A/HRC/RES/37/21
18.
Recognizes the importance of the quantitative and qualitative documentation
of the negative impact associated with the application of unilateral coercive measures in the
context of ensuring the accountability of those responsible for human rights violations
resulting from the application of unilateral coercive measures against any State;
19.
Acknowledges the need to ensure that all relevant United Nations human
rights treaty bodies and subsidiary organs of the Human Rights Council mainstream the
issue of the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human
rights and perform specific activities, such as during the review of periodic reports
submitted by States to such bodies and under the universal periodic review;
20.
Decides to give due consideration to the issue of the negative impact of
unilateral coercive measures on human rights in its task concerning the implementation of
the right to development;
21.
Welcomes the report of the Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of
unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights;2
22.
Requests the Special Rapporteur to identify and propose concrete measures to
ensure the removal of unilateral coercive measures affecting the enjoyment of human rights
of victims, and to focus on the resources and compensation necessary to promote
accountability and reparations for victims in his next reports to the Human Rights Council
and to the General Assembly;
23.
Also requests the Special Rapporteur, taking into account the views of
Member States, to identify a set of elements to be considered, as appropriate, in the
preparation of a draft United Nations declaration on the negative impact of unilateral
coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights, and to submit those elements to the
Human Rights Council in his next report;
24.
Recognizes the importance of the role of the Office of the United Nations
High Commissioner in addressing the challenges arising from unilateral coercive measures
and their negative impact on the human rights of peoples and individuals who wish to
realize their economic and social rights, including the right to development;
25.
Requests the High Commissioner, in discharging his functions relating to the
promotion, realization and protection of the right to development and bearing in mind the
continuing impact of unilateral coercive measures on the population of developing
countries, to give priority to the present resolution in his annual report;
26.
Calls upon all States to cooperate with and assist the Special Rapporteur in
the performance of his tasks, and to provide all necessary information requested by him;
27.
Urges the High Commissioner, relevant special procedures of the Human
Rights Council and the treaty bodies to pay attention, within the framework of their
mandates, to the situation of persons whose rights have been violated as the result of
unilateral coercive measures;
28.
Requests the Secretary-General to provide the assistance necessary to the
Special Rapporteur to fulfil his mandate effectively, in particular by placing adequate
human and material resources at his disposal;
29.
Decides to continue its consideration of the issue of the negative impact of
unilateral coercive measures on human rights in accordance with its programme of work.
54th meeting
23 March 2018
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 28 to 15, with 3 abstentions. The voting was as follows:
In favour:
Angola, Burundi, Chile, China, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Democratic Republic of
the Congo, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iraq, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia,
2
A/HRC/36/44.
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