A/HRC/RES/28/18
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
7 April 2015
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Twenty-eighth 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
28/18.
Freedom of religion or belief
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling General Assembly resolution 36/55 of 25 November 1981, in which the
Assembly proclaimed the Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of
Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief,
Recalling also article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other relevant human rights
provisions,
Recalling further Human Rights Council resolution 25/12 of 27 March 2014, and
other resolutions adopted by the Council, the General Assembly and the Commission on
Human Rights on the freedom of religion or belief or the elimination of all forms of
intolerance and of discrimination based on religion or belief,
Noting with appreciation the conclusions and recommendations of the expert
workshops organized by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights and contained in the Rabat Plan of Action on the prohibition of advocacy of
national, racial and religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or
violence, adopted in Rabat on 5 October 2012,
Reaffirming that all human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent and
interrelated,
Recalling that States have the primary responsibility to promote and protect human
rights, including the human rights of persons belonging to religious minorities, including
their right to exercise their religion or belief freely,
Deeply concerned at continuing acts of intolerance and violence based on religion or
belief against individuals, including persons belonging to religious communities and
religious minorities around the world,
Underlining the importance of education in the promotion of tolerance, which
involves the acceptance by the public of and its respect for diversity, including with regard
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