A/HRC/12/50
31st meeting
2 October 2009
[Adopted without a vote. See part II, chap. III.]
12/19.
Draft guiding principles on extreme poverty and human rights
The Human Rights Council,
Stressing that respect for all human rights, which are universal, indivisible,
interdependent and interrelated, is of crucial importance for all policies and programmes to
fight extreme poverty at the local and national levels,
Taking note of the draft guiding principles on extreme poverty and human rights,
annexed to resolution 2006/9 adopted by the Subcommission for the Promotion and
Protection of Human Rights on 24 August 2006,
Recalling its resolutions 2/2 of 27 November 2006 and 7/27 of 28 March 2008, as
well as its resolution 8/11 of 18 June 2008, in which it extended the mandate of the
independent expert on the question of human rights and extreme poverty,
Noting the seminar held in Geneva on 27 and 28 January 2009 on the draft guiding
principles on extreme poverty and human rights,
1.
Takes note of the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights on the draft guiding principles on extreme poverty and human rights
(A/HRC/11/32), revealing a widespread commitment to advancing the project of
elaborating guiding principles on extreme poverty and human rights;
2.
poverty:
Invites the independent expert on the question of human rights and extreme
(a)
To pursue further work on the draft guiding principles on extreme poverty
and human rights with a view to integrate the contributions of Member States and other
relevant stakeholders, as well as the results of the consultations undertaken by the Office of
the High Commissioner in 2007 and 2008 and the conclusions of the seminar held in
Geneva on 27 and 28 January 2009;
(b)
To consult Member States further, including through relevant regional
organizations, and other relevant stakeholders in the course of this process;
(c)
To submit a progress report presenting her recommendations on how to
improve the draft guiding principles on extreme poverty and human rights to the Council no
later than its fifteenth session, to allow the Council to take a decision on the way forward
with a view to a possible adoption of guiding principles on the rights of persons living in
extreme poverty by 2012;
3.
Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to provide the independent
expert with the necessary support to allow her to implement this mandate.
31st meeting
2 October 2009
[Adopted without a vote. See part II, chap. III.]
12/20.
Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners in Myanmar
The Human Rights Council,
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