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Voting patterns
| Year | Month | Session number | Text type | Text number | Text title | Agenda item | Type | Topic | Main sponsors | Vote results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 |
MAR
|
S-46 | Resolution | 46/3 | Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the obligation to ensure accountability and justice | 2 | Country - Situations | Occupied Palestinian Territory | Pakistan (OIC) |
Against
|
| 2021 |
SEP
|
HRC-48 | Presidential Statement | 48/1 | Reports of the Advisory Committee | 1 | Institutional/Procedural | Advisory Committee | HRC President | Consensus |
| 2021 |
SPE
|
HRC-32 | Resolution | S-32 | Situation of human rights in the Sudan | n/a | Country - Situations | Sudan | Germany, Norway, United Kingdom, United States | Consensus |
| 2021 |
SPE
|
S-30 | Resolution | S-30/1 | Ensuring respect for international human rights law and international humanitarian law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in Israel | n/a | Country - Situations | Occupied Palestinian Territory | Pakistan (OIC) |
Against
|
| 2021 |
SPE
|
S-31 | Resolution | S-31/1 | Strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights in Afghanistan | n/a | Country - Situations | Afghanistan | Pakistan (OIC) | Consensus |
| 2021 |
SEP
|
S-48 | Resolution | 48/14 | Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change | 3 | Thematic - Cross-Cutting/Other | Climate Change | Bahamas, European Union, Fiji, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Panama, Paraguay, Sudan |
In favour
|
| 2021 |
SEP
|
HRC-48 | Resolution | 48/12 | Human rights implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people | 3 | Thematic - Groups in Focus | Youth | Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, El Salvador, Greece, Italy, Republic of Moldova, Morocco, The Philippines, Portugal, Tunisia, Uzbekistan | Consensus |
| 2021 |
SEP
|
HRC-48 | Resolution | 48/25 | Technical assistance and capacity-building to improve human rights in Libya | 10 | Country - Technical Support/Capacity Building | Libya | Cameroon (African Group) | Consensus |
| 2021 |
SEP
|
HRC-48 | Resolution | 48/13 | The human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment | 3 | Thematic - Cross-Cutting/Other | Costa Rica, The Maldives, Morocco, Slovenia, Switzerland |
In favour
|
|
| 2021 |
SEP
|
HRC-48 | Resolution | 48/11 | Human rights and indigenous peoples | 3 | Thematic - Groups in Focus | Indigenous Peoples | Mexico, Guatemala | Consensus |
| 2021 |
SEP
|
HRC-48 | Resolution | 48/16 | Situation of human rights in Burundi | 4 | Country - Situations | Burundi | Slovenia (European Union) |
Against
|
| 2021 |
SEP
|
HRC-48 | Resolution | 48/10 | The right to development | 3 | Thematic - Cross-Cutting/Other | Development | Azerbaijan (NAM) |
In favour
|
| 2021 |
SEP
|
HRC-48 | Resolution | 48/9 | Question of the death penalty | 3 | Thematic - Civil and Political Rights | Death Penalty | Belgium, Benin, Costa Rica, France, Mexico, Republic of Moldova, Mongolia, Switzerland |
Abstention
|
| 2021 |
SEP
|
HRC-48 | Resolution | 48/8 | Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order | 3 | Thematic - Cross-Cutting/Other | Democratic and Equitable International Order | Cuba |
In favour
|
| 2021 |
SEP
|
HRC-48 | Resolution | 48/15 | Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic | 4 | Country - Situations | Syrian Arab Republic | France, Germany, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, The Netherlands, Qatar, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America |
In favour
|
| 2021 |
SEP
|
HRC-48 | Resolution | 48/5 | The use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination | 3 | Thematic - Civil and Political Rights | Mercenaries | Cuba |
In favour
|
| 2021 |
SEP
|
HRC-48 | Resolution | 48/7 | Negative impact of the legacies of colonialism on the enjoyment of human rights | 3 | Thematic - Cross-Cutting/Other | Colonialism | China, Sri Lanka, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) |
In favour
|
| 2021 |
SEP
|
