Rule of law, crime prevention and criminal justice in
the United Nations development agenda beyond 2015
A/RES/69/195
sustainable development, the eradication of poverty and hunger and the full
realization of all human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the right to
development, all of which in turn reinforce the rule of law,
Reiterating also that transnational crime must be addressed with full respect
for the principles of the sovereign equality and territorial integrity of States and of
non-intervention in the domestic affairs of other States, and in accordance with the
rule of law, as part of a comprehensive response to promote durable solutions
through the promotion of human rights and more equitable socioeconomic
conditions, and in that regard stressing again the importance of encouraging
Member States to develop, as appropriate, comprehensive crime prevention policies
based on an understanding of the multiple factors that contribute to crime and to
address such factors in a holistic manner, while emphasizing that crime prevention
should be an integral element of strategies to foster social and economic
development in all States,
Stressing the importance of a well-functioning, efficient, fair, effective and
humane criminal justice system as the basis for a successful strategy against
transnational organized crime, corruption, terrorism, drug trafficking and other
forms of trafficking,
Recalling its resolution 67/186 of 20 December 2012, entitled “Strengthening
the rule of law and the reform of criminal justice institutions, particularly in the
areas related to the United Nations system-wide approach to fighting transnational
organized crime and drug trafficking”, and its resolution 68/188 of 18 December
2013, entitled “The rule of law, crime prevention and criminal justice in the United
Nations development agenda beyond 2015”,
Acknowledging the centrality of crime prevention and the criminal justice
system to the rule of law, and also acknowledging that long-term sustainable
economic and social development and the establishment of a functioning, efficient,
effective and humane criminal justice system have a positive influence on each
other, as stated in the Salvador Declaration on Comprehensive Strategies for Global
Challenges: Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Systems and Their Development
in a Changing World, of 2010,4
Reaffirming the importance of promoting the implementation of the United
Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols
thereto,5 the United Nations Convention against Corruption6 and the United Nations
Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of
1988,7
Reaffirming also the importance of relevant international anti-terrorism
instruments, as appropriate, and drawing on the existing United Nations standards
and norms in crime prevention and criminal justice,
Recalling its resolution 63/23 of 17 November 2008, entitled “Promoting
development through the reduction and prevention of armed violence”,
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Resolution 65/230, annex.
United Nations, Treaty Series, vols. 2225, 2237, 2241 and 2326, No. 39574.
6
Ibid., vol. 2349, No. 42146.
7
Ibid., vol. 1582, No. 27627.
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