A/HRC/RES/30/7
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
12 October 2015
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirtieth session
Agenda item 3
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 1 October 2015
30/7.
Human rights in the administration of justice, including
juvenile justice
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and all relevant international
treaties, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Convention
on the Rights of the Child, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the Optional Protocol thereto, as well as the
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance,
and encouraging all States that have not ratified or acceded to the aforementioned treaties to
consider doing so expeditiously,
Bearing in mind the numerous other international standards and norms in the field of
the administration of justice, in particular of juvenile justice, including the Standard
Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, the United Nations Standard Minimum
Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (the Beijing Rules), the Basic Principles for
the Treatment of Prisoners, the Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under
Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment, the United Nations Guidelines for the Prevention
of Juvenile Delinquency (the Riyadh Guidelines), the United Nations Rules for the
Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty, the Guidelines for Action on Children in
the Criminal Justice System, the Guidelines on Justice in Matters involving Child Victims
and Witnesses of Crime, the Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime
and Abuse of Power, the United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and
Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (the Bangkok Rules), the Bangalore
Principles of Judicial Conduct, the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Noncustodial Measures (the Tokyo Rules) and the United Nations Principles and Guidelines on
Access to Legal Aid in Criminal Justice Systems,
Welcoming the adoption of the revised United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for
the Treatment of Prisoners (Mandela Rules),
Recalling all resolutions of the Commission on Human Rights, the Human Rights
Council, the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council relevant to the
subject, in particular Human Rights Council resolutions 18/12 of 29 September 2011, 24/12
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