A/HRC/RES/34/41 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 6 April 2017 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-fourth session 27 February–24 March 2017 Agenda item 3 Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 24 March 2017 34/41. Human rights, democracy and the rule of law 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, Reaffirming also the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and other relevant international human rights instruments, Acknowledging the adoption by the General Assembly of its resolution 70/1 entitled “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” on 25 September 2015, including its goals and targets, inter alia, Goal 16, on promoting peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, providing access to justice for all and building effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels, Recalling that the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development involves Governments and Parliaments, the United Nations system and other international institutions, in particular the Inter-Parliamentary Union, local authorities, indigenous peoples, civil society, business and the private sector, and the scientific and academic community, who have embarked on the road to 2030, Recalling also all previous resolutions on democracy and the rule of law adopted by the General Assembly, the Commission on Human Rights and the Human Rights Council, in particular Council resolutions 19/36 of 23 March 2012 and 28/14 of 26 March 2015, in which the Council established the Forum on Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law, Recalling further General Assembly resolution 70/298 of 25 July 2016 on interaction between the United Nations, national parliaments and the Inter-Parliamentary Union, and Human Rights Council resolution 30/14 of 1 October 2015 on the contribution of parliaments to the work of the Human Rights Council and its universal periodic review, GE.17-05591(E) 