A/HRC/RES/31/28 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 21 April 2016 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-first sessionAgenda item 10 Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 24 March 2016 31/28. Technical assistance and capacity-building for Mali in the field of human rights The Human Rights Council, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other relevant international human rights instruments, Recalling General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006, Recalling also its resolutions 5/1, on institution-building of the Human Rights Council, and 5/2, on the Code of Conduct for Special Procedures Mandate Holders of the Council, both of 18 June 2007, Recalling further its resolutions 20/17 of 6 July 2012 on the situation of human rights in Mali, 22/18 of 21 March 2013, in which it established the mandate of Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Mali, and 25/36 of 28 March 2014, in which it extended the mandate of the Independent Expert, Reaffirming that all States have a responsibility to promote and protect the human rights and fundamental freedoms enshrined in the Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenants on Human Rights and other relevant international human rights instruments to which they are party, Reaffirming also its commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of Mali, Deeply concerned about the establishment of terrorist groups in the Sahel region, the continued armed attacks in the north and the spread of terrorist and other criminal activities in the central and southern parts of Mali, Deeply concerned also about human rights violations and abuses in Mali, and about the fragile security situation and the difficulties in the redeployment of government services, which continue to hinder humanitarian access in the northern part of the country, the voluntary return of displaced people and the access of the population to basic social services, GE.16-06511(E) 