United Nations
A/RES/64/168
General Assembly
Distr.: General
22 January 2010
Sixty-fourth session
Agenda item 69 (b)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2009
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/64/439/Add.2 (Part II))]
64/168. Protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms
while countering terrorism
The General Assembly,
Reaffirming the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Reaffirming also the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1
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Recalling the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, 2
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Reaffirming the fundamental importance, including in response to terrorism
and the fear of terrorism, of respecting all human rights and fundamental freedoms
and the rule of law,
Reaffirming also that States are under the obligation to protect all human rights
and fundamental freedoms of all persons,
Reiterating the important contribution of measures taken at all levels against
terrorism, consistent with international law, in particular international human rights,
refugee and humanitarian law, to the functioning of democratic institutions and the
maintenance of peace and security and thereby to the full enjoyment of human
rights, as well as the need to continue this fight, including through international
cooperation and the strengthening of the role of the United Nations in this respect,
Deeply deploring the occurrence of violations of human rights and
fundamental freedoms in the context of the fight against terrorism, as well as
violations of international refugee and humanitarian law,
Noting with concern measures that can undermine human rights and the rule of
law, such as the detention of persons suspected of acts of terrorism in the absence of
a legal basis for detention and due process guarantees, the deprivation of liberty that
amounts to placing a detained person outside the protection of the law, the trial of
suspects without fundamental judicial guarantees, the illegal deprivation of liberty
and transfer of individuals suspected of terrorist activities, and the return of suspects
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