the role and responsibility of medical and other health personnel in the documentation and
prevention of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment;
(c) To respond effectively to credible and reliable information submitted to their
attention regarding alleged cases of the active or passive participation of medical and other
health personnel in torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment;
(d) To consider including in their reports submitted to the Council information on the
problem of medical and other health personnel’s participation in torture and other cruel, inhuman
or degrading treatment or punishment;
16. Requests States to cooperate fully and in good faith with the relevant special
procedures;
17. Calls upon the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
to continue to provide advisory services to States for the prevention of torture and cruel,
inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, including concerning tools, for the investigation
of alleged cases of torture;
18.
Takes note of the report of the Special Rapporteur (A/HRC/10/44).
44th meeting
27 March 2009
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 34 to 0, with 13 abstentions. The voting was as follows:
In favour:
Angola, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Burkina Faso,
Cameroon, Canada, Chile, Cuba, France, Gabon, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Japan,
Madagascar, Mauritius, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Philippines, Republic of
Korea, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Switzerland, Ukraine,
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Uruguay, Zambia;
Abstaining:
Bahrain, Bangladesh, China, Djibouti, Egypt, Ghana, India, Jordan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Qatar,
Saudi Arabia, Senegal.]
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