A/HRC/RES/26/5
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
14 July 2014
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Twenty-sixth 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
26/5 Elimination of discrimination against women
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, the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women,
the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the
Convention on the Rights of the Child, the International Convention on the Protection of
the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and the Convention on
the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,
Recalling also the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, adopted on 25
June 1993 by the World Conference on Human Rights, the Programme of Action of the
International Conference on Population and Development, adopted on 13 September 1994,
the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, adopted on 15 September 1995 by the
Fourth World Conference on Women, and their review conferences in 2005 and 2010, the
Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, adopted on 8 September 2001 by the World
Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance,
and the outcome document of the Durban Review Conference, adopted on 24 April 2009,
Recalling further General Assembly resolution 66/130 of 19 December 2011,
Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) of 31 October 2000 and Human Rights Council
resolutions 15/23 of 1 October 2010, 20/6 of 5 July 2012 and 23/7 of 13 June 2013 on the
elimination of discrimination against women, and 20/4 of 5 July 2012 on the right to a
nationality: women and children,
Bearing in mind that international human rights treaties, including the Convention
on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social
and Cultural Rights, prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender and include guarantees
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