A/HRC/7/78 page 20 7/7. Protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism The Human Rights Council, Recalling its decision 2/112 and its resolution 6/28, and also recalling Commission on Human Rights resolutions 2003/68, 2004/87 and 2005/80, as well as General Assembly resolutions 57/219, 58/187, 59/191, 60/158, 61/171 and 62/159, 1. Reaffirms that States must ensure that any measure taken to combat terrorism complies with their obligations under international law, in particular international human rights, refugee and humanitarian law; 2. Deeply deplores the suffering caused by terrorism to the victims and their families, expresses its profound solidarity with them, and stresses the importance of providing them with proper assistance; 3. Reaffirms its unequivocal condemnation of all acts, methods and practices of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, wherever and by whomsoever committed, regardless of their motivation, as criminal and unjustifiable, and renewing its commitment to strengthen international cooperation to prevent and combat terrorism, and in that regard calls upon States and other relevant actors, as appropriate, to continue to implement the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, which, inter alia, reaffirms respect for human rights for all and the rule of law to be the fundamental basis of the fight against terrorism; 4. Also reaffirms the obligation of States, in accordance with article 4 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to respect that certain rights are non-derogable in any circumstances, and recalls, in regard to all other Covenant rights, that any measures derogating from the provisions of the Covenant must be in accordance with that article in all cases, and underlines the exceptional and temporary nature of any such derogations;1 5. Calls upon States to raise awareness of the importance of these obligations among national authorities involved in combating terrorism; 6. Reaffirms that counter-terrorism measures should be implemented in full consideration of the human rights of persons belonging to minorities and must not be discriminatory on grounds such as race, colour, sex, language, religion or social origin; 7. Calls upon States 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; 1 See, for example, general comment No. 29 (2001), on article 4 of the Covenant (derogations during a state of emergency) adopted by the Human Rights Committee.