A/HRC/RES/19/36
24.
Requests the Office of the High Commissioner, in consultation with States,
national human rights institutions, civil society, relevant intergovernmental bodies and
international organizations, to draft a study on common challenges facing States in their
efforts to secure democracy and the rule of law from a human rights perspective, as well as
on lessons learned and best practices in the engagement of the State with the international
community to support such processes, and to present the study to the Human Rights
Council at its twenty-second session;
25.
Urges the Office of the High Commissioner to further develop, in close
cooperation with other relevant United Nations funds and programmes, its assistance
programmes in the area of the promotion and consolidation of democracy and the rule of
law, and to include more training for members of the executive, legislative and judicial
bodies of interested Member States;
26.
Decides to organize, at its twenty-third session, a panel discussion on
common challenges facing States in their efforts to secure democracy and the rule of law
from a human rights perspective, as well as on lessons learned and best practices in the
engagement of the State with the international community to support such processes;
27.
Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to prepare a report on the
outcome of the panel discussion in the form of a summary.
55th meeting
23 March 2012
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 43 to 0, with 2 abstentions. The voting was as follows:
In favour:
Angola, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso,
Cameroon, Chile, Congo, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Djibouti, Ecuador,
Guatemala, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Libya,
Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Peru,
Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian
Federation, Senegal, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Uganda, United States of
America, Uruguay
Abstaining:
China, Cuba]
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