Strengthening of Technical Cooperation and Consultative Services in Guinea

A/HRC/RES/16/36View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 10 Technical assistance and capacity-building, published in 2011.

What other versions does this mandate have?

5 versions · 2011–2015

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/28/33

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2015	A/HRC/RES/28/33	Strengthening of technical cooperation and consultative services in Guinea	951	52%Compare
2014	A/HRC/RES/25/35	Strengthening of technical cooperation and consultative services in Guinea	883	64%Compare
2013	A/HRC/RES/23/23	Strengthening of technical cooperation and consultative services in Guinea	1,033	34%Compare
2012	A/HRC/RES/19/30	Strengthening of technical cooperation and consultative services in Guinea	903	34%Compare
2011	A/HRC/RES/16/36	Strengthening of technical cooperation and consultative services in Guinea	537	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

8 subjects

Administration of Justice Advisory Services Election Verification Guinea Human Rights International Cooperation Rule of Law Technical Cooperation

What’s in this document?

14 operative paragraphs

Commends the efforts of the Economic Community of West African States, the African Union and all relevant authorities, in particular former interim President Sékouba Konaté and current President Alpha Condé, in the restoration of the rule of law, fundamental freedoms and respect of human rights;

Notes with satisfaction the holding of presidential elections in Guinea and the measures taken by the Government in order to, inter alia, establish a commission of peace, justice and reconciliation;

Invites the Guinean authorities to pursue their efforts to implement the recommendations of the international commission of inquiry established by the Secretary-General and supported by the Economic Community of West African States and the African Union, relating to:

Combating impunity for those responsible for or involved in serious human rights violations, and in particular acts of sexual violence against women and girls, and adapting national legislation to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court;

Protection for, and the granting of assistance of every kind and appropriate reparation to, the victims of acts of violence;

The reform of the justice system;

The reform of the security sector;

The adoption of a national plan to combat all forms of discrimination;

The harmonization of national legislation with Security Council resolution 1820 (2008) of 19 June 2008 on violence against women and girls;

Welcomes the initiatives taken by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights through its office in Guinea, in particular in the monitoring of the human rights situation before and during the presidential election process, to support the strengthening of local institutional capacities in promoting and protecting human rights as well as in the fight against impunity;

Reiterates strongly its call to the international community:

To provide the Guinean authorities with appropriate assistance to promote respect for human rights, including the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, combating impunity, and reform of the security and justice sectors;

To support the Office of the High Commissioner in Guinea;

Invites the High Commissioner to report to the Council at its nineteenth session on the situation of human rights and the work of her Office in Guinea.

The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of the Council on its sixteenth session (A/HRC/16/2), chap. I.

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