A/HRC/RES/26/11
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
16 July 2014
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Twenty-sixth 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
26/11 Protection of the family
The Human Rights Council,
Reaffirming the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Guided by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Vienna Declaration
and Programme of Action, and recalling the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the
Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women and other relevant human rights instruments,
Recalling General Assembly resolutions 44/82 of 8 December 1989, 47/237 of 20
September 1993, 50/142 of 21 December 1995, 52/81 of 12 December 1997, 54/124 of 17
December 1999, 56/113 of 19 December 2001, 57/164 of 18 December 2002, 58/15 of 3
December 2003, 59/111 of 6 December 2004, 59/147 of 20 December 2004, 60/133 of 16
December 2005, 62/129 of 18 December 2007, 64/133 of 18 December 2009, 66/126 of 19
December 2011, 67/142 of 20 December 2012 and 68/136 of 18 December 2013,
concerning the proclamation of, preparations for and observance of the International Year
of the Family and its tenth and twentieth anniversaries,
Recognizing that the preparations for and observance of the twentieth anniversary of
the International Year of the Family provide a useful opportunity to draw further attention
to the objectives of the International Year for increasing cooperation at all levels on family
issues and for undertaking concerted actions to strengthen family-centred policies and
programmes as part of an integrated, comprehensive approach to human rights and
development,
Reaffirming that States have the primary responsibility to promote and protect the
human rights and fundamental freedoms of all human beings, including women, children
and older persons,
Recognizing that the family has the primary responsibility for the nurturing and
protection of children and that children, for the full and harmonious development of their
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