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21.
Invites the human rights treaty bodies, when considering national reports, to
give particular attention to the protection of human rights in the context of HIV/AIDS;
22.
Invites all special procedures to contribute further to the analysis of the
human rights dimensions of the HIV/AIDS epidemic;
23.
Encourages all States to include information on human rights in the context
of HIV/AIDS in their national reports to be submitted to the Council in the framework of
the universal periodic review mechanism and in their reports submitted to treaty bodies;
24.
Encourages the 2011 World Conference on Social Determinants of Health,
organized by the World Health Organization, to address the issue of human rights as a
central element in the context of HIV/AIDS;
25.
Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights to engage actively with the 2011 General Assembly High-level Meeting on AIDS,
providing a human rights-based perspective, and to inform the Human Rights Council
thereon;
26.
Decides to hold a panel discussion at its nineteenth session, within existing
resources, in consultation with all regional groups, to give voice to people living with or
affected by HIV/AIDS, in particular young people, women and orphaned children, with a
view to taking into account their experiences in reinforcing the centrality of human rights in
the response to HIV/AIDS, in the context of the timely achievement of Millennium
Development Goal 6 and in compliance with the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS and
the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS.
48th meeting
25 March 2011
[Adopted without a vote.]
16/29
Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including
East Jerusalem
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the principles and objectives of the Charter of the United Nations, the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenants on Human Rights,
Considering that the promotion of respect for the obligations arising from the
Charter and other instruments and rules of international law is among the basic purposes
and principles of the United Nations,
Affirming the responsibility of the international community to promote human rights
and ensure respect for international law,
Acknowledging that peace, security, development and human rights are the pillars of
the United Nations system,
Affirming the applicability of the fourth Geneva Convention relative to the
protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, to the Occupied
Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem,
Recalling the obligations of the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva
Convention, and reaffirming that each High Contracting Party to the Fourth Geneva
Convention is under the obligation to respect and ensure respect of their obligations arising
from that Convention, in all circumstances,
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