A/HRC/RES/54/6
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
12 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 11 October 2023
54/6.
Centrality of care and support from a human rights perspective
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Reaffirming the obligation of all States to respect, protect and fulfil all human rights
and fundamental freedoms, and reaffirming also the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Convention
on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the International Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination,
Recalling that gender equality is recognized in the Vienna Declaration and
Programme of Action, the Programme of Action of the International Conference on
Population and Development, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the
outcome documents of their review conferences, as well as in the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development,
Recalling also all relevant resolutions of the Human Rights Council, the Commission
on Human Rights and the General Assembly and the relevant resolutions and agreed
conclusions of the Commission on the Status of Women, and recalling further the recent
proclamation by the General Assembly of the International Day of Care and Support,1 as well
as relevant conventions and recommendations adopted by the International Labour
Organization on the issue of discrimination against women,
Recalling further that all human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent and
interrelated, that gender equality must be promoted in a comprehensive and systematic
manner, and that persistent discrimination against all women and girls within families,
economies and societies has a debilitating impact on the equal enjoyment of their human
rights in all aspects of life,
Recalling that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaims that childhood
is entitled to special care and assistance, and that the Convention on the Rights of the Child
provides that States parties shall use their best efforts to ensure recognition of the principle
1
Resolution 77/317.
GE.23-19768(E)