A/HRC/39/1
From rhetoric to reality: a global call for concrete action against racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance
38.
Reference is made to the oral update by the High Commissioner on the follow-up to
the implementation of the programme of activities within the framework of the
International Decade for People of African Descent (see para. 102 below).
Technical assistance and capacity-building to improve human rights in Libya
39.
Reference is made to the oral update by the High Commissioner on the situation of
human rights in Libya and the implementation of Council resolution 37/41 (see para. 107
below).
Human rights, technical assistance and capacity-building in Yemen
40.
Reference is made to the report of the High Commissioner on the human rights
situation in Yemen, including violations and abuses since September 2014, and on the
implementation of technical assistance as stipulated in Council resolution 36/31
(A/HRC/39/43) (see para. 108 below).
Technical assistance and capacity-building in the field of human rights in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo
41.
Reference is made to the report of OHCHR on the situation of human rights in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo, including in the context of the electoral process
(A/HRC/39/42) (see para. 109 below).
Cooperation with Georgia
42.
Reference is made to the report of the High Commissioner on developments relating
to and the implementation of Council resolution 37/40 on cooperation with Georgia
(A/HRC/39/44) (see para. 110 below).
Cooperation with and assistance to Ukraine in the field of human rights
43.
Reference is made to the oral presentation by the High Commissioner on the
situation of human rights in Ukraine (see para. 111 below).
3.
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and
cultural rights, including the right to development
Economic, social and cultural rights
Mental health and human rights
44.
In its resolution 36/13, the Human Rights Council requested the High Commissioner
to organize a consultation lasting one and a half days, no later than during the seventy-first
session of the World Health Assembly, to discuss all relevant issues and challenges
pertaining to the fulfilment of a human rights perspective in mental health, the exchange of
best practices and the implementation of technical guidance in that regard. In the same
resolution, the Council requested the High Commissioner to prepare a report on the
outcome of the consultation, to be presented to the Council at its thirty-ninth session, in
which he would identify strategies to promote human rights in mental health and to
eliminate discrimination, stigma, violence, coercion and abuse in that regard, including
through education and the training of all stakeholder groups. The Council will consider the
report of the High Commissioner (A/HRC/39/36) (see para. 18 above).
Access to safe drinking water and sanitation
45.
In its resolution 33/10, the Human Rights Council decided to extend the mandate of
the Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, and
requested the Special Rapporteur to continue to report to the Council on an annual basis.
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