A/HRC/RES/37/24
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
13 April 2018
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-seventh session
26 February–23 March 2018
Agenda item 3
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council
on 23 March 2018
37/24.
Promotion and protection of human rights and the implementation of
the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and that all human rights
are universal, indivisible, interrelated, interdependent and mutually reinforcing,
Recalling the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and all other human rights instruments,
Reaffirming General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 3 April 2006, in which the
Assembly decided that the work of the Human Rights Council would be guided by the
principles of universality, impartiality, objectivity and non-selectivity, constructive
international dialogue and cooperation, with a view to enhancing the promotion and
protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development,
Reaffirming also General Assembly resolution 70/1 of 25 September 2015, entitled
“Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, in which the
Assembly adopted the outcome document of the United Nations summit for the adoption of
the post-2015 development agenda and pledged that no one would be left behind,
Recalling relevant resolutions adopted by the Human Rights Council,
Recognizing that the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is guided by the
purposes and principles of the Charter, including full respect for international law, and is
grounded in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, international human rights
treaties, the United Nations Millennium Declaration and the 2005 World Summit Outcome,
and is informed by other instruments, such as the Declaration on the Right to Development,
Recognizing also that the implementation of the 2030 Agenda must be consistent
with a State’s obligations under international human rights law,
Acknowledging that the promotion and protection of human rights and the
implementation of the 2030 Agenda are interrelated and mutually reinforcing,
Reaffirming the central role of the high-level political forum on sustainable
development in providing political leadership, guidance and recommendations for
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