A/HRC/RES/20/12
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
16 July 2012
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Twentieth 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
20/12.
Accelerating efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women:
remedies for women who have been subjected to violence
The Human Rights Council,
Reaffirming and building upon Human Rights Council resolution 17/11 of
17 June 2011,
Reaffirming its resolutions and those of the Commission on Human Rights on the
elimination of all forms of violence against women, and recalling the relevant resolutions of
the Commission on the Status of Women, the General Assembly and the Security Council,
Reaffirming also the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, the Declaration
on the Elimination of Violence against Women, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for
Action and the Cairo Programme of Action,
Guided by the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women,
Recalling the Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Remedy and
Reparation for Victims of Gross Violations of International Human Rights Law and Serious
Violations of International Humanitarian Law, adopted by the General Assembly in its
resolution 60/147 of 16 December 2005,
Recalling also the inclusion of gender-related crimes and crimes of sexual violence
in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and the establishment of a trust
fund for victims of crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court and the families of such
victims, and noting the mandate of the Court to permit the participation of victims at all
GE.12-15353
The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of
the Council on its twentieth session (A/HRC/20/2), chap. I.