A/HRC/RES/35/13
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
6 July 2017
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-fifth session
6–23 June 2017
Agenda item 3
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 22 June 2017
35/13.
Protection of the family: role of the family in supporting the
protection and promotion of human rights of older persons
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Vienna Declaration and
Programme of Action, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the Programme of
Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the Political
Declaration and Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, 2002, and recalling the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and other relevant human rights
instruments, including the Declaration on the Right to Development,
Recalling Human Rights Council resolutions on protection of the family, including
its most recent, resolution 32/23, adopted on 1 July 2016,
Recalling also all General Assembly resolutions concerning the proclamation of,
preparations for and observance and commemoration of the International Year of the
Family and its tenth and twentieth anniversaries,
Recalling further the General Assembly and Human Rights Council resolutions on
the issue of the human rights of older persons,
Acknowledging the work of the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human
rights by older persons,
Recognizing that the objectives of the International Year and its follow-up processes,
especially those relating to family policies in the areas of poverty, work–family balance and
intergenerational issues, with attention given to the rights and responsibilities of all family
members, can contribute to ending poverty, ending hunger, ensuring a healthy life and
promoting the well-being of all at all ages, promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all,
and ensuring better education outcomes for children, to gender equality and the
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