A/HRC/RES/17/21
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
19 July 2011
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Seventeenth session
Agenda item 10
Technical assistance and capacity-building
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council∗
17/21 Assistance to Côte d’Ivoire in the field of human rights
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights and relevant human rights treaties,
Recalling General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006,
Recalling also its resolutions 5/1, on institution-building of the Human Rights
Council, and 5/2, on the code of conduct for special procedures mandate holders of the
Council, of 18 June 2007, and stressing that the mandate holder shall discharge his or her
duties in accordance with those resolutions and the annexes thereto,
Recalling further Human Rights Council resolution S-14/1, adopted by the Council
on 23 December 2010 at its special session on the situation of human rights in Côte d’Ivoire
in relation to the conclusion of the 2010 presidential election, and Council resolution 16/25
of 25 March 2011, in which it decided to dispatch an independent, international
commission of inquiry to investigate the facts and circumstances surrounding the
allegations of serious abuse and violations of human rights committed in Côte d’Ivoire
following the presidential election of 28 November 2010,
Reaffirming that all States are bound to promote and protect all human rights and
fundamental freedoms enshrined in the Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
and international human rights treaties to which they are party,
Reaffirming also that it is the responsibility of States to promote and protect all
human rights and fundamental freedoms, to investigate alleged violations of international
law committed by all parties, including alleged violations of human rights law, and to bring
to justice the perpetrators of such acts, regardless of their political affiliation or military
rank,
∗
The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of
the Council on its seventeenth session (A/HRC/17/2), chap. I.
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