A/HRC/RES/19/35
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
18 April 2012
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Nineteenth 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*
19/35
The promotion and protection of human rights in the context of
peaceful protests
The Human Rights Council,
Reaffirming the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights and relevant international human rights treaties,
including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
Reaffirming also that, in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, 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 for all without distinction such as race, colour, sex, language,
religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status,
Recalling Human Rights Council resolutions 12/16 of 2 October 2009 and 16/4 of
24 March 2011, on freedom of opinion and expression, 15/21 of 30 September 2010, on the
rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, and decision 17/120 of 17 June
2011, on the panel on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of
peaceful protests,
Recalling also the Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals,
Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human
Rights and Fundamental Freedoms,
Recognizing that, pursuant to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Convention on
the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the rights to freedom of peaceful
assembly, of expression and of association are human rights guaranteed to all, while their
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GE.12-13138
The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of
the Council on its nineteenth session (A/HRC/19/2), chap. I.