综述

2013年8月16日

做出了有关三份主题为灾后情况、腐败的影响和人权领域的国际合作的研究报告的决定。

人权理事会咨询委员会第十一届会议今天闭幕，在8月12日至16日召开期间，会议通过了有关人权理事会授权研究的三个行动点。委员会还通过了本届会议提交人权理事会尚待核准的报告。

咨询委员会一致通过的三个行动点分别是关于灾后和冲突后局势中的人权、在人权领域加强国际合作与腐败对享受人权的负面影响。对于上述每个话题，委员会都指派了起草小组成员，负责在向人权理事会第二十六届会议提交报告（其中包含将要分发的问卷的答复）之前编制一份提交委员会的进度报告。这三个话题也是会议期间讨论的主题。除了委员会成员，人权理事会观察员国、非政府组织和外部发言者也应邀参会。

During the discussion on the promotion and protection of human rights in post-disaster and post-conflict situations, four members of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights gave examples of actions undertaken by the Office in different parts of the world and spoke about how a human rights dimension was integrated into humanitarian action. The circular nature of human rights violations in social conflicts that could degenerate into armed conflicts and humanitarian crises was also examined. The Human Rights Council requested the Advisory Committee to carry out a study on this issue, with a preliminary report to be presented in June 2014 and a final report to be presented in March 2015 (A/HRC/RES/22/16).

In a discussion on the enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights, the Chairperson of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural rights, Mr. Zdislaw Kedzia, said he was in favour of a better approach to human rights within the framework of international trade. In June 2013, the Human Rights Council had requested the Advisory Committee to carry out a more in-depth study on the issue, identifying challenges and areas where further progress was needed. The Committee would submit a preliminary report to the Council at its session in June 2014 (A/HRC/RES/23/3)

The Committee also discussed the negative impact of corruption on the enjoyment of human rights. As requested by the Council (A/HRC/RES/23/9), the Committee would submit a report to the Council in June 2014. Several members of the Committee, as well as representatives from States that co-sponsored the resolution, felt that the Committee should not look to establish a list of ways of tackling corruption, but rather seek to clarify the link between the different forms of corruption and human rights and identify ways in which human rights mechanisms could adopt a human rights-based approach to the fight against corruption. The need for the Committee to examine the impact of corruption on the individual was also identified.

On new priorities and research initiatives, the Advisory Committee considered two study proposals that could be made to the Council, on the possible creation of a world human rights court, and on citizens’ safety. Members of the Committee that presented the proposal would present a concept note at the Committee’s next session.

Under standing items on its agenda, the Advisory Committee also briefly addressed the gender perspective, a democratic and equitable international order, and the realization of human rights by persons with disabilities. The Committee also addressed follow-up to reports submitted to the Council on peoples’ right to peace, the rights of peasants, the promoting human rights and fundamental freedoms through a better understanding of traditional values of humankind, as well as human rights and issues related to terrorist hostage-taking.

The Advisory Committee is a body of 18 independent experts serving as a think-tank to the Human Rights Council and mandated to provide studies and recommendations supported by research to the Council, upon the request of the Council. The Committee is not mandated to adopt resolutions or decisions.

The eleventh session of the Advisory Committee was also the last for six out its 18 expert members, whose second mandate of three years would come to an end, and who had been members of the Committee since its establishment, when it replaced the Sub-Committee on Human Rights. Those were the Chairperson, Mr. Woflgang Stefan Heinz, Mr. Jose Antonio Bengoa Cabello, Ms. Chung Chinsung, Mr. Vladimir Kartashkin, Mr. Shigeki Sakamoto and Ms. Mona Zulficar. New members would be elected by the Human Rights Council at its upcoming session in September 2013.

The report on the work of the eleventh session of the Advisory Committee and additional documentation will be made available on the Committee’s webpage. In particular, the report of the session would be available next week under document number A/HRC/AC/11/2.

The twelfth session of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee will take place in Geneva from 24 to 28 February 2014.

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