A/HRC/RES/19/8 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 3 April 2012 Original: English Human Rights Council Nineteenth 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* 19/8 Freedom of religion or belief The Human Rights Council, Recalling General Assembly resolution 36/55 of 25 November 1981, in which the General Assembly proclaimed the Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief, Recalling also article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and other relevant human rights provisions, Recalling further Human Rights Council resolution 16/13 of 24 March 2011, and other resolutions adopted by the General Assembly and the Commission on Human Rights on the elimination of all forms of intolerance and of discrimination based on religion or belief, Reaffirming that all human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated, Stressing that everyone should be able to live safely, regardless of his or her religion or belief, Recalling that States have the primary responsibility to promote and protect human rights, including the human rights of persons belonging to religious minorities, including their right to exercise their religion or belief freely, Noting with regret that no part of the world is exempt from religious intolerance, discrimination and violence, * GE.12- 12734 The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of the Council on its nineteenth session (A/HRC/19/2), chap. I.