United Nations
General Assembly
A/HRC/DEC/21/107
Distr.: General
12 October 2012
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Twenty-first session
Agenda item 6
Universal Periodic Review
Decision adopted by the Human Rights Council
21/107.
Outcome of the Universal Periodic Review: United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland
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 resolutions 5/1 of 18 June 2007 and 16/21
of 21 March 2011, 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 the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland on 24 May 2012 in conformity with all the relevant provisions contained in Council
resolution 5/1;
Adopts the outcome of the universal periodic review on the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland which is constituted of the report of the Working Group
on the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (A/HRC/21/9 and Corr.1),
together with the views of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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/21/9/Add.1 and A/HRC/21/2, chapter VI).
22nd meeting
20 September 2012
[Adopted without a vote.]
GE.12-17549
The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in
the report of the Council on its twenty-first session (A/HRC/21/2), chap. I.
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