Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms While Countering Terrorism

A/RES/58/187View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 117b Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms, published in 2004.

What other versions does this mandate have?

20 versions · 2004–2018

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/72/180

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2018	A/RES/72/180	Protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism	3,143	17%Compare
2017	A/HRC/RES/35/34	Protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism	2,233	65%Compare
2016	A/HRC/RES/33/21	Protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism	2,816	16%Compare
2016	A/RES/70/148	Protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism	3,559	18%Compare
2015	A/HRC/RES/29/9	Protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism	1,784	77%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

12 reports · 2004–2019

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2019	A/74/270	Protecting human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/72/180
2017	A/72/316	Protecting human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/70/148
2015	A/70/271	Protecting human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/68/178
2013	A/68/298	Protecting human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/66/171
2011	A/66/204	Protecting human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/65/221

What subjects does this mandate have?

18 subjects

Advisory Services Coordination Within UN System Counter-Terrorism Human Rights Human Rights Advancement Human Rights in Armed Conflicts Human Rights Monitoring Information Exchange Institutional Machinery International Obligations International Security Public Information Publications Recommendations Refugee Law Report Preparation Terrorism Treaty-Monitoring Bodies

What’s in this document?

15 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms that States must ensure that any measure taken to combat terrorism complies with their obligations under international law, in particular international human rights, refugee and humanitarian law;

Calls upon States to raise awareness about the importance of these obligations among national authorities involved in combating terrorism;

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 57/219,⁷ and welcomes its conclusions on the necessity of ensuring respect for human rights in the international fight to eliminate terrorism and on the important role that the United Nations has in promoting the maintenance of international peace and security and in achieving international cooperation for the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms for all;

⁷E/CN.4/2003/120.

Takes note with interest of the report of the Secretary-General on the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism,⁸ and welcomes the various initiatives to strengthen the protection of human rights in the context of counter-terrorism adopted by the United Nations and regional intergovernmental bodies as well as by States;

⁸A/58/266.

Welcomes the publication of the “Digest of Jurisprudence of the United Nations and Regional Organizations on the Protection of Human Rights while Countering Terrorism”, and requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to update and publish it periodically;

Also welcomes the ongoing dialogue established in the context of the fight against terrorism between the Security Council and its Counter-Terrorism Committee and the relevant bodies for the promotion and protection of human rights, and encourages the Security Council and its Counter-Terrorism Committee to continue to develop the cooperation with relevant human rights bodies, in particular with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, giving due regard to the promotion and protection of human rights in the ongoing work pursuant to relevant Security Council resolutions relating to terrorism;

Requests all relevant special procedures and mechanisms of the Commission on Human Rights, as well as the United Nations human rights treaty bodies, to consider, within their mandates, the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the context of measures to combat terrorism and to coordinate their efforts, as appropriate, in order to promote a consistent approach on this subject;

Encourages States, while countering terrorism, to take into account relevant United Nations resolutions and decisions on human rights, and encourages them to consider the recommendations of the special procedures and mechanisms of the Commission on Human Rights and the relevant comments and views of United Nations human rights treaty bodies;

Requests the High Commissioner, making use of existing mechanisms, to continue:

To examine the question of the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, taking into account reliable information from all sources;

To make general recommendations concerning the obligation of States to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms while taking actions to counter terrorism;

To provide assistance and advice to States, upon their request, on the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, as well as to relevant United Nations bodies;

Also requests the High Commissioner, taking into account the views of States, to submit a study on the extent to which the human rights special procedures and treaty monitoring bodies are able, within their existing mandates, to address the compatibility of national counter-terrorism measures with international human rights obligations in their work, for consideration by States in strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, with regard to the international human rights institutional mechanisms;

Further requests the High Commissioner to submit the requested study to the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session, with an interim report to the Commission on Human Rights at its sixtieth session;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report on the implementation of the present resolution to the Commission on Human Rights at its sixtieth session and to the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session.

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