United Nations
General Assembly
A/HRC/RES/24/23
Distr.: General
9 October 2013
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Twenty-fourth 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
24/23.
Strengthening efforts to prevent and eliminate child, early and forced
marriage: challenges, achievements, best practices and implementation
gaps
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant
on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights, as well as other relevant human rights instruments, including the
Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women and the Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of
Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery,
Reaffirming the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, as well as the
Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, the
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome documents of their review
conferences,
Recalling the commitment to the full and effective implementation of and follow-up
to all relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council
and their subsidiary bodies,
Deeply concerned that the practice of child, early and forced marriage is widespread
and occurs in all regions of the world, and recognizing that it constitutes a violation, abuse
or impairment of human rights, that it prevents individuals from living their lives free from
all forms of violence and that it has adverse consequences on the enjoyment of human
rights, such as the right to education, the right to the highest attainable standard of health,
including sexual and reproductive health,
The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of
the Council on its twenty-fourth session (A/HRC/24/2), Part One.
GE.13-18020