A/HRC/RES/38/11
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
16 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 6 July
2018
38/11.
The promotion and protection of human rights in the context of
peaceful protests
The Human Rights Council,
Reaffirming the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Reaffirming also 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 Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,
and other relevant regional human rights instruments,
Recalling the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action,
Recalling also the Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals,
Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human
Rights and Fundamental Freedoms,
Reaffirming that, consistent with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, States
Members of the United Nations have pledged to achieve, in cooperation with the United
Nations, the promotion of universal respect for and observance of human rights and
fundamental freedoms for all without distinction such as race, colour, sex, language,
religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status,
Recalling its decision 17/120 of 17 June 2011 and its resolutions 19/35 of 23 March
2012, 22/10 of 21 March 2013, 25/38 of 28 March 2014 and 31/37 of 24 March 2016 on the
promotion and protection of human rights in the context of peaceful protests, and other
relevant resolutions of the Human Rights Council,
Recognizing that, pursuant to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Convention on
the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the rights to freedom of peaceful
assembly, of expression and of association are human rights guaranteed to all, while their
exercise may be subject to certain restrictions, in accordance with States’ obligations under
applicable international human rights instruments,
Recognizing also that any such restrictions must be based in law, and be necessary
and proportionate to further a legitimate aim, in accordance with the State’s obligations
under applicable international human rights instruments, and that, if imposed,
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