35th Meeting - 17th Regular Session of Human Rights…

15:00 - 18:00 - 36th Plenary Meeting

Consideration of draft Resolutions continued

Item 1: Organizational and procedural matters continued

Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/17/L.7/Rev.1 "Establishment of the Office of the President of the Human Rights Council" - submitted by Mexico, Nigeria, Switzerland, Thailand and Ukraine – ADOPTED WITHOUT A VOTE

• Mexico, Mr. Juan José Gómez Camacho (Introduction)
• United States of America, Mr. Mark J. Cassayre
• Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)

Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/17/L.29 "Follow up to the Human Rights Council Resolution 16/21 with regard to the Universal Periodic Review" - submitted by the President of the Human Rights Council – ADOPTED WITHOUT A VOTE

• Morocco, Mr. Omar Hilale (Introduction)
• Cuba, Mr. Rodolfo Reyes Rodríguez
• Mr. Kyle Ward, Chief of OHCHR Programme Support and Management Services
• Cuba, Mr. Rodolfo Reyes Rodríguez
• Nigeria (on behalf of the African Group), Mr. Ositadinma Anaedu
• Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, President of the Human Rights Council
• Hungary (on behalf of the European Union)
• Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, President of the Human Rights Council
• Maldives, Ms. Iruthisham Adam
• Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)

General comments and explanations of the vote after the vote under Item 1: Organizational and procedural matters

• Japan, Mr. Kenichi Suganuma

Item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development continued

Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/17/L.4/Rev.1 "Panel on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of peaceful protests" - submitted by Switzerland – ADOPTED WITHOUT A VOTE

• Switzerland, Mr. Jürg Lauber (Introduction)
• Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)

Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/17/L.13 "Migrants and asylum seekers fleeing from events in North Africa" - submitted by Nigeria (on behalf of the African Group) – ADOPTED (YES 32 ¦ NO 14 ¦ 0 ABSTENTIONS)

• Nigeria (on behalf of the African Group), Mr. Ositadinma Anaedu (Introduction)
• Brazil, Ms. Maria Nazareth Farani Azevêdo
• Hungary (on behalf of the European Union), Mr. András Dékány
• United States of America, Ms. Eileen Chamberlain
• Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)

Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/17/L.26 "The negative impact of the non-repatriation of funds of illicit origin to the countries of origin on the enjoyment of human rights" - submitted by Nigeria (on behalf of the African Group) – ADOPTED (YES 32 ¦ NO 2 ¦ 12 ABSTENTIONS)

• Nigeria (on behalf of the African Group), Mr. Ositadinma Anaedu (Introduction)
• United States of America, Ms. Eileen Chamberlain
• Switzerland, Mr. Jürg Lauber
• Hungary (on behalf of the European Union), Mr. András Dékány
• Argentina, Mr. Sebastián Rosales
• Cuba, Mr. Rodolfo Reyes Rodríguez
• Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption) 

General comments and explanations of the vote after the vote under Item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development

• Nigeria (on behalf of the African Group), Mr. Ositadinma Anaedu
• Norway, Ms. Bente Angell-Hansen

Item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council's attention continued

Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/17/L.20/Rev.1 "Situation of human rights in Belarus" - submitted by Hungary (on behalf of the European Union) – ADOPTED (YES 21 ¦ NO 5 ¦ 19 ABSTENTIONS)

• Hungary (on behalf of the European Union), Mr. András Dékány (Introduction)
• Ukraine, Mr. Mykola Maimeskul
• Belarus (Country Concerned), Mr. Mikhail Khvostov
• Mr. Kyle Ward, Chief of OHCHR Programme Support and Management Services
• Russian Federation, Mr. Valery Loshchinin
• Cuba, Mr. Rodolfo Reyes Rodríguez
• Mexico, Mr. Juan José Gómez Camacho
• China, Mr. Xia Jingge
• Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)

General comments and explanations of the vote after the vote under Item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council's attention

• Nigeria (on behalf of the African Group), Mr. Ositadinma Anaedu

Item 10: Technical assistance and capacity-building continued

Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/17/L.14 "Assistance to Somalia in the field of human rights" - submitted by Nigeria (on behalf of the African Group) – ADOPTED WITHOUT A VOTE

• Nigeria (on behalf of the African Group), Mr. Ositadinma Anaedu (Introduction)
• Somalia (Country Concerned), Mr. Yusuf Mohamed Ismail
• Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)

General comments and explanations of the vote after the vote under Item 10: Technical assistance and capacity-building

• Argentina, Mr. Sebastián Rosales

Nomination of Special Procedures Mandate Holders

List of Candidates for Special Procedure Mandates:

• Mr. François Crépeau (Canada/France), Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
• Ms. Rita Izsák (Hungary), Independent Expert on minority issues
• Ms. Virginia Dandan (Philippines), Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity
• Mr. Ben Emmerson (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights while countering terrorism
• Mr. Ahmed Shaheed (Maldives), Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
• Mr. Anton Ferrel Katz (South Africa), Ms. Patricia Arias (Chile) and Ms. Elzbieta Karska (Poland), Members of the Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination for the African, Eastern European and Latin American and Caribbean groups

Appointment of Special Procedures Mandate Holders accepted by consensus       

General comments on 17th session of the Human Rights Council:

• Sri Lanka, Mr. Kshenuka Senewiratne
• Belarus, Mr. Mikhail Khvostov
• Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Mr. Maysa Ureña Menacho
• Egypt, Mr. Wael Attiya
• Algeria, Mr. Boualem Chebihi

Adoption of the Draft Report of the 17th Session of the Council:

A/HRC/17/L.30

• Ms. Bente Angell-Hansen, Vice-President/Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council

Final comments on 17th session of the Human Rights Council:

• Nigeria (on behalf of the African Group), Mr. Ositadinma Anaedu
• International Service for Human Rights
• Amnesty International
• Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network (Joint Statement)
• Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, President of the Human Rights Council (Closing Remarks)