A/HRC/RES/36/25
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
5 October 2017
English
Original: French
Human Rights Council
Thirty-sixth session
11-29 September 2017
Agenda item 10
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 29 September 2017
36/25.
Technical assistance and capacity-building in the field of
human rights in the Central African Republic
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the principles and objectives of the Charter of the United Nations,
Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
Recalling the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and other relevant
international and African instruments on human rights,
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, 23/18 of 13 June 2013, 24/34 of 27
September 2013, S-20/1 of 20 January 2014, 27/28 of 26 September 2014, 30/19 of 2
October 2015 and 33/27 of 30 September 2016,
Recalling further Security Council resolutions 2088 (2013) of 24 January 2013,
2121 (2013) of 10 October 2013, 2127 (2013) of 5 December 2013, 2134 (2014) of 28
January 2014, 2149 (2014) of 10 April 2014, 2217 (2015) of 28 April 2015, 2281 (2016) of
26 April 2016, 2301 (2016) of 26 July 2016 and 2339 (2017) of 27 January 2017,
Reaffirming that all States have the primary responsibility to promote and protect the
human rights and fundamental freedoms enshrined in the Charter, the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights, the International Covenants on Human Rights and other international and
African instruments on human rights to which they are parties,
Recalling that the Central African Republic authorities have the primary
responsibility to protect all populations in the country from genocide, war crimes, ethnic
cleansing and crimes against humanity,
Welcoming the holding of popular consultations and the Bangui Forum for National
Reconciliation, which was followed by the adoption of the Republican Pact for Peace,
National Reconciliation and Reconstruction and the signing of an agreement on
disarmament, demobilization and reintegration by the representatives of the main actors in
the conflict in the Central African Republic, and emphasizing the need for effective
implementation of the recommendations and measures contained therein,
Welcoming also the peaceful holding of a constitutional referendum on 13 December
2015, the holding of legislative and presidential elections in December 2015 and February
and March 2016 and the investiture of President Faustin-Archange Touadéra on 30 March
2016,
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