A/HRC/RES/31/6
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
8 April 2016
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-first session
Agenda item 3
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 23 March 2016
31/6.
The rights of persons with disabilities in situations of risk
and humanitarian emergencies
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional
Protocol thereto,
Noting with appreciation the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
2015-2030, adopted in Sendai, Japan, in March 2015,
Bearing in mind the upcoming tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Convention
on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, to be commemorated in December 2016,
Recalling the universality, indivisibility, interdependence and interrelatedness of all
human rights and fundamental freedoms and the need for persons with disabilities to be
guaranteed the full enjoyment of their rights and freedoms without discrimination,
Reaffirming all previous resolutions of the Human Rights Council on the rights of
persons with disabilities, the most recent of which was resolution 28/4 of 26 March 2015,
and welcoming the efforts of all stakeholders to implement those resolutions,
Acknowledging that international humanitarian law and international human rights
law are complementary and mutually reinforcing,
Recognizing that, in situations of armed conflict, all parties to armed conflicts have
obligations under international humanitarian law that may relate to the protection of
persons with disabilities,
Recalling in particular that article 11 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons
with Disabilities provides that States parties to the Convention shall take, in accordance
with their obligations under international law, including international humanitarian law and
international human rights law, all necessary measures to ensure the protection and safety
of persons with disabilities in situations of risk, including situations of armed conflict,
humanitarian emergencies and the occurrence of natural disasters,
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Reissued for technical reasons on 15 April 2016.
GE.16-05785(E)
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