A/HRC/RES/21/1 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 9 October 2012 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-first session Agenda item 5 Human rights bodies and mechanisms Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council** 21/1. Situation of human rights in Eritrea The Human Rights Council, Having considered the material relating to the situation of human rights in Eritrea, brought under the complaint procedure established in accordance with the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 of 18 June 2007, alleging widespread and systematic human rights violations in Eritrea, in particular regarding cases of arbitrary arrest and detention, torture, summary executions, violence against women, forced labour, forced conscription and restrictions on the liberty of movement and the rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and of thought, conscience and religion, Noting the efforts of the Government of Eritrea to cooperate with the Human Rights Council, Regretting the inadequate and incomplete information provided in written form and orally during the closed meeting, held on 17 September 2012, by the representative of the Government of Eritrea concerning the questions raised in the communications, Considering that the allegations made in the submitted complaints are a cause for grave concern to the extent that they may reveal a consistent pattern of gross and reliably attested violations of human rights, Welcoming the establishment of the mandate of Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 20/20 of 6 July 2012, 1. Decides, in accordance with paragraph 109 (d) of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 5/1, to discontinue reviewing the matter under the confidential complaint procedure in order to take up public consideration of the same in the context of the implementation of Council resolution 20/20; * ** GE.12- 17443 Reissued for technical reasons on 12 October 2012. 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. *