a vote]
A/HRC/DEC/13/115	Outcome of the universal periodic review: Equatorial Guinea	6	n/a	Adopted on 19 March 2010 [without a vote]
A/HRC/DEC/13/116	Outcome of the universal periodic review: Ethiopia	6	n/a	Adopted on 19 March 2010 [without a vote]
A/HRC/DEC/13/117	Trafficking in persons, especially women and children	3	A/HRC/13/L.25	Adopted on 26 March 2010 [without a vote]

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