Effects of Terrorism on the Enjoyment of Human Rights

A/HRC/RES/28/17View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development, published in 2015.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 2015–2018

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/72/246

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2018	A/RES/72/246	Effects of terrorism on the enjoyment of human rights	1,482	18%Compare
2015	A/HRC/RES/28/17	Effects of terrorism on the enjoyment of human rights	1,214	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

8 subjects

Conferences Counter-Terrorism Crime Prevention Criminal Justice Human Rights State Responsibility Terrorism Terrorism Financing

What’s in this document?

17 operative paragraphs

Strongly condemns all terrorist acts and expresses grave concern at their detrimental effects on human rights, including the right to life, liberty and security of person;

Condemns all terrorist acts on State institutions, public sites, individual property, national monuments and historical and cultural relics;

Expresses its concern that terrorist groups have targeted entire population segments indiscriminately, and in some cases on the basis of their ethnic and religious backgrounds;

Reaffirms the primary responsibility of the State to protect its citizens against terrorism;

Urges all States to deny all forms of support for terrorist groups, including financial support, and to deny safe haven to those who incite, plan, finance, support or commit terrorist acts;

Reiterates the obligation of States to prevent and suppress the financing of terrorist acts, including ransom payment, and to criminalize the wilful provision or collection by any means, directly or indirectly, of funds by their nationals or in their territories, with the intention that the funds be used, or with the knowledge that they are to be used, to carry out terrorist acts;

Urges States to take appropriate measures to duly investigate the incitement, preparation, instigation or commission of acts of terrorism and, where appropriate, to prosecute, convict and punish those engaged in such acts in accordance with national criminal laws and procedure;

Calls upon States to strengthen further their national laws and mechanisms on countering terrorism;

Condemns incitement to violence and terrorism by any means, in particular through the media, and in that regard highlights the complex challenges associated with the increasing use of social media and information and communications technology in inciting violence and terrorism;

Reaffirms its unequivocal condemnation of all acts, methods, practices and financing of terrorism as criminal and unjustifiable, renews its commitment to strengthen international cooperation to prevent and combat terrorism, and in that regard calls upon States and relevant regional and subregional organizations, as appropriate, to continue to implement the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy and its four pillars;

Calls upon all national and regional institutions and relevant civil society organizations, as appropriate, to advance tolerance and non-violence and more broadly to promote initiatives to build resilience against the recruitment of terrorists;

Expresses its solidarity with the victims of terrorism and their families, and acknowledges the importance of considering the needs of the victims of terrorism and preserving their human rights in such a way that requires the enhancement of international cooperation and the exchange of expertise in that respect;

Encourages States to provide satisfaction, reparation and rehabilitation for victims in accordance with the relevant national laws from within available resources;

Urges States and the international community to take measures, including through education, awareness-raising, the media and human rights educational activities and training, to effectively address the underlying factors of terrorism and the factors that make individuals and groups more vulnerable to the effects of terrorism and increase their propensity to be recruited by terrorists;

Invites all treaty bodies, special procedures mandate holders, relevant international and regional human rights mechanisms and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, within their respective mandates, to pay due attention to the negative impact of terrorism on the enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms;

Decides to convene, at its twenty-ninth session, a panel discussion on the effects of terrorism on the enjoyment by all persons of human rights and fundamental freedoms, and requests the High Commissioner to liaise with States and all stakeholders, including the relevant United Nations bodies, agencies and programmes, treaty bodies, special procedures mandate holders, national human rights institutions and civil society organizations with a view to ensuring their participation in the panel discussion;

Requests the High Commissioner to prepare a report on the panel discussion in the form of a summary and to submit it to the Human Rights Council at its thirtieth session.

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