A/HRC/RES/25/38
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
11 April 2014
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Twenty-fifth 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
25/38.
The promotion and protection of human rights in the context of
peaceful protests
The Human Rights Council,
Reaffirming the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Recalling the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action,
Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and recalling relevant
international human rights treaties, including the International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,
and relevant regional human rights instruments,
Reaffirming also that, consistent with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
States Members of the United Nations have pledged to achieve, in cooperation with the
United Nations, the promotion of universal respect for and observance of human rights and
fundamental freedoms for all without distinction such as race, colour, sex, language,
religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status,
Recalling Human Rights Council resolutions 12/16 of 2 October 2009 and 16/4 of
24 March 2011, on freedom of opinion and expression, 15/21 of 30 September 2010, 21/16
of 27 September 2012 and 24/5 of 26 September 2013, on the rights to freedom of peaceful
assembly and of association, and 19/35 of 23 March 2012 and 22/10 of 21 March 2013, on
the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of peaceful protests,
Recalling also Human Rights Council resolutions 21/12 of 27 September 2012, on
the safety of journalists, 24/8 of 26 September 2013, on equal political participation, 22/6 of
21 March 2013, on protecting human rights defenders, and 24/21 of 27 September 2013, on
civil society space: creating and maintaining, in law and practice, a safe and enabling
environment,
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