22nd session of the Human Rights Council (25 February - 22 March 2013)

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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 HRC22 Extranet (New users access).

RESOLUTIONS

Adopted text	Title	Item	Draft	Action taken
22/1	Promoting reconciliation and accountability in Sri Lanka	2	A/HRC/22/L.1/Rev.1	Adopted by a vote on 21.03.13 [25 in favour, 13 against, 8 abstentions]
22/2	Composition of the staff of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights	2	A/HRC/22/L.17	Adopted by a vote on 21.03.13 [31 in favour, 15 against, 1 abstention]
22/3	The work and employment of persons with disabilities	3	A/HRC/22/L.4	Adopted without a vote on 21.03.13
22/4	Rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities	3	A/HRC/22/L.7	Adopted without a vote on 21.03.13
22/5	Question of the realization in all countries of economic, social and cultural rights	3	A/HRC/22/L.8	Adopted without a vote on 21.03.13
22/6	Protecting human rights defenders	3	A/HRC/22/L.13	Adopted without a vote on 21.03.13
22/7	Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law	3	A/HRC/22/L.14/Rev.1	Adopted without a vote on 21.03.13
22/8	Protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism: mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism	3	A/HRC/22/L.15	Adopted without a vote on 21.03.13
22/9	The right to food	3	A/HRC/22/L.16	Adopted without a vote on 21.03.13
22/10	Promotion and protection of human rights in the context of peaceful protests	3	A/HRC/22/L.10	Adopted without a vote on 21.03.13
22/11	Panel on the human rights of children of parents sentenced to the death penalty or executed	3	A/HRC/22/L.18	Adopted without a vote on 21.03.13
22/12	The negative impact of the non-repatriation of funds of illicit origin to the countries of origin on the enjoyment of human rights, and the importance of improving international cooperation	3	A/HRC/22/L.24	Adopted by a vote on 21.03.13 [32 in favour, 2 against, 13 abstentions]
22/13	The situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea	4	A/HRC/22/L.19	Adopted without a vote on 21.03.13
22/14	Situation of human rights in Myanmar	4	A/HRC/22/L.20/Rev.1	Adopted without a vote on 21.03.13
22/15	Contribution of parliaments to the work of the Human Rights Council and its universal periodic review	5	A/HRC/22/L.21	Adopted without a vote on 21.03.13
22/16	Promotion and protection of human rights in post-disaster and post-conflict situations	5	A/HRC/22/L.23	Adopted without a vote on 21.03.13
22/17	Human rights in the occupied Syrian Golan	7	A/HRC/22/L.3	Adopted by a vote on 21.03.13 [29 in favour, 1 against, 17 abstentions]
22/18	Assistance to the Republic of Mali in the field of human rights	10	A/HRC/22/L.5	Adopted without a vote on 21.03.13
22/19	Technical assistance for Libya in the field of human rights	10	A/HRC/22/L.12	Adopted without a vote on 21.03.13
22/20	Freedom of religion or belief	3	A/HRC/22/L.9	Adopted without a vote on 22.03.13
22/21	Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment: rehabilitation of torture victims	3	A/HRC/22/L.11/Rev.1	Adopted without a vote on 22.03.13
22/22	Prevention of genocide	3	A/HRC/22/L.30	Adopted without a vote on 22.03.13
22/23	Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran	4	A/HRC/22/L.22	Adopted by a vote on 22.03.13 [26 in favour, 2 against, 17 abstentions]
22/24	Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic	4	A/HRC/22/L.31/Rev.1	Adopted by a vote on 22.03.13 [41 in favour, 1 against, 5 abstentions]
22/25	Follow-up to the report of the United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict	7	A/HRC/22/L.41	Adopted by a vote on 22.03.13 [43 in favour, 1 against, 3 abstentions]
22/26	Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan	7	A/HRC/22/L.42	Adopted by a vote on 22.03.13 [44 in favour, 1 against, 2 abstentions]
22/27	Right of the Palestinian people to self-determination	7	A/HRC/22/L.43	Adopted by a vote on 22.03.13 [46 in favour, 1 against, 0 abstentions]
22/28	Human Rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem	7	A/HRC/22/L.44	Adopted by a vote on 22.03.13 [46 in favour, 1 against, 0 abstentions]
22/29	Follow-up to the report of the independent international fact-finding mission to investigate the implications of Israeli settlements on the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of the Palestinian people throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem	7	A/HRC/22/L.45	Adopted by a vote on 22.03.13 [45 in favour, 1 against, 0 abstentions]
22/30	Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action	9	A/HRC/22/L.26	Adopted by a vote on 22.03.13 [34 in favour, 1 against, 12 abstentions]
22/31	Combating intolerance, negative stereotyping and stigmatization of, and discrimination, incitement to violence and violence against, persons based on religion or belief	9	A/HRC/22/L.40	Adopted without a vote on 22.03.13
22/32	Rights of the child: the right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health	3	A/HRC/22/L.27/Rev.1	Adopted without a vote on 22.03.13
22/33	Open-ended intergovernmental working group to consider the possibility of elaborating an international regulatory framework on the regulation, monitoring and oversight of the activities of private military and security companies	3	A/HRC/22/L.29	Adopted by a vote on 22.03.13 [31 in favour, 11 against, 5 abstentions]
22/34	Education as a tool to prevent racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance	9	A/HRC/22/L.6/Rev.1	Adopted by a vote on 22.03.13 [46 in favour, 0 against, 1 abstentions]

