A/HRC/RES/56/6 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 11 July 2024 Original: English Human Rights Council Fifty-sixth session 18 June–12 July 2024 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 on 10 July 2024 56/6. Safety of the child in the digital environment The Human Rights Council, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, Reaffirming the relevant international human rights instruments, in particular the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, Recalling the relevant General Assembly and Human Rights Council resolutions, Reaffirming resolution 70/1, adopted by the General Assembly on 25 September 2015, entitled “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, while taking note of the interconnectedness of the Sustainable Development Goals set in the 2030 Agenda and the rights proclaimed in the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and in this regard emphasizing the impact of the digital environment on the rights of the child, Reaffirming also that the rights of the child are human rights and must be respected, protected and fulfilled, including, inter alia, in the digital environment, and recognizing the immediate and long-term impact that the digital environment has on the physical, psychosocial and mental health of children, as well as on their development, Reaffirming further that States shall take all necessary measures to fully implement the Convention on the Rights of the Child, including in relation to the digital environment, when applicable, Reaffirming that the global challenge of the safety of the child in the digital environment requires a global coordinated response, international cooperation and national coordination, and that national efforts will be less effective without international cooperation and coordination, and taking note of the work of the Committee on the Rights of the Child related to the safety of the child in the digital environment, Recognizing that child protection, including in the digital environment, is a shared responsibility requiring the contribution of all relevant stakeholders, including business enterprises, GE.24-12691 (E)