A/HRC/RES/52/12
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
14 April 2023
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Fifty-second session
27 February–4 April 2023
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 3 April 2023
52/12.
Mental health and human rights
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Guided also by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and by all relevant
international human rights treaties, in particular, the International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against
Women, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities,
Reaffirming Human Rights Council resolutions 32/18 of 1 July 2016, 36/13 of 28
September 2017 and 43/13 of 19 June 2020 on mental health and human rights, and Council
resolutions on the rights of persons with disabilities,
Welcoming the Sustainable Development Goals, including Goal 3, on ensuring
healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages, and its specific and interlinked
targets,
Acknowledging that the promotion and protection of human rights and the
implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development are interrelated and
mutually reinforcing,
Taking note with appreciation of the consultation on human rights and mental health,1
organized by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on 15 November
2021 pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 43/13, which, inter alia, identified ways
to harmonize laws, policies and practices relating to mental health with the Convention on
the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and on how to implement them,
Welcoming the political declaration of the third high-level meeting of the General
Assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases,2
1
2
See A/HRC/49/29.
General Assembly resolution 73/2.
GE.23-06987(E)