UNITED NATIONS A General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/HRC/DEC/12/117 12 October 2009 Original: ENGLISH HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Twelfth session Agenda item 5 HUMAN RIGHTS BODIES AND MECHANISMS Decision adopted by the Human Rights Council* 12/117. Missing persons At its 30th meeting, on 1 October 2009, the Human Rights Council decided to adopt the following text: “The Human Rights Council, Recalling its resolution 7/28 of 28 March 2008 and all previous resolutions on missing persons adopted by the General Assembly and the Commission on Human Rights, Welcoming the panel discussion on the question of missing persons held at its ninth session, Welcoming also the summary of the panel’s deliberations prepared by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (A/HRC/10/10), 1. Takes note of recommendation 3/2 of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee on the progress of its work with regard to the study on the best practices in the matter of missing persons, contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on its third session (A/HRC/AC/3/2); 2. Requests the Advisory Committee to submit the study to the Council at its fourteenth session.” 30th meeting 1 October 2009 [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 twelfth session (A/HRC/12/50), chap. I. GE.09-16647