A/HRC/RES/32/24
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
15 July 2016
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-second session
Agenda item 4
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 1 July 2016
32/24.
Situation of human rights in Eritrea
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, the International Covenants on Human Rights and other relevant international
human rights instruments,
Recalling resolution 91 and decisions 250/2002 and 275/2003 of the African
Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights,
Recalling also its resolution 5/1, on institution-building of the Human Rights
Council, and 5/2, on the Code of Conduct for Special Procedures Mandate Holders of the
Council, both of 18 June 2007, and stressing that the mandate holder shall discharge his or
her duties in accordance with those resolutions and the annexes thereto,
Recalling further its resolutions 20/20 of 6 July 2012, 23/21 of 14 June 2013, 26/24
of 27 June 2014 and 29/18 of 2 July 2015,
Noting that Eritrea is a State party to international and regional human rights
instruments, and urging it to comply with its international obligations therefrom,
Noting also the participation of Eritrea in the second cycle of the universal periodic
review and its acceptance of 92 recommendations, and its programme with the United
Nations Development Programme to implement those recommendations, and calling upon
the Government of Eritrea to take immediate concrete measures to implement those
recommendations,
Welcoming the action taken by the Government of Eritrea to protect and promote the
economic and social rights of its people, including through the early achievement of the
Millennium Development Goals and its commitment to the Sustainable Development
Goals,
Welcoming also the commitment of the Government of Eritrea to the promotion of
gender equality, including through its programmes to end female genital mutilation and its
campaign to end child marriage,
GE.16-12187(E)