A/HRC/RES/56/11 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 12 July 2024 Original: English Human Rights Council Fifty-sixth session 18 June–12 July 2024 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 11 July 2024 56/11. Menstrual hygiene management, human rights and gender equality The Human Rights Council, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, Recalling that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families include guarantees to ensure the full enjoyment of human rights by women and men, and girls and boys, on an equal footing, Reaffirming General Assembly resolution 70/1 of 25 September 2015, entitled “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, in which the Assembly adopted a comprehensive, far-reaching and people-centred set of universal and transformative goals and targets, and reaffirming also the commitment to leave no one behind, Recalling General Assembly resolution 78/206 of 19 December 2023, in which the Assembly called upon States to ensure access to safe and affordable drinking water and adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all women and girls, as well as for menstrual hygiene management, including for hygiene facilities and services in public and private spaces, Recalling also General Assembly resolution 71/222 of 21 December 2016, in which the Assembly proclaimed the period from 2018 to 2028 the International Decade of Action, “Water for Sustainable Development”, Recalling further General Assembly resolution 74/141 of 18 December 2019, in which the Assembly expressed deep concern that the lack of access to adequate water and sanitation services, including for menstrual hygiene management, especially in schools, workplaces, health centres and public facilities, negatively affected gender equality, the empowerment of women and girls and their enjoyment of human rights, including the right to education and the right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, GE.24-12812 (E)