List of resolutions on issues related to child rights, which have been adopted by the Human Rights Council (non-exhaustive)
The following section provides a non-exhaustive list of recent resolutions related to child rights. For a full list of all the resolutions of the HRC, please refer to the OHCHR website.
Administration of justice
See Resolutions- http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/dpage_e.aspx?si=A/HRC/RES/18/12
- http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/RESOLUTION/GEN/G11/166/68/PDF/G1116668.pdf?OpenElement
Human rights in the administration of justice, in particular juvenile justice (A/HRC/RES/10/2)
Alternative care
See Resolutions- http://ap.ohchr.org/Documents/dpage_e.aspx?b=10&se=92&t=11
- http://ap.ohchr.org/Documents/E/HRC/resolutions/A_HRC_RES_11_7.pdf
Draft United Nations guidelines for the appropriate use and conditions of alternative care for children (A/HRC/RES/10/8)
- http://ap.ohchr.org/Documents/dpage_e.aspx?b=10&se=83&t=11
- http://ap.ohchr.org/Documents/E/HRC/resolutions/A_HRC_RES_10_8.pdf
Draft United Nations guidelines for the appropriate use and conditions of alternative care for children (A/HRC/RES/9/13)
Birth registration, right to nationality
See Resolutions- http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/dpage_e.aspx?si=A/HRC/RES/22/7
- http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G13/128/19/PDF/G1312819.pdf?OpenElement
The right to a nationality: women and children (A/HRC/RES/20/4)
- http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/dpage_e.aspx?si=A/HRC/RES/20/4
- http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/RESOLUTION/GEN/G12/153/04/PDF/G1215304.pdf?OpenElement
Human rights and arbitrary deprivation of nationality (A/HRC/RES/20/5)
- http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/dpage_e.aspx?si=A/HRC/RES/20/5
- http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/RESOLUTION/GEN/G12/153/11/PDF/G1215311.pdf?OpenElement
Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law (A/HRC/RES/19/9)
- http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/dpage_e.aspx?si=A/HRC/RES/19/9
- http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/RESOLUTION/GEN/G12/127/41/PDF/G1212741.pdf?OpenElement
Human rights and arbitrary deprivation of nationality (A/HRC/RES/13/2)
- http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/sdpage_e.aspx?b=10&se=104&t=11
- http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G10/127/96/PDF/G1012796.pdf?OpenElement
Human rights and arbitrary deprivation of nationality (A/HRC/RES/10/13)
Children of incarcerated parents, parents sentenced to the death penalty or executed
See ResolutionsChildren working and/or living on the street
See ResolutionsEducation
See Resolutions- http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/dpage_e.aspx?si=A/HRC/RES/23/4
- http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G13/148/80/PDF/G1314880.pdf?OpenElement
Education as a tool to prevent racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance (A/HRC/RES/22/34)
- http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/dpage_e.aspx?si=A/HRC/RES/22/34
- http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G13/130/51/PDF/G1313051.pdf?OpenElement
World Programme for Human Rights Education (A/HRC/RES/21/14)
- http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/dpage_e.aspx?si=A/HRC/RES/21/14
- http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/RESOLUTION/GEN/G12/174/38/PDF/G1217438.pdf?OpenElement
The right to education: follow-up to Human Rights Council resolution 8/4 (A/HRC/RES/20/7)
- http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/dpage_e.aspx?si=A/HRC/RES/20/7
- http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/RESOLUTION/GEN/G12/153/18/PDF/G1215318.pdf?OpenElement
The right to education: follow-up to Human Rights Council resolution 8/4 (A/HRC/RES/17/3)
- http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/dpage_e.aspx?si=A/HRC/RES/17/3
- http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/RESOLUTION/GEN/G11/145/06/PDF/G1114506.pdf?OpenElement
United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training (A/HRC/RES/16/1)
- http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/dpage_e.aspx?si=A/HRC/RES/16/1
- http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/RESOLUTION/GEN/G11/124/78/PDF/G1112478.pdf?OpenElement
The right to education: follow-up to Human Rights Council resolution 8/4 (A/HRC/RES/15/4)
- http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/dpage_e.aspx?si=A/HRC/RES/15/4
- http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G10/165/91/PDF/G1016591.pdf?OpenElement
World Programme for Human Rights Education: adoption of the plan of action for the second phase (A/HRC/RES/15/11)
- http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/dpage_e.aspx?si=A/HRC/RES/15/11
- http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G10/166/47/PDF/G1016647.pdf?OpenElement
