Human Rights Council
Nineteenth session
Agenda items 2 and 3
Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the
High Commissioner and the Secretary-General

Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development

Summary

Human Rights Council

Eighteenth session

Agenda items 2 and 3

Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General

Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development

Summary

Human Rights Council

Sixteenth session

Agenda item 10

Technical assistance and capacity-building

Summary

This report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council Resolution 13/22.

The experts reiterate their deep concern at the serious human rights situation in the country, which has reportedly not improved since their initial report.

While acknowledging with appreciation the state of the willingness of the Congolese authorities to improve its cooperation with the international community in the field of human rights,

Sixteenth session

Agenda item 2

Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General

Summary

The present report provides an update of the activities undertaken by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) since its reports in 2010 to the Human Rights Council (A/HRC/13/26) and to the General Assembly (A/65/36). It focuses on implementation of the six thematic priorities established by the Office for 2010/11.

I. Introduction

13 septembre 2010

Le Conseil des droits de l'homme a ouvert, ce matin, les travaux de sa quinzième session, qui se tient au Palais des Nations jusqu'au 1er octobre. Cette première réunion était consacrée à un débat général sur le bilan des activités du Haut-Commissariat aux droits de l'homme et au compte-rendu dressé par la Haut-Commissaire, Mme Navi Pillay, ainsi qu'à la question du réexamen des activités et du fonctionnement du Conseil des droits de l'homme.

Dans son compte-rendu, Mme Pillay a évoqué

Fourteenth session

Agenda items 2 and 3

Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General

Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development

I. Introduction

1. In its resolution 9/9 on the protection of the human rights of civilians in armed conflict, the Human Rights Council invited the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to convene

Human Rights Council
Fourteenth session
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights, including
the right to development

Summary

I visited the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from 5-15 October 2009 to investigate allegations of unlawful killings. My investigations focused on political killings in Kinshasa and Bas Congo; killings by rebels and the Congolese army in the Kivus and in Province Orientale; and deaths in prisons. I also investigated incidents

HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS THAT REQUIRE THE COUNCIL'S ATTENTION

Summary

The report of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Sudan, Mr. Mohamed Chande Othman, is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council Resolution 11/10, in which the Council decided to establish the mandate of Independent Expert on the human rights situation in the Sudan in accordance with the Commission on Human Rights resolution 2005/82 and Council resolutions 6/34, 6/35, 7/16

Fourteenth session

Agenda item 3

Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development

I. Introduction

1. This report examines the widespread, but under-studied, phenomenon of electionrelated killings. It draws upon the Special Rapporteur's extensive first-hand experience investigating and reporting on killings around the world, as well as upon extensive research undertaken specifically for this purpose.

2. Election-related killings violate