A/HRC/RES/45/29 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 13 October 2020 Original: English Human Rights Council Forty-fifth session 14 September–7 October 2020 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 on 7 October 2020 45/29. Promoting, protecting and respecting women’s and girls’ full enjoyment of human rights in humanitarian situations The Human Rights Council, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and recalling all relevant international human rights law and international humanitarian law instruments, Acknowledging that international human rights law and international humanitarian law are complementary and mutually reinforcing, and recognizing the obligation of States to respect, protect and fulfil the human rights of all persons, and that persons living in humanitarian situations are entitled to respect for and the protection of all human rights, in accordance with international law, Recalling Human Rights Council resolutions 31/6 of 23 March 2016, 35/16 of 22 June 2017, 37/20 of 23 March 2018 and 39/10 of 27 September 2018, General Assembly resolution 46/182 of 19 December 1991 and all other relevant resolutions, Recalling also General Assembly resolution 70/1 of 27 September 2015, entitled “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, and the Sustainable Development Goals enshrined therein, including the commitment of all States to achieve gender equality and to provide access to justice for all, Recalling further that States have the primary responsibility to promote and protect human rights, Acknowledging the ongoing integration of a gender and an age perspective in the formulation, interpretation and implementation of human rights instruments, as well as in reports, resolutions and/or decisions of the Human Rights Council and its various mechanisms and of other human rights mechanisms, GE.20-13334(E) 