A/RES/69/172
Human rights in the administration of justice
Recalling also its resolution 67/1 of 24 September 2012, entitled “Declaration
of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the rule of law at the national
and international levels”,
Noting the report of the Secretary-General on strengthening and coordinating
United Nations rule of law activities, 10
Welcoming the United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners
and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (the Bangkok Rules), 11
Welcoming also the United Nations Principles and Guidelines on Access to
Legal Aid in Criminal Justice Systems, 12
Welcoming further the work of all special procedures of the Human Rights
Council that address human rights in the administration of justice in the discharge of
their mandates,
Taking note of the work of all human rights treaty body mechanisms on human
rights in the administration of justice, in particular of general comments No. 21 on
the humane treatment of persons deprived of their liberty 13 and No. 32 on the right
to equality before courts and tribunals and to a fair trial, 14 adopted by the Human
Rights Committee, and general comments No. 10 on children’s rights in juvenile
justice 15 and No. 13 on the right of the child to freedom from all forms of violence, 16
adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child,
Noting with appreciation the important work in the field of the administration
of justice of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the Office of the United
Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Development
Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Department of Peacekeeping
Operations of the Secretariat and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and
the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) as well as the work of the Special
Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children and the
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict,
Noting with appreciation also the thematic report by the Special
Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children entitled
“Promoting restorative justice for children”,
Noting with satisfaction the work of the Interagency Panel on Juvenile Justice
and of its members, in particular their coordination in providing technical advice
and assistance in juvenile justice, and the active participation of civil society in their
respective work,
Encouraging continued regional and cross-regional efforts, the sharing of best
practices and the provision of technical assistance in the field of juvenile justice,
and noting in this regard the initiative to convene a world congress on juvenile
justice in Geneva from 26 to 30 January 2015,
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10
A/68/213/Add.1.
Resolution 65/229, annex.
12
Resolution 67/187, annex.
13
Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 40 (A/47/40),
annex VI.B.
14
Ibid., Sixty-second Session, Supplement No. 40 (A/62/40), vol. I, annex VI.
15
Ibid., Sixty-third Session, Supplement No. 41 (A/63/41), annex IV.
16
Ibid., Sixty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 41 (A/67/41), annex V.
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