A/HRC/RES/22/10
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
9 April 2013
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Twenty-second 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
22/10.
The promotion and protection of human rights in the context of
peaceful protests
The Human Rights Council,
Reaffirming the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Reaffirming also the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and recalling relevant
international human rights treaties, including the International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,
Reaffirming further that, consistent with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
States Members of the United Nations have pledged to achieve, in cooperation with the
United Nations, the promotion of universal respect for and observance of human rights and
fundamental freedoms for all without distinction such as race, colour, sex, language,
religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status,
Recalling Human Rights Council resolutions 12/16 of 2 October 2009 and 16/4 of
24 March 2011, on freedom of opinion and expression, 15/21 of 30 September 2010 and
21/16 of 27 September 2012, on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of
association, 19/35 of 23 March 2012, on the promotion and protection of human rights in
the context of peaceful protests, and 21/12 of 27 September 2012, on the safety of
journalists,
Recalling also the Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals,
Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human
Rights and Fundamental Freedoms,
Recognizing that, pursuant to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Convention on
The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of
the Council on its twenty-second session (A/HRC/22/2), chap. I.
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