A/HRC/RES/38/20
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
20 July 2018
English
Original: French
Human Rights Council
Thirty-eighth session
18 June–6 July 2018
Agenda item 10
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council
on 6 July 2018
38/20.
Technical assistance to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and
accountability concerning the events in the Kasai region
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Reaffirming that all States have a responsibility to promote and protect the human
rights and fundamental freedoms enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenants on Human Rights,
as well as other relevant instruments to which they are parties, and to fulfil their obligations
under those instruments and agreements,
Recalling General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006,
Recalling also Council resolutions 5/1 of 18 June 2007, 7/20 of 27 March 2008 and
S-8/1 of 1 December 2008,
Recalling further Council resolutions 35/33 of 23 June 2017 and 33/29 of 30
September 2016 and its previous resolutions on the situation of human rights and technical
assistance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Recognizing the important role of the United Nations Organization Stabilization
Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the United Nations Joint Human
Rights Office in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in documenting and reporting
human rights violations and abuses, and in improving the situation of human rights in the
country,
Welcoming with satisfaction the cooperation of the Government of the Democratic
Republic of the Congo with the team of international experts dispatched by the United
Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights pursuant to Human Rights Council
resolution 35/33, including by facilitating access to the country, sites and persons,
Noting with concern the conclusions of the team of international experts in its
report1, particularly on serious human rights violations and abuses, and on violations of
international humanitarian law by all parties to the conflict, including those concerning
deliberate attacks against the civilian population or against civilians not directly taking part
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A/HRC/38/31.
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