A/HRC/RES/49/1
(d)
To identify, where possible, those individuals and entities responsible for
violations or abuses of human rights or violations of international humanitarian law, or other
related crimes, in Ukraine, with a view to ensuring that those responsible are held
accountable;
(e)
To make recommendations, in particular on accountability measures, all with
a view to ending impunity and ensuring accountability, including, as appropriate, individual
criminal responsibility, and access to justice for victims;
(f)
To provide the Human Rights Council, at its fifty-first session, with an oral
update, to be followed by an interactive dialogue, and a comprehensive written report at its
fifty-second session, to be followed by an interactive dialogue, and to submit a report to the
General Assembly at its seventy-seventh session;
12.
Requests the immediate operationalization of the mandate, and requests the
Secretary-General to provide all the resources necessary to enable the commission of inquiry
to carry out its mandate and the resources and expertise necessary to enable the Office of the
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to provide such administrative,
technical and logistical support as is required to implement the provisions of the present
resolution, in particular in the areas of fact-finding, legal analysis and evidence-collection;
13.
Calls upon all relevant parties and States, and encourages civil society, the
media and other relevant stakeholders, to cooperate fully with the commission of inquiry to
allow it to effectively fulfil its mandate, and to provide it with relevant information or
documentation they may possess or come to possess, as appropriate;
14.
Calls upon the relevant organs, bodies and agencies of the United Nations
system to cooperate fully with the commission of inquiry and to respond promptly to any
request made by it, including with regard to access to relevant information and
documentation;
15.
Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.
10th meeting
4 March 2022
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 32 to 2, with 13 abstentions. The voting was as follows:
In favour:
Argentina, Benin, Brazil, Côte d’Ivoire, Finland, France, Gambia, Germany,
Honduras, Indonesia, Japan, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malawi,
Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mexico, Montenegro, Nepal,
Netherlands, Paraguay, Poland, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Senegal, Somalia,
Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland and United States of America
Against:
Eritrea and Russian Federation
Abstaining:
Armenia, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Cameroon, China, Cuba, Gabon,
India, Kazakhstan, Namibia, Pakistan, Sudan, Uzbekistan and Venezuela
(Bolivarian Republic of)]
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