United Nations General Assembly A/HRC/RES/27/12 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 27/12 World Programme for Human Rights Education: adoption of the plan of action for the third phase The Human Rights Council, Guided by the principles and purposes of the Charter of the United Nations, Reaffirming that States are duty-bound, in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and as stipulated in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and in other international human rights instruments, to ensure that education and training are aimed at strengthening the respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms, Recalling General Assembly resolution 43/128 of 8 December 1988, by which the Assembly launched the World Public Information Campaign on Human Rights, resolution 49/184 of 23 December 1994, in which the Assembly proclaimed the United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education, resolutions 59/113 A of 10 December 2004 and 59/113 B of 14 July 2005, in which the Assembly proclaimed the World Programme for Human Rights Education and adopted the plan of action for its first phase, and resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006, in which the Assembly decided, inter alia, that the Human Rights Council should promote human rights education and learning, Recalling also Human Rights Council resolutions on the World Programme for Human Rights Education, the most recent being resolution 24/15 of 27 September 2013, Recalling further that the World Programme is an ongoing initiative, structured in consecutive phases, to advance the implementation of human rights education programmes in all sectors, and that States should continue the implementation of previous phases while taking the necessary measures to implement the ongoing phase, Reaffirming the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training, adopted by the General Assembly in its resolution 66/137 on 19 December 2011, GE.14-17703 (E) 