HRC-48 | Resolution | 48/17 | Cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights | 5 | Thematic - Cross-Cutting/Other | Reprisals | Fiji, Ghana, Hungary, Ireland, Uruguay | Consensus |
| 2021 |
SEP
|
HRC-48 | Resolution | 48/24 | Enhancement of technical cooperation and capacity-building in the field of human rights | 10 | Thematic - Cross-Cutting/Other | Technical Cooperation and Capacity Building | Brazil, Honduras, Indonesia, Morocco, Norway, Qatar, Singapore, Thailand, Turkey | Consensus |
| 2021 |
SEP
|
HRC-48 | Resolution | 48/23 | Advisory services and technical assistance for Cambodia | 10 | Country - Technical Support/Capacity Building | Cambodia | Japan | Consensus |
| 2021 |
SEP
|
HRC-48 | Resolution | 48/22 | Assistance to Somalia in the field of human rights | 10 | Country - Technical Support/Capacity Building | Somalia | Somalia, United Kingdom | Consensus |
| 2021 |
SEP
|
HRC-48 | Resolution | 48/4 | Right to privacy in the digital age | 3 | Thematic - Civil and Political Rights | Privacy | Austria, Brazil, Germany, Liechtenstein, Mexico | Consensus |
| 2021 |
SEP
|
HRC-48 | Resolution | 48/18 | From rhetoric to reality: a global call for concrete action against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance | 9 | Thematic - Civil and Political Rights | Racism | Cameroon (African Group) |
In favour
|
| 2021 |
SEP
|
HRC-48 | Resolution | 48/6 | Child, early and forced marriage in times of crisis, including the COVID-19 pandemic | 3 | Thematic - Groups in Focus | Rights of the Child | Argentina, Canada, Honduras, Italy, Montenegro, The Netherlands, Poland, Sierra Leone, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, Uruguay | Consensus |
| 2021 |
SEP
|
HRC-48 | Resolution | 48/21 | Technical assistance and capacity-building for Yemen in the field of human rights | 10 | Country - Technical Support/Capacity Building | Yemen | Egypt (Group of Arab States) | Consensus |
| 2021 |
SEP
|
HRC-48 | Resolution | 48/3 | Human rights of older persons | 3 | Thematic - Groups in Focus | Older Persons | Argentina, Brazil, Slovenia | Consensus |
| 2021 |
SEP
|
HRC-48 | Resolution | 48/2 | Equal participation in political and public affairs | 3 | Thematic - Civil and Political Rights | Political Participation | Botswana, Czech Republic, Indonesia, The Netherlands, Peru | Consensus |
| 2021 |
SEP
|
HRC-48 | Resolution | 48/20 | Technical assistance and capacity-building in the field of human rights in the Democratic Republic of Congo | 10 | Country - Technical Support/Capacity Building | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Cameroon (African Group) | Consensus |
| 2021 |
SEP
|
HRC-48 | Resolution | 48/1 | Situation of human rights in Afghanistan | 2 | Country - Situations | Afghanistan | Slovenia (European Union) |
In favour
|
| 2021 |
SEP
|
HRC-48 | Resolution | 48/19 | Technical assistance and capacity-building in the field of human rights in the Central African Republic | 10 | Country - Technical Support/Capacity Building | Central African Republic | Cameroon (African Group) | Consensus |
| 2021 |
JUN
|
HRC-47 | Resolution | 47/21 | Promotion and protection of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of Africans and of people of African descent against excessive use of force and other human rights violations by law enforcement officers through transformative change for racial justice and equality | 9 | Thematic - Groups in Focus | People of African Descent | Cameroon (African Group) | Consensus |
| 2021 |
JUN
|
HRC-47 | Resolution | 47/2 | Situation of human rights in Eritrea | 2 | Country - Situations | Eritrea | Slovenia (European Union) |
Abstention
|
| 2021 |
JUN
|
HRC-47 | Resolution | 47/9 | Enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights | 3 | Thematic - Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | international cooperation | Azerbaijan (NAM) |
In favour
|
| 2021 |
JUN
|
HRC-47 | Resolution | 47/10 | Human rights and international solidarity | 3 | Thematic - Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | International Solidarity | Cuba |
In favour
|
