Appendix F: 57th Session of the U.N. Human Rights Commission Voting RecordCountry Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2001Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor March 4, 2002
Resolutions Adopted by the Commission on Human Rights at its Fifty-Seventh Session
Year/ No. Title Method of adoption Agenda item 2001/1 Question of Western Sahara without a vote 5 2001/2 Situation in occupied Palestine roll-call vote (48/2/2) 5 2001/3 The use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination roll-call vote (35/11/6) 5 2001/4 Combating defamation of religions as a means to promote human rights, social harmony and religious and cultural diversity roll-call vote (28/15/9) 6 2001/5 Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance without a vote 6 2001/6 Human rights in the occupied Syrian Golan roll-call vote (29/2/21) 8 2001/7 Question of the violation of human rights in the occupied Arab territories, including Palestine roll-call vote (28/2/22) 8 2001/8 Israeli settlements in the occupied Arab territories roll-call vote (50/1/1) 8 2001/9 The right to development roll-call vote (48/2/3) 7 2001/10 Human rights situation of the Lebanese detainees in Israel roll-call vote (33/1/19) 9 2001/11 Cooperation with representatives of United Nations human rights bodies without a vote 9 2001/12 The situation of human rights in parts of south-eastern Europe roll-call vote (41/0/11) 9 2001/13 Situation of human rights in Afghanistan without a vote 9 2001/14 Situation of human rights in Iraq roll-call vote (30/3/19) 9 2001/15 Situation of human rights in Myanmar without a vote 9 2001/16 Situation of human rights in Cuba roll-call vote (22/20/10) 9 2001/17 Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran roll-call vote (21/17/15) 9 2001/18 Situation of human rights in the Sudan roll-call vote (28/0/25) 9 2001/19 Situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo without a vote 9 2001/20 Situation of human rights in Sierra Leone without a vote 9 2001/21 Situation of human rights in Burundi without a vote 9 2001/22 Situation in Equatorial Guinea and assistance in the field of human rights without a vote 9 2001/23 Situation of human rights in Rwanda roll-call vote (28/16/9) 9 2001/24 Situation in the Republic of Chechnya of the Russian Federation roll-call vote (22/12/19) 9 2001/25 The right to food roll-call vote (52/1/0) 10 2001/26 Human rights and unilateral coercive measures roll-call vote (37/8/8) 10 2001/27 Effects of structural adjustment policies and foreign debt on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights roll-call vote (31/15/7) 10 2001/28 Adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living without a vote 10 2001/29 The right to education without a vote 10 2001/30 Question of the realization in all countries of the economic, social and cultural rights contained in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and study of special problems which the developing countries face in their efforts to achieve these human rights without a vote 10 2001/31 Human rights and extreme poverty without a vote 10 2001/32 Globalization and its impact on the full enjoyment of all human rights roll-call vote (37/15/1) 10 2001/33 Access to medication in the context of pandemics such as HIV/AIDS roll-call vote (52/0/1) 10 2001/34 Women's equal ownership of, access to and control over land and the equal rights to own property and to adequate housing without a vote 10 2001/35 Adverse effects of the illicit movement and dumping of toxic and dangerous products and wastes on the enjoyment of human rights roll-call vote (38/15/0) 10 2001/36 Strengthening of popular participation, equity, social justice and non-discrimination as essential foundations of democracy roll-call vote (28/4/21) 11 2001/37 Human rights and terrorism roll-call vote (33/14/6) 11 2001/38 Hostage-taking without a vote 11 2001/39 Independence and impartiality of the judiciary, jurors and assessors and the independence of lawyers without a vote 11 2001/40 Question of arbitrary detention without a vote 11 2001/41 Continuing dialogue on measures to promote and consolidate democracy roll-call vote (44/0/9) 11 2001/42 Elimination of all forms of religious intolerance without a vote 11(e) 2001/43 The incompatibility between democracy and racism without a vote 11 2001/44 Draft optional protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment without a vote 11(a) 2001/45 Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions without a vote 11(b) 2001/46 Question of enforced or involuntary disappearances without a vote 11 2001/47 The right to freedom of opinion and expression roll-call vote (44/0/8) 11 2001/48 Traffic in women and girls without a vote 12 2001/49 Elimination of violence against women without a vote 12 2001/50 Integrating the human rights of women throughout the United Nations system without a vote 12 2001/51 The protection of human rights in the context of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) without a vote 14 2001/52 Human rights of migrants without a vote 14(a) 2001/53 International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families without a vote 14(a) 2001/54 Internally displaced persons without a vote 14(c) 2001/55 Rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities without a vote 14(b) 2001/56 Protection of migrants and their families without a vote 14(a) 2001/57 Human rights and indigenous issues without a vote 15 2001/58 Working group of the Commission on Human Rights to elaborate a draft declaration in accordance with paragraph 5 of General Assembly resolution 49/214 of 23 December 1994 without a vote 15 2001/59 Working Group on Indigenous Populations of the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People without a vote 15 2001/60 Work of the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights without a vote 16 2001/61 United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education (1995-2004) without a vote 17 2001/62 Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment without a vote 11 2001/63 Development of public information activities in the field of human rights, including the World Public Information Campaign on Human Rights without a vote 17 2001/64 Human rights defenders without a vote 17(b) 2001/65 Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order roll-call vote (32/16/4) 17 2001/66 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide without a vote 17(a) 2001/67 Enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights without a vote 17 2001/68 The question of the death penalty roll-call vote (27/18/7) 17 2001/69 Promotion of the right of peoples to peace roll-call vote (29/16/7) 17 2001/70 Impunity roll-call vote (39/0/13) 17 2001/71 Human rights and bioethics without a vote 17 2001/72 The role of good governance in the promotion of human rights without a vote 17 2001/73 Human rights and international solidarity roll-call vote (36/16/0) 17 2001/74 Abduction of children from northern Uganda without a vote 13 2001/75 Rights of the child without a vote 13 2001/76 Equitable geographical distribution of the membership of the human rights treaty bodies roll-call vote (35/15/2) 18 2001/77 Regional cooperation for the promotion and protection of human rights in the Asian and Pacific region without a vote 18 2001/78 Composition of the staff of the Office of the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights roll-call vote (34/16/2) 18 2001/79 Regional arrangements for the promotion and protection of human rights without a vote 18 2001/80 National institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights without a vote 18 2001/81 Assistance to Somalia in the field of human rights without a vote 19 2001/82 Situation of human rights in Cambodia without a vote 19
[1] In the case of a vote, the figures in brackets represent: votes in favor/votes against/abstentions.
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