A/HRC/RES/30/22
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
12 October 2015
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirtieth session
Agenda item 10
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 2 October 2015
30/22.
Technical assistance and capacity-building to improve
human rights in the Sudan
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the principles and purposes of the Charter of the United Nations,
Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenants
on Human Rights and other relevant international human rights instruments,
Recalling also General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006 and Human
Rights Council resolutions 5/1 and 5/2 of 18 June 2007,
Taking note of the communiqué and report of 22 June 2015 of the African Union
Peace and Security Commission concerning the situation in Darfur, and its communiqué
adopted on 25 August 2015 at its 539th meeting, in which the Commission called upon the
Sudan to create an environment conducive to national dialogue,
Emphasizing that States have the primary responsibility for the promotion and
protection of all human rights,
Welcoming the commitment of the Government of the Sudan to protect and promote
human rights in the country,
Noting the developments taking place in the Sudan and the record of the
Government of the Sudan in the promotion and protection of human rights,
Welcoming the cooperation of the Government of the Sudan during the visit held in
May 2015 of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and
consequences, and the proposed visit in November 2015 of the Special Rapporteur on the
negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights,
Welcoming also the implementation by the Government of the Sudan of the Child
Act (2010), which provides protection for children, including the prohibition of child
recruitment, and urging its full implementation,
Encouraging the efforts of the Government of the Sudan to implement the universal
periodic review recommendations that it accepted,
GE.15-17589(E)
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