Protection of the Human Rights of Civilians in Armed Conflict

A/HRC/RES/12/5View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development, published in 2009.

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2 versions · 2008–2009

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2009	A/HRC/RES/12/5	Protection of the human rights of civilians in armed conflict	186	13%Compare
2008	A/HRC/RES/9/9	Protection of the human rights of civilians in armed conflict	859	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

2 subjects

Consultations Human Rights in Armed Conflicts

What’s in this document?

2 operative paragraphs

Invites the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to convene, within the parameters set forth in paragraph 8 of Council resolution 9/9, a second expert consultation on the issue of protecting the human rights of civilians in armed conflict, with a view to enabling the completion of the consultations on this issue, and requests the Office of the High Commissioner to prepare a report on the outcome of the consultation, in the form of a summary of discussions, prior to its fourteenth session;

Decides to continue the consideration of this question at its fourteenth session in conformity with the provisions of resolution 9/9.

The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of the Council on its twelfth session (A/HRC/12/50), chap. I.

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