A/HRC/RES/32/23
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
18 July 2016
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-second session
Agenda item 3
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 1 July 2016
32/23.
Protection of the family: role of the family in supporting the
protection and promotion of human rights of persons with
disabilities
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 Vienna Declaration and
Programme of Action, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the Programme
of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, and recalling
the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and other relevant human rights
instruments, including the Declaration on the Right to Development,
Recalling Human Rights Council resolutions on protection of the family, including
its most recent, resolution 29/22, adopted on 3 July 2015,
Recalling also all General Assembly resolutions concerning the proclamation of,
preparations for and observance and commemoration of the International Year of the
Family and its tenth and twentieth anniversaries,
Reaffirming that the family, as the fundamental group of society and the natural
environment for the growth and well-being of all its members, and particularly children,
should be afforded the necessary protection and assistance so that it can fully assume its
responsibilities within the community,
Affirming that everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health
and well-being of himself or herself and of his or her family,
Noting with concern that the contribution of the family in society and in the
achievement of development goals continues to be underemphasized, and recognizing the
potential of this contribution to national development and to the achievement of major
objectives of every society and of the United Nations,
GE.16-12309(E)