A/HRC/RES/51/10
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
11 October 2022
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Fifty-first session
12 September–7 October 2022
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
on 6 October 2022
51/10.
Countering cyberbullying
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant
on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and all other relevant human
rights treaties and instruments,
Reaffirming also the Convention on the Rights of the Child and that States parties to
the Convention shall undertake all appropriate legislative, administrative and other measures
for the implementation of the rights recognized therein, and emphasizing that the Convention
constitutes the international legal foundation for the respect, protection and fulfilment of the
rights of the child, bearing in mind the importance of the Optional Protocols to the
Convention,
Reaffirming further that the general principles of the Convention on the Rights of the
Child, including the best interests of the child, non-discrimination, participation, survival and
development, provide the framework for all actions concerning children,
Recalling the resolutions adopted by the General Assembly on protecting children
from bullying, as well as other relevant resolutions adopted by the Assembly and the Human
Rights Council,
Welcoming the work of the Committee on the Rights of the Child on the issue of
countering cyberbullying, and taking note of the Committee’s general comments, in
particular general comment No. 13 (2011) on the right of the child to freedom from all forms
of violence and general comment No. 25 (2021) on children’s rights in relation to the digital
environment,
Welcoming also the relevant work of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities, in particular on awareness-raising and respect for diversity, and taking note of
the Committee’s general comment No. 4 (2016) on the right to inclusive education, in which
it stressed the importance of implementing awareness-raising initiatives to address stigma
and discrimination, in particular bullying in educational settings,
GE.22-16419(E)