A/HRC/14/15
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
23 June 2010
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Fourteenth session
Agenda item 10
Technical assistance and capacity-building
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council*
14/15
Addressing attacks on school children in Afghanistan
The Human Rights Council,
Appalled by attacks targeting innocent school children, particularly girls, in
Afghanistan,
Reaffirming that, under the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights, the international covenants on human rights and other applicable
instruments to which they are party, all States are to promote and protect human rights and
fundamental freedoms,
Reaffirming also that, as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
everyone has the right to education,
Recalling that States parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child have
obligations relating to the right of the child to education, and that States parties to the
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women have
obligations relating to the right of girls to equal treatment in education,
Reaffirming that Governments have the primary responsibility to protect their
citizens,
Noting with sadness and deep concern those who have been threatened or
intimidated into not attending school and harmed while attending school,
Aware of the focus on women’s human rights in the report of the United Nations
High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan
(A/HRC/13/62),
Welcoming the statements from the Government of Afghanistan and other
Governments condemning such attacks and pledging action to combat them,
*
GE.10-14765
The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of
the Council on its fourteenth session (A/HRC/14/37), chap. I.