A/HRC/RES/26/4
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
14 July 2014
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Twenty-sixth 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
26/4 Protection of Roma1
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Vienna Declaration
and Programme of Action,
Recalling the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International
Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and the Convention on the Elimination
of All Forms of Discrimination against Women,
Recalling also the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or
Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities,
Recalling further general recommendation XXVII of the Committee on the
Elimination of Racial Discrimination on discrimination against Roma,
Bearing in mind Commission on Human Rights resolution 1992/65 entitled
“Protection of Roma (Gypsies)” of 4 March 1992,
Taking note of the efforts of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of
racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and the Special
Rapporteur on minority issues to fight against discrimination and the social exclusion of
Roma,
1
The term “Roma” used throughout the present text refers to Roma, Sinti, Kale and Travellers, and
aims to cover the wide diversity of groups concerned, including groups that identify themselves as
“Gypsies”.
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