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13.
Also decides that its next annual interactive debate on the rights of persons
with disabilities will be held at its twenty-second session, and that it will focus on the work
and employment of persons with disabilities;
14.
Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to prepare a study on the work
and employment of persons with disabilities, in consultation with States and other relevant
stakeholders, including the International Labour Organization, regional organizations, the
Special Rapporteur on Disabilities of the Commission for Social Development, civil society
organizations, including organizations of persons with disabilities, and national human
rights institutions, and requests that the study be made available on the website of the
Office of the High Commissioner, in an accessible format, prior to the twenty-second
session of the Human Rights Council;
15.
Encourages organizations of persons with disabilities, national monitoring
bodies and human rights institutions to participate actively in the session referred to in
paragraph 13 above, as well as in regular and special sessions of the Human Rights Council
and its working groups;
16.
Requests the Secretary-General to continue to ensure that the mandate of the
Office of the High Commissioner on the rights of persons with disabilities and the
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities are adequately resourced for the
fulfilment of their tasks;
17.
Requests the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner to continue the
progressive implementation of standards and guidelines for the accessibility of facilities and
services of the United Nations system, also taking into account relevant provisions of the
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and underlines that the Human
Rights Council, including its Internet resources, should be fully accessible to persons with
disabilities.
53rd meeting
22 March 2012
[Adopted without a vote.]
19/12
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, the International Covenants on Human Rights and other relevant international
human rights instruments,
Recalling Human Rights Council resolution 16/9 of 24 March 2011, General
Assembly resolution 66/175 of 19 December 2011, and all previous resolutions of the
Assembly on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, and regretting
the lack of cooperation of the Islamic Republic of Iran with the requests of the Council and
the Assembly made in those resolutions,
Welcoming the report and recommendations of the Special Rapporteur on the
situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran submitted to the Human Rights
Council,21 and expressing serious concern at the developments noted in that report as well
21
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