A/HRC/RES/17/25
recommendations and its expressed desire to receive additional technical support and
assistance from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and
any willing country, including through the role of the independent expert on the situation of
human rights in Somalia and of the independent consultant on the elaboration of the report
of Somalia for the universal periodic review,
1.
in Somalia;
Expresses its serious concern at the human rights and humanitarian situation
2.
Strongly condemns and calls for the immediate cessation of the grave and
systematic human rights abuses perpetrated against the civilian population by Al Shabab
and its affiliates;
3.
Calls on Somalia to fulfil its obligations under international human rights law
and international humanitarian law;
4.
Urges all parties to assist in effecting unhindered humanitarian access by
opening up humanitarian corridors and humanitarian spaces;
5.
Calls on the Transitional Federal Government and encourages the African
Union Mission in Somalia to provide their security forces with training in international
human rights law and international humanitarian law, with the support of the international
community;
6.
Encourages the Transitional Federal Government and its subnational
authorities to consider favourably the recommendations presented during the session of the
Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, and to implement the recommendations
that enjoy its support;
7.
Decides to extend the mandate of the independent expert on the situation of
human rights in Somalia for one year, from September 2011, with a view to maximizing the
provision and flow of technical assistance to Somalia in the field of human rights, in order
to support the efforts of the Transitional Federal Government and its subnational authorities
to ensure respect for human rights and to strengthen the human rights regime in its work to
complete the outstanding task of the transitional mandate, and requests the independent
expert to report to the Human Rights Council at its twenty-first session on the situation of
human rights and the implementation of technical cooperation in Somalia;
8.
Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights to enhance its technical assistance for the Transitional Federal Government and its
subnational authorities, including through the role of the independent consultant, in
responding to and implementing follow-up to the universal periodic review
recommendations accepted by Somalia;
9.
Also requests the Office of the High Commissioner to provide the
independent expert with all the human, technical and financial assistance necessary to carry
out his mandate;
10.
Decides to remain seized of the matter.
35th meeting
17 June 2011
[Adopted without a vote.]
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