Protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism A/RES/72/180 (o) To ensure that their laws criminalizing acts of terrorism are accessible, formulated with precision, non-discriminatory, non-retroactive and in accordance with international law, including international human rights law; (p) Not to resort to profiling based on stereotypes founded on grounds of discrimination prohibited by international law, including on racial, ethnic and/or religious grounds; (q) To ensure that the interrogation methods used against terrorism suspects are consistent with their international obligations and are reviewed on a regular basis; (r) To ensure that any person who alleges that his or her human rights or fundamental freedoms have been violated has access to a fair procedure for seeking full, effective and enforceable remedy within a reasonable time and that, where such violations have been established, victims receive an adequate, effective and prompt remedy, which should include, as appropriate, restitution, compensation, rehabilitation and guarantees of non-recurrence; (s) To ensure due process guarantees, consistent with all relevant provisions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1 and their obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Geneva Conventions of 1949 10 and the Additional Protocols thereto of 1977, 11 and the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees 12 and the 1967 Protocol thereto 13 in their respective fields of applicability; (t) To ensure that gender equality and non-discrimination are taken into account when shaping, reviewing and implementing all counter-terrorism measures, and to promote the full and effective participation of women in those processes; (u) To ensure that any measures taken or means employed to counter terrorism, including the use of remotely piloted aircraft, comply wit h their obligations under international law, including the Charter of the United Nations, human rights law and international humanitarian law, as applicable, in particular the principles of distinction and proportionality; (v) To take into account relevant United Nations resolutions and decisions on human rights, and encourages them to give due consideration to the recommendations of the special procedures and mechanisms of the Human Rights Council and to the relevant comments and views of United Nations human rights treaty bodies; (w) To undertake prompt, independent and impartial fact-finding inquiries whenever there are plausible indications of possible breaches of their obligations under international human rights law, with a view to ensuring account ability; 6. Calls upon States to protect the human rights of victims of terrorism, including with regard to their access to justice; 7. Urges States, while undertaking counter-terrorism activities, to respect their international obligations regarding humanitarian actors and to recognize the key role played by humanitarian organizations in areas where terrorist groups are active; 8. Condemns the recruitment and use of children in acts of terror and the recruitment and use of children, in violation of ap plicable international law, in measures taken to counter terrorism, and calls upon States to protect children pursuant to international human rights law and international humanitarian law; __________________ 10 11 12 13 17-23171 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, Nos. 970–973. Ibid., vol. 1125, Nos. 17512 and 17513. Ibid., vol. 189, No. 2545. Ibid., vol. 606, No. 8791. 5/7