Human Rights in the Administration of Justice

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Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1985.

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28 documents · 1972–2024

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2024	A/RES/79/172	Human rights in the administration of justice	5,084	–
2023	A/RES/77/219	Human rights in the administration of justice	4,516	–
2020	A/RES/75/185	Human rights in the administration of justice	4,229	–
2019	A/RES/73/177	Human rights in the administration of justice	3,780	–
2017	A/RES/71/188	Human rights in the administration of justice	3,318	–

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6 subjects

Administration of Justice Capital Punishment Extralegal Executions Human Rights Prisoner Treatment Summary Executions

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8 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms the existing prohibition under international law of every form of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and strongly condemns the practice of arbitrary and summary executions;

Endorses the recommendations contained in Economic and Social Council resolutions 1984/47 and 1984/50 on procedures for the effective implementation of the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners and on safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty, respectively, as well as the provisions of their annexes;

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Calls upon Member States to spare no effort in providing for adequate mechanisms,

procedures and resources so as to ensure the implementation of these recommendations, both in law and in practice;

Requests the Seventh United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, under item 7 of its provisional agenda, to give urgent attention to the matter of devising ways and means to ensure more effective application of existing standards and to report thereon to the ( ,meral Assembly at its fortieth session:

Requests the Secretary-General to discharge fully his tasks in connection with the implementation of the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, particularly with regard to procedures 7, 8, 9 and 10 contained in the annex to Ernnomic and Social Council resolution 1984/47, and to employ his best endeavours in cases where the safeguards guaranteeing the protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty are violated;

Requests the Economic and Social Council, through the Committee on Crime Prevention and Control, to keep these matters under constant review:

Invites the specia\i,ed agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system, as well as intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations concerned, to continue to co-operate with the Secretary-General in these endeavours by providing assistance, as may be appropriate, and by submitting proposals for relevant action to the Seventh Congress;

Decides to consider at its fortieth session the question of human rights in the administration of justice.

JO I st plenary meeting

14 December 1984

I 19 See Official Records of the General .4ssemb!J,. Th,rtv-nimh Sesmm. Supplement No. I (N39! I).

120 Resolution 21 7 A (III).

12I See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.

122 First United Nations Congress on the Prf'ventwn of Crune and the Treatment of Offenders: report prepared bv 1he Secretariat (United Nations publication, Sales No. 1956.IV.4), annex fA.

123 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Cmmc1/, /<JM, Supplement No. 6 (E/1984/16).

124 Umtcd Nattons. /'real)' Sc•11·s. vol. 75. Nos. 970-973.

1 '' A: 32 144. annexes I a·nd I!

126 Sec Official Records of the Fconom,c and Sona/ Counnl, I 98 I, Supp/,•- mcnt No. _, (E/1981/25 and Con I). chap. XXVIII. sect. A.

127 IhuI 1982. Supp/cmclll \, .' (E·l982:12 and Corr.I). chap. XXVI. sect. ,\.

128 lhui I 9113 Su11plemcnt .\ , .i (E 1983/ 1.l and Corr. I). chap. XXYII. ~c~·t \

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