A/HRC/19/2
(f)
To invite the Chairperson/Rapporteur of the Working Group to hold informal
consultations with Governments, groups of Governments, regional groups and relevant
stakeholders and to report thereon to the Working Group at its next session;
(g)
That the criteria and corresponding operational subcriteria mentioned in
subparagraph (b) above, once considered, revised and endorsed by the Working Group,
should be used, as appropriate, in the elaboration of a comprehensive and coherent set of
standards for the implementation of the right to development;
(h)
That the Working Group shall take appropriate steps to ensure respect for and
the practical application of the above-mentioned standards, which could take various forms,
including guidelines on the implementation of the right to development, and evolve into a
basis for consideration of an international legal standard of a binding nature through a
collaborative process of engagement;
6.
Encourages the High Commissioner to pursue her efforts, in fulfilment of her
mandated responsibility, to enhance support for the promotion and protection of the
realization of the right to development, taking as reference the Declaration on the Right to
Development, all resolutions of the General Assembly, the Commission on Human Rights
and the Human Rights Council on the right to development, and agreed conclusions and
recommendations of the Working Group;
7.
Encourages relevant bodies of the United Nations system, within their
respective mandates, including the United Nations funds, programmes and specialized
agencies, relevant international organizations, including the World Trade Organization and
relevant stakeholders, including civil society organizations, to contribute further to the work
of the Working Group and to cooperate with the High Commissioner in the fulfilment of
her mandate with regard to the implementation of the right to development;
8.
Decides to review the progress of the implementation of the present
resolution as a matter of priority at its future sessions.
55th meeting
23 March 2012
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 46 to 0, with 1 abstention. The voting was as follows:
In favour:
Angola, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso,
Cameroon, Chile, China, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic,
Djibouti, Ecuador, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Jordan,
Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Mauritius,
Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Republic of
Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Spain,
Switzerland, Thailand, Uganda, Uruguay
Abstaining:
United States of America]
19/35
The promotion and protection of human rights in the context of
peaceful protests
The Human Rights Council,
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