A/HRC/RES/17/17 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 14 July 2011 Original: English Human Rights Council Seventeenth session Agenda item 4 Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council* 17/17 Situation of human rights in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya The Human Rights Council, Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, relevant international human rights instruments and relevant international law, Recalling General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006 and Human Rights Council resolutions 5/1 and 5/2 of 18 June 2007, Reaffirming Human Rights Council resolution S-15/1 of 25 February 2011, and recalling General Assembly resolution 65/265 of 1 March 2011, Taking note of the continued work of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, the African Union, the League of Arab States and the European Union, Reaffirming that all States have an obligation to protect the rights to life, liberty and security of person, Expressing deep concern at the killing of thousands of civilians and the deterioration of the humanitarian situation, 1. Unequivocally condemns the continuing deterioration of the human rights situation in Libya since February 2011, including ongoing gross and systematic human rights violations, in particular indiscriminate armed attacks against civilians, extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, arbitrary detention, torture and sexual violence against women and children, some of which may also amount to crimes against humanity; 2. Expresses deep concern at the ongoing arbitrary detention and killing of civilians, including human rights defenders, migrants and journalists, including foreign journalists; * The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of the Council on its seventeenth session (A/HRC/17/2), chap. I. GE.11-14821