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Human rights in the administration of justice
with interest the convening of and reports on all relevant meetings and panel
discussions on these issues held by the Human Rights Council; 29
32. Calls upon States to take effective and appropriate measures to remove all
barriers preventing persons with disabilities from having effective access to justice
on an equal basis with others and without discrimination;
33. Invites States to provide for tailored and interdisciplinary human rights
training, including anti-racist, anti-discriminatory, multicultural, disability-inclusive,
gender-sensitive and child rights training, to all judges, lawyers, prosecutors, social
workers, immigration, correction and police officers and other professionals
concerned, including personnel deployed in international field presences;
34. Also invites States, upon their request, to benefit from technical advice and
assistance provided by the relevant United Nations entities and programmes in order
to strengthen national capacities and infrastructures in the field of the administration
of justice;
35. Invites the Office of the High Commissioner and the United Nations Office
on Drugs and Crime to reinforce their technical assistance to States, upon request and
in accordance with their respective mandates, to strengthen the national capacity building of States in the field of the administration of justice, in particular in post conflict situations, and in this context to strengthen cooperation with relevant United
Nations entities;
36. Underlines the importance of rebuilding and strengthening structures for
the administration of justice and of respecting the rule of law and human rights,
including in post-conflict situations, as a crucial contribution to building peace and
justice and ending impunity, and in this respect requests the Secretary -General to
further streamline and strengthen system-wide coordination and coherence of
programmes and activities of the relevant parts of the United Nations system,
including through the Rule of Law Coordination and Resource Group chaired by the
Deputy Secretary-General, the Rule of Law Unit in the Executive Office of the
Secretary-General and the global focal point arrangement for the police, justice and
corrections areas in the rule of law in post-conflict and other crisis situations;
37. Invites States, in the context of the universal periodic review mechanism
and in their reports under international human rights treaties, to consider addressing
the promotion and protection of human rights in the administration of justice;
38. Also invites States, when reviewing progress made in the implementation
of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, to consider the possibility of
looking into the causes and effects of overincarceration and overcrowding, including,
where persons are in vulnerable situations or marginalized, with regard to
non-discrimination and persons who are in vulnerable situations or marginalized in
the administration of justice;
39. Invites relevant special procedure mandate holders of the Human Rights
Council, as well as relevant treaty bodies, to give special attention to questions
relating to the effective protection of human rights in the administration of justice,
and to provide, wherever appropriate, specific recommendations in this regard,
including proposals for advisory services and technical assistance measures;
40. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its
seventy-fifth session a report on the latest developments, challenges and good
practices in human rights in the administration of justice, including on the situation
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