A/HRC/RES/28/23 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 2 April 2015 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-eighth session Agenda item 4 Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council 28/23. Situation of human rights in Myanmar The Human Rights Council, Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenants on Human Rights, and reaffirming previous resolutions on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, the most recent being Human Rights Council resolution 25/26 of 28 March 2014 and General Assembly resolution 69/248 of 29 December 2014, and President’s statement PRST/23/1 of 14 June 2013, Welcoming the work and reports of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar and the cooperation of the Government of Myanmar with the Special Rapporteur, including the facilitation of her visits to the country from 17 to 26 July 2014 and 7 to 16 January 2015, Recalling its resolution 5/1, on institution-building of the Human Rights Council, and 5/2, on the Code of Conduct for Special Procedures Mandate Holders of the Council, of 18 June 2007, and stressing that the mandate holder shall discharge his or her duties in accordance with those resolutions and the annexes thereto , 1. Welcomes the positive developments in Myanmar and the commitment of the Government of Myanmar to continue on its path of political, economic and democratic reform, encourages its continued efforts towards national reconciliation and the promotion and protection of human rights and, while recognizing the scale of the reform effort undertaken to date, encourages the Government to take further steps to consolidate the progress made and to address outstanding issues; 2. Also welcomes the continued engagement of the Government of Myanmar with political actors within the Parliament and the opposition parties, urges the Government to continue constitutional reform and to ensure that the constitutional referendum and the elections to be held in 2015 and beyond are credible, inclusive and transparent, ensuring equal opportunity for the representation and participation of women as candidates and voters and that all the people of Myanmar are able to cast their vote, allowing all candidates to fairly contest and the international community to monitor the elections, and ensuring that the democratic transition of Myanmar is sustained by bringing all national institutions, GE.15-07090 (E) 