A/HRC/RES/42/33
(v)
To ensure safe, timely, sustained and unhindered access for humanitarian
organizations, to recognize the acute vulnerability of internally displaced persons, to
facilitate safe, timely, sustained and unimpeded humanitarian access to people in need,
wherever they are in Somalia, and to safeguard the neutrality, impartiality and
independence of humanitarian actors from political, economic and military interference,
while remaining sensitive to the needs of persons belonging to ethnic minorities requiring
humanitarian assistance;
10.
Stresses the important role of joint monitoring and reporting on the situation
of human rights in Somalia by national and international experts and the Federal
Government, and the vital role that those monitoring human rights can play in evaluating
and ensuring the success of technical assistance projects, which in turn must be for the
benefit of all Somalis;
11.
Underlines the importance of the realization by the United Nations
Assistance Mission in Somalia of its mandate throughout Somalia and the need to
strengthen synergy with the work of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights;
12.
Commends the engagement of the Independent Expert on the situation of
human rights in Somalia;1
13.
Decides to renew the mandate of the Independent Expert on the situation of
human rights in Somalia, under agenda item 10, for a period of one year to assess, monitor
and report on the situation of human rights in Somalia with a view to making
recommendations on technical assistance and capacity-building in the field of human rights;
14.
Acknowledges the progress that Somalia has made and its cooperation with
United Nations bodies, the Office of the High Commissioner and the mandate of the
Independent Expert since its creation in 1993, and that the situation of human rights in
Somalia determines the action most appropriate for the Council to take, and in this regard
requests the Independent Expert, in cooperation with the Federal Government of Somalia,
to propose a transition plan towards deeper thematic engagement with the special
procedures and other experts, including the Office of the High Commissioner, with clear
steps and benchmarks to inform the appropriate follow-up actions of the Human Rights
Council, considering the recommendations of the Independent Expert and the human rights
commitments of Somalia;
15.
Requests the Independent Expert to continue to work closely with the Federal
Government at the national and subnational levels, with all United Nations bodies,
including the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia, the African Union, the
Intergovernmental Authority on Development and other relevant international
organizations, civil society and all relevant human rights mechanisms, and to assist Somalia
in the implementation of:
(a)
Its national and international human rights obligations;
(b)
Human Rights Council resolutions and other human rights instruments,
including associated routine reporting;
(c)
Recommendations accepted in the context of the universal periodic review;
(d)
Other human rights commitments, policies and legislation to promote the
empowerment of women, young people and marginalized groups, freedom of expression
and assembly, the protection of the media, access to justice for women, and increasing the
capacity of ministries and institutions responsible for the administration of justice and the
protection of human rights;
16.
Also requests the Independent Expert to report to the Human Rights Council
at its forty-fifth session and to the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session;
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See A/HRC/39/72.
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