A/HRC/S-13/2: Report of the Human Rights Council on its thirteenth special session, on Haiti after the earthquake of 12 January 2010
Summary: The record of the Human Rights Council's thirteenth special session, held on 27 and 28 January 2010 and convened on Haiti two weeks after the earthquake. It carries resolution S-13/1, on the Council's support for the recovery process through a human rights approach, together with the organization of work and the statements made.
Key Findings
- The Human Rights Council convened its thirteenth special session on 27 and 28 January 2010, two weeks after the earthquake, on Haiti alone.
- It adopted resolution S-13/1, 'Support of the Human Rights Council for the recovery process in Haiti after the earthquake of 12 January 2010: a human rights approach'.
- The report is the session's formal record: the resolution, the organization of work, attendance, officers, the statements made and the action taken on the draft proposal.
- Mr. Hisham Badr of Egypt served as Vice-President and Rapporteur.
- It carries a General Assembly symbol, A/HRC/S-13/2, and reaches the corpus alongside the Council's own instruments from the same weeks.
How to cite
United Nations Human Rights Council, A/HRC/S-13/2: Report of the Human Rights Council on its thirteenth special session, on Haiti after the earthquake of 12 January 2010, https://docs.un.org/en/A/HRC/S-13/2
- Rights holder
- United Nations Human Rights Council