A/HRC/RES/27/15
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
3 October 2014
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Twenty-seventh 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
27/15
The right of the child to engage in play and recreational activities
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and relevant international
human rights instruments,
Emphasizing that the Convention on the Rights of the Child constitutes the standard
in the promotion and protection of the rights of the child, and bearing in mind the
importance of the Optional Protocols thereto, as well as other human rights standards,
Welcoming the twenty-fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the
Rights of the Child,
Recalling in particular article 31 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child,
which outlines the right of the child to engage in play and recreational activities appropriate
to the age of the child,
Recalling specifically article 30 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities, which stipulates the right of persons with disabilities to take part on an equal
basis with others in cultural life, recreation, leisure and sport,
Recalling relevant International Labour Organization conventions with respect to
child labour,
Reaffirming all previous relevant resolutions of the Commission on Human Rights,
the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly on the rights of the child,
GE.14-17811 (E)