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4.
Requests the Secretary-General to prepare a report analysing the current
system-wide delivery and financing of, and existing gaps in, technical assistance and
capacity-building that support the implementation by States of their international human
rights obligations and commitments, and provided upon the request, in consultation with and
with the consent of the State concerned, and to make recommendations in order to improve
and scale-up the system-wide delivery and financing of technical assistance and capacitybuilding in the field of human rights with a view to building national resilience, and to submit
that report to the Human Rights Council for its consideration at its forty-ninth session;
5.
Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to
continue to strengthen the capability of the Office of the High Commissioner to identify,
verify, manage and analyse data and early warning signs emanating from all sources,
including from States, human rights mechanisms, national human rights institutions, civil
society organizations, human rights defenders, United Nations country teams and the Office’s
field presences, and to address them in accordance with her mandate;
6.
Calls upon the High Commissioner, where the Office of the High
Commissioner identifies patterns of human rights violations that point to a heightened risk
of a human rights emergency, to continue to bring that information to the attention of the
members and observers of the Human Rights Council in a manner that reflects the urgency
of the situation and that maintains space for dialogue and cooperation with the State and
region concerned, including through briefings;
7.
Recognizes that the Human Rights Council may resort, on a case-by-case basis
and where appropriate, to work formats that enhance dialogue and cooperation with the State
and region concerned, with the aim of addressing the root causes of and preventing further
human rights violations and responding promptly to human rights emergencies;
8.
Requests the Secretary-General to bring regularly to the attention of the
relevant bodies of the United Nations the reports of the Human Rights Council relevant to
prevention;
9.
Decides to invite the Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission, commencing in
2021, to brief, on an annual basis, the Human Rights Council, during one of its regular
sessions, under agenda item 3, on the work of the Commission, including in relation to
country situations that are on the Council’s agenda.
38th meeting
7 October 2020
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 32 to 3, with 11 abstentions. The voting was as follows:
In favour:
Afghanistan, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bahamas,
Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Chile, Czechia, Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Denmark, Fiji, Germany, Italy, Japan, Marshall Islands, Mexico,
Nepal, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Senegal,
Slovakia, Spain, Togo, Ukraine and Uruguay
Against:
Bahrain, Cameroon and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Abstaining:
Bangladesh, Eritrea, India, Indonesia, Mauritania, Namibia, Nigeria, Pakistan,
Philippines, Somalia and Sudan]
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