A/HRC/RES/31/15
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
19 April 2016
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-first session
Agenda item 3
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 23 March 2016
31/15.
The right to work
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Vienna Declaration
and Programme of Action, and recalling the International Covenant on Economic, Social
and Cultural Rights and other international human rights instruments relevant to the right to
work,
Reaffirming also Human Rights Council resolution 28/15 of 26 March 2015 on the
right to work,
Recalling General Assembly resolution 63/199 of 19 December 2008 entitled
“International Labour Organization Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization”
and Economic and Social Council resolutions 2007/2 of 17 July 2007 entitled “The role of
the United Nations system in providing full and productive employment and decent work
for all” and 2008/18 of 24 July 2008 entitled “Promoting full employment and decent work
for all”,
Recalling also the International Labour Organization Declaration on Fundamental
Principles and Rights at Work and its follow-up, adopted by the International Labour
Conference at its eighty-sixth session, on 18 June 1998, the Declaration on Social Justice for a
Fair Globalization, adopted by the Conference at its ninety-seventh session, on 10 June 2008,
the Global Jobs Pact, adopted by the Conference at its ninety-eighth session, on 19 June 2009,
the resolution of the International Labour Organization on the follow-up to its Declaration on
Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, adopted by the Conference at its ninety-ninth
session, on 15 June 2010, and the resolution concerning gender equality at the heart of decent
work adopted by the General Conference of the International Labour Organization at its ninetyeighth session, on 17 June 2009,
Recognizing the primary role, mandate, expertise and specialization of the
International Labour Organization within the United Nations system in relation to the
promotion of decent work and full and productive employment for all, welcoming its
initiatives and activities in this regard, including the Decent Work Agenda, and noting the
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