A/HRC/RES/25/10 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 14 April 2014 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-fifth 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 25/10. Ending violence against children: a global call to make the invisible visible The Human Rights Council, Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, and reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenants on Human Rights and other relevant international human rights instruments, 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 Optional Protocols thereto on the involvement of children in armed conflict and on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, and reaffirming its provisions, purposes and principles, in particular its article 19, and the obligations of State parties thereto, Reaffirming that the general principles of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, including the best interests of the child, non-discrimination, survival, development and participation, provide the framework for all actions concerning children, Recalling all previous resolutions on the rights of the child of the Commission on Human Rights, the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly relevant to the issue of violence against children, the most recent being Council resolution 22/32 of 22 March 2013 and Assembly resolution 68/147 of 18 December 2013, Welcoming the work of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children to promote the prevention and elimination of all forms of violence against children in all regions and to advance the implementation of the recommendations of the United Nations study on violence against children,1 and taking note with appreciation of her 2013 Global Survey on violence against children, 1 A/61/299. GE.14-13512 *1413512*