A/RES/72/176. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2017

• Resolution Number: A/RES/72/176
• Session: 72nd
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations

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/RES /72/ 176

General Assembly

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Seventy -second ses sion

Agen da item 72 (b)

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

on 19 December 2017

[on th e report of the Third Committe e (A/72/ 439/ Add.2 )]

72/176. Comba ting i ntolerance, negative stereotypi ng, stigmatization,

discrimination, in citeme nt to violence and viole nce ag ainst

persons, based on religion or belief

The General Assembly ,

Reaf firm ing the comm itment made by a ll States under th e Charte r of the United

Nati ons to pr omote a nd enco urage un iversal respect for and observa nce of a ll human

right s and fund amental fr eedoms wi thout dis tinction as to, inter a lia, rel igion or

belie f,

Welcomi ng Huma n Righ ts Cou ncil re solution s 16/18 of 24 March 2 011,

1

19/2 5 of 2 3 March 20 12,

2

22/31 of 2 2 March 20 13,

3

28/29 of 2 7 March 20 15,

4

31/2 6 of 24 March 201 6

5

a nd 34 /32 of 24 Ma rch 2 017

6

a nd Gen eral Ass embly

resol utions 67/1 78 of 20 Dece mber 2012, 68/1 69 of 18 Dece mber 2013, 69/17 4 of

18 Dece mber 20 14, 70/ 157 of 17 De cember 2015 and 71/195 of 19 Dece mber 201 6,

Reaf firm ing the o bligatio n of S tates t o prohi bit dis criminat ion an d viole nce on

the basis o f relig ion or belief and to implem ent mea sures to guar antee t he equa l and

effec tive pro tection of the l aw,

Reaf firming also tha t all hum an right s are uni versal, i ndivisib le, int erdepen dent

and i nterrel ated,

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1

See Off icial Records of the Gener al Asse mbly, Si xty-s ixth Se ssion, Suppl ement No. 53 (A /66/ 53),

chap . II, sect. A.

2

Ibid., Sixty-s eventh Sessi on, Sup plemen t No. 53 and co rrigen dum (A /67/ 53 and A/67 /53/ Cor r.1),

chap . III , sect. A.

3

Ibid., Sixty-e ighth Sessio n, Supp lement No. 53 (A/68/5 3), chap. I V, sect. A.

4

Ibid., Seventi eth Se ssion, Supple ment N o. 53 (A /70/ 53), chap. III, se ct. A.

5

Ibid., Seventy -first Sessio n, Sup plemen t No. 53 (A/71/ 53) , chap. IV, sect. A.

6

Ibid., Seventy -secon d Sess ion, S uppleme nt No. 53 (A/7 2/53 ), c hap. IV, se ct. A.