| 2021 |
JUN
|
HRC-47 | Resolution | 47/11 | The contribution of development to the enjoyment of all human rights | 3 | Thematic - Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | Development | China |
In favour
|
| 2021 |
JUN
|
HRC-47 | Resolution | 47/13 | Situation of human rights in the Tigray region of Ethiopia | 2 | Country - Situations | Tigray | Slovenia (European Union) |
Abstention
|
| 2021 |
JUN
|
HRC-47 | Resolution | 47/14 | Human rights in the context of HIV and AIDS | 3 | Thematic - Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | Health | Brazil, Colombia, Mozambique, Portugal, Thailand |
In favour
|
| 2021 |
JUN
|
HRC-47 | Resolution | 47/16 | The promotion, protection and enjoyment of human rights on the Internet | 3 | Thematic - Civil and Political Rights | Internet | Brazil, Nigeria, Sweden, Tunisia, United States of America |
In favour
|
| 2021 |
JUN
|
HRC-47 | Resolution | 47/18 | Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic | 4 | Country - Situations | Syrian Arab Republic | France, Germany, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, Netherlands, Qatar, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America |
In favour
|
| 2021 |
JUN
|
HRC-47 | Resolution | 47/19 | Situation of human rights in Belarus | 4 | Country - Situations | Belarus | Slovenia (European Union) |
In favour
|
| 2021 |
JUN
|
HRC-47 | Resolution | 47/22 | Cooperation with and assistance to Ukraine in the field of human rights | 10 | Country - Technical Support/Capacity Building | Ukraine | Ukraine |
In favour
|
| 2021 |
JUN
|
HRC-47 | Resolution | 47/23 | New and emerging digital technologies and human rights | 3 | Thematic - Cross-Cutting/Other | New and Emerging Technologies | Austria, Brazil, Denmark, Morocco, Republic of Korea, Singapore |
In favour
|
| 2021 |
JUN
|
HRC-47 | Resolution | 47/24 | Human rights and climate change | 3 | Thematic - Cross-Cutting/Other | Climate Change | Bangladesh, Philippines, Viet Nam |
In favour
|
| 2021 |
JUN
|
HRC-47 | Decision | 47/115 | Commencement of the fourth cycle of the universal periodic review | 6 | Institutional/Procedural | Universal Periodic Review | HRC President | Consensus |
| 2021 |
JUN
|
HRC-47 | Decision | 47/114 | Strengthening documentation within the Human Rights Council | 1 | Institutional/Procedural | Documentation | Egypt, Indonesia, Nigeria, Philippines, Senegal | Consensus |
| 2021 |
JUN
|
HRC-47 | Resolution | 47/25 | Preventable maternal mortality and morbidity and human rights | 3 | Thematic - Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | Maternal Mortality and Morbidity | Colombia, Estonia, New Zealand | Consensus |
| 2021 |
JUN
|
HRC-47 | Resolution | 47/20 | The Social Forum | 5 | Thematic - Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | Social Forum | Cuba | Consensus |
| 2021 |
JUN
|
HRC-47 | Resolution | 47/17 | Impact of arms transfers on human rights | 3 | Thematic - Civil and Political Rights | Arms Trade | Ecuador, Peru | Consensus |
| 2021 |
JUN
|
HRC-47 | Resolution | 47/15 | Accelerating efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls: preventing and responding to all forms of violence against women and girls with disabilities | 3 | Thematic - Groups in Focus | Women's rights | Canada | Consensus |
| 2021 |
JUN
|
HRC-47 | Resolution | 47/12 | The human rights of migrants | 3 | Thematic - Groups in Focus | Migrants | Mexico | Consensus |
| 2021 |
JUN
|
HRC-47 | Resolution | 47/8 | Elimination of harmful practices related to accusations of witchcraft and ritual attacks | 3 | Thematic - Groups in Focus | Harmful practices | Cameroon (African Group) | Consensus |
| 2021 |
JUN
|
HRC-47 | Resolution | 47/7 | The negative impact of corruption on the enjoyment of human rights | 3 | Thematic - Cross-Cutting/Other | Corruption | Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Morocco, Poland, United Kingdom | Consensus |
| 2021 |
JUN
|
HRC-47 | Resolution | 47/6 | The right to education | 3 | Thematic - Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | Education | Portugal | Consensus |
| 2021 |
JUN
|
