Technical Assistance and Capacity-Building for Yemen in the Field of Human Rights

A/HRC/RES/21/22View 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 2012.

What other versions does this mandate have?

15 versions · 2011–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/60/31

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/HRC/RES/60/31	Technical assistance and capacity-building for Yemen in the field of human rights	2,156	91%Compare
2024	A/HRC/RES/57/37	Technical assistance and capacity-building for Yemen in the field of human rights	2,107	91%Compare
2023	A/HRC/RES/54/29	Technical assistance and capacity-building for Yemen in the field of human rights	1,952	87%Compare
2022	A/HRC/RES/51/39	Technical assistance and capacity-building for Yemen in the field of human rights	2,021	76%Compare
2021	A/HRC/RES/48/21	Technical assistance and capacity-building for Yemen in the field of human rights	1,642	87%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Capacity Building Human Rights Technical Cooperation Transitional Justice Yemen

What’s in this document?

13 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the human rights situation in Yemen³ and of the debate held during the twenty-first session of the Human Rights Council, as well as the statement and comments by the Government of Yemen on the report and its willingness to cooperate with the United Nations and Office of the High Commissioner;

³A/HRC/21/37.

Notes with appreciation the efforts made by the Government of Yemen to implement Human Rights Council resolutions 18/19 and 19/29;

Welcomes and supports the signing of the host country agreement between the Government of Yemen and the High Commissioner to establish a country office of the High Commissioner in Yemen, to take place in New York on 26 September 2012;

Acknowledges with appreciation the issuance of Republican Decree No. 140, which establishes a committee to investigate allegations of violations of human rights, and notes that the Decree states that investigations shall be transparent, independent and adhere to international standards, and looks forward to further steps of the Government of Yemen towards the implementation of the Decree, in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 19/29;

Calls upon all parties to release persons arbitrarily detained by them and to end any practice of unlawful detention of persons;

Calls upon the Government of Yemen and armed opposition groups to take immediate measures to end the use and recruitment of children, to demobilize those who have already been recruited and to cooperate with the United Nations and other qualified groups for their reintegration into their communities, taking into consideration the relevant recommendations made by the Secretary-General in his report on children and armed conflict;⁴

⁴A/66/782-S/2012/261.

Encourages the Government of Yemen to continue its efforts to ensure that women are represented at all levels of the political process and that they are able to participate in public life, free of discrimination and intimidation;

Also encourages the Government of Yemen to continue to implement the accepted recommendations contained in the reports of the High Commissioner⁵ with the support of her Office, and calls upon the Government to address the recommendations contained in the report of the High Commissioner submitted to the Human Rights Council at its twenty-first session;

⁵A/HRC/18/21 and A/HRC/19/51.

Reiterates the commitments and obligations of the Government of Yemen to promote and protect human rights;

Invites all bodies of the United Nations system, including the Office of the High Commissioner and Member States, to assist the transitional process in Yemen, including by supporting the mobilization of resources to tackle the economic and social challenges faced by Yemen, in coordination with the international donor community and according to the priorities set by the Yemeni authorities;

Calls upon the international community to provide financial support for the Yemen humanitarian response plan of 2012 and the urgent appeals for Abyan, as well as the joint United Nations stabilization plan;

Requests the High Commissioner to provide technical assistance and to work with the Government of Yemen, as needed, to identify additional areas of assistance to enable Yemen to fulfil its human rights obligations;

Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to present to the Human Rights Council, at its twenty-fourth session, a progress report on the situation of human rights in Yemen and on the follow-up to the present resolution and Council resolutions 18/19 and 19/29.

  The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of the Council on its twenty-first session (A/HRC/21/2), chap. I.

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