A/HRC/RES/58/6 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 3 April 2025 Original: English Human Rights Council Fifty-eighth session 24 February–4 April 2025 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 2 April 2025 58/6. Neurotechnology and human rights The Human Rights Council, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and other relevant international and regional human rights instruments, Recalling Human Rights Council resolution 51/3 of 6 October 2022 on neurotechnology and human rights and all other relevant Council resolutions, including resolutions 52/12 of 3 April 2023 on mental health and human rights, 53/29 of 14 July 2023 on new and emerging digital technologies and human rights, 54/21 of 12 October 2023 on the right to privacy in the digital age, 56/7 of 10 July 2024 on freedom of opinion and expression and 57/29 of 11 October 2024 on the promotion, protection and enjoyment of human rights on the Internet, Reaffirming the importance of promoting and protecting the right of everyone to share in scientific advancement and its benefits, Recognizing the pivotal role of universal and meaningful connectivity and affordable access in unlocking the full potential of digital and emerging technologies to close all digital divides and accelerate progress across the Sustainable Development Goals, Mindful of the fact that new and emerging digital technologies can be critical enablers of development, and stressing the need to close all digital divides with a view to ensuring that the benefits of new and emerging digital technologies are available to all, without discrimination of any kind, Recalling that the obligation and the primary responsibility to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms lie with the State, and that the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework sets out that States have a duty to protect, and that business enterprises, including technology companies, have a responsibility to respect human rights, including by carrying out human rights due diligence by, inter alia, assessing actual and potential human GE.25-05313 (E)