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Human Rights Council
Twenty-fourth session
Agenda item 1
Organizational and procedural matters

Report of the Human Rights Council on its twenty-fourth session

Vice-President and Rapporteur: Mr. Luis Gallegos Chiriboga
(Ecuador)


Contents

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Part One: Resolutions and decisions 2



I. Resolutions adopted by the Human Rights Council at its twenty-
fourth session 6

24/1. Promoting human rights through sport and the Olympic
ideal 6

24/2. Local government and human rights 8

24/3. Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery,
including its causes

and consequences 9

24/4. The right to development 11

24/5. The rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of
association 14

24/6. The right of everyone to the enjoyment of the
highest attainable standard

of physical and mental health 16

24/7. Arbitrary detention 17

24/8. Equal political participation 19

24/9. Human rights and indigenous peoples: mandate of the
Special Rapporteur

on the rights of indigenous peoples 21

24/10. Human rights and indigenous peoples 22

24/11. Preventable mortality and morbidity of children under 5
years of age

as a human rights concern 26

24/12. Human rights in the administration of justice, including
juvenile justice 28

24/13. The use of mercenaries as a means of violating human
rights and

impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-
determination 33

24/14. Human rights and unilateral coercive measures 37

24/15. World Programme for Human Rights Education 41

24/16. The role of prevention in the promotion and protection of
human rights 43

24/17. Conscientious objection to military service 45

24/18. The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation
48

24/19. Regional arrangements for the promotion and protection of
human rights 52

24/20. The human rights of older persons 54

24/21. Civil society space: creating and maintaining, in law and
in

practice, a safe and enabling environment 56

24/22. The continuing grave deterioration of the human rights
and

humanitarian situation in the Syrian Arab Republic
58

24/23. Strengthening efforts to prevent and eliminate child,
early and forced

marriage: challenges, achievements, best practices and
implementation gaps 59

24/24. Cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives
and mechanisms

in the field of human rights 61

24/25. The Social Forum 64

24/26. From rhetoric to reality: a global call for concrete
action against racism,

racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance
66

24/27. Technical assistance and capacity-building for human
rights in

the Democratic Republic of the Congo 69

24/28. Technical assistance for the Sudan in the field of human
rights 72

24/29. Advisory services and technical assistance for Cambodia
74

24/30. Assistance to Somalia in the field of human rights
78

24/31. Enhancement of technical cooperation and capacity-
building

in the field of human rights 82

24/32. Technical assistance and capacity-building for Yemen in
the field of human rights 85

24/33. Technical cooperation for the prevention of attacks
against persons with albinism 87

24/34. Technical assistance to the Central African Republic in
the field of human rights 88

24/35. Impact of arms transfers on human rights in armed
conflicts 90

II. Decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council at its twenty-fourth
session 92

24/101. Outcome of the universal periodic review: Turkmenistan
92

24/102. Outcome of the universal periodic review: Burkina Faso
92

24/103. Outcome of the universal periodic review: Cape Verde
93

24/104. Outcome of the universal periodic review: Tuvalu 93

24/105. Outcome of the universal periodic review: Colombia
94

24/106. Outcome of the universal periodic review: Uzbekistan
95

24/107. Outcome of the universal periodic review: Germany
95

24/108. Outcome of the universal periodic review: Djibouti
96

24/109. Outcome of the universal periodic review: Canada 96

24/110. Outcome of the universal periodic review: Bangladesh
97

24/111. Outcome of the universal periodic review: Azerbaijan
98

24/112. Outcome of the universal periodic review: Russian
Federation 98

24/113. Outcome of the universal periodic review: Cameroon
99

24/114. Outcome of the universal periodic review: Cuba 99

24/115. Postponement of renewal of the mandate of the Special
Rapporteur

on adequate housing as a component of the right to an
adequate standard

of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this
context 100

24/116. Panel discussion on the safety of journalists 100

24/117. High-level panel on the identification of good practices
in

combating female genital mutilation 101

24/118. Establishment of a special fund for the participation of
civil society in

the Social Forum, the Forum on Minority Issues and the Forum
on Business

and Human Rights 103

III. President's statements made at the twenty-fourth
session...........................................................
104

24/1. Reports of the Advisory Committee 104

Part Two: Summary of proceedings 1-1008 105

I. Organizational and procedural matters 1-35 105

A. Opening and duration of the session 1-3 105

B. Attendance 4 105

C. Agenda and programme of work 5 105

D. Organization of work 6-12 105

E. Meetings and documentation 13-14 106

F. Visits 15-21 106

G. Election of members of the Human Rights Council Advisory
Committee 22-27 108

H. Adoption of the report on the session 28-32 108

I. Consideration of and action on draft proposals 33-35
108

II. Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights and
reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-
General 36-43 109

A. Update by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights 36-39 109

B. Reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the
Secretary-General 40-43 110

III. Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic,
social and cultural rights, including the right to development
44-211 111

A. Special Representative of the Secretary-General for children
and
armed conflict 44-47 111
B. Interactive dialogue with special procedures mandate holders
48-77 112

C. Panels 78-91 116

D. General debate on agenda item 3 92-94 118

E. Consideration of and action on draft proposals 95-210
120

IV. Human rights situations that require the Council's attention
211-229 132

A. Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of
internally displaced persons 211 132

B. Interactive dialogue with the commission of inquiry on
the Syrian Arab Republic 212-215 132

C. Interactive dialogue with the commission of inquiry on
the Democratic People's Republic of Korea 216-219 133

D. General debate on agenda item 4 220-222 133

E. Consideration of and action on draft proposals 223-229
134

V. Human rights bodies and mechanisms 230-271 136

A. Complaint procedure 230-231 136

B. Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 232-
233 136

C. Interactive dialogue with the Advisory Committee 234-236
136

D. General debate on agenda item 5 237-238 136

E. Consideration of and action on draft proposals 239-271
137

VI. Universal periodic review 272-923 141

A. Consideration of universal periodic review outcomes 273-
907 141

B. General debate on agenda item 6 908-909 226

C. Consideration of and action on draft proposals 910-923
227

VII. Human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab
territories 924-925 229

VIII. Follow-up to and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and
Programme of Action 926-934 230

A. Panel discussion on the integration o