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including the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, the
chairperson-rapporteurs of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances
and the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, the treaty bodies and regional human rights
mechanisms, as well as non-governmental organizations and national human rights
institutions for an exchange of views on human rights considerations relating to the issues
of administration of justice through military tribunals and the role of the integral judicial
system in combating human rights violations;
13.
Also requests the High Commissioner to provide all the assistance and
support necessary for the expert consultation;
14.
Further requests the High Commissioner to present a summary of the
discussions held during the expert consultation to the Human Rights Council at its twentyeighth session;
15.
Invites the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers to
take full account of the present resolution in the discharge of her mandate;
16.
Decides to continue consideration of this issue in accordance with its annual
programme of work.
54th meeting
27 March 2014
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 27 to 1, with 19 abstentions. The voting was as follows:
In favour:
Algeria, Argentina, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Chile, China, Congo,
Costa Rica, Cuba, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Mexico,
Morocco, Namibia, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Russian Federation, Sierra
Leone, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic
of), Viet Nam
Against:
United States of America
Abstaining:
Austria, Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Gabon,
Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Maldives, Montenegro, Republic of
Korea, Romania, Saudi Arabia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]
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