Advisory Services and Technical Assistance for Burundi

A/HRC/RES/9/19View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, published in 2008.

What else is in this group?

4 documents · 2008–2011

Newer documents in this group exist (latest: 2011).

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2011	A/HRC/RES/18/24	Advisory services and technical assistance for Burundi	320	–
2011	A/HRC/RES/16/34	Advisory services and technical assistance for Burundi	237	–
2008	A/HRC/RES/9/19	Advisory services and technical assistance for Burundi	558	–
2008	A/HRC/RES/6/5	Advisory services and technical assistance for Burundi	398	–

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What subjects does this mandate have?

15 subjects

Burundi Capacity Building Ceasefires Consultations Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Elections Experts Financial Assistance Human Rights Advancement Human Rights Institutions Institution Building Judicial System Peacebuilding Technical Cooperation Transitional Justice

What’s in this document?

10 operative paragraphs

Takes note with satisfaction of the report of the independent expert on the situation of human rights in Burundi (A/HRC/9/14);

Welcomes the cooperation established between the independent expert and the Government of Burundi;

Calls upon the Government and the Palipehutu-Forces nationales de libération (FNL) to continue to work through all the mechanisms established under the Comprehensive Ceasefire Agreement to ensure its full and immediate implementation, in accordance with the timetable established in the revised Programme of Action and the mutual commitments undertaken in June 2008 in Magaliesberg, South Africa;

Welcomes the launching of a project to support the national consultations on transitional justice mechanisms in the context of the peacebuilding process and of Burundi’s international commitments to this end, and urges the Government to continue its efforts in this area in collaboration with the United Nations and civil society;

Commends the efforts of the Government of Burundi and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and expresses its support for the Peacebuilding Fund aimed at the establishment of a national human rights commission, in accordance with the Paris Principles, and calls for this national institution to be established as soon as possible;

Urges the international community to increase its technical and financial assistance to the Government of Burundi with a view to supporting its efforts to respect and promote human rights, in particular in the areas of economic and social rights and justice system reform, and to provide assistance in the preparation of elections;

Requests the Office of the High Commissioner, through its presence in Burundi, to continue its activities and technical assistance programmes in consultation with the Burundi authorities;

Decides to extend the mandate of the independent expert until an independent national human rights commission has been established;

Invites the independent expert to report on his activities to the Council at the session following the establishment of the above-mentioned commission;

Invites the Office of the High Commissioner to report to the Council at its twelfth session on the progress achieved in the situation of human rights in Burundi and on his activities in the country, and to make recommendations on suitable independent mechanisms necessary for the promotion and protection of human rights in Burundi.

Advisory Services and Technical Assistance for Burundi

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II.Decisions adopted by the Council at its ninth session

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