Appendix F: 60th Session UN Commission on Human Rights Voting Record

Resolutions Adopted by the Commission on Human Rights at its Sixtieth Session

Year/ Resolution	Resolution Title	Method of Adoption1	Agenda Item
2004/1	Grave situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory	Recorded vote 31/2/18	8
2004/2	Strengthening the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights	Recorded vote 51/0/2	18
2004/3	Situation in Occupied Palestine	Recorded Vote 52/1 /0	5
2004/4	Question of Western Sahara	Without a vote	5
2004/5	Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self/determination	Recorded vote 36/14/3	5
2004/6	Combating Defamation of Religions	Recorded vote 29/16/7	6
2004/7	Right to Development	Recorded vote 49/3/0	7
2004/8	Human Rights in the occupied Syrian Golan	Recorded vote 31/I 21	8
2004/9	Israeli settlements in the occupied Arab territories	Recorded vote 27/2 /24	8
2004/10	Question of the violation of human rights in the occupied Arab territories, including Palestine	Recorded vote 31/7/15	8
2004/11	Situation of Human Rights in Cuba	Recorded vote 22/21/10	9
2004/12	Situation of Human Rights in Turkmenistan	Recorded vote 25/11/17	9
2004/13	Situation of Human Rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Recorded vote 29/8/16	9
2004/14	Situation of Human Rights in Belarus	Recorded Vote 23/13/17	9
2004/15	Cooperation with representatives of United Nations human rights bodies	Without a vote	9
2004/16	Inadmissibility of certain practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance	Recorded vote 36/13/4	6
2004/17	Adverse effects of the illicit movement and dumping of toxic and dangerous products and wastes on the enjoyment of human rights	Recorded vote 38/13/2	10
2004/18	Effects of structural adjustment policies and foreign debt on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights	Recorded vote 29/14/10	10
2004/19	The right to food	Recorded vote 51/1/1	10
2004/20	Promotion of the enjoyment of the cultural rights of everyone and respect for different cultural identities	Recorded vote 38/1/14	10
2004/21	Adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living	Without a vote	10
2004/22	Human rights and unilateral coercive measures	Recorded Vote 36/14/3	10
2004/23	Human Rights and Extreme Poverty	Without a vote	10
2004/24	Globalization and its impact on the full enjoyment of all human rights	Recorded vote 38/15/0	10
2004/25	The Right to Education	Without a vote	10
2004/26	Access to medication in the context of pandemics such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria	Without a vote	10
2004/27	The right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health	Recorded vote 52/1/0	10
2004/28	Prohibition of forced evictions	Recorded vote 45/1/7	10
2004/29	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	Recorded vote 48/0/5	10
2004/30	Enhancing the role of regional, sub/regional and other organizations and arrangements in promoting and consolidating democracy	Recorded vote 45/0/8	11
2004/31	Strengthening of popular participation, equity, social justice and non/discrimination as essential foundations of democracy	Recorded vote 28/14/11	11
2004/32	Integrity of the judicial system	Without a vote	11
2004/33	Independence and impartiality of the judiciary, jurors and assessors and the independence of lawyers	Without a vote	11
2004/34	The right to restitution, compensation and rehabilitation for victims of grave violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms	Without a vote	11
2004/35	Conscientious objection to military service	Without a vote	11
2004/36	Elimination of all forms of religious intolerance	Without a vote	11
2004/37	Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions	Recorded vote 39/0/12	11
2004/38	The incompatibility between democracy and racism	Without a vote	11
2004/39	Arbitrary detention	Without a vote	11
2004/40	Enforced or involuntary disappearances	Without a vote	11
2004/41	Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment	Without a vote	11
2004/42	The right to freedom of opinion and expression	Without a vote	11
2004/43	Human rights in the administration of justice, in particular juvenile justice	Recorded vote 43/1/8	11
2004/44	Human rights and terrorism	Recorded vote 31/14/8	11
2004/45	Trafficking in women and girls	Without a vote	12
2004/46	Elimination of violence against women	Without a vote	12
2004/47	Abduction of children in Africa	Without a vote	13
2004/48	Rights of the child	Recorded vote 52/1/0	13
2004/49	Violence against women migrant workers	Without a vote	14. A
2004/50	Missing persons	Recorded vote 52/0/1	14. D
2004/51	Rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities	Without a vote	14. B
2004/52	Human rights of persons with disabilities	Without a vote	14. D
2004/53	Human rights of migrants	Without a vote	14. A
2004/54	Tolerance and pluralism as indivisible elements in the promotion and protection of human rights	Without a vote	14. B
2004/55	Internally displaced persons	Without a vote	14. C
2004/56	International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families	Without a vote	14. A
2004/57	Working Group on Indigenous Populations of the Sub/Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights	Recorded vote 38/15/0	15
2004/58	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 Peoples	Recorded vote 38/2/13	15
2004/59	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
2004/60	The work of the Sub/Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights	Without a vote	16
2004/61	Situation of human rights in Myanmar	Without a vote	9
2004/62	HR and indigenous issues	Without a vote	15
2004/63	Enhancement of international cooperation	Without a vote	17
2004/64	Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order	Recorded vote 31/15/7	17
2004/65	Promotion of peace as a vital requirement for the full enjoyment of all human rights by all	Recorded vote 32/15/6	17
2004/66	Human rights and international solidarity	Recorded vote 37/15/1	17
2004/67	Question of the death penalty	Recorded vote 29/19/5	17
2004/68	Human rights Defenders	Without a vote	17
2004/69	Status of the International Covenants on Human Rights	Without a vote	17
2004/70	The role of good governance in the promotion of human rights	Without a vote	17
2004/71	Follow/up to the United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education	Without a vote	17
2004/72	Impunity	Without a vote	17
2004/73	Composition of the staff of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights	Recorded vote 35/14/4	18
2004/74	Regional cooperation for the promotion and protection of human rights in the Asian and Pacific region	Without a vote	18
2004/75	National institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights	Without a vote	18
2004/76	Human rights and special procedures	Recorded vote 35/0/18
2004/77	Protection of United Nations personnel	Without a vote	18
2004/78	Effective implementation of international instruments on human rights, including reporting obligations under international instruments on human rights	Without a vote
2004/79	Technical cooperation and advisory services in Cambodia	Without a vote	19
2004/80	Assistance to Somalia in the field of human rights	Without a vote	19
2004/81	Advisory services and technical cooperation in the field of human rights	Without a vote	19
2004/82	Advisory services and technical assistance in Burundi	Without a vote	19
2004/83	Technical cooperation and advisory services in Liberia	Without a vote	19
2004/84	Technical cooperation and advisory services in the Democratic Republic of the Congo	Without a vote	19
2004/85	Technical cooperation and advisory services in Chad	Without a vote	19
2004/86	Assistance to Sierra Leone in the field of human rights	Without a vote	19
2004/87	Protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism	Without a vote	17
2004/88	World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance and the comprehensive implementation of and follow/up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action	Recorded vote 38/1/14	6

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¹In the case of a vote, the numbers represent: votes in favor/votes against/abstentions