A/HRC/RES/22/16
Noting that different thematic special procedures mandate holders, including the
Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, the Special
Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography and the Special
Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of
living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context, have made specific references
in their reports to the need for a human rights-based approach to the delivery of
humanitarian assistance,
Recognizing the efforts of Member States as well as the work done, both on the
ground and at the level of headquarters, by different United Nations agencies, funds and
programmes, inter alia, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees,
the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme and
the United Nations Children’s Fund, by other agencies and organizations that work in postdisaster and post-conflict situations, in accordance with General Assembly resolution
46/182 of 19 December 1991 and other relevant resolutions of the Assembly and the
Economic and Social Council, and acknowledging the efforts made in terms of effective
coordination with the aim of avoiding any duplication,
1.
Requests the Advisory Committee to prepare, from within existing resources,
a research-based report on best practices and main challenges in the promotion and
protection of human rights in post-disaster and post-conflict situations, with a focus on
human rights mainstreaming in relief, recovery and reconstruction efforts, while respecting
the humanitarian principles of humanity, impartiality, neutrality and independence and the
needs-based approach of humanitarian assistance, in particular to foster the capacity of
States in such efforts, and to present the report to the Human Rights Council at its twentyeighth session;
2.
Also requests the Advisory Committee to seek the views and inputs of
Member States, relevant international and regional organizations, the Office of the United
Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs,
relevant United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, such as the Inter-Agency
Secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, the United Nations
Children’s Fund, the United Nations Development Programme and the United Nations
Population Fund, relevant human rights special procedures, as well as agencies and
organizations that work in post-disaster and post-conflict situations, and civil society
representatives, in order to prepare the above-mentioned research-based report;
3.
Encourages the Advisory Committee, when elaborating the above-mentioned
report, to take into account, as appropriate, the work done on the issue by competent United
Nations bodies and mechanisms within their respective mandates;
4.
Requests the Advisory Committee to present a progress report of the
requested research-based report to the Human Rights Council at its twenty-sixth session for
its consideration.
48th meeting
21 March 2013
[Adopted without a vote.]
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