A/HRC/RES/31/23 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 8 April 2016 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-first session Agenda item 3 Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 24 March 2016 31/23. Promoting human rights through sport and the Olympic ideal The Human Rights Council, Reaffirming the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and relevant international human rights instruments, Recalling also the relevant provisions of the key international human rights treaties, in particular article 31 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, articles 1 and 30 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and articles 10 (g) and 13 (c) of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, Recalling further the resolutions adopted by the General Assembly on the issue of sport and Olympic Games, in particular its resolutions 67/17 of 28 November 2012, 68/9 of 6 November, 69/6 of 31 October 2014 and 70/4 of 26 October 2015, the latter on building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal, in which the Assembly recognized the valuable contribution of sport in promoting education, development, peace, cooperation, solidarity, fairness, social inclusion and health at the local, regional and international levels, and noted that, as declared in the 2005 World Summit Outcome,1 sports can contribute to an atmosphere of tolerance and understanding among peoples and nations, Reaffirming its previous resolutions on the issue of sport and human rights, in particular resolutions 13/27 of 26 March 2010, 18/23 of 30 September 2011, 24/1 of 26 September 2013, 26/18 of 26 June 2014 and 27/8 of 25 September 2014, Noting that the Olympic Charter, among its fundamental principles of Olympism, stipulates that every individual must have the possibility of practising sport, without discrimination of any kind and in the Olympic spirit, which requires mutual understanding with a spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play, 1 General Assembly resolution 60/1. GE.16-05761(E) *1605761*