A/HRC/RES/43/18 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 2 July 2020 Original: English Human Rights Council Forty-third session 24 February–13 March and 15–23 June 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 22 June 2020 43/18. 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, including 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 also the resolutions adopted by the General Assembly on the issue of sport for development and peace, in particular its resolution 73/24 of 3 December 2018, in which the Assembly, inter alia, recalled the proclamation of 6 April as the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, and its resolutions on the issue of building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal, in particular its resolution 74/16 of 9 December 2019, Reaffirming previous Human Rights Council 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, 27/8 of 25 September 2014, 31/23 of 24 March 2016 and 37/18 of 23 March 2018, Recalling that the General Assembly has supported the independence and autonomy of sport and the mission of the International Olympic Committee in leading the Olympic Movement, and of the International Paralympic Committee in leading the Paralympic Movement, and noting that they, as well as other relevant stakeholders, also have a role in protecting the interests and rights of athletes and the integrity of sport in accordance with the Olympic Charter, the International Paralympic Committee Code of Ethics and other relevant international standards and principles, Acknowledging the fundamental principles of the Olympic Charter, in particular principle 4, which states that every individual must have the possibility of practising sport, without discrimination of any kind and in the Olympic spirit, and principle 6, which states GE.20-08872(E) 