A/HRC/RES/44/10
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
23 July 2020
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Forty-fourth session
30 June–17 July 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 16 July 2020
44/10.
Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and
guided also by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities and other relevant human rights instruments,
Recalling the universality, indivisibility, interdependence and interrelatedness of all
human rights and fundamental freedoms and the need for persons with disabilities to be
guaranteed the full enjoyment of their rights and freedoms without discrimination of any
kind,
Recalling also the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the commitment
therein to leave no one behind,
Deeply concerned that, in all parts of the world, persons with disabilities continue to
face barriers in their participation as equal members of society and violations of their human
rights, and conscious that greater attention and commitment is needed to address these
challenges,
Recalling Security Council resolution 2475 (2019) of 20 June 2019, in which the
Council addressed the disproportionate impact of armed conflict and related humanitarian
crises on persons with disabilities,
Recalling also that the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030
promotes disability-inclusive and accessible disaster risk reduction practices,
Recalling further all previous resolutions adopted by the General Assembly, the
Commission on Human Rights and the Human Rights Council on the rights of persons with
disabilities,
Recalling its resolutions 5/1, on institution-building of the Human Rights Council,
and 5/2, on the Code of Conduct for Special Procedures Mandate Holders of the Council, of
18 June 2007, and stressing that the mandate holder shall discharge his or her duties in
accordance with those resolutions and the annexes thereto,
Recalling also its resolutions 26/20 of 27 June 2014 and 35/6 of 22 June 2017,
GE.20-09801(E)
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