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63rd regular session of the Human Rights Council: Resolutions, decisions and President’s statements

Resolutions, decisions and President’s statements

Document links to the adopted texts in the first column below will work once the documents have been processed, translated and released in all six official languages of the United Nations on the Official Document System (ODS). To search for final adopted texts on ODS, enter the final number in the search field, preceded by A/HRC/RES for resolutions, A/HRC/DEC for decisions or A/HRC/PRST for President’s statements.

More information about the consideration of each draft proposal, including any oral revisions, amendments, oral statements of programme budget implications and detailed voting results (as applicable), are available on the HRC63 Portal. 

Resolutions

Adopted textTitleItemDraftAction taken
63/1Situation of human rights in Afghanistan2A/HRC/63/L.8Adopted without a vote | 39th meeting, 5 October 2026
63/2Responding to the human rights and humanitarian crisis caused by the ongoing armed conflict in the Sudan2A/HRC/63/L.26Adopted by recorded vote | 28 to 10 with 9 abstentions, 40th meeting, 5 October 2026
63/3The right to development3A/HRC/63/L.1Adopted by recorded vote | 28 to 14 with 5 abstentions, 40th meeting, 5 October 2026
63/4Mandate of Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights3A/HRC/63/L.2Adopted by recorded vote | 27 to 16 with 4 abstentions, 40th meeting, 5 October 2026
63/5Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination3A/HRC/63/L.3Adopted by recorded vote | 26 to 17 with 3 abstentions, 40th meeting, 5 October 2026
63/6Mandate of Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order3A/HRC/63/L.4Adopted by recorded vote | 26 to 16 with 5 abstentions, 40th meeting, 5 October 2026
63/7Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence3A/HRC/63/L.6Adopted without a vote | 40th meeting, 5 October 2026
63/8Youth and human rights3A/HRC/63/L.9Adopted without a vote | 40th meeting, 5 October 2026
63/9Countering cyberbullying3A/HRC/63/L.11Adopted without a vote | 40th meeting, 5 October 2026
63/10Promoting accessibility for the full enjoyment of all human rights by all3A/HRC/63/L.21Adopted without a vote | 40th meeting, 5 October 2026
63/11Working Group on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas3A/HRC/63/L.22Adopted by recorded vote | 33 to 0 with 14 abstentions, 40th meeting, 5 October 2026
63/12The role of good governance in the promotion and protection of human rights3A/HRC/63/L.10 (as orally revised)Adopted as orally revised without a vote | 41st meeting, 6 October 2026
63/13Strengthening international cooperation for promoting and protecting the rights of women and girls in the context of digital technologies3A/HRC/63/L.17 (as orally revised)Adopted as orally revised without a vote | 41st meeting, 6 October 2026
63/14Human rights and Indigenous Peoples3A/HRC/63/L.20/Rev.1Adopted without a vote | 41st meeting, 6 October 2026
63/15Implications of artificial intelligence for the promotion and protection of human rights3A/HRC/63/L.25Adopted without a vote | 41st meeting, 6 October 2026
63/16Mandate of Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes3A/HRC/63/L.27Adopted without a vote | 41st meeting, 6 October 2026
63/17Mandate of the open-ended intergovernmental working group to elaborate the content of an international regulatory framework on the regulation, monitoring and oversight of the activities of private military and security companies3A/HRC/63/L.28Adopted without a vote | 41st meeting, 6 October 2026
63/18Enhancing equal access of children to adequate nutritious food3A/HRC/63/L.32Adopted without a vote | 41st meeting, 6 October 2026
63/19The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation3A/HRC/63/L.34Adopted without a vote | 41st meeting, 6 October 2026
63/20The impact of anti-personnel mines on the full enjoyment of all human rights: strengthening victim assistance3A/HRC/63/L.24Adopted without a vote | 42nd meeting, 6 October 2026
63/21Human rights of migrants3A/HRC/63/L.36Adopted without a vote | 42nd meeting, 6 October 2026
63/22Situation of human rights in the Russian Federation4A/HRC/63/L.12Adopted by recorded vote | 21 to 5 with 21 abstentions, 42nd meeting, 6 October 2026
63/23Situation of human rights in Burundi4A/HRC/63/L.13Adopted by recorded vote | 22 to 7 with 17 abstentions, 42nd meeting, 6 October 2026
63/24Situation of human rights in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela4A/HRC/63/L.18Adopted by recorded vote | 25 to 5 with 17 abstentions, 42nd meeting, 6 October 2026
63/25National human rights institutions8A/HRC/63/L.15 (as orally revised)Adopted as orally revised without a vote | 42nd meeting, 6 October 2026
63/26Mandate of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent9A/HRC/63/L.29 (as orally revised)Adopted as orally revised without a vote | 42nd meeting, 6 October 2026
63/27Technical assistance and capacity-building in the field of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo10A/HRC/63/L.7Adopted without a vote | 42nd meeting, 6 October 2026
63/28Human rights and transitional justice3A/HRC/63/L.35 (as orally revised)Adopted as orally revised without a vote | 43rd meeting, 7 October 2026
63/29From rhetoric to reality: a global call for concrete action against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance9A/HRC/63/L.30 (as orally revised)Adopted as orally revised by recorded vote | 30 to 0 with 17 abstentions, 43rd meeting, 7 October 2026
63/30Cooperation with Georgia10A/HRC/63/L.14Adopted without a vote | 43rd meeting, 7 October 2026
63/31Technical assistance and capacity-building to address the human rights implications of the nuclear legacy in the Marshall Islands10A/HRC/63/L.16Adopted without a vote | 43rd meeting, 7 October 2026
63/32Technical assistance and capacity-building in the field of human rights in the Central African Republic10A/HRC/63/L.31Adopted without a vote | 43rd meeting, 7 October 2026
63/33Technical assistance and capacity-building for Yemen in the field of human rights10A/HRC/63/L.33Adopted without a vote | 43rd meeting, 7 October 2026
63/34Enforced or involuntary disappearances3A/HRC/63/L.5Adopted without a vote | 43rd meeting, 7 October 2026

