A/RES/68/169. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2013

• Resolution Number: A/RES/68/169
• Year: 2013
• Session: 68th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/68/169

General Assembly Distr.: General

16 January 2014

Sixty-eighth session

Agenda item 69 (b)

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2013

[on the report of the Third Committee (A/68/456/Add.2)]

68/169. Combating intolerance, negative stereotyping,

stigmatization, discrimination, incitement to violence

and violence against persons, based on religion or belief

The General Assembly

,

Reaffirming

the commitment made by all States under the Charter of the

United Nations to promote and encourage universal respect for and observance of

all human rights and fundamental freedoms without distinction as to, inter alia,

religion or belief,

Reaffirming also

the obligation of States to prohibit discrimination and

violence on the basis of religion or belief and to implement measures to guarantee

the equal and effective protection of the law,

Reaffirming further

that all human rights are universal, indivisible,

interdependent and interrelated,

Reaffirming

that the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

1

provides, inter alia, that everyone shall have the right to freedom of thought,

conscience and religion or belief, which shall include freedom to have or to adopt a

religion or belief of one’s choice and freedom, either alone or in community with

others and in public or private, to manifest one’s religion or belief in worship,

observance, practice and teaching,

Reaffirming also

the positive role that the exercise of the right to freedom of

opinion and expression and full respect for the freedom to seek, receive and impart

information can play in strengthening democracy and combating religious

intolerance, and reaffirming further that the exercise of the right to freedom of

expression carries with it special duties and responsibilities, in accordance with

article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,

Expressing deep concern

at those acts that advocate religious hatred and

thereby undermine the spirit of tolerance,

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1 See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.