A/HRC/RES/15/21
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
6 October 2010
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Fifteenth 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*
15/21
The rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, 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 other applicable human rights instruments,
Reaffirming the purposes and principles enshrined in the Charter and the human
rights and fundamental freedoms enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
Recalling that the States Members of the United Nations have pledged to achieve, in
cooperation with the United Nations, the promotion of universal respect for and observance
of human rights and fundamental freedoms,
Recalling also Commission on Human Rights resolution 2005/37 of 19 April 2005
and other relevant resolutions,
Reaffirming that everyone has the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of
association and that no one may be compelled to belong to an association,
Recognizing the importance of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of
association to the full enjoyment of civil and political rights, and economic, social and
cultural rights,
Recognizing also that the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
are essential components of democracy, providing individuals with invaluable opportunities
to, inter alia, express their political opinions, engage in literary and artistic pursuits and
*
GE.10-16698
The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of
the Council on its fifteenth session (A/HRC/15/60), chap. I.