A/HRC/DEC/14/117 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 23 June 2010 Original: English Human Rights Council Fourteenth session Agenda item 4 Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention Decision adopted by the Human Rights Council* 14/117 The independent expert on the situation of human rights in the Sudan At its 24th meeting, on 10 June 2010, the Human Rights Council decided to adopt the following text: “The Human Rights Council, Taking note of the fact that the independent expert on the situation of human rights in the Sudan was unable, for medical reasons, to present his report (A/HRC/14/41) to the Council at its fourteenth session, as originally scheduled, 1. Decides, given the exceptional nature of the circumstances and without setting a precedent, to proceed with a technical extension of the mandate of the independent expert on the situation of human rights in the Sudan until the end of the fifteenth session of the Council to allow an interactive dialogue to be held with him. This is without prejudice to the relevant provisions of Council resolution 5/1 of 18 June 2007; 2. It is understood that the independent expert will continue his work until the end of the fifteenth session and will be in a position to complement his report thereupon, if he so decides, at that session. It is also understood that the issue of the extension of the mandate will be discussed at that session.” 24th meeting 10 June 2010 [Adopted without a vote.] * GE.10-14695 The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of the Council on its fourteenth session (A/HRC/14/37), chap. I.