A/HRC/RES/33/26
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
5 October 2016
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-third session
Agenda item 10
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 30 September 2016
33/26.
Technical assistance and capacity-building to improve
human rights in the Sudan
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the principles and purposes of the Charter of the United Nations,
Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights and other relevant international human rights instruments,
Recalling also General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006 and Human
Rights Council resolutions 5/1 and 5/2 of 18 June 2007,
Taking note of the communiqué of 13 June 2016 of the Peace and Security Council
of the African Union on the situation in Darfur, in which the Government of the Sudan is
urged to spare no efforts to arrest and prosecute all perpetrators of criminal actions and
attacks against personnel and assets of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation
in Darfur and against humanitarian organizations and their staff, and referring to the
statement of 9 August 2016 by the Chairperson of the African Union Commission in which
the parties are urged to ensure rapid progress in negotiations to achieve lasting, sustainable
peace,
Emphasizing that States have the primary responsibility for the promotion and
protection of all human rights,
Reaffirming the importance of peace, security and political stability for the
realization of all civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights,
Welcoming the commitment of the Government of the Sudan to protect and promote
human rights in the country,
Welcoming also the national strategy, which runs until 2018, for eradicating female
genital mutilation in a generation, and urging its full implementation,
Noting the developments taking place in the Sudan and the record of the
Government of the Sudan in the promotion and protection of human rights,
GE.16-17170(E)