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The Human Rights Council this morning opened its resumed second session, adopting three Resolutions and seven Decisions, including on the review of the mandates of the Council, access to water, extreme poverty, human rights in the occupied Syrian Golan, the right to truth, the incompatibility between democracy and racism, access to medication in the context of pandemics, the right of everyone to health, the effects of economic reform policies and foreign debt on the full enjoyment of all human rights, and integrity of the judicial system. After the Council concludes taking action on deferred draft Resolutions and Decisions, it will start its scheduled third session. In a Resolution on the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Review of Mandates, adopted by a vote of 30 in favour, 15 against, and two abstentions, the Council requested the Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group on the Review of Mandates to review the revised draft manual of the United Nations human rights Special Procedures of June 2006 and to make recommendations on possible additions or amendments thereto. In a Decision on human rights and access to water, the Council requested the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to conduct a detailed study on the scope and content of the relevant human rights obligations related to equitable access to safe drinking water and sanitation under international human rights instruments. In a Resolution on human rights and extreme poverty, the Council, taking note of the draft guiding principles on extreme poverty and human rights: the rights of the poor, requested the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to circulate the draft guiding principles, in order to obtain the views of States, relevant UN agencies, intergovernmental organisations, UN treaty bodies, Special Procedures and other relevant stakeholders. In a Resolution on human rights in the occupied Syrian Golan, adopted by a vote of 32 in favour, one against and 14 abstentions, the Council called upon Israel, the occupying power, to comply with the relevant Resolutions of the General Assembly and of the Security Council, in particular Resolution 497 (1981); and determined that all legislative and administrative measures and actions taken or to be taken by Israel, the occupying power, that purported to alter the character and legal status of the occupied Syrian Golan were null and void, constituted a flagrant violation of international law and of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War and had no legal effect. In a Decision on the right to the truth, the Council decided to request the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to prepare a follow-up report on the study on the right to the truth. In a Decision on incompatibility between democracy and racism the Council requested the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, when submitting his report to the Council at any session after its fourth session, to include the issue of political participation and representation of groups that are vulnerable to racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in the decision-making process in national Governments, parties, parliaments and civil society in general. In a Decision on access to medication in the context of pandemics such as Under a Decision on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest In a Decision on effects of economic reform policies and foreign debt on the full enjoyment of all human rights, adopted by a vote with 33 in favour, 13 against and one abstention, the Council decided to request the High Commissioner for Human Rights to convene an Expert Consultation to discuss the proposed draft general guidelines. And in a Decision on integrity of the judicial system, the Council decided to ask the Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers to take full account of the relevant Resolutions on the issue of administration of justice through military tribunals of the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in the discharge of his mandate and in his report to the fourth session of the Council. The next meeting of the Council will be at 3pm this afternoon, when it will continue to take action on draft resolutions and decisions. Further information
HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, the Council requested the Secretary-General, when submitting his report to the Human Rights Council at any session after its fourth session, to include a study on the exploration of new and innovative financing mechanisms, bearing in mind the existing ones, which can help to improve the access to medication that fight those pandemics, from the perspective of human rights.
attainable standard of physical and mental health, the Council requested the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, when presenting his report to the Human Rights Council at any session after its fourth session, to include the possibility of identifying and exploring the key features of an effective, integrated and accessible health system.
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