A/HRC/RES/33/19 full involvement in the design, establishment and implementation of comprehensive transitional justice strategies; 7. Calls upon States to work to prevent potential situations that could result in gross violations and abuses of human rights and serious violations of international humanitarian law, in particular genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity, and, in relevant contexts, to timely and efficiently address the legacy of past atrocities in order to prevent their recurrence, including through cooperation with the Office of the Special Advisers of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide and the Responsibility to Protect and the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence; 8. Requests the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence and the Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide to prepare a joint study on the contribution of transitional justice to the prevention of gross violations and abuses of human rights and serious violations of international humanitarian law, including genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity, and their recurrence, to be presented to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-seventh session; 9. Also requests the Special Rapporteur and the Special Adviser, in preparing the above-mentioned study, to seek the views of States, relevant United Nations mandate holders, relevant United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, and in particular the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, intergovernmental organizations, national human rights institutions, non-governmental organizations and other relevant stakeholders, including practitioners; 10. Decides to remain seized of the matter. 40th meeting 30 September 2016 [Adopted by a recorded vote of 29 to 1, with 17 abstentions. The voting was as follows: In favour: Albania, Belgium, Botswana, Côte d’Ivoire, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Latvia, Maldives, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands, Panama, Paraguay, Philippines, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Slovenia, South Africa, Switzerland, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Togo, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Against: Congo* Abstaining: Algeria, Bangladesh, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Burundi, China, Cuba, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam] * The delegation of the Congo subsequently stated that there had been an error in its vote and that it had intended to vote in favour of the draft text. 5