A/HRC/12/50 increasing food production, particularly through agricultural development assistance, the transfer of technology, food crop rehabilitation assistance and food aid, with a special focus on the gender-sensitive dimension; 7. Encourages all relevant international organizations and agencies to bring a human rights perspective and the need for the realization of the right to food for all to their studies, research, reports and resolutions on the issue of food security; 8. Requests the Special Rapporteur to continue to promote the right to food as outlined in his mandate and, as part of it, to continue to follow up on the world food crisis through a continued dialogue with stakeholders at all levels, including with all relevant international organizations and agencies of the United Nations system, in order to contribute to identifying means to implement the right to food; 9. Also requests the Special Rapporteur, within the framework of his mandate, to inform the Council on the crisis, the impact of the crisis on the realization of the right to food and progress made and obstacles encountered in relation to the implementation of measures to respond to the world food crisis and of evolving best practices in this regard; 10. Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to bring the present resolution to the attention of all relevant international organizations and agencies; 11. Decides to remain seized of the implementation of the present resolution. 30th meeting 1 October 2009 [Adopted without a vote. See part II, chap. III.] 12/11. Human rights and transitional justice The Human Rights Council, Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenants on Human Rights, the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 and the Protocols Additional thereto of 8 June 1977, other relevant international human rights law and international humanitarian law instruments and the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, Recalling Commission on Human Rights resolutions on human rights and transitional justice (2005/70 of 20 April 2005), impunity (2005/81 of 21 April 2005) and the right to the truth (2005/66 of 20 April 2005), General Assembly resolution 60/147 of 16 December 2005 on the Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Remedy and Reparation for Victims of Gross Violations of International Human Rights Law, and Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law, as well as Council resolutions 9/10 of 24 September 2008 on human rights and transitional justice and 9/11, also of 24 September 2008, on the right to the truth, Recalling also the report of the Secretary-General on the rule of law and transitional justice in conflict and post-conflict societies (S/2004/616), including the relevant recommendations contained therein, and the report of the Secretary-General entitled “Uniting our strengths: Enhancing United Nations support for the rule of law” (A/61/636S/2006/980), which designates the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights as the lead entity within the United Nations system on, inter alia, transitional justice, as well as the report of the Secretary-General on enhancing mediation and its support activities (S/2009/189), 22

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