A/HRC/RES/38/6
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
20 July 2018
English
Original: French
Human Rights Council
Thirty-eighth session
18 June–6 July 2018
Agenda item 3
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council
on 5 July 2018
38/6.
Elimination of female genital mutilation
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
Recalling 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 Convention on the Rights of the Child
and the optional protocols thereto, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel,
Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the International Convention on the
Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and all
other relevant human rights instruments,
Reaffirming that the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on
the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, together with the optional
protocols thereto, constitute an important contribution to the legal framework for the
protection and promotion of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of women and
girls,
Recalling its resolutions 27/22 of 26 September 2014, on intensifying global efforts
and sharing good practices to effectively eliminate female genital mutilation, and 32/21 of 1
July 2016, on the elimination of female genital mutilation,
Recalling also General Assembly resolution 71/168 of 19 December 2016, on
intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilation, and all other
relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, the Commission on the Status of Women and
the Human Rights Council on measures to eliminate traditional practices that are
detrimental to the rights of women and girls,
Recalling further the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, 1 the Programme
of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, 2 the Beijing
Declaration and Platform for Action3 and the outcomes of their review conferences,
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A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III.
General Assembly resolution S-21/2, annex.
GE.18-11905 (E)
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