A/HRC/RES/43/29
Recalling the presentation of the reports of the Secretary-General submitted to the
Human Rights Council on the implementation of the Five-Point Action Plan2 and the
activities of the Special Adviser,3 as well as the practice of convening interactive dialogues
with the Special Adviser at the sessions of the Council,
Recalling also the fifteenth anniversary of the adoption of the 2005 World Summit
Outcome,
Acknowledging the important role played by regional and subregional arrangements
in the prevention of genocide and response to situations that may lead to genocide, and taking
note in this respect of the establishment of the Regional Committee for the Prevention and
Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity and All Forms
of Discrimination by the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region, and of the
establishment of respective national committees by the member States of the Conference, the
Latin American Network for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention, the Genocide Network
of the European Union and other national, regional and international initiatives,
Acknowledging also the successful outcome of the regional forums on the prevention
of genocide – the first, in Buenos Aires, from 10 to 12 December 2008; the second, in Arusha,
from 3 to 5 March 2010; the third, in Bern, from 4 to 6 April 2011; and the fourth, in Phnom
Penh, from 28 February to 1 March 2013 – and noting the first international meeting of Global
Action against Mass Atrocity Crimes, held in San José from 4 to 6 March 2014, the second,
held in Manila from 2 to 4 February 2016, and the third, held in Kampala from 23 to 25 May
2018, and acknowledging the Third Global Forum against the Crime of Genocide, held in
Yerevan from 9 to 11 December 2018, dedicated to the prevention of the crime of genocide
through education, culture and museums, and organized with the support of the Special
Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide,
Acknowledging further that victims of and others affected by the crime of genocide as
defined in the Convention call for a form of memorialization, which plays an important role
in the prevention of genocide,
Welcoming the report of the Secretary-General on the prevention of genocide on the
implementation of provisions of its resolution 37/26, with a particular focus on activities
aimed at raising awareness of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime
of Genocide and the realization of educational programmes and projects that contribute to
the prevention of genocide,4
Welcoming also the summary report of the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights on the high-level panel discussion to commemorate the
seventieth anniversary of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of
Genocide,5
1.
Reaffirms the significance of the Convention on the Prevention and
Punishment of the Crime of Genocide as an effective international instrument for the
prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide;
2.
Reiterates the responsibility of each individual State to protect its population
from genocide, which entails the prevention of such a crime, including incitement to it,
through appropriate and necessary means;
3.
Reaffirms that the right to life under article 6 of the International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights is a right from which no derogation is permitted under article 4 of
that Covenant, even in public emergencies that threaten the life of the nation, and does not
permit derogation from the obligations assumed under the Convention on the Prevention and
Punishment of the Crime of Genocide;
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E/CN.4/2006/84.
A/HRC/7/37 and A/HRC/10/30.
A/HRC/41/24.
A/HRC/40/33.
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