A/HRC/RES/42/22
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
8 October 2019
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Forty-second session
9–27 September 2019
Agenda item 3
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council
on 26 September 2019
42/22.
Arbitrary detention
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Reaffirming articles 3, 9, 10 and 29 and other relevant provisions of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights,
Recalling articles 9 to 11 and 14 to 22 of the International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights,
Recalling also Commission on Human Rights resolutions 1991/42 of 5 March 1991
and 1997/50 of 15 April 1997, and Human Rights Council resolutions 6/4 of 28 September
2007, 10/9 of 26 March 2009, 15/18 of 30 September 2010, 20/16 of 6 July 2012, 24/7 of
26 September 2013 and 33/30 of 30 September 2016,
Recalling further General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006 on the
Human Rights Council,
Recalling Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 on institution-building of the
Council and resolution 5/2 on the Code of Conduct for special procedure 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,
1.
Detention;
Stresses the importance of the work of the Working Group on Arbitrary
2.
Takes note with interest of the latest reports of the Working Group, 1
including the issues and recommendations contained therein;
3.
Requests the States concerned to take into account the views of the Working
Group and, where necessary, to take appropriate steps to remedy the situation of persons
arbitrarily deprived of their liberty, and to inform the Working Group of the steps they have
taken;
1
A/HRC/42/39 and Add.1, A/HRC/39/45 and Add.1–2, A/HRC/36/37 and Add.1–3 and A/HRC/36/38.
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