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Human Rights Council
Twenty-sixth session
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights,
civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Angola,* Bahrain,* Bangladesh,* Benin, Bosnia
and Herzegovina,* Botswana, Burkina Faso, China, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt,*
26/… Protection
of the family
The Human Rights Council,
Reaffirming the purposes and principles of the Charter of the
United Nations,
Guided by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the
Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, 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 and
other relevant human rights instruments,
Recalling General Assembly resolutions 44/82 of 8 December
1989, 47/237 of 20 September 1993, 50/142 of 21 December 1995, 52/81 of 12
December 1997, 54/124 of 17 December 1999, 56/113 of 19 December 2001, 57/164
of 18 December 2002, 58/15 of 3 December 2003, 59/111 of 6 December 2004,
59/147 of 20 December 2004, 60/133 of 16 December 2005, 62/129 of 18 December 2007,
64/133 of 18 December 2009, 66/126 of 19 December 2011, 67/142 of 20 December
2012 and 68/136 of 18 December 2013, concerning the proclamation of,
preparations for and observance of the International Year of the Family and its
tenth and twentieth anniversaries,
Recognizing that the preparations for and observance of the
twentieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family provide a useful
opportunity to draw further attention to the objectives of the International
Year for increasing cooperation at all levels on family issues and for
undertaking concerted actions to strengthen family-centred policies and
programmes as part of an integrated comprehensive approach to human rights and
development,
Reaffirming that States have the primary responsibility to
promote and protect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all human
beings, including women, children and older persons,
Recognizing that the family has the primary responsibility for
the nurturing and protection of children and that children, for the full and
harmonious development of their personality, should grow
up in a family environment and in an atmosphere of happiness, love and
understanding,
Convinced that the family, as the fundamental group of society
and the natural environment for the growth and well-being of all its members
and particularly children, should be afforded the necessary protection and
assistance so that it can fully assume its responsibilities within the
community,
Reaffirming that the family is the natural and fundamental group
unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State,
1. Decides
to convene, at its twenty-seventh session, a panel discussion on the protection
of the family and its members to address the implementation of States’ obligations
under relevant provisions of international human rights law and to discuss
challenges and best practices in this regard;
2. Requests
the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to liaise with States and
all stakeholders, including the relevant United Nations bodies, agencies, and
programmes, the treaty bodies, the special procedures of the Human Rights
Council, national human rights institutions and civil society, with a view to
ensuring their participation in the panel discussion;
3. Also
requests the High Commissioner to prepare a report on the panel discussion
in the form of a summary, and to submit it to the Human Rights Council at its
twenty-eighth session;
4. Decides
to remain seized of the matter.
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Human Rights Council
Twenty-sixth session
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Pakistan,
Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates: amendment to draft resolution
A/HRC/26/L.20/Rev.1
26/… Protection of the family
Below the fifth preambular
paragraph, insert a new paragraph reading
Recognizing that men and women
of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have
the rights to marry and to found a family, bearing in mind that marriage is a
union between a man and a woman,