A/HRC/RES/37/18
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
13 April 2018
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-seventh session
26 February–23 March 2018
Agenda item 3
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council
on 23 March 2018
37/18.
Promoting human rights through sport and the Olympic ideal
The Human Rights Council,
Reaffirming the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and relevant international
human rights instruments,
Recalling also the relevant provisions of the key international human rights treaties,
in particular article 31 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, articles 1 and 30 of the
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and articles 10 (g) and 13 (c) of the
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women,
Recalling further the resolutions adopted by the General Assembly on the issue of
sport for development and peace and the Olympic Games, in particular its resolutions 67/17
of 28 November 2012, 68/9 of 6 November, 69/6 of 31 October 2014 and 70/4 of 26
October 2015, the latter on building a peaceful and better world through sport and the
Olympic ideal, 71/160 of 16 December 2016, in which the Assembly supported the
independence and autonomy of sport and recognized the unifying and c conciliatory nature
of major international sport events, and 72/6 of 13 November 2017, in which the Assembly
recalled its resolution 48/11 of 25 October 1993 that, inter alia, recognized the efforts of the
International Olympic Committee to restore the ancient Greek tradition of ekecheiria
(“Olympic Truce”) calling for a truce during the Olympic Games in the interest of
contributing to international understanding and peace,
Reaffirming previous Human Rights Council resolutions on the issue of sport and
human rights, in particular resolutions 13/27 of 26 March 2010, 18/23 of 30 September
2011, 24/1 of 26 September 2013, 26/18 of 26 June 2014, 27/8 of 25 September 2014 and
31/23 of 24 March 2016,
Recalling that the General Assembly has supported the independence and autonomy
of sport and the mission of the International Olympic Committee in leading the Olympic
movement, and of the International Paralympic Committee in leading the Paralympic
movement, and noting that they, as well as other relevant stakeholders, also have a role in
protecting the interests and rights of athletes and the integrity of sport in accordance with
the Olympic Charter, the International Paralympic Committee Code of Ethics and other
relevant international standards and principles,
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