A/HRC/RES/53/2 3. Decides to extend the mandate of Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea for a further period of one year; 4. Requests the Special Rapporteur to submit and present a report to the Human Rights Council at its fifty-sixth session and to the General Assembly at its seventy-eighth session; 5. Decides to hold an enhanced interactive dialogue on the situation of human rights in Eritrea at its fifty-fifth session, with the participation of, inter alia, the Special Rapporteur, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, civil society and other relevant stakeholders; 6. Calls upon the Government of Eritrea to cooperate fully with the Human Rights Council and its mechanisms, including the Special Rapporteur, including by granting him access to the country and committing to making progress on the recommendations included in his reports and on the benchmarks and associated indicators proposed in 2019, 3 namely: (a) Improvement in the promotion of the rule of law and strengthening of domestic judicial and law enforcement institutions; (b) service; A demonstrated commitment to introducing reforms to the national/military (c) Extended efforts to respect, protect and fulfil the rights to freedom of religion or belief, peaceful assembly, association, opinion and expression, including for members of the press, and extended efforts to end religious and ethnic discrimination; (d) A demonstrated commitment to addressing all forms of sexual and genderbased violence and to promoting the rights of women and girls and gender equality; (e) Strengthened cooperation with specialized United Nations human rights bodies, international agencies and the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights; 7. Encourages the Government of Eritrea to implement the recommendations accepted by the State during the third cycle of the universal periodic review; 8. Requests the Secretary-General to provide the Special Rapporteur with all the information and resources necessary to fulfil the mandate; 9. Decides to remain seized of the matter. 34th meeting 12 July 2023 [Adopted by a recorded vote of 18 to 7, with 21 abstentions. The voting was as follows: In favour: Argentina, Belgium, Chile, Costa Rica, Czechia, Finland, France, Germany, Honduras, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Montenegro, Paraguay, Romania, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and United States of America Against: China, Cuba, Eritrea, India, Pakistan, Somalia and Sudan Abstaining: Algeria, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Morocco, Nepal, Qatar, Senegal, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan and Viet Nam] 3 2 See A/HRC/41/53, paras. 78–82.