A/HRC/RES/33/2
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
6 October 2016
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-third session
Agenda item 3
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 29 September 2016
33/2.
The safety of journalists
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 recalling relevant
international human rights treaties, including the International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from
Enforced Disappearance, and the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 and the
Additional Protocols thereto of 8 June 1977,
Recalling all General Assembly resolutions on the safety of journalists and the issue
of impunity, including resolutions 68/163 of 18 December 2013, in which the Assembly
proclaimed 2 November as the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against
Journalists, and 70/162 of 17 December 2015, and Security Council resolutions 1738
(2006) of 23 December 2006 and 2222 (2015) of 27 May 2015, on the protection of
civilians in armed conflict,
Recalling also Human Rights Council resolutions 21/12 of 27 September 2012 and
27/5 of 25 September 2014, on the safety of journalists, Council decision 24/116 of 26
September 2013, on a panel discussion on the safety of journalists, and all other relevant
resolutions of the Commission on Human Rights and the Council, in particular Council
resolution 12/16 of 2 October 2009 and all other resolutions on the right to freedom of
opinion and expression, Council resolution 13/24 of 26 March 2010, on the protection of
journalists in situations of armed conflict, Council resolution 28/16 of 26 March 2015, on
the right to privacy in the digital age, and Council resolutions 26/13 of 26 June 2014 and
32/13 of 1 July 2016, on the promotion, protection and enjoyment of human rights on the
Internet,
Welcoming the latest report of the Secretary-General on the safety of journalists and
the issue of impunity,1 and recalling his previous report thereon,2
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A/70/290.
A/69/268.
GE.16-17239(E)