A/HRC/RES/29/8
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
22 July 2015
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Twenty-ninth session
Agenda item 3
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 2 July 2015
29/8.
Strengthening efforts to prevent and eliminate child, early
and forced marriage
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 its resolution 24/23 of 27 September 2013 and General Assembly
resolution 69/156 of 18 December 2014,
Recalling the commitment to the full and effective implementation of and follow-up
to all other relevant resolutions of the Human Rights Council, the General Assembly, the
Economic and Social Council and their subsidiary bodies,
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,
Acknowledging the relevance and importance of regional instruments and
mechanisms in the prevention and elimination of child, early and forced marriage,
Welcoming regional initiatives to prevent and eliminate child, early and forced
marriage, such as the Campaign to End Child Marriage in Africa of the African Union, the
Regional Action Plan to End Child Marriage in South Asia and the Kathmandu Call for
Action to End Child Marriage in South Asia,
Welcoming also the report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights on preventing and eliminating child, early and forced marriage,1 and
taking note of its summary report on the panel discussion on preventing and eliminating
1
A/HRC/26/22 and Corr.1.
GE.15-12372(E)
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