Atrocities Committed by the Terrorist Group Boko Haram and Its Effects on Human Rights in the Affected States

A/HRC/RES/S-23/1View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, published in 2015.

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15 subjects

Accountability Cameroon Chad Counter-Terrorism Human Rights Human Rights Violations International Cooperation International Humanitarian Law Niger Nigeria Report Preparation Task Forces Technical Cooperation Terrorism Terrorism Financing

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9 operative paragraphs

Condemns in the strongest terms the gross abuses of international human rights law and violations of international humanitarian law perpetrated by the terrorist group Boko Haram;

Calls upon those who provide support and resources to Boko Haram to put an immediate end to any such support that is contrary to international human rights law, as well as relevant resolutions and decisions adopted by the General Assembly, the Security Council, the African Union, the Economic Community of West African States, the Economic Community of Central African States and the Lake Chad Basin Commission;

Urges all parties not to lend any legitimacy to terrorist acts;

Calls for increased collaboration of the international community with the States affected by the terrorist activities of Boko Haram to monitor and to dry up all possible sources of financing,;

Welcomes the assistance provided by some States to African States in the fight against terrorism, and calls upon the international community to provide more active and multifaceted support for Cameroon, Chad, the Niger, Nigeria and any other State affected by the actions of the terrorist group Boko Haram on their request, and in close collaboration with their respective Governments;

Further calls upon States and the international community to support, the multinational joint task force established by the African Union as appropriate, for the deployment of the task force, which includes troops from Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, the Niger and Benin, by providing the said task force with technical assistance;

Calls for the perpetrators of the heinous crimes committed by the terrorist group Boko Haram to be brought before the competent courts of the affected States to ensure that those responsible for abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law, including attacks targeting civilians, are held accountable;

Urges States to protect human rights while fighting terrorism, including through increased cooperation and full implementation of relevant international conventions and resolutions, and highlights the need to strengthen coordination at the national, subregional, regional and international levels to reinforce the global response to terrorism;

Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to collect information from affected States and in close cooperation and consultation with them, in order to prepare a report on violations and abuses of human rights and atrocities committed by the terrorist group Boko Haram in the States affected by such acts, with a view towards accountability, and to provide an oral update, as part of an interactive dialogue, to be held at the twenty-ninth session of the Human Rights Council and to submit a report for its consideration at its thirtieth session.

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