RES/12/7 Elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members / RightDocs

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Document Type: Final Resolution

Date: 2009 Oct

Session: 12th Regular Session (2009 Sep)

Agenda Item: Item3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development

Topic: Discrimination, Right to health

Main sponsors1
- Japan
Co-sponsors59
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Australia
- Austria
- Bangladesh
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- Bhutan
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
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- Bulgaria
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- Chile
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- Egypt
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- Mali
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- United Kingdom
- United States
- Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of

GE.09-16564

UNITED NATIONS

General Assembly Distr. GENERAL

A/HRC/RES/12/7 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*

12/7. Elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members

The Human Rights Council,

Recalling Council resolution 8/13 of 18 June 2008, in which the Council requested the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee to formulate a draft set of principles and guidelines for the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members,

Welcoming the open-ended consultation on the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members, organized by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on 15 January 2009, and noting with appreciation its report based on the collection of information on the measures that Governments have taken in this regard (A/HRC/10/62),

1. Expresses its appreciation to the Advisory Committee for the timely submission of the draft set of principles and guidelines for the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members, contained in the annex to its recommendation 3/1 (see A/HRC/AC/3/2) to the Council;

* 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.

2. Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to collect the views of relevant actors, including Governments, observers of the United Nations, relevant United Nations bodies, specialized agencies and programmes, non-governmental organizations, scientists and medical experts, as well as representatives of persons affected by leprosy and their family members, on the draft set of principles and guidelines, and to make those views available to the Advisory Committee;

3. Requests the Advisory Committee to finalize the draft set of principles and guidelines taking into full consideration the views of relevant actors referred to in paragraph 2 above, for submission to the Council by its fifteenth session;

4. Decides to remain seized of the matter.

30th meeting 1 October 2009

[Adopted without a vote.]