United Nations General Assembly A/HRC/DEC/24/116 Distr.: General 4 October 2013 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-fourth 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 24/116. Panel discussion on the safety of journalists At its 34th meeting, on 26 September 2013, the Human Rights Council decided to adopt the text below: “The Human Rights Council, Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenants on Human Rights and other relevant international human rights instruments, Recalling Human Rights Council resolution 21/12 of 27 September 2012 on the safety of journalists, Recalling also all relevant resolutions of the Commission on Human Rights and the Human Rights Council, in particular Council resolution 12/16 of 2 October 2009 and all other resolutions on the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Council resolution 13/24 of 26 March 2010 on the protection of journalists in situations of armed conflict, and Council resolution 20/8 of 5 July 2012, on the promotion, protection and enjoyment of human rights on the Internet, Recalling further all relevant reports by the special procedures of the Human Rights Council with regard to the safety of journalists, in particular the reports of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression1 and the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions,2 presented to the Human Rights Council at its twentieth session, and the interactive dialogue thereon,  The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of 1 2 GE.13-17777 the Council on its twenty-fourth session (A/HRC/24/2), Part One. A/HRC/20/17 and Add.1–3. A/HRC/20/22, Corr.1 and Add.1–4.