A/HRC/RES/28/19 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 7 April 2015 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-eighth session Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council 28/19. Rights of the child: towards better investment in the rights of the child The Human Rights Council, Emphasizing that the Convention on the Rights of the Child constitutes the standard in the promotion and protection of the rights of the child, bearing in mind the importance of the Optional Protocols to the Convention, and calling for their universal ratification and effective implementation, as well as that of other relevant human rights instruments, Recalling all previous resolutions on the rights of the child of the Commission on Human Rights, the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly, the most recent being Council resolution 25/6 of 27 March 2014 and Assembly resolution 69/157 of 18 December 2014, Reaffirming that the general principles of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, including non-discrimination, the best interests of the child, survival and development, and participation, provide the framework for all actions concerning children, Welcoming the work of the Committee on the Rights of the Child and of other United Nations treaty bodies, and noting its general comments, in particular general comment no. 5, on general measures of implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Noting Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights general comments no. 3, on the nature of States parties’ obligations, and no. 9, on the domestic application of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Welcoming the attention paid to the rights of the child by the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children and the Special Representative of the GE.15-07108 (E) 