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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/52/124
23 February 1998
Fifty-second session
Agenda item 112 (b)
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/52/644/Add.2)]
52/124. Human rights in the administration of justice
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 50/181 of 22 December 1995, and taking note of Commission on Human
Rights resolution 1996/32 of 19 April 19961 and decision 1997/106 of 11 April 19972 on human rights
in the administration of justice, particularly with respect to children and juveniles in detention,
Bearing in mind the principles embodied in articles 3, 5, 9 and 10 of the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights3 and the relevant provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and
the Optional Protocols thereto,4 in particular article 6 of the Covenant, which explicitly states that no one
shall be arbitrarily deprived of his life and prohibits the imposition of the death penalty for crimes
committed by persons below eighteen years of age,
1
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1996, Supplement No. 3 (E/1996/23),
chap. II, sect. A.
2
Ibid., 1997, Supplement No. 3 (E/1997/23), chap. II, sect. B.
3
Resolution 217 A (III).
4
See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex, and resolution 44/128, annex.
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