A/HRC/RES/32/21
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
19 July 2016
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-second session
Agenda item 3
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 1 July 2016
32/21.
Elimination of female genital mutilation
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
Recalling the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of
All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Rights of the Child
and the Optional Protocols thereto, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel,
Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the International Convention on the
Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and all
other relevant human rights instruments,
Recalling also its resolution 27/22 of 26 September 2014 on intensifying global
efforts and sharing good practices to effectively eliminate female genital mutilation,
Recalling further General Assembly resolution 67/146 of 20 December 2012 on
intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilations and all other
relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, the Commission on the Status of Women and
the Human Rights Council on measures to eliminate harmful traditional practices that
violate the rights of women and girls,
Recalling the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, the Programme of
Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the Beijing
Declaration and Platform for Action,
Welcoming the commitment made by States to achieve gender equality and the
empowerment of all women and girls in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 1
and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda,2
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General Assembly resolution 70/1.
General Assembly resolution 69/313, annex.
GE.16-12411(E)