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on human rights and transitional justice which contains an overview of activities undertaken by
the United Nations human rights system, including the human rights components of peace
missions, an analysis of the work accomplished, a compilation of lessons learned and best
practices, an assessment of overall needs, as well as conclusions and recommendations, with a
view to assisting countries in the context of transitional justice, as well as an inventory of human
rights and transitional justice aspects in recent peace agreements;
14. Requests other parts of the United Nations system to cooperate fully with the Office
of the High Commissioner in the area of human rights and transitional justice;
15. Decides to continue its consideration of this matter at its twelfth session or at the
corresponding session in conformity with its annual programme of work.
22nd meeting
24 September 2008
Adopted without a vote.
9/11. Right to the truth
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Geneva Conventions of
12 August 1949 and the Protocols Additional thereto of 1977, and other relevant instruments of
international human rights law and international humanitarian law, as well as the Vienna
Declaration and Programme of Action,
Recognizing the universality, indivisibility, interdependence and interrelatedness of civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
Recalling article 32 of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949
and Relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts, which recognizes the
right of families to know the fate of their relatives,
Recalling also that article 33 of Additional Protocol I provides that the parties to an armed
conflict shall search for the persons who have been reported missing, as soon as circumstances
permit,
Recalling further the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from
Enforced Disappearance, adopted by the General Assembly in its resolution 61/177, in which
article 24 (2) sets out the right of victims to know the truth regarding the circumstances of the
enforced disappearance, the progress and results of the investigation and the fate of the
disappeared person, and sets forth State party obligations to take appropriate measures in this
regard, and the preamble reaffirms the right to freedom to seek, receive and impart information
to that end,
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