A/HRC/RES/30/27
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
12 October 2015
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirtieth session
Agenda item 10
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 2 October 2015
30/27.
Technical cooperation and capacity-building for Burundi in
the field of human rights
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the principles and purposes of the Charter of the United Nations,
Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenants
on Human Rights and other relevant international human rights instruments,
Recalling General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006 and Human Rights
Council resolution 5/1 of 18 June 2007,
Reaffirming that all States have the primary responsibility to promote and protect
human rights and fundamental freedoms for all,
Noting the commitment and the efforts of the Government of Burundi to improve
the situation of human rights,
Welcoming the establishment by the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights of an office in Burundi, and also welcoming the
cooperation of the authorities of Burundi with that office,
Reaffirming that the Arusha Accords, which have been the basis for the Constitution
of Burundi, are the guarantors of preservation, peacebuilding, national reconciliation and
the strengthening of democracy and the rule of law,
Concerned about the information on the situation of human rights in Burundi shared
by the High Commissioner, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights
defenders and the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and
guarantees of non-recurrence based on their recent visits to Burundi,
Welcoming the adoption of a resolution on the situation of human rights in Burundi
by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights on 7 August 2015, in which it
strongly condemned the various acts of human rights violations and called upon the
Government to make every effort to restore security and the rule of law, and urgently to
investigate human rights violations and to prosecute the alleged perpetrators,
GE.15-17613(E)
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