A/HRC/RES/45/30
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
13 October 2020
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Forty-fifth session
14 September–7 October 2020
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 7 October 2020
45/30.
Rights of the child: realizing the rights of the child through a healthy
environment
The Human Rights Council,
Emphasizing that the Convention on the Rights of the Child constitutes the
international legal foundation for the respect, protection and fulfilment of the rights of the
child, bearing in mind the importance of the Optional Protocols to the Convention, and calling
for their universal ratification and effective implementation,
Recalling all previous resolutions on the rights of the child of the Commission on
Human Rights, the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly, the most recent being
Council resolutions 40/14 of 22 March 2019 and 43/22 of 22 June 2020, and Assembly
resolution 74/133 of 18 December 2019,
Welcoming the convening of commemorative events to celebrate the thirtieth
anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the progress
made over the years in safeguarding the rights of the child,
Recalling all other relevant international human rights treaties, in particular 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 and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities,
Reaffirming that the general principles of the Convention on the Rights of the Child,
including the best interests of the child, non-discrimination, participation, survival and
development, provide the framework for all actions concerning children,
Reaffirming also that the Convention on the Rights of the Child requires States parties
to pursue the full implementation of the right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest
attainable standard of physical and mental health by taking measures to, inter alia, combat
disease and malnutrition, including through the provision of adequate nutritious foods and
clean drinking water, taking into consideration the dangers and risks of environmental
GE.20-13335(E)