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6.
Encourages all States to avoid using force wherever possible during peaceful
protests, and to ensure that, where force is absolutely necessary, no one is subject to
excessive or indiscriminate use of force;
7.
Calls upon States, and where applicable relevant governmental authorities, to
ensure adequate training of law enforcement officials and military personnel and to
promote adequate training for private personnel acting on behalf of a State, including in
international human rights law, and, where appropriate, international humanitarian law;
8.
Requests the High Commissioner to prepare and submit a thematic report to
the Human Rights Council, prior to its twenty-second session, on effective measures and
best practices to ensure the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of
peaceful protests;
9.
Encourages relevant thematic special procedures mandate holders, including
the Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression, the Special Rapporteur on the rights to
freedom of peaceful assembly and association, the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial,
summary or arbitrary executions and the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human
rights defenders, to contribute to the above-mentioned thematic report;
10.
Requests the High Commissioner, in preparing the thematic report, to draw
from the experience of treaty bodies and to seek the views of States and relevant partners,
such as United Nations agencies, regional organizations, national human rights institutions
and civil society organizations;
11.
Decides to consider the above-mentioned report and possible next steps at its
twenty-second session under agenda item 3.
[Adopted without a vote.]
55th meeting
23 March 2012
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