A/HRC/RES/36/12
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
5 October 2017
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-sixth session
11–29 September 2017
Agenda item 3
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 28 September 2017
36/12.
World Programme for Human Rights Education
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenants
on Human Rights and other relevant international human rights instruments,
Reaffirming the call of the World Conference on Human Rights, held in Vienna in
1993, on all States and institutions to include human rights, humanitarian law, democracy
and rule of law in the curricula of all learning institutions, and its statement that human
rights education should include peace, democracy, development and social justice, as set
forth in international and regional human rights instruments, in order to achieve common
understanding and awareness with a view to strengthening universal commitment to human
rights,
Reaffirming also that all human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent and
interrelated, and 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 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 General Assembly resolution 59/113A of 10 December 2004, in which the
Assembly proclaimed the World Programme for Human Rights Education as an
international effort under the auspices of the United Nations to advance the implementation
of human rights education in all sectors, and all previous resolutions of the Human Rights
Council on human rights education and training,
Reaffirming the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and
Training, adopted by the General Assembly in its resolution 66/137 on 19 December 2011,
and that States are duty-bound, as stipulated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, to ensure that
education is aimed at strengthening respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms,
GE.17-17491(E)