A/HRC/RES/16/12
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
12 April 2011
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Sixteenth 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*
16/12
Rights of the child: a holistic approach to the protection and
promotion of the rights of children working and/or living on
the street
The Human Rights Council,
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 instruments,
Reaffirming all previous resolutions on the rights of the child of the Commission on
Human Rights, the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly, the most recent
being Assembly resolution 65/197 of 21 December 2010 and Council resolution 13/20 of
26 March 2010,
Reaffirming also internationally agreed development goals, including the
Millennium Development Goals, and recalling the outcome document contained in General
Assembly resolution 65/1 of 22 September 2010 entitled “Keeping the promise: united to
achieve the Millennium Development Goals”, in particular the provisions referring to
children,
Reaffirming further that it is essential for people living in poverty and vulnerable
groups, including children working and/or living on the street, to be empowered to organize
themselves and to participate in all aspects of political, economic, social and cultural life, in
particular in the planning and implementation of policies that affect them,
Reaffirming that it is essential for States to take all appropriate measures to ensure
the meaningful participation of children, including children working and/or living on the
* The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of
the Council on its sixteenth session (A/HRC/16/2), chap. I.
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