A/HRC/RES/19/19
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
10 April 2012
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Nineteenth session
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council*
19/19
Protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering
terrorism
The Human Rights Council,
Reaffirming Human Rights Council decision 2/112 of 27 November 2006 and
Council resolutions 6/28 of 14 December 2007, 7/7 of 27 March 2008, 10/15 of 26 March
2009 and 13/26 of 26 March 2010, and Commission on Human Rights resolutions 2003/68
of 25 April 2003, 2004/87 of 21 April 2004 and 2005/80 of 21 April 2005, and recalling
General Assembly resolutions 57/219 of 18 December 2002, 58/187 of 22 December 2003,
59/191 of 20 December 2004, 60/158 of 16 December 2005, 61/171 of 19 December 2006,
62/159 of 18 December 2007, 63/185 of 18 December 2008, 64/168 of 18 December 2009,
65/221 of 21 December 2010, and 66/171 of 19 December 2011, and welcoming the efforts
of all relevant stakeholders to implement those resolutions,
1.
Calls upon States to ensure that any measure taken to counter terrorism
complies with international law, in particular international human rights, refugee and
humanitarian law;
2.
Expresses serious concern at the violations of human rights and fundamental
freedoms, as well as of refugee and international humanitarian law, in the context of
countering terrorism;
3.
Reaffirms its unequivocal condemnation of all acts, methods, practices and
financing of terrorism, in all its forms and manifestations, wherever and by whomsoever
committed, regardless of their motivation, as criminal and unjustifiable, and renews 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 and its four pillars,
*
GE.12-13027
The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of
the Council on its nineteenth session (A/HRC/19/2), chap. I.
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