A/HRC/RES/35/22
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
14 July 2017
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-fifth session
6–23 June 2017
Agenda item 3
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 22 June 2017
35/22.
Realizing the equal enjoyment of the right to education by
every girl
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the principles and purposes of the Charter of the United Nations,
Reaffirming the human right of everyone to education, which is enshrined in, inter
alia, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other relevant international human
rights instruments, including the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,
Recalling all relevant Human Rights Council resolutions, in particular resolution
32/20 of 1 July 2016,
Recognizing that the full realization of the right to education for all is an essential
condition for achieving sustainable development, and in this regard welcoming the 2030
Agenda for Sustainable Development, 1 including its Sustainable Development Goal 4 on
ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and promoting lifelong learning
opportunities for all, underlining the commitment therein to eliminate gender disparities in
education, and Goal 5 on achieving gender equality, and empowering all women and girls,
Recalling the need to ensure that all children enjoy the right to education and are
ensured equal access to quality early childhood development, care and pre-primary
education so that they are ready for primary education, the need to eliminate gender
disparities in education by 2030, and the need to build and upgrade education facilities that
are child-, disability- and gender-sensitive and provide safe, non-violent, inclusive,
accessible and effective learning environments for all,
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General Assembly resolution 70/1.
GE.17-11929(E)