A/HRC/DEC/18/119 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 17 October 2011 Original: English Human Rights Council Eighteenth session Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Decision adopted by the Human Rights Council* 18/119 Panel on freedom of expression on the Internet At its 36th meeting, on 29 September 2011, the Human Rights Council decided to adopt the following text: “The Human Rights Council, Reaffirming the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and relevant international human rights treaties, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Recalling all relevant resolutions of the Commission on Human Rights and the Human Rights Council on the right to freedom of opinion and expression, in particular Council resolution 12/16 of 2 October 2009, Noting that freedom of expression on the Internet is an issue of increasing interest as the rapid pace of technological development enables people all over the world to use new communications technology, Taking note of the report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, submitted to the Human Rights Council at its seventeenth session, on freedom of expression on the Internet,1 1. Decides to convene, within existing resources, at its nineteenth session, a panel discussion on the promotion and protection of freedom of expression on the Internet, with a particular focus on the ways and means to improve its protection in accordance with international human rights law; * 1 GE.11- 16946 The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of the Council on its eighteenth session (A/HRC/18/2), chap. I. A/HRC/17/27.