Decisions

Adopted textTitleItemDraftAction taken
63/101Outcome of the universal periodic review: Namibia6N/AAdopted without a vote | 27th meeting, 25 September 2026
63/102Outcome of the universal periodic review: Niger6N/AAdopted without a vote | 27th meeting, 25 September 2026
63/103Outcome of the universal periodic review: Mozambique6N/AAdopted without a vote | 27th meeting, 25 September 2026
63/104Outcome of the universal periodic review: Estonia6N/AAdopted without a vote | 27th meeting, 25 September 2026
63/105Outcome of the universal periodic review: Paraguay6N/AAdopted without a vote | 28th meeting, 25 September 2026
63/106Outcome of the universal periodic review: Belgium6N/AAdopted without a vote | 28th meeting, 25 September 2026
63/107Outcome of the universal periodic review: Denmark6N/AAdopted without a vote | 28th meeting, 25 September 2026
63/108Outcome of the universal periodic review: Palau6N/AAdopted without a vote | 28th meeting, 25 September 2026
63/109Outcome of the universal periodic review: Somalia6N/AAdopted without a vote | 29th meeting, 28 September 2026
63/110Outcome of the universal periodic review: Seychelles6N/AAdopted without a vote | 29th meeting, 28 September 2026
63/111Outcome of the universal periodic review: Solomon Islands6N/AAdopted without a vote | 29th meeting, 28 September 2026
63/112Outcome of the universal periodic review: Latvia6N/AAdopted without a vote | 29th meeting, 28 September 2026
63/113Outcome of the universal periodic review: Sierra Leone6N/AAdopted without a vote | 30th meeting, 28 September 2026
63/114Outcome of the universal periodic review: Singapore6N/AAdopted without a vote | 30th meeting, 28 September 2026
63/115Open-ended intergovernmental working group on an optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the rights to early childhood education, free pre-primary education and free secondary education, established by Human Rights Council resolution 56/53A/HRC/63/L.37 (as orally revised)Adopted as orally revised without a vote | 43rd meeting, 7 October 2026
63/116Continued non-cooperation of a State under review with the universal periodic review mechanism6A/HRC/63/L.44Adopted without a vote | 44th meeting, 7 October 2026

President’s statements

Adopted textTitleItemDraftAction taken
PRST 63/1Report of the Advisory Committee1A/HRC/63/L.23Adopted without a vote | 39th meeting, 5 October 2026