HRC-47 | Resolution | 47/5 | Realization of the equal enjoyment of the right to education by every girl | 3 | Thematic - Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | Education | United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom | Consensus |
| 2021 |
JUN
|
HRC-47 | Resolution | 47/4 | Menstrual hygiene management, human rights and gender equality | 3 | Thematic - Groups in Focus | Menstrual hygiene | Cameroon (African Group) | Consensus |
| 2021 |
JUN
|
HRC-47 | Resolution | 47/1 | Situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar | 2 | Country - Situations | Myanmar | Pakistan (Organisation of Islamic Cooperation) | Consensus |
| 2021 |
JUN
|
HRC-47 | Resolution | 47/3 | Civil society space: COVID-19: the road to recovery and the essential role of civil society | 3 | Thematic - Civil and Political Rights | Civil Society | Chile, Ireland, Japan, Sierra Leone, Tunisia | Consensus |
| 2021 |
MAR
|
HRC-46 | Resolution | 46/26 | Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan | 7 | Country - Situations | Israeli settlements | Pakistan (OIC) |
Abstention
|
| 2021 |
MAR
|
HRC-46 | Resolution | 46/25 | Right of the Palestinian people to self-determination | 7 | Country - Situations | Self-determination | Pakistan (OIC) |
Abstention
|
| 2021 |
MAR
|
HRC-46 | Resolution | 46/23 | Situation of human rights in South Sudan | 4 | Country - Situations | South Sudan | Albania, Norway, United Kingdom, United States |
Abstention
|
| 2021 |
MAR
|
HRC-46 | Resolution | 46/22 | Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic | 4 | Country - Situations | Syrian Arab Republic | France, Germany, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, Netherlands, Qatar, Turkey, United Kingdom |
In favour
|
| 2021 |
MAR
|
HRC-46 | Resolution | 46/20 | Situation of human rights in Belarus in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election and in its aftermath | 4 | Country - Situations | Belarus | Portugal (European Union) |
Abstention
|
| 2021 |
MAR
|
HRC-46 | Resolution | 46/13 | Promoting mutually beneficial cooperation in the field of human rights | 3 | Thematic - Cross-Cutting/Other | Cooperation | China |
Abstention
|
| 2021 |
MAR
|
HRC-46 | Decision | 46/115 | High-level panel discussion on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Voluntary Technical Assistance Trust Fund to Support the Participation of Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States in the Work of the Human Rights Council | 3 | Country - Technical Support/Capacity Building | Universal participation | Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Burkina Faso, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Guyana, Luxembourg, Maldives, Mauritius, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Senegal, Singapore, Sudan, Switzerland, Togo, Turkey, Vanuatu | Consensus |
| 2021 |
MAR
|
HRC-46 | Resolution | 46/16 | Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy | 3 | Thematic - Civil and Political Rights | Privacy | Austria, Brazil, Germany, Liechtenstein, Mexico | Consensus |
| 2021 |
MAR
|
HRC-46 | Resolution | 46/15 | Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment: the roles and responsibilities of police and other law enforcement officials | 3 | Thematic - Civil and Political Rights | Torture | Denmark | Consensus |
| 2021 |
MAR
|
HRC-46 | Resolution | 46/14 | Ensuring equitable, affordable, timely and universal access for all countries to vaccines in response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic | 3 | Thematic - Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | Health | Azerbaijan (NAM), Ecuador | Consensus |
| 2021 |
MAR
|
HRC-46 | Resolution | 46/21 | Situation of human rights in Myanmar | 4 | Country - Situations | Myanmar | Portugal (European Union) | Consensus |
| 2021 |
MAR
|
HRC-46 | Resolution | 46/28 | Technical assistance and capacity building for Mali in the field of human rights | 10 | Country - Technical Support/Capacity Building | Mali | Cameroon (African Group) | Consensus |
| 2021 |
MAR
|
