A/RES/66/171 (m) 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 human rights law; (n) 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; (o) To ensure that the interrogation methods used against terrorism suspects are consistent with their international obligations and are reviewed on a regular basis to prevent the risk of violations of their obligations under international law, including international human rights, refugee and humanitarian law; (p) To ensure that any person whose human rights or fundamental freedoms have been violated has access to an effective and enforceable remedy within a reasonable time and that victims of such violations receive adequate, effective and prompt reparations, where appropriate, including by bringing to justice those responsible for such violations; (q) 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,7 the Geneva Conventions of 1949 9 and the Additional Protocols thereto, of 1977, 10 and the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees 11 and the 1967 Protocol thereto 12 in their respective fields of applicability; (r) To shape, review and implement all counter-terrorism measures in accordance with the principles of gender equality and non-discrimination; 7. Also urges States, while countering terrorism, 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; Welcomes the entry into force of the International Convention for the 8. Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, 13 the implementation of which will make a significant contribution in support of the rule of law in countering terrorism, including by prohibiting places of secret detention, and encourages all States that have not yet done so to consider signing, ratifying or acceding to the Convention; Encourages all States that have not yet done so to consider signing, 9. ratifying or acceding to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment4 and the Optional Protocol thereto, 14 the implementation of which will make a significant contribution in support of the rule of law in countering terrorism; _______________ 9 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, Nos. 970-973. Ibid., vol. 1125, Nos. 17512 and 17513. 11 Ibid., vol. 189, No. 2545. 12 Ibid., vol. 606, No. 8791. 13 Resolution 61/177, annex. 14 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2375, No. 24841. 10 5

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