Human Rights in the Administration of Justice

A/RES/42/143View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1988.

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28 documents · 1972–2024

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Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
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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11 subjects

Administration of Justice Advisory Services Conferences Crime Prevention Extralegal Executions Human Rights Inter-Agency Cooperation Laws and Regulations Standards Summary Executions Torture and Other Cruel Treatment

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7 operative paragraphs

Guided by the principies embodied in articles 3, 5, 9, 10 a11d 11 ofthe Universal Declaration ofHuman Rights, 2 as well as the relevan! provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 13 in particular article 6, which explicitly states that no one shall be arbitrarily depnved of his life,

Guided a/so by the relevant principies embodied in the Cunvention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment142 and in the International Convention on the Elimination of Ali Forms of Racial Discrimination,3 Ca//ing ,ittention to the Declaration of Basic Principies of Justice for Victims ofCrime and Abuse of Power166 and the safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty, approved by the Economic and Social Council in its resolution 1984/50 of 25 May 1984 and endorsed by the Seventh United Nations Congress on the Prevention ofCrime and the Treatment ofüffenders, 167 as well as to the Basic Principies on the Independence of the Judiciary, 168 the Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officia1s139 and the Standard Mínimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners,169

Considering the importance of progress with regard to the draft Body of Principies for the Protection of Ali Per- ~ons under Any Form of Detention or lmprisonment,

Further ca//ing attention to the prohibition under artide 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights of the imposition of the death penalty for crimes committed by persons below 18 years of age,

Recognizing the significant contributions of the programme ofwork ofthe United Nations in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice to international cooperation in the field of human rights in the administration of justice, as reaffirmed, ínter afia, by the Economic and Social Council in its resolutions 1987 /49 and 1987 /53 of 28 May 1987,

A.cknowledging the important work accomplished by the Commission on Human Rights at its forty-third session in this field, as reflected in its resolutions 1987 /33 of 10 March 1987 on human rights in the administration of iustice and 1987 /57 of 11 March 1987 on summary orarbitrary executions,26

166 Resolution 40/34, annex.

167 See Seventh United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime ,md the Treatment of Offenders, Milan, 26 August-6 September 1985: ceport prepared by the Secretariat (United Nations publication, Sales "lo E.86.IV. I ), chap. 1, sect. E. 1 S.

168 /bid., sect. D.2.

169 First United Nations Congress on the Prevention ofCrime and the T'reatment of Offenders, Geneva, 22 August-3 September 1955: report orepared by the Secretaria! (United Nations publication, Sales No. :<Vin.lV 4), annex LA

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Convinced of the need for further co-ordinated and concerted action in promoting respect for human rights in thc administration of justice,

Reiterates its call upan Member "itates to hring toan end the continued use of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, prohihited under international law, and strongly condemns the practicc of ,ummary or arbitrary executions;

Urges Member States to spare no cffort in prnviding for effective legislative and other mechanisms and proccdures and adequate resources to ensure more effective implementation of existing international standards relating to human rights in the administration of justice:

Welcomes the recommendations made by the Commission on Human Rights in its resolutio11 1987 /:l3 on more effective implementation of existing international standards relating to human rights in the administration of justice and the need for strengthcrnng ,:o-ordinated national and international action in this regard:

Encourages the Commission on Human Rights, the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discnmination and Protection of Minorities, the Human Rights Committee and the Committee on Crime Prevention a11CI Control, as well as regional and interregional human rights, crime prevention and criminal justice institutes and other entities of the United Nations system concerned to intcnsify their co-operation in mattcrs relating to human rights in the administration of justice and invites the Economic and Social Council to co-ordinate such efforh:

Encourages the continuing development of stratcgies for the practica) implementation of United Nat1ons standards and norms on human rights in the administration of justice and of measures to assist Memher Sta tes, at their request, in this implementation, as well as in evaluating their impact and effectiveness, in parlicular under the advisory services of the Department nf Technical Cooperation for Development, the Centre for Human Rights and the Centre for Social Development a11d Humanitarian Affairs of the Secretariat:

Notes with appreciation thc steps 111it1ated by thc Centre for Human Rights and the Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs to ew,urc closer cooperation in this field, induding preparations for the Eighth United Nations Congress on the Prevcntion of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders:

Recognizes the importan! role of the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system,

as well as intergovernrnental and governmental organizations concerned, 111 promoting human rights in the administration of justice and invites them to continue to co-operate with t he Secretary-General to this effect;

Decides to consider at its forty-third -..ession the question of human rights in the administration of justice.

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