HRC-46 | Resolution | 46/29 | Technical assistance and capacity building for South Sudan | 10 | Country - Technical Support/Capacity Building | South Sudan | Cameroon (African Group) | Consensus |
| 2021 |
MAR
|
HRC-46 | Resolution | 46/24 | Human rights in the occupied Syrian Golan | 7 | Country - Situations | Syrian Golan | Pakistan (Organisation | Consensus |
| 2021 |
MAR
|
HRC-46 | Resolution | 46/11 | The negative impact of the non-repatriation of funds of illicit origin to the countries of origin on the enjoyment of human rights, and the importance of improving international cooperation | 3 | Thematic - Cross-Cutting/Other | Non-Repatriation of Funds | Cameroon (African Group) |
In favour
|
| 2021 |
MAR
|
HRC-46 | Resolution | 46/12 | Mandate of the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism | 3 | Thematic - Groups in Focus | Albinism | Cameroon (African Group) | Consensus |
| 2021 |
MAR
|
HRC-46 | Resolution | 46/10 | Question of the realization in all countries of economic, social and cultural rights | 3 | Thematic - Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | Portugal | Consensus |
| 2021 |
MAR
|
HRC-46 | Resolution | 46/9 | Mandate of the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights | 3 | Thematic - Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | Cultural Rights | Cuba | Consensus |
| 2021 |
MAR
|
HRC-46 | Resolution | 46/19 | The right to food | 3 | Thematic - Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | Food | Cuba | Consensus |
| 2021 |
MAR
|
HRC-46 | Resolution | 46/8 | Effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights | 3 | Thematic - Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | Foreign Debt | Cuba |
In favour
|
| 2021 |
MAR
|
HRC-46 | Resolution | 46/18 | Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran | 4 | Country - Situations | Islamic Republic of Iran | Iceland, North Macedonia, Republic of Moldova, United Kingdom |
In favour
|
| 2021 |
MAR
|
HRC-46 | Resolution | 46/2 | Promotion and protection of human rights in Nicaragua | 2 | Country - Situations | Nicaragua | Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru |
Abstention
|
| 2021 |
MAR
|
HRC-46 | Resolution | 46/17 | Situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | 4 | Country - Situations | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | Portugal (European Union) | Consensus |
| 2021 |
MAR
|
HRC-46 | Resolution | 46/7 | Human rights and the environment | 3 | Thematic - Cross-Cutting/Other | Environment | Costa Rica, Maldives, Morocco, Slovenia, Switzerland | Consensus |
| 2021 |
MAR
|
HRC-46 | Resolution | 46/6 | Freedom of religion or belief | 3 | Thematic - Civil and Political Rights | Freedom of Religion and Belief | Portugal (European Union) | Consensus |
| 2021 |
MAR
|
HRC-46 | Resolution | 46/5 | The negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights | 3 | Thematic - Cross-Cutting/Other | Unilateral Coercive Measures | Azerbaijan (NAM, except Colombia and Peru) |
In favour
|
| 2021 |
MAR
|
HRC-46 | Resolution | 46/1 | Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka | 2 | Country - Situations | Sri Lanka | Canada, Germany, Malawi, Montenegro, North Macedonia, United Kingdom |
In favour
|
| 2021 |
MAR
|
HRC-46 | Resolution | 46/27 | Combating intolerance, negative stereotyping and stigmatization of, and discrimination, incitement to violence and violence against, persons based on religion or belief | 9 | Thematic - Civil and Political Rights | Intolerance | Pakistan (Organisation of Islamic Cooperation) | Consensus |
| 2021 |
MAR
|
HRC-46 | Resolution | 46/4 | Human rights, democracy and the rule of law | 3 | Thematic - Civil and Political Rights | Democracy | Morocco, Norway, Peru, Republic of Korea, Romania, Tunisia | Consensus |
| 2021 |
MAR
|
HRC-46 | Resolution | 46/30 | Cooperation with Georgia | 10 | Country - Technical Support/Capactiy Building | Georgia | Georgia |
In favour
|
| 2021 |
SPE
|
HRC-29 | Resolution | S-29/1 | Human rights implications of the crisis in Myanmar | n/a | Country - Situations | Myanmar | Portugal (European Union), United Kingdom | Consensus |