Strengthening the United Nations crime prevention and criminal
justice programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity
A/RES/69/197
Recalling the commitments undertaken by Member States in the United
Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy adopted on 8 September 2006 7 and its
successive biennial reviews, 8
Recalling also the importance of the measures to eliminate international
terrorism adopted by the General Assembly in its resolution 68/119 and the
adoption, on 18 December 2013, of resolution 68/178 on the protection of human
rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism,
Reaffirming its resolutions addressing various aspects of violence against
women and girls of all ages,
Recalling the resolutions of the Commission on Human Rights and the Human
Rights Council addressing various aspects of violence against women and girls of
all ages,
Recalling also the agreed conclusions of the fifty-seventh session of the
Commission on the Status of Women, which addressed the elimination and
prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls, 9 and reiterating the
importance of crime prevention and criminal justice measures for the protection of
women and girls,
Noting the significance of the United Nations Model Strategies and Practical
Measures on the Elimination of Violence against Children in the Field of Crime
Prevention and Criminal Justice 10 as a way to assist countries in strengthening their
national crime prevention and criminal justice capacities to respond to all forms of
violence against women and girls,
Reiterating its condemnation of all forms of violence against women and girls,
and expressing deep concern about gender-related killing of women and girls,
Recalling all its relevant resolutions, including resolution 68/191 of
18 December 2013, on taking action against gender-related killing of women and
girls, and recognizing the key role of the criminal justice system in preventing and
responding to gender-related killing of women and girls, including by ending
impunity for such crimes,
Emphasizing the relevance of international instruments and United Nations
standards and norms in crime prevention and criminal justice related to the
treatment of prisoners, in particular women and juveniles,
Recalling its resolution 65/229 of 21 December 2010 on the United Nations
Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for
Women Offenders (the Bangkok Rules), and in this regard encouraging the efforts of
Member States to implement the Bangkok Rules,
Recalling also its resolution 68/190 of 18 December 2013, concerning the
updating of the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, and
noting the progress made during the third meeting of the open-ended
intergovernmental Expert Group on the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment
of Prisoners, held in Vienna from 25 to 28 March 2014, 11
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Resolution 60/288.
See resolutions 62/272, 64/297, 66/282 and 68/276.
9
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2013, Supplement No. 7 (E/2013/27), chap. I,
sect. A.
10
Resolution 69/194, annex.
11
See E/CN.15/2014/19 and Corr.1.
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