A/HRC/RES/23/25
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
25 June 2013
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Twenty-third session
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∗
23/25.
Accelerating efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women:
preventing and responding to rape and other forms of sexual violence
The Human Rights Council,
Reaffirming the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Guided by the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women,
Reaffirming the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, the Declaration on
the Elimination of Violence against Women, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for
Action, the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and
Development and Human Rights Council resolutions 7/24 of 28 March 2008, 14/12 of 18
June 2010, 16/7 of 24 March 2011, 17/11 of 17 June 2011 and 20/12 of 5 July 2012, as well
as those of the Commission on Human Rights on the elimination of all forms of violence
against women, and recalling relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and relevant
resolutions and the agreed conclusions of the Commission on the Status of Women,1
Recalling Security Council resolutions 1325 (2000) of 31 October 2000, 1820
(2008) of 19 June 2008, 1888 (2009) of 30 September 2009, 1889 (2009) of 5 October 2009
and 1960 (2010) of 16 December 2010, on women, peace and security, 1674 (2006) of 28
April 2006, and all relevant Security Council resolutions on children and armed conflict,
including resolutions 1882 (2009) of 4 August 2009 and 1998 (2011) of 12 July 2011,
Recalling also its resolutions 5/1, on institution-building of the Human Rights
Council, and 5/2, on the code of conduct for special procedures mandate holders of the
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GE.13-15098
The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of
the Council on its twenty-third session (A/HRC/23/2), chap. I.
Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2013, Supplement No. 7 (E/2013/27).