A/HRC/RES/32/2
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
15 July 2016
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-second session
Agenda item 3
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 30 June 2016
32/2.
Protection against violence and discrimination based on
sexual orientation and gender identity
The Human Rights Council,
Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
Recalling that the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action affirms that all
human rights are universal, indivisible and interdependent and interrelated, that the
international community must treat human rights globally in a fair and equal manner, on the
same footing, and with the same emphasis, and that while the significance of national and
regional particularities and various historical, cultural and religious backgrounds must be
borne in mind, it is the duty of States, regardless of their political, economic and cultural
systems, to promote and protect all human rights and fundamental freedoms,
Recalling also General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006, in which the
Assembly stated that the Human Rights Council should be responsible for promoting
universal respect for the protection of all human rights and fundamental freedoms for all,
without distinction of any kind and in a fair and equal manner,
Recalling further Human Rights Council resolutions 17/19 of 17 June 2011 and
27/32 of 26 September 2014,
Stressing the need to maintain joint ownership of the international human rights
agenda and to consider human rights issues in an objective and non-confrontational manner,
Undertaking to support its broad and balanced agenda, and to strengthen the
mechanisms addressing issues of importance, including fighting racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in all their forms,
Reiterating the importance of respecting regional, cultural and religious value
systems as well as particularities in considering human rights issues,
Underlining the fundamental importance of respecting relevant domestic debates at
the national level on matters associated with historical, cultural, social and religious
sensitivities,
GE.16-12176(E)