UN Human Rights Council Resolution 17/24 “Situation of human rights in Belarus”, 17th session, Geneva, 17 June 2011
Human Rights Council
Seventeenth session
Agenda item 4
Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council
17/24 Situation of human rights in Belarus
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, the provisions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenants on Human Rights and other applicable human rights instruments,
Bearing in mind paragraph 3 of General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006,
Reaffirming that all States have an obligation to promote and protect human rights and undamental freedoms and to fulfil their international obligations,