A/RES/79/172 Human rights in the administration of justice are relevant to the subject of human rights in the administration of justice, including General Assembly resolution 77/219 of 15 December 2022 and Human Rights Council resolutions 37/22 of 23 March 2018 10 and 42/11 of 26 September 2019, 11 Taking note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General on strengthening and coordinating United Nations rule of law activities, 12 and noting the New Vision of the Secretary-General for the Rule of Law, Reaffirming the importance of international standards and norms in crime prevention and criminal justice, including in relation to drug -related crimes, as recognized by Member States in the outcome document of the thirtieth special session of the General Assembly, entitled “Our joint commitment to effectively addressing and countering the world drug problem”, 13 Welcoming 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 the human rights treaty body mechanisms on human rights in the administration of justice, inter alia, of general comments No. 21 (1992) on humane treatment of persons deprived of their liberty, 14 No. 32 (2007) on the right to equality before courts and tribunals and to a fair trial 15 and No. 35 (2014) on liberty and security of person, 16 adopted by the Human Rights Committee, general comments No. 13 (2011) on the right of the child to freedom from all forms of violence 17 and No. 24 (2019) on children’s rights in the child justice system, 18 adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child, general recommendation No. 31 (2005) on the prevention of racial discrimination in the administration and functioning of the criminal justice system, 19 adopted by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, general recommendation No. 33 (2015) on women’s access to justice, 20 adopted by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, and general comments No. 1 (2014) on equal recognition before the law, 21 No. 6 (2018) on equality and non-discrimination 22 and No. 7 (2018) on the participation of persons with disabilities, including children with disabilities, through their representative organizations, in the implementation and monitoring of the Convention, 23 adopted by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 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 Peace Operations __________________ See Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-third Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/73/53), chap. IV, sect. A. 11 Ibid., Seventy-fourth Session, Supplement No. 53A (A/74/53/Add.1), chap. III. 12 A/79/117. 13 Resolution S-30/1, annex. 14 Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 40 (A/47/40), annex VI.B. 15 Ibid., Sixty-second Session, Supplement No. 40 (A/62/40), vol. I, annex VI. 16 CCPR/C/GC/35. 17 Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 41 (A/67/41), annex V. 18 CRC/C/GC/24. 19 Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixtieth Session, Supplement No. 18 (A/60/18), chap. IX. 20 CEDAW/C/GC/33. 21 CRPD/C/GC/1 and CRPD/C/GC/1/Corr.1. 22 CRPD/C/GC/6. 23 CRPD/C/GC/7. 10 2/11 24-24212