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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