UNITED
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General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/HRC/RES/12/5
12 October 2009
Original: ENGLISH
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
Twelfth session
Agenda item 3
PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS, CIVIL,
POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS,
INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council*
12/5. Protection of the human rights of civilians in armed conflict
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling its resolution 9/9 of 24 September 2008 on the protection of the human rights of
civilians in armed conflict,
Taking note with appreciation of the report of the Office of the United Nations
High Commissioner for Human Rights on the outcome of the expert consultation on the
protection of the human rights of civilians in armed conflict (A/HRC/11/31),
1.
Invites the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
to convene, within the parameters set forth in paragraph 8 of Council resolution 9/9, a
second expert consultation on the issue of protecting the human rights of civilians in armed
conflict, with a view to enabling the completion of the consultations on this issue, and requests
the Office of the High Commissioner to prepare a report on the outcome of the consultation, in
the form of a summary of discussions, prior to its fourteenth session;
2.
Decides to continue the consideration of this question at its fourteenth session in
conformity with the provisions of resolution 9/9.
30th meeting
1 October 2009
[Adopted without a vote.]
*
The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of the Council
on its twelfth session (A/HRC/12/50), chap. I.
GE.09-16550