A/HRC/10/29
(a)
To remain vigilant with regard to medical and other health personnel’s active
or passive participation in torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or
punishment and to their functional independence of the institution in which they serve;
(b)
To discuss possible areas of cooperation with relevant United Nations bodies,
specialized agencies and programmes, in particular the World Health Organization, to
address the role and responsibility of medical and other health personnel in the
documentation and prevention of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or
punishment;
(c)
To respond effectively to credible and reliable information submitted to their
attention regarding alleged cases of the active or passive participation of medical and other
health personnel in torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment;
(d)
To consider including in their reports submitted to the Council information
on the problem of medical and other health personnel’s participation in torture and other
cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment;
16.
procedures;
Requests States to cooperate fully and in good faith with the relevant special
17.
Calls upon the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights to continue to provide advisory services to States for the prevention of torture and
cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, including concerning tools, for the
investigation of alleged cases of torture;
18.
Takes note of the report of the Special Rapporteur (A/HRC/10/44).
44th meeting
27 March 2009
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 34 to 0, with 13 abstentions (see part II, chap. III). The
voting was as follows:
In favour:
Angola, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil,
Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, Cuba, France, Gabon, Germany,
Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mexico, Netherlands,
Nicaragua, Nigeria, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation,
Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Uruguay, Zambia;
Abstaining:
Bahrain, Bangladesh, China, Djibouti, Egypt, Ghana, India, Jordan,
Malaysia, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal.]
10/25
Discrimination based on religion or belief and its impact on the
enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling General Assembly resolution 36/55 of 25 November 1981, in which the
Assembly proclaimed the Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of
Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief,
Recalling also article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, article 2 (2) of the International
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