A/HRC/DEC/16/112
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
11 April 2011
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Sixteenth session
Agenda item 6
Universal Periodic Review
Decision adopted by the Human Rights Council*
16/112
Outcome of the Universal Periodic Review: Jamaica
The Human Rights Council,
Acting in compliance with the mandate entrusted to it by the General Assembly in its
resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006 and Council resolution 5/1 of 18 June 2007, and in
accordance with the President’s statement PRST/8/1 on modalities and practices for the
universal periodic review process of 9 April 2008;
Having conducted the review of Jamaica on 8 November 2010 in conformity with all
the relevant provisions contained in Council resolution 5/1;
Adopts the outcome of the universal periodic review on Jamaica which is constituted
of the report of the Working Group on Jamaica (A/HRC/16/14), together with the views of
Jamaica concerning the recommendations and/or conclusions, as well as its voluntary
commitments and its replies presented before the adoption of the outcome by the plenary to
questions or issues that were not sufficiently addressed during the interactive dialogue in
the Working Group (A/HRC/16/2, chapter VI and A/HRC/16/14/Add.1).
34th meeting
17 March 2011
[Adopted without a vote.]
* The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in
the report of the Council on its sixteenth session (A/HRC/16/2), chap. I.
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