A/HRC/RES/36/16
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
9 October 2017
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-sixth session
11–29 September 2017
Agenda item 3
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 29 September 2017
36/16.
Human rights in the administration of justice, including
juvenile justice
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and all relevant international
treaties, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Convention
on the Rights of the Child, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the Optional Protocol thereto, as well as the
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance,
and encouraging all States that have not ratified or acceded to the aforementioned treaties to
consider doing so expeditiously,
Bearing in mind the numerous other international standards and norms in the field of
the administration of justice, in particular of juvenile justice, including the revised United
Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela
Rules), the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile
Justice (the Beijing Rules), the Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners, the Body of
Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment,
the United Nations Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency (the Riyadh
Guidelines), the United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their
Liberty, the Guidelines for Action on Children in the Criminal Justice System, the
Guidelines on Justice in Matters involving Child Victims and Witnesses of Crime, the
Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power, the
United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures
for Women Offenders (the Bangkok Rules), the Bangalore Principles of Judicial Conduct,
the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-custodial Measures (the Tokyo
Rules) and the United Nations Principles and Guidelines on Access to Legal Aid in
Criminal Justice Systems,
Recalling all resolutions of the Commission on Human Rights, the Human Rights
Council, the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council relevant to the
subject, in particular Human Rights Council resolutions 30/7 of 1 October 2015, General
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