A/HRC/RES/35/14
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
18 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
35/14.
Youth and human rights
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and relevant international
human rights instruments, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,
Recalling also Human Rights Council resolution 32/1 of 30 June 2016 on youth and
human rights,
Recalling further all previous relevant resolutions, including the most recent,
namely, General Assembly resolution 70/127 of 17 December 2015 on policies and
programmes involving youth, and Assembly resolution 50/81 of 14 December 1995, by
which the Assembly adopted the World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000
and Beyond,
Recalling the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, in which it is stated
that all human rights are universal, indivisible, interrelated, interdependent and mutually
reinforcing, and that all human rights must be treated in a fair and equal manner, on the
same footing and with the same emphasis,
Welcoming the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,1 and
reaffirming the need to develop and implement strategies that give young people
everywhere real opportunities to enable their full, effective and meaningful participation in
society,
Welcoming also the high-level event held by the General Assembly on 29 May 2015
to mark the twentieth anniversary of the World Programme of Action for Youth, which
offered an important opportunity for Member States and other relevant stakeholders to take
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General Assembly resolution 70/1.
GE.17-12116(E)