A/RES/73/185
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
7 January 2019
Seventy-third session
Agenda item 109
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 17 December 2018
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/73/590)]
73/185.
The rule of law, crime prevention and criminal justice
in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals
The General Assembly,
Reaffirming its commitment to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the
United Nations and international law, which are the indispensable foundation of a
more peaceful, prosperous and just world, and reiterating its determination to foster
strict respect for them and to establish a just and lasting peace all over the world,
Taking note of the relevant provisions of the declaration of the high-level
meeting of the General Assembly on the rule of law at the national and international
levels, 1 including that human rights, the rule of law and democracy are interlinked
and mutually reinforcing and that they belong to the universal and indivisible core
values and principles of the United Nations,
Mindful of its resolution 72/119 of 7 December 2017, entitled “The rule of law
at the national and international levels”, as well as all its previous resolutions on that
topic,
Mindful also of its resolution 72/196 of 19 December 2017, entitled
“Strengthening the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme,
in particular its technical cooperation capacity”, as well as all its previous resolutions
on that topic,
Mindful further of Economic and Social Council resolutions 2004/25 of 21 July
2004, 2005/21 of 22 July 2005 and 2006/25 of 27 July 2006 on strengthening the rule
of law and the reform of criminal justice institutions, as well as the technical
assistance activities of the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice
programme in that area, including in post-conflict reconstruction,
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