A/HRC/RES/58/14
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
4 April 2025
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Fifty-eighth session
24 February–4 April 2025
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council
on 3 April 2025
58/14.
Mandate of Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of
human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and other relevant
international human rights instruments,
Bearing in mind General Assembly resolutions 60/251 of 15 March 2006, 62/219 of
22 December 2007 and 65/281 of 17 June 2011,
Recalling Human Rights Council resolutions 5/1, on institution-building of the
Council, and 5/2, on the Code of Conduct for Special Procedure Mandate Holders of the
Human Rights Council, of 18 June 2007, and stressing that the mandate holder shall discharge
his or her duties in accordance with those resolutions and the annexes thereto,
Expressing deep concern at the perpetration of violations of human rights and
fundamental freedoms in the context of the fight against terrorism and at the effects of
terrorism on the enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms, notably in respect of
victims,
Recalling Commission on Human Rights resolutions 2004/87 of 21 April 2004 and
2005/80 of 21 April 2005, General Assembly resolutions 59/191 of 20 December 2004,
60/158 of 16 December 2005 and 61/171 of 19 December 2006, and Human Rights Council
resolutions 6/28 of 14 December 2007, 15/15 of 24 September 2010, 22/8 of 21 March 2013,
31/3 of 20 April 2016, 40/16 of 22 March 2019 and 49/10 of 31 March 2022, on the mandate
of Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental
freedoms while countering terrorism,
1.
Decides to extend the mandate of Special Rapporteur on the promotion and
protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism for a period
of three years, with the same terms as provided for by the Human Rights Council in its
resolution 49/10;
2.
Encourages the Special Rapporteur to continue to engage in the United Nations
Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact, in accordance with the mandate;
GE.25-05436 (E)