A/HRC/35/L.26 - Child, early and forced marriage in humanitarian settings

The Human Rights Council,

Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, as well as other relevant human rights instruments, including the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery,

Reaffirming its resolutions and 24/23 of 27 September 2013 and 29/8 of 2 July 2015, and recalling General Assembly resolutions 69/156 of 18 December 2014 and 71/175 of 19 December 2016,

Acknowledging that international humanitarian law and international human rights law are complimentary and mutually reinforcing,