A/HRC/RES/54/22
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
16 October 2023
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Fifty-fourth session
11 September–13 October 2023
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council
on 12 October 2023
54/22.
Promoting and protecting economic, social and cultural rights within
the context of addressing inequalities
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and all other relevant international human rights
treaties,
Recalling also the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, the 2005 World
Summit Outcome, the Declaration on the Right to Development, the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and
Other People Working in Rural Areas, as well as the political declaration of the high-level
political forum on sustainable development convened under the auspices of the General
Assembly,
Reaffirming that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights, and
recognizing that all human rights derive from the dignity and worth inherent in the human
person,
Reaffirming also that all human rights are universal, indivisible, interrelated,
interdependent and mutually reinforcing, and that all human rights must be treated in a fair
and equal manner, on the same footing and with the same emphasis,
Recalling its resolution 49/19 of 1 April 2022, and welcoming the three-day workshop
on promoting and protecting economic, social and cultural rights within the context of
addressing inequalities in the recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic,
convened by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 6
to 8 February 2023,
Taking note of the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
on his vision of the Office for reinforcing its work in promoting and protecting economic,
social and cultural rights within the context of addressing inequalities in the recovery from
GE.23-20016(E)