17th session of the Human Rights Council (30 May - 17 June 2011)

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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 HRC17 Extranet (New users access).

RESOLUTIONS

Adopted text	Title	Item	Draft	Action taken
17/1	Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children	3	A/HRC/17/L.2	Adopted on 16 June 2011 *[ without a vote]*
17/2	Independence of judges and lawyers	3	A/HRC/17/L.10	Adopted on 16 June 2011 *[ without a vote]*
17/3	The right to education: follow-up to resolution 8/4	3	A/HRC/17/L.11	Adopted on 16 June 2011 *[ without a vote]*
17/4	Human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises	3	A/HRC/17/L.17/Rev.1	Adopted on 16 June 2011 *[ without a vote]*
17/5	Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary and arbitrary executions	3	A/HRC/17/L.19	Adopted on 16 June 2011 *[ without a vote]*
17/6	Mandate of the independent expert on human rights and international solidarity	3	A/HRC/17/L.21	Adopted on 16 June 2011 [32 in favour, 14 against, 0 abstentions]
17/7	The effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights	3	A/HRC/17/L.24	Adopted on 16 June 2011 [30 in favour, 13 against, 3 abstentions]
17/8	Proclamation of 19 August as the International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism	3	A/HRC/17/L.25	Adopted on 16 June 2011 *[ without a vote]*
17/9	National institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights	8	A/HRC/17/L.18	Adopted on 16 June 2011 *[ without a vote]*
17/10	Follow-up the report of the Independent International Fact Finding Mission on the incident of the Humanitarian Flotilla	1	A/HRC/17/L.1	Adopted on 17 June 2011 [36 in favour, 1 against, 8 abstentions]
17/11	Accelerating efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women	3	A/HRC/17/L.6	Adopted on 17 June 2011 *[ without a vote]*
17/12	Human rights of migrants: mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants	3	A/HRC/17/L.12	34th meeting, 17 June
17/13	Extreme poverty and human rights	3	A/HRC/17/L.15	Adopted on 17 June 2011 *[ without a vote]*
17/14	Right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health in the context of development and access to medicines	3	A/HRC/17/L.16	Adopted on 17 June 2011 *[ without a vote]*
17/15	Promotion of the enjoyment of the cultural rights of everyone and respect for cultural diversity	3	A/HRC/17/L.22	Adopted on 17 June 2011 *[ without a vote]*
17/16	Promotion of the right of peoples to peace	3	A/HRC/17/L.23	Adopted on 17 June 2011 [32 in favour, 14 against, no abstentions]
17/17	Human rights situation in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	4	A/HRC/17/L.3	Adopted on 17 June 2011 *[ without a vote]*
17/18	Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child	5	A/HRC/17/L.8	Adopted on 17 June 2011 *[ without a vote]*
17/19	Human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity	8	A/HRC/17/L.9/Rev.1	Adopted on 17 June 2011 [23 in favour, 19 against, 3 abstentions]
17/20	Technical assistance and cooperation on human rights for Kyrgyzstan	10	A/HRC/17/L.5	Adopted on 17 June 2011 *[ without a vote]*
17/21	Assistance to Côte d'Ivoire in the field of human rights	10	A/HRC/17/L.27	Adopted on 17 June 2011 *[ without a vote]*
17/22	Migrants and asylum seekers fleeing from events in North Africa	3	A/HRC/17/L.13	Adopted on 17 June 2011 [32 in favour, 14 against, no abstentions]
17/23	The negative impact of the non-repatriation of funds of illicit origin to the countries of origin on the enjoyment of human rights	3	A/HRC/17/L.26	Adopted on 17 June 2011 [32 in favour, 2 against, 12 abstentions]
17/24	Human rights situation in Belarus	4	A/HRC/17/L.20/Rev.1	Adopted on 17 June 2011 [21 in favour, 5 against, 19 abstentions]
17/25	Assistance to Somalia in the field of human rights	10	A/HRC/17/L.14	Adopted on 17 June 2011 *[ without a vote]*

DECISIONS

Adopted text	Title	Item	Draft	Action taken
17/101	Outcome of the universal periodic review: Nauru	6	n/a	Adopted on 7 June 2011 [without a vote]
17/102	Outcome of the universal periodic review: Rwanda	6	n/a	Adopted on 7 June 2011 [without a vote]
17/103	Outcome of the universal periodic review: Nepal	6	n/a	Adopted on 7 June 2011 [without a vote]
17/104	Outcome of the universal periodic review: Saint Lucia	6	n/a	Adopted on 7 June 2011 [without a vote]
17/105	Outcome of the universal periodic review: Oman	6	n/a	Adopted on 7 June 2011 [without a vote]
17/106	Outcome of the universal periodic review: Austria	6	n/a	Adopted on 7 June 2011 [without a vote]
17/107	Outcome of the universal periodic review: Myanmar	6	n/a	Adopted on 8 June 2011 [without a vote]
17/108	Outcome of the universal periodic review: Australia	6	n/a	Adopted on 8 June 2011 [without a vote]
17/109	Outcome of the universal periodic review: Georgia	6	n/a	Adopted on 8 June 2011 [without a vote]
17/110	Outcome of the universal periodic review: Saint Kitts and Nevis	6	n/a	Adopted on 8 June 2011 [without a vote]
17/111	Outcome of the universal periodic review: Sao Tome and Principe	6	n/a	Adopted on 8 June 2011 [without a vote]
17/112	Outcome of the universal periodic review: Namibia	6	n/a	Adopted on 8 June 2011 [without a vote]
17/113	Outcome of the universal periodic review: Niger	6	n/a	Adopted on 9 June 2011 [without a vote]
17/114	Outcome of the universal periodic review: Mozambique	6	n/a	Adopted on 9 June 2011 [without a vote]
17/115	Outcome of the universal periodic review: Estonia	6	n/a	Adopted on 9 June 2011 [without a vote]
17/116	Outcome of the universal periodic review: Paraguay	6	n/a	Adopted on 9 June 2011 [without a vote]
17/117	Procedural decision	2	A/HRC/17/L.28	Adopted on 17 June 2011 *[ without a vote]*
17/118	Office of the President	1	A/HRC/17/L.7/Rev.1	Adopted on 17 June 2011 *[ without a vote]*
17/119	Follow up to the Human Rights Council Resolution 16/21 with regard to the Universal Periodic Review	1	A/HRC/17/L.29	Adopted on 17 June 2011 *[ without a vote]*

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