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13th session of the Human Rights Council (1-26 March 2010)

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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 HRC13 Extranet (New users access).

RESOLUTIONS

Adopted text Title Item Draft Action taken
A/HRC/RES/13/1

Composition of staff of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

2

A/HRC/13/L.18

Adopted on
24 March 2010
[31 in favour, 12 against, 3 abstentions]

A/HRC/RES/13/2

Human rights and arbitrary deprivation of nationality

3

A/HRC/13/L.4
[orally revised]

Adopted
on 24 March 2010
[without a vote]

A/HRC/RES/13/3

Open-ended Working Group on an optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child to provide a communications procedure

3

A/HRC/13/L.5

Adopted
on 24 March 2010
[without a vote]

A/HRC/RES/13/4

The right to food

3

A/HRC/13/L.17

Adopted
on 24 March 2010
[without a vote]

A/HRC/RES/13/5

Human rights in the occupied Syrian Golan

7

A/HRC/13/L.2

Adopted on
24 March 2010
[31 in favour, 1 against, 15 abstentions]

A/HRC/RES/13/6

Right of the Palestinian people to self-determination

7

A/HRC/13/L.27

Adopted on
24 March 2010
[45 in favour, 1 against]

A/HRC/RES/13/7

Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan

7

A/HRC/13/L.28

Adopted on
24 March 2010
[46 in favour, 1 against]

A/HRC/RES/13/8

The grave human rights violations by Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem

7

A/HRC/13/L.29

Adopted on
24 March 2010
[31 in favour, 9 against, 7 abstentions]

A/HRC/RES/13/9

Follow-up to the report of the United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict

7

A/HRC/13/L.30
[orally revised]

Adopted on
24 March 2010
[29 in favour, 6 against, 11  abstentions]

A/HRC/RES/13/10

Adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, in the context of mega-events

3

A/HRC/13/L.6
[orally revised]

Adopted on
25 March 2010
[without a vote]

A/HRC/RES/13/11

Human rights of persons with disabilities: national implementation and monitoring and introducing as the theme for 2011 the role of international cooperation in support of national efforts for the realization of the rights of persons with disabilities

3

A/HRC/13/L.8
[orally revised]

Adopted on
25 March 2010
[without a vote]

A/HRC/RES/13/12

Rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities

3

A/HRC/13/L.11

Adopted on
25 March 2010
[without a vote]

A/HRC/RES/13/13

Protection of human rights defenders

3

A/HRC/13/L.24
[orally revised]

Adopted on
25 March 2010
[without a vote]

A/HRC/RES/13/14

Situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

4

A/HRC/13/L.13

Adopted on
25 March 2010
[28 in favour, 5 against, 13 abstentions]

A/HRC/RES/13/15

United Nations declaration on human rights education and training

5

A/HRC/13/L.22

Adopted on
25 March 2010
[without a vote]

A/HRC/RES/13/16

Combating defamation of religions

9

A/HRC/13/L.1
[orally revised]

Adopted on
25 March 2010
[20 in favour, 17 against, 8 abstentions]

A/HRC/RES/13/17

The Social Forum

5

A/HRC/13/L.16
[orally revised]

Adopted on
25 March 2010
[without a vote]

A/HRC/RES/13/18

Elaboration of complementary standards to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

9

A/HRC/13/L.9
[orally revised]

Adopted on
25 March 2010
[without a vote]

A/HRC/RES/13/19

Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment: the role and responsibility of judges, prosecutors and lawyers

3

A/HRC/13/L.19
[orally revised]

Adopted on
26 March 2010
[without a vote]

A/HRC/RES/13/20

Rights of the child: the fight against sexual violence against children

3

A/HRC/13/L.21
[orally revised]

Adopted on
26 March 2010
[without a vote]

A/HRC/RES/13/21

Strengthening of technical cooperation and consultative services in the Republic of Guinea

10

A/HRC/13/L.14
[orally revised]

Adopted on
26 March 2010
[without a vote]

A/HRC/RES/13/22

Situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the strengthening of technical cooperation and consultative services

10

A/HRC/13/L.23
[orally revised]

Adopted on
26 March 2010
[without a vote]

A/HRC/RES/13/23

Enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights

2

A/HRC/13/L.7
[orally revised]

Adopted on
26 March 2010
[without a vote]

A/HRC/RES/13/24

Protection of journalists in situations of armed conflict

3

A/HRC/13/L.12

Adopted on
26 March 2010
[without a vote]

A/HRC/RES/13/25

Situation of human rights in Myanmar

4

A/HRC/13/L.15
[orally revised]

Adopted on
26 March 2010
[without a vote]

A/HRC/RES/13/26

Protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism

3

A/HRC/13/L.20
[orally revised]

Adopted on
26 March 2010
[without a vote]

A/HRC/RES/13/27

A world of sports free from racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance

9

A/HRC/13/L.26
[orally revised]

Adopted on
26 March 2010
[without a vote]

DECISIONS

Adopted text Title Item Draft Action taken
A/HRC/DEC/13/101

Outcome of the universal periodic review: Eritrea

6

n/a

Adopted on
17 March 2010
[without a vote]

A/HRC/DEC/13/102

Outcome of the universal periodic review: Cyprus

6

n/a

Adopted on
17 March 2010
[without a vote]

A/HRC/DEC/13/103

Outcome of the universal periodic review: Dominican Republic

6

n/a

Adopted on
17 March 2010
[without a vote]

A/HRC/DEC/13/104

Outcome of the universal periodic review: Cambodia

6

n/a

Adopted on
17 March 2010
[without a vote]

A/HRC/DEC/13/105

Outcome of the universal periodic review: Norway

6

n/a

Adopted on
17 March 2010
[without a vote]

A/HRC/DEC/13/106

Outcome of the universal periodic review: Albania

6

n/a

Adopted on
17 March 2010
[without a vote]

A/HRC/DEC/13/107

Outcome of the universal periodic review: Democratic Republic of the Congo

6

n/a

Adopted on
18 March 2010
[without a vote]

A/HRC/DEC/13/108

Outcome of the universal periodic review: Côte d’Ivoire

6

n/a

Adopted on
18 March 2010
[without a vote]

A/HRC/DEC/13/109

Outcome of the universal periodic review: Portugal

6

n/a

Adopted on
18 March 2010
[without a vote]

A/HRC/DEC/13/110

Outcome of the universal periodic review: Bhutan

6

n/a

Adopted on
18 March 2010
[without a vote]

A/HRC/DEC/13/111

Outcome of the universal periodic review: Dominica

6

n/a

Adopted on
18 March 2010
[without a vote]

A/HRC/DEC/13/112

Outcome of the universal periodic review: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

6

n/a

Adopted on
18 March 2010
[without a vote]

A/HRC/DEC/13/113

Outcome of the universal periodic review: Brunei Darussalam

6

n/a

Adopted on
19 March 2010
[without a vote]

A/HRC/DEC/13/114

Outcome of the universal periodic review: Costa Rica

6

n/a

Adopted on
19 March 2010
[without a vote]

A/HRC/DEC/13/115

Outcome of the universal periodic review: Equatorial Guinea

6

n/a

Adopted on
19 March 2010
[without a vote]

A/HRC/DEC/13/116

Outcome of the universal periodic review: Ethiopia

6

n/a

Adopted on
19 March 2010
[without a vote]

A/HRC/DEC/13/117

Trafficking in persons, especially women and children

3

A/HRC/13/L.25

Adopted on
26 March 2010
[without a vote]

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