A/HRC/RES/27/22
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
2 October 2014
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Twenty-seventh 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
27/22
Intensifying global efforts and sharing good practices to effectively
eliminate female genital mutilation
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 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, and the
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and
Members of Their Families,
Recalling also Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 on institution-building of the
Council of 18 June 2007,
Recalling further all relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, the
Commission on the Status of Women and the Human Rights Council concerning measures
with a view to eliminating harmful traditional practices prejudicial to the human rights of
women and girls,
Reaffirming the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the outcomes of the
twenty-third special session of the General Assembly entitled “Women 2000: gender
equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century”, the programme of action of
the International Conference on Population and Development and the programme of action
of the World Summit for Social Development and their five-, ten- and fifteen-year reviews,
and the United Nations Millennium Declaration and the commitments relevant to women
and girls made at the 2005 World Summit and reiterated by the General Assembly in its
resolution 65/1 of 22 September 2010 entitled “Keeping the promise: united to achieve the
Millennium Development Goals”,
Recalling General Assembly resolution 67/146 of 20 December 2012 entitled
“Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilations” and Human
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