A/HRC/10/26
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4.
Lebanon
[Original: Arabic]
[23 December 2008]
(a) The Government of Lebanon expressed its commitment to opposing arbitrary
detention and physical or mental torture of arrested people. It highlighted the importance of the
possibility of having access to adequate medical care in prison and of respecting the rights of
migrants and foreigners in Lebanon. Lebanon pledged to facilitate the protection of the rights of
migrants and foreigners and to fight against human trafficking, especially of women and
children.
(b) The Government of Lebanon will continue its cooperation with international
organizations on human rights and humanitarian law to protect and strengthen the
implementation of human rights. It will also give training to its human rights personnel for
these purposes.
5.
Spain
[Original: Spanish]
[16 December 2008]
(a) The Government of Spain reaffirmed that human rights are a key factor in the State’s
policy of international cooperation and that, in its present master plan for 2005-2008, human
rights is the cross-cutting axis defining the model of cooperation. Its reference point is the
international framework of human rights, in particular the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights and the international covenants, the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and
Fundamental Freedoms of the Council of Europe and the provisions of domestic legislation.
(b) The Government highlighted various mechanisms established in the master plan,
including dialogue and political negotiation with partner countries, inclusion in strategic
planning by incorporating the context of partner countries and the evaluation of the potential
impact of cooperation in human rights in each of the partner countries, and a rights-based
approach to sector strategies in such areas as governability, indigenous peoples, peace and
conflict resolution, health, gender, humanitarian action and the fight against hunger.
(c) The Government also provided information on the strengthening of the multilateral
system of promotion and protection of human rights. The Spanish International Cooperation
Agency for Development elaborates numerous programmes directly linked to its approach to
promotion and protection of human rights, to a total of 10,512,140 euros for 2008, in the fight
against female genital mutilation and gender violence; the fight against human trafficking; access
to justice and strengthening of judicial systems; support for peace processes and assistance to
victims of armed conflicts; the right to food; the promotion of the rights of indigenous people
and people of African descent; and fundamental labour principles and rights. These programmes
are mainly carried out in coordination with United Nations agencies and programmes as well as
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