A/RES/71/188
Human rights in the administration of justice
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;
32. 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 joint global focal point for the police, justice and
corrections areas in the rule of law in post-conflict and other crisis situations;
33. 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;
34. 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 administra tion of justice,
and to provide, wherever appropriate, specific recommendations in this regard,
including proposals for advisory services and technical assistance measures;
35. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its
seventy-third session a report on the latest developments, challenges and good
practices in human rights in the administration of justice, including on efforts to
ensure equal access to justice for all through the independent, impartial and
effective administration of justice, and on the activities undertaken by the United
Nations system as a whole;
36. Decides to continue its consideration of the question of human rights in
the administration of justice at its seventy-third session under the item entitled
“Promotion and protection of human rights”.
65th plenary meeting
19 December 2016
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