A/HRC/RES/28/17
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
9 April 2015
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Twenty-eighth 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
28/17.
Effects of terrorism on the enjoyment of human rights
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 Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights and other relevant international human rights instruments,
Recalling relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, the Security Council, the
Commission on Human Rights and the Human Rights Council concerning terrorism,
including Assembly resolutions 46/51 of 9 December 1991, 60/288 of 8 September 2006,
64/297 of 8 September 2010, 66/10 of 18 November 2011 on the United Nations CounterTerrorism Centre established on the initiative of the United Nations and Saudi Arabia, and
68/178 of 18 December 2013, Commission resolution 2004/44 of 19 April 2004 and
Human Rights Council resolution 25/7 of 27 March 2014, and reaffirming its commitment
to the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy and its four pillars, adopted by
the Assembly in its resolution 60/28 of 8 September 2006,
Reaffirming that all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural
rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated,
Recognizing that the objectives of countering terrorism and of the protection and
promotion of human rights are not conflicting but complementary and mutually reinforcing,
Taking note of the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights on the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering
terrorism,1
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A/HRC/28/28.
GE.15-07389 (E)
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