A/HRC/RES/35/9
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
12 July 2017
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-fifth session
6–23 June 2017
Agenda item 3
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 22 June 2017
35/9.
Elimination of discrimination against persons affected by
leprosy and their family members
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes, principles and provisions of the Charter of the United
Nations,
Guided also by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and recalling relevant
international human rights instruments, including the International Covenant on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Convention on the Elimination
of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention on the Rights of the
Child,
Recalling its resolutions 5/1, on institution-building of the Human Rights Council,
and 5/2, on the Code of Conduct for Special Procedures Mandate Holders of the Council, of
18 June 2007, and stressing that the mandate holder shall discharge his or her duties in
accordance with those resolutions and the annexes thereto,
Recalling also its resolutions 8/13 of 18 June 2008, 12/7 of 1 October 2009, 15/10 of
30 September 2010 and 29/5 of 2 July 2015, and General Assembly resolution 65/215 of 21
December 2010,
Recalling further the universality, indivisibility,
interrelatedness of all human rights and fundamental freedoms,
interdependence
and
Welcoming the Global Leprosy Strategy 2016–2020 of the World Health
Organization, and sharing the common aspiration to accelerate towards a leprosy-free
world,
Recalling that leprosy is curable and that the human rights of persons with leprosy
could be better protected by treatment provided in the early stages, which can prevent
disability,
Deeply concerned that, in various parts of the world, persons affected by leprosy and
their family members have faced and continue to face barriers to their participation as equal
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