A/HRC/RES/45/28 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 12 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 45/28. Promoting and protecting the human rights of women and girls in conflict and post-conflict situations on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) The Human Rights Council, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, Reaffirming the obligations of State parties under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, Reaffirming also General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006 by which the Assembly established the Human Rights Council and, inter alia, acknowledged that peace and security, development and human rights are the pillars of the United Nations system and the foundations for collective security and well-being, and recognizing that development, peace and security and human rights are interlinked and mutually reinforcing, Reaffirming further Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 of 18 June 2007 on the institution-building of the Council, and bearing in mind the primary responsibility of the Security Council for the maintenance of international peace and security under the Charter, Recalling Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) of 31 October 2000 on women and peace and security, and subsequent, mutually reinforcing resolutions – Council resolutions 1820 (2008) of 19 June 2008, 1888 (2009) of 30 September 2009, 1889 (2009) of 5 October 2009, 1960 (2010) of 16 December 2010, 2106 (2013) of 24 June 2013, 2122 (2013) of 18 October 2013, 2242 (2015) of 13 October 2015, 2467 (2019) of 23 April 2019 and 2493 (2019) of 29 October 2019 – which comprise the women and peace and security agenda, and in which the Council addressed, inter alia, the human rights of women and girls in conflict and post-conflict situations, Noting that 2020 marks the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of Security Council resolution 1325 (2000), and emphasizing that anniversaries offer a valuable opportunity to raise awareness and to reflect on achievements, best practices and challenges with regard to the full realization of human rights, Reaffirming the importance of the full, equal and meaningful participation of women in planning and decision-making with regard to mediation, confidence-building, and conflict GE.20-13323(E) 