A/HRC/RES/30/18
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
12 October 2015
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirtieth session
Agenda item 10
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 2 October 2015
30/18.
Technical assistance and capacity-building for Yemen in the
field of human rights
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights and the relevant human rights treaties,
Recalling Security Council resolutions 2014 (2011) of 21 October 2011, 2051
(2012) of 12 June 2012 and 2140 (2014) of 26 February 2014, and Human Rights Council
resolutions 18/19 of 29 September 2011, 19/29 of 23 March 2012, 21/22 of 27 September
2012, 24/32 of 27 September 2013 and 27/19 of 25 September 2014,
Recalling also Security Council resolution 2216 (2015) of 14 April 2015,
Recognizing that the promotion and the protection of human rights are key factors in
ensuring a fair and equitable justice system and, ultimately, reconciliation and stability for
the country,
Welcoming the acceptance by Yemeni political parties to complete the political
transition process on the basis of the Gulf Cooperation Council initiative and its
implementation mechanism, and emphasizing the need for the implementation of the
recommendations made in the outcome document of the National Dialogue Conference and
to complete the drafting of a new Constitution,
Welcoming also the results of the meeting of Yemeni political parties in Riyadh on
17 May 2015 and their commitments to find a political solution to the conflict in Yemen on
the basis of the Gulf Cooperation Council initiative, the outcomes of the National Dialogue
Conference and Security Council resolution 2216 (2015), and the efforts of the SecretaryGeneral and of his Special Envoy for Yemen,
Recalling its call for an investigation into all cases of violations and abuses of
human rights and of violations of international humanitarian law, and the relevant call made
by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights,
GE.15-17562(E)
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