E/2016/27 E/CN.6/2016/22 Rights, 3 the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 4 the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 4 the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 5 the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 6 the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 7 and the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, adopted on 25 June 1993 by the World Conference on Human Rights, 8 Taking duly into account the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, adopted by the General Assembly in its resolution 61/177 of 20 December 2006, 9 Recalling all its previous resolutions on the release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts, 10 as well as all relevant resolutions of the Commission on Human Rights and the Human Rights Council concerning hostage -taking and General Assembly resolution 61/172 of 19 December 2006, Recognizing that women and children bear particular vulnerabilities when taken hostage, including sexual violence and reproductive health concerns, Recognizing also that everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person and that the taking of hostages is an offence of grave concern to the international community, Recalling the relevant provisions contained in the instruments of international humanitarian law relative to the protection of the civilian population as such, Reaffirming the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, 11 as well as the outcomes of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly, entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century”, 12 and the outcome of the special session of the General Assembly on children, entitled “A world fit for children”, 13 including the provisions therein regarding violence against women and children, and further reaffirming the declarations of the Commission on the Status of Women on the tenth, fifteenth and twentieth anniversaries of the Fourth World Conference on Women, 14 __________________ 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 28/62 General Assembly resolution 217 A (III). See General Assembly resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex. United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1249, No. 20378. Ibid., vol. 1577. No. 27531. Ibid., vol. 1465, No. 24841. A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III. United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2716, No. 48088. Resolutions 39/2, 40/1, 41/1, 42/2, 43/1, 44/1, 45/1, 46/1, 48/1, 50/1, 52/1, 54/3, 56/1 and 58/1. Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4 -15 September 1995 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.13), chap. I, resolution I, annexes I and II. General Assembly resolution S-23/2, annex, and resolution S-23/3, annex. General Assembly resolution S-27/2, annex. Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2005, Supplement No. 7 and corrigendum (E/2005/27 and Corr.1-E/CN.6/2005/11 and Corr.1), chap. I, sect. A; ibid., 2010, Supplement No. 7 and corrigendum (E/2010/27 and Corr.1-E/CN.6/2010/11 and Corr.1), chap. I, sect. A; and ibid., 2015, Supplement No. 7 (E/2015/27-E/CN.6/2015/10), chap. I, sect. C, resolution 59/1. 16-05842