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of the Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention of the Secretariat, to
coordinate closely their activities relating to the administration of justice;
8.
Calls upon mechanisms of the Commission on Human Rights and its
subsidiary bodies, including special rapporteurs, special representatives and working
groups, to continue to give special attention to questions relating to the effective
promotion and protection of human rights in the administration of justice, including
juvenile justice, and to provide, where appropriate, specific recommendations in this
regard, including proposals for advisory services and technical assistance measures;
9.
Calls upon the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to
reinforce, within her mandate, her activities relating to national capacity-building in
the field of the administration of justice, in particular in post-conflict situations;
10. Encourages the Office of the High Commissioner to continue organizing
training courses and other relevant activities aimed at enhancing the promotion and
protection of human rights in the field of the administration of justice, and
commends the Office for its work on the development of a human rights manual for
judges, prosecutors and lawyers within the framework of the United Nations Decade
for Human Rights Education, 1995–2004;
11. Welcomes the increased attention paid to the issue of juvenile justice by
the High Commissioner, in particular through technical assistance activities, and,
taking into account that international cooperation to promote juvenile justice reform
has become a priority within the United Nations system, encourages further
activities, within her mandate, in this regard;
12. Calls upon the coordination panel on technical advice and assistance in
juvenile justice further to increase cooperation among the partners involved, to
share information and to pool their capacities and interests in order to increase the
effectiveness of programme implementation;
13. Underlines the importance of rebuilding and strengthening structures for
the administration of justice and respect for the rule of law and human rights in
post-conflict situations, and requests the Secretary-General to ensure system-wide
coordination and coherence of programmes and activities of the relevant parts of the
United Nations system in the field of the administration of justice in post-conflict
situations, including assistance provided through United Nations field presences;
14. Stresses the special need for national capacity-building in the field of the
administration of justice, in particular through reform of the judiciary, the police and
the penal system, as well as juvenile justice reform, in order to establish and
maintain stable societies and the rule of law in post-conflict situations, and in this
context welcomes the role of the Office of the High Commissioner in supporting the
establishment and functioning of transitional justice mechanisms in post-conflict
situations;
15. Decides to consider the question of human rights in the administration of
justice at its fifty-eighth session under the item entitled “Human rights questions”.
88th plenary meeting
19 December 2001
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