A/HRC/RES/24/35
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
8 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
24/35.
Impact of arms transfers on human rights in armed conflicts
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights,
Reaffirming that everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person and is
entitled to a social and international order, in which the rights and freedoms set forth in the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights can be fully realized,
Recalling the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Convention on the Prevention and
Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, the
Additional Protocols thereto of 8 June 1977, other international human rights law and
international humanitarian law instruments and the Vienna Declaration and Programme of
Action,
Recalling also General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006, and Human
Rights Council resolutions 5/1 and 5/2 and decision 5/101 of 18 June 2007, and resolution
16/21 of 25 March 2011,
Recalling in particular that the Human Rights Council has the mandate to, inter alia,
serve as a forum for dialogue on thematic issues on all human rights,
Acknowledging that millions of people around the world are affected by systematic
human rights violations and abuses in armed conflicts,
Acknowledging also that human rights law and international humanitarian law are
complementary and mutually reinforcing,
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.
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