Human Rights in the Administration of Justice

A/RES/52/124View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1998.

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28 documents · 1972–2024

Newer documents in this group exist (latest: 2024).

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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What subjects does this mandate have?

6 subjects

Administration of Justice Coordination Within UN System Human Rights Standards Technical Cooperation Training Programmes

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9 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms the importance of the full and effective implementation of all United Nations standards on human rights in the administration of justice;

Reiterates its call to all Member States to spare no effort in providing for effective legislative and other mechanisms and procedures, as well as adequate resources, to ensure the full implementation of those standards;

Invites Governments to provide training, including gender-sensitive training, in human rights in the administration of justice, including juvenile justice, to all judges, lawyers, prosecutors, social workers and other professionals concerned, including police and immigration officers;

Invites States to make use of technical assistance offered by the United Nations programmes of technical assistance in order to strengthen national capacities and infrastructures in the field of administration of justice;

Invites the international community to respond favourably to requests for financial and technical assistance for the enhancement and strengthening of the administration of justice;

Calls upon the Secretary-General to strengthen system-wide coordination in the field of administration of justice, in particular between the United Nations programmes in the fields of human rights and crime prevention and criminal justice;

Calls upon the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, as well as mechanisms of the Commission on Human Rights and its subsidiary bodies, including special rapporteurs, special representatives and working groups, to continue to give special attention to questions relating to the effective promotion of human rights in the administration of justice and to provide, where appropriate, specific recommendations in this regard, including proposals for measures to provide advisory services and technical assistance;

Invites the Commission on Human Rights and the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice to coordinate closely their activities relating to the administration of justice;

Decides to consider the question of human rights in the administration of justice at its fifty-fourth session under the item entitled "Human rights questions".

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