A/HRC/RES/18/13
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
14 October 2011
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Eighteenth 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*
18/13
The role of prevention in the promotion and protection of
human rights
The Human Rights Council,
Reaffirming the obligation of States under the Charter of the United Nations to
promote universal respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms,
Reaffirming also 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
and other human rights instruments, as well as the outcomes of major United Nations
conferences and relevant resolutions adopted by the General Assembly and the Human
Rights Council,
Recalling the role of the Human Rights Council in the prevention of human rights
violations through cooperation and dialogue, in accordance with General Assembly
resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006,
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,
Expressing concern about continued human rights violations around the world,
Recalling Human Rights Council resolutions 5/1 and 5/2 of 18 June 2007, and 16/21
of 25 March 2011,
Recalling also Human Rights Council resolution 14/5 of 17 June 2010,
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GE.11-16675
The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of
the Council on its eighteenth session (A/HRC/18/2), chap. I.