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44
Human Rights Obligations of Armed Non-State Actors:
An Exploration of the Practice of the UN Human Rights Council
Resolution
No
Year &
Session
20/22 20th,
2012
19/21 19th,
2012
19/28 19th,
2012
18/16 18th,
2011
18/19 18th,
2011
17/17 17th,
2011
17/25 17th,
2011
Type
Country:
Syria
Country:
Myanmar
Assistance
to Somalia
Technical
assistance:
Sudan
Technical
assistance
and
capacity
building:
Yemen
Country:
Libya
Assistance
to Somalia
Term used to describe
human rights (HR) abuses
by ANSAs
OP 1: condemns HR
violations and crimes
committed by the government
controlled Shabbiha.
OP 10: calls on the authorities
and all armed groups
to protect the civilian population
and respect their HR.
OP 2: condemns the grave
and systematic HR abuses,
in particular by al-Shabaab
and its affiliates.
OP 3: urges all parties to
take steps to protect
children and to end abuses
and violations against them.
OP 8: calls on all parties
to … respect HR and
fundamental freedoms.
OP 4: condemns all
violations of HR by all
parties.
OP 4: urges all parties concerned
to respect applicable
IL, in particular HRL and IHL.
OP 2: Condemns and calls
for cessation of the grave
and systematic HR abuses
by al-Shabab and its
affiliates.
Context Vote
of Armed
Conflict
(AC)
AC in Syria 41 to 3; 3
abstentions
AC in
Myanmar
AC in
Somalia
AC in
South
Sudan
AC in
Yemen
AC in
Libya
AC in
Somalia
No vote
No vote
No vote
No vote
No vote