A/HRC/RES/49/19
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
8 April 2022
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Forty-ninth session
28 February–1 April 2022
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 1 April 2022
49/19.
Promoting and protecting economic, social and cultural rights within
the context of addressing inequalities in the recovery from the COVID19 pandemic
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and all other relevant international human rights
treaties,
Recalling also the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, the 2005 World
Summit Outcome, the Declaration on the Right to Development, the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and
Other People Working in Rural Areas,
Reaffirming that all human rights are universal, indivisible, interrelated,
interdependent and mutually reinforcing, and that all human rights must be treated in a fair
and equal manner, on the same footing and with the same emphasis,
Reaffirming also that everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security
and is entitled to the realization, through national efforts and international cooperation and in
accordance with the organization and resources of each State, of the economic, social and
cultural rights indispensable for his or her dignity and the free development of his or her
personality,
Recognizing that the full and effective enjoyment and realization of economic, social
and cultural rights, exercised without discrimination of any kind, contributes to addressing
inequalities within and among States and ensuring that no one is left behind,
Recognizing also that inequalities affect the enjoyment and realization of all human
rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights including the right to development,
and are inconsistent with the core value enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights,
Recognizing further that the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development covers a wide
range of issues relating to economic, social and cultural rights and commits to leaving no one
GE.22-05075(E)