53rd regular session of the Human Rights Council: Resolutions, decisions and President’s statements

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Resolutions, decisions and President’s statements

Document links to the adopted texts in the first column below will work once the documents have been processed, translated and released in all six official languages of the United Nations on the Official Document System (ODS). To search for final 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), are available on the HRC53 Extranet.

Resolutions

Adopted text	Title	Item	Draft	Action taken
53/1	Countering religious hatred constituting incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence	1	A/HRC/53/L.23 (as orally revised)	Adopted as orally revised by a recorded vote (28 to 12, with 7 abstentions), 33rd meeting, 12 July 2023
53/2	Situation of human rights in Eritrea	2	A/HRC/53/L.21	Adopted by a recorded vote (18 to 7, with 21 abstentions), 34th meeting, 12 July 2023
53/3	Business and human rights	3	A/HRC/53/L.2	Adopted without a vote, 34th meeting, 12 July 2023
53/4	Mandate of Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions	3	A/HRC/53/L.4	Adopted without a vote, 34th meeting, 12 July 2023
53/5	Mandate of Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity	3	A/HRC/53/L.7	Adopted by a recorded vote (31 to 13, with 3 abstentions), 34th meeting, 12 July 2023
53/6	Human rights and climate change	3	A/HRC/53/L.9	Adopted without a vote, 34th meeting, 12 July 2023
53/7	The right to education	3	A/HRC/53/L.10	Adopted without a vote, 34th meeting, 12 July 2023
53/8	Elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy (Hansen’s disease) and their family members	3	A/HRC/53/L.11	Adopted without a vote, 34th meeting, 12 July 2023
53/9	Trafficking in persons, especially women and children	3	A/HRC/53/L.12	Adopted without a vote, 34th meeting, 12 July 2023
53/10	Extreme poverty and human rights	3	A/HRC/53/L.15	Adopted without a vote, 34th meeting, 12 July 2023
53/11	Enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights	3	A/HRC/53/L.19	Adopted by a recorded vote (33 to 13, with 1 abstention), 34th meeting, 12 July 2023
53/12	Mandate of Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers	3	A/HRC/53/L.6	Adopted without a vote, 35th meeting, 13 July 2023
53/13	Civil society space	3	A/HRC/53/L.13 (as orally revised)	Adopted as orally revised without a vote, 35th meeting, 13 July 2023
53/14	Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities	3	A/HRC/53/L.17	Adopted without a vote, 35th meeting, 13 July 2023
53/15	Impact of arms transfers on human rights	3	A/HRC/53/L.22 (as orally revised)	Adopted as orally revised without a vote, 35th meeting, 13 July 2023
53/16	The right to a nationality: equality in nationality rights in law and in practice	3	A/HRC/53/L.28/Rev.1 (as orally revised)	Adopted as orally revised without a vote, 35th meeting, 13 July 2023
53/17	The negative impact of corruption on the enjoyment of human rights	3	A/HRC/53/L.29	Adopted without a vote, 35th meeting, 13 July 2023
53/18	Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic	4	A/HRC/53/L.16	Adopted by a recorded vote (24 to 4, with 18 abstentions), 35th meeting, 13 July 2023
53/19	Situation of human rights in Belarus	4	A/HRC/53/L.20	Adopted by a recorded vote (20 to 6, with 21 abstentions), 35th meeting, 13 July 2023
53/20	The Social Forum	5	A/HRC/53/L.8	Adopted without a vote, 35th meeting, 13 July 2023
53/21	The incompatibility between democracy and racism	9	A/HRC/53/L.14	Adopted without a vote, 35th meeting, 13 July 2023
53/22	Enhancement of technical cooperation and capacity-building in the field of human rights in Colombia to implement the recommendations of the Commission for the Clarification of Truth, Coexistence and Non-Repetition	10	A/HRC/53/L.25/Rev.1	Adopted by a recorded vote (28 to 0, with 19 abstentions), 36th meeting, 13 July 2023
53/23	Child, early and forced marriage: ending and preventing forced marriage	3	A/HRC/53/L.3/Rev.1	Adopted without a vote, 36th meeting, 13 July 2023
53/24	Human rights of migrants: prevention and accountability for human rights violations in transit	3	A/HRC/53/L.18 (as orally revised)	Adopted as orally revised without a vote, 36th meeting, 13 July 2023
53/25	Implementation of Human Rights Council resolution 31/36	2	A/HRC/53/L.24/Rev.1	Adopted by a recorded vote (31 to 3, with 13 abstentions), 37th meeting, 14 July 2023
53/26	Situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar	2	A/HRC/53/L.30/Rev.1 (as orally revised)	Adopted as orally revised without a vote, 37th meeting, 14 July 2023
53/27	Accelerating efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls: preventing and responding to all forms of violence against women and girls in criminal justice detention	3	A/HRC/53/L.5/Rev.1 (as orally revised)	Adopted as orally revised without a vote, 37th meeting, 14 July 2023
53/28	The contribution of development to the enjoyment of all human rights	3	A/HRC/53/L.26 (as orally revised)	Adopted as orally revised by a recorded vote (30 to 12, with 5 abstentions), 37th meeting, 14 July 2023
53/29	New and emerging digital technologies and human rights	3	A/HRC/53/L.27/Rev.1 (as orally revised)	Adopted as orally revised without a vote, 37th meeting, 14 July 2023
53/30	Cooperation with and assistance to Ukraine in the field of human rights	10	A/HRC/53/L.1	Adopted by a recorded vote (28 to 3, with 16 abstentions), 38th meeting, 14 July 2023

Decisions

Adopted text	Title	Item	Draft	Action taken
53/101	Outcome of the universal periodic review: Czechia	6	N/A	Adopted without a vote, 26th meeting, 6 July 2023
53/102	Outcome of the universal periodic review: Argentina	6	N/A	Adopted without a vote, 26th meeting, 6 July 2023
53/103	Outcome of the universal periodic review: Gabon	6	N/A	Adopted without a vote, 26th meeting, 6 July 2023
53/104	Outcome of the universal periodic review: Ghana	6	N/A	Adopted without a vote, 26th meeting, 6 July 2023
53/105	Outcome of the universal periodic review: Peru	6	N/A	Adopted without a vote, 27th meeting, 7 July 2023
53/106	Outcome of the universal periodic review: Guatemala	6	N/A	Adopted without a vote, 27th meeting, 7 July 2023
53/107	Outcome of the universal periodic review: Benin	6	N/A	Adopted without a vote, 27th meeting, 7 July 2023
53/108	Outcome of the universal periodic review: Republic of Korea	6	N/A	Adopted without a vote, 28th meeting, 7 July 2023
53/109	Outcome of the universal periodic review: Switzerland	6	N/A	Adopted without a vote, 28th meeting, 7 July 2023
53/110	Outcome of the universal periodic review: Zambia	6	N/A	Adopted without a vote, 28th meeting, 7 July 2023
53/111	Outcome of the universal periodic review: Pakistan	6	N/A	Adopted without a vote, 29th meeting, 10 July 2023
53/112	Outcome of the universal periodic review: Japan	6	N/A	Adopted without a vote, 29th meeting, 10 July 2023
53/113	Outcome of the universal periodic review: Sri Lanka	6	N/A	Adopted without a vote, 29th meeting, 10 July 2023

President's statement

No President's statement was adopted at the session.

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