A/HRC/RES/29/5 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 21 July 2015 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-ninth session Agenda item 3 Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 2 July 2015 29/5. Elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members The Human Rights Council, Guided by the purposes, principles and provisions of the Charter of the United Nations, Guided also by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and recalling relevant international human rights instruments, including the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Recalling Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 of 18 June 2007 on institutionbuilding of the Council, Recalling also Human Rights Council resolutions 8/13 of 18 June 2008, 12/7 of 1 October 2009 and 15/10 of 30 September 2010, and General Assembly resolution 65/215 of 21 December 2010, Recalling further the universality, indivisibility, interrelatedness of all human rights and fundamental freedoms, interdependence and Recalling that leprosy is curable and that the human rights of persons with leprosy could be better protected by treatment provided in the early stages that can prevent disability, Deeply concerned that, in various parts of the world, persons affected by leprosy and their family members continue to face barriers to their participation as equal members of society and violations and abuses of their human rights, and conscious that greater attention is needed to address these challenges, Reaffirming that persons affected by leprosy and their family members, including women and children, should be treated with dignity and are entitled to the enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms under customary international law, relevant conventions and national constitutions and laws, GE.15-12283(E) *1512283*