A/HRC/10/29
United Nations Development Programme in the field of administration of justice, in
particular juvenile justice, and invites States, upon their request, to benefit from technical
advice and assistance in juvenile justice provided by the relevant United Nations agencies
and programmes, in particular the Interagency Panel on Juvenile Justice, in order to
strengthen national capacities and infrastructures in the field of the administration of
justice, in particular juvenile justice;
15.
Calls upon relevant special procedures of the Council to give special
attention to questions relating to the effective protection of human rights in the
administration of justice, including juvenile justice, and to provide, wherever appropriate,
specific recommendations in this regard, including proposals for advisory services and
technical assistance measures;
16.
Calls upon the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to
reinforce advisory services and technical assistance relating to national capacity-building in
the field of the administration of justice, in particular juvenile justice, taking into account,
inter alia, the Nairobi Declaration on the role of national human rights institutions in the
administration of justice, adopted at the ninth international conference of the International
Coordinating Committee of national human rights institutions on 24 October 2008;
17.
Calls upon the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner to strengthen
system-wide coordination in this area further, including by providing assistance to national
human rights institutions in implementing the Nairobi Declaration and by supporting
further the Interagency Panel on Juvenile Justice in its work to respond favourably to
requests for technical assistance in the field of juvenile justice;
18.
Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report to the Council at its
thirteenth session on the latest developments, challenges and good practices in human rights
in the administration of justice, including juvenile justice and conditions for women and
children in detention, as well as in the activities undertaken by the United Nations system
as a whole;
19.
Requests the High Commissioner to report to the Council at its thirteenth
session on the implementation of the present resolution;
20.
Decides to continue its consideration of this issue under the same agenda
item in accordance with its annual programme of work.
41st meeting
25 March 2009
[Adopted without a vote. See part II, chap. III.]
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World Programme for Human Rights Education
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling General Assembly resolutions 43/128 of 8 December 1988, in which the
Assembly launched the World Public Information Campaign on Human Rights, 59/113 A
of 10 December 2004, 59/113 B of 14 July 2005 and 60/251 of 15 March 2006, in which
the Assembly decided, inter alia, that the Human Rights Council would promote human
rights education and learning, as well as Commission on Human Rights resolution 2005/61
of 20 April 2005 and Subcommission for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights
resolution 2006/19 of 24 August 2006, concerning the World Programme for Human
Rights Education, structured in consecutive phases, and the Plan of Action for its first phase
(2005–2007),
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