United Nations General Assembly A/HRC/DEC/26/116 Distr.: General 17 July 2014 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-sixth session Agenda item 5 Human rights bodies and mechanisms Decision adopted by the Human Rights Council 26/116 Promotion and protection of human rights in post-disaster and post-conflict situations At its 39th meeting, on 27 June 2014, the Human Rights Council decided to adopt the text below: “The Human Rights Council, Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, Recalling its resolution 22/16 of 21 March 2013, in which the Council requested the Advisory Committee to prepare a research-based report on best practices and main challenges in the promotion and protection of human rights in post-disaster and postconflict situations and to present a progress report thereon to the Council at its twenty-sixth session and the final report to the Council at its twenty-eighth session, 1. Takes note of the request of the Advisory Committee at its twelfth session that the Human Rights Council extend the time schedule envisaged to allow for better informed work by re-circulating the questionnaires to seek the views and inputs of the various stakeholders;1 2. Decides to grant the Advisory Committee additional time in order to allow it to submit to the Council the progress report at its twenty-seventh session, and the final report at its twenty-eighth session.” [Adopted without a vote.] 1 See A/HRC/AC/12/2. GE.14-08761 (E) *1408761*