A/HRC/RES/50/5
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
18 July 2022
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Fiftieth session
13 June–8 July 2022
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights: civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council
on 7 July 2022
50/5.
Independence and impartiality of the judiciary, jurors and assessors,
and the independence of lawyers: participation of women in the
administration of justice
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, articles
7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and articles 2, 4, 9, 14 and
26 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, and bearing in mind the Vienna
Declaration and Programme of Action and all relevant human rights instruments,
Recalling the Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary, the Basic
Principles on the Role of Lawyers, the Guidelines on the Role of Prosecutors, the Bangalore
Principles of Judicial Conduct and the United Nations Principles and Guidelines on Access
to Legal Aid in Criminal Justice Systems,
Recalling also all previous resolutions and decisions of the Human Rights Council,
the Commission on Human Rights and the General Assembly on the independence and
impartiality of the judiciary and on the integrity of the judicial system,
Taking note of the reports of the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges
and lawyers submitted to the Human Rights Council at its forty-fourth and forty-seventh
sessions1 and to the General Assembly at its seventy-sixth session,2
Taking note also of all relevant general recommendations and general comments
adopted by the treaty bodies,
Convinced that an independent and impartial judiciary, an independent legal
profession, an objective and impartial prosecution able to perform its functions accordingly
and the integrity of the judicial system are prerequisites for the protection of human rights
and the application of the rule of law and for ensuring fair trials and the administration of
justice without any discrimination,
1
2
A/HRC/44/47 and A/HRC/47/35 and Corr.1.
A/76/142.
GE.22-11085(E)