Addressing attacks on school children in Afghanistan (A/HRC/RES/14/15)
- http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/dpage_e.aspx?si=A/HRC/RES/14/15
- http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G10/147/65/PDF/G1014765.pdf?OpenElement
United Nations declaration on human rights education and training (A/HRC/RES/13/15)
- http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/sdpage_e.aspx?b=10&se=104&t=11
- http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G10/129/14/PDF/G1012914.pdf?OpenElement
World Programme for Human Rights Education (A/HRC/RES/12/4)
United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training (A/HRC/RES/10/28)
- http://ap.ohchr.org/Documents/dpage_e.aspx?b=10&se=83&t=11
- http://ap.ohchr.org/Documents/E/HRC/resolutions/A_HRC_RES_10_28.pdf
World Programme for Human Rights Education (A/HRC/RES/10/3)
- http://ap.ohchr.org/Documents/dpage_e.aspx?b=10&se=83&t=11
- http://ap.ohchr.org/Documents/E/HRC/resolutions/A_HRC_RES_10_3.pdf
The right to education (A/HRC/RES/8/4)
- http://ap.ohchr.org/Documents/dpage_e.aspx?b=10&se=77&t=11
- http://ap.ohchr.org/Documents/E/HRC/resolutions/A_HRC_RES_8_4.pdf
World Programme for Human Rights Education (A/HRC/RES/6/24)
- http://ap.ohchr.org/Documents/dpage_e.aspx?b=10&se=69&t=11
- http://ap.ohchr.org/Documents/E/HRC/resolutions/A_HRC_RES_6_24.pdf
United Nations declaration on human rights education and training (A/HRC/RES/6/10)
Health
See ResolutionsPreventable maternal mortality and morbidity and human rights (A/HRC/RES/21/6)
- http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/dpage_e.aspx?si=A/HRC/RES/21/6
- http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/RESOLUTION/GEN/G12/173/70/PDF/G1217370.pdf?OpenElement
Preventable maternal mortality and morbidity and human rights (A/HRC/RES/18/2)
- http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/dpage_e.aspx?si=A/HRC/RES/18/2
- http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/RESOLUTION/GEN/G11/165/96/PDF/G1116596.pdf?OpenElement
The protection of human rights in the context of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiencysyndrome (AIDS) (A/HRC/RES/16/28)
- http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/dpage_e.aspx?si=A/HRC/RES/16/28
- http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/RESOLUTION/GEN/G11/128/32/PDF/G1112832.pdf?OpenElement
Preventable maternal mortality and morbidity and human rights: follow-up to Council resolution 11/8 (A/HRC/RES/15/17)
- http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/dpage_e.aspx?si=A/HRC/RES/15/17
- http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G10/167/35/PDF/G1016735.pdf?OpenElement
Preventable maternal mortality and morbidity and human rights (A/HRC/RES/11/8)
Migration
See ResolutionsOmnibus resolutions
See ResolutionsImplementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Optional Protocols thereto (A/HRC/RES/10/14)
Right of the Child (A/HRC/RES/7/29)
Op to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure
See Resolutions- http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/dpage_e.aspx?si=A/HRC/RES/17/18
- http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/RESOLUTION/GEN/G11/148/40/PDF/G1114840.pdf?OpenElement
Open-ended Working Group on an optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child to provide a communications procedure (A/HRC/RES/13/3)
Trafficking in persons, especially women and children
See Resolutions- http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/dpage_e.aspx?si=A/HRC/RES/23/5
- http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G13/148/87/PDF/G1314887.pdf?OpenElement
Trafficking in persons, especially women and children: access to effective remedies for trafficked persons and their right to an effective remedy for human rights violations (A/HRC/RES/20/1)
- http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/dpage_e.aspx?si=A/HRC/RES/20/1
- http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/RESOLUTION/GEN/G12/154/67/PDF/G1215467.pdf?OpenElement
Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children (A/HRC/RES/17/1)
- http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/dpage_e.aspx?si=A/HRC/RES/17/1
- http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/RESOLUTION/GEN/G11/144/92/PDF/G1114492.pdf?OpenElement
Trafficking in persons, especially women and children: regional and subregional cooperation in promoting a human rights-based approach to combating trafficking in persons (A/HRC/RES/14/2)
- http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/dpage_e.aspx?si=A/HRC/RES/14/2
- http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G10/145/41/PDF/G1014541.pdf?OpenElement
Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children (A/HRC/RES/8/12)
- http://ap.ohchr.org/Documents/dpage_e.aspx?b=10&se=77&t=11
- http://ap.ohchr.org/Documents/E/HRC/resolutions/A_HRC_RES_8_12.pdf
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