DECISIONS

Adopted text	Title	Item	Draft	Action taken
22/101	Outcome of the Universal Periodic Review: Czech Republic	6		Adopted without a vote on 13.3.2013
22/102	Outcome of the Universal Periodic Review: Argentina	6		Adopted without a vote on 13.3.2013
22/103	Outcome of the Universal Periodic Review: Gabon	6		Adopted without a vote on 13.3.2013
22/104	Outcome of the Universal Periodic Review: Ghana	6		Adopted without a vote on 13.3.2013
22/105	Outcome of the Universal Periodic Review: Ukraine	6		Adopted without a vote on 14.3.2013
22/106	Outcome of the Universal Periodic Review: Guatemala	6		Adopted without a vote on 14.3.2013
22/107	Outcome of the Universal Periodic Review: Benin	6		Adopted without a vote on 14.3.2013
22/108	Outcome of the Universal Periodic Review: Republic of Korea	6		Adopted without a vote on 14.3.2013
22/109	Outcome of the Universal Periodic Review: Switzerland	6		Adopted without a vote on 14.3.2013
22/110	Outcome of the Universal Periodic Review: Pakistan	6		Adopted without a vote on 14.3.2013
22/111	Outcome of the Universal Periodic Review: Zambia	6		Adopted without a vote on 14.3.2013
22/112	Outcome of the Universal Periodic Review: Japan	6		Adopted without a vote on 14.3.2013
22/113	Outcome of the Universal Periodic Review: Peru	6		Adopted without a vote on 14.3.2013
22/114	Outcome of the Universal Periodic Review: Sri Lanka	6		Adopted without a vote on 14.3.2013
22/115	Human Rights Council webcast	1	A/HRC/22/L.32	Adopted without a vote on 21.03.13
22/116	Enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights	3	A/HRC/22/L.2	Adopted without a vote on 21.03.13
22/117	High-level panel discussion on the question of the death penalty	3	A/HRC/22/L.28	Adopted by a vote on 21.03.13 [28 in favour, 10 against, 9 abstentions]

PRESIDENT'S STATEMENTS

Adopted text	Title	Item	Draft	Action taken
PRST 22/1	Mainstreaming human rights throughout the United Nations system	1	A/HRC/22/L.56	Adopted without a vote on 22.03.13
PRST 22/2	Technical assistance and capacity-building in human rights in Haiti	10	A/HRC/22/L.55	Adopted without a vote on 22.03.13

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