A/HRC/RES/38/5
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
17 July 2018
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-eighth session
18 June–6 July 2018
Agenda item 3
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council
on 5 July 2018
38/5.
Accelerating efforts to eliminate violence against women and girls:
preventing and responding to violence against women and girls in
digital contexts
The Human Rights Council,
Reaffirming the obligation of all States to respect, protect and fulfil all human rights
and fundamental freedoms, and reaffirming also the fact that all forms of discrimination on
the basis of sex are contrary to the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International
Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of
All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the International Convention on
the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination,
Reaffirming also the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, the Declaration
on the Elimination of Violence against Women, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for
Action, the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and
Development, and the outcomes of their review conferences, and the United Nations
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples,
Recalling all relevant resolutions of the Human Rights Council, the Commission on
Human Rights, the General Assembly and the Security Council and the relevant resolutions
and agreed conclusions of the Commission on the Status of Women, which, inter alia,
affirmed that all forms of violence against women and girls must be prevented, condemned
and eliminated,
Reaffirming the importance of fully implementing General Assembly resolution 70/1
of 25 September 2015, entitled “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development”, including the commitment of all States to achieve gender equality and
empower all women and girls, and to eliminate all forms of violence against all women and
girls in the public and private spheres,
Recalling the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the
United Nations “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework, including the responsibility of
business enterprises to respect human rights, bearing in mind the different risks faced by
women and men,
GE.18-11727(E)