A/HRC/RES/22/19
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
12 April 2013
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Twenty-second session
Agenda item 10
Technical assistance and capacity-building
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council
22/19.
Technical assistance for Libya in the field of human rights
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights and the other relevant international human rights treaties,
Confirming that it is the primary responsibility of States to promote and protect all
human rights and fundamental freedoms,
Recognizing the challenges facing Libya in laying the foundations for transitional
justice and national reconciliation,
Reaffirming its strong commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and
territorial integrity of Libya,
Recognizing the efforts made by Libya in building the basis for democracy, the rule
of law and human rights,
Recalling General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006, and Assembly
resolution 66/11 of 18 November 2011 on the restoration of the rights of membership of
Libya in the Human Rights Council,
Referring to the communiqué of the International Ministerial Conference on Support
to Libya in the Areas of Security, Justice and the Rule of Law, issued in Paris on 12
February 2013,
Recalling Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 of 18 June 2007, on building the
institutions of the Council,
Recalling also Human Rights Council resolutions S-15/1 of 25 February 2011, 17/7
of 17 June 2011 and 18/9 of 29 September 2011,
The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of
the Council on its twenty-second session (A/HRC/22/2), chap. I.
GE.13-12935
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