A/HRC/RES/27/5 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 2 October 2014 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-seventh 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 27/5 The safety of journalists 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 recalling relevant international human rights treaties, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, as well as the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 and the Additional Protocols thereto of 8 June 1977, Recalling General Assembly resolution 68/163 of 18 December 2013 on the safety of journalists and the issue of impunity, and Security Council resolution 1738 (2006) of 23 December 2006 on the protection of civilians in armed conflict, Recalling also Human Rights Council resolution 21/12 of 27 September 2012 on the safety of journalists, Council decision 24/116 of 26 September 2013 on a panel discussion on the safety of journalists, and all other relevant resolutions of the Commission on Human Rights and the Council, in particular Council resolution 12/16 of 2 October 2009 and all other resolutions on the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Council resolution 13/24 of 26 March 2010, on the protection of journalists in situations of armed conflict, and Council resolution 26/13 of 26 June 2014, on the promotion, protection and enjoyment of human rights on the Internet, Mindful that the right to freedom of opinion and expression is a human right guaranteed to all in accordance with articles 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and that it constitutes one of the essential foundations of a democratic society and one of the basic conditions for its progress and development, Recalling all relevant reports of the special procedures of the Human Rights Council with regard to the safety of journalists, in particular the reports of the Special Rapporteur on GE.14-17781 (E) 