Human Rights Council Tenth Session Resolution 10/2. Human rights in the administration of justice, in particular juvenile justice The Human Rights Council, Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and all relevant international treaties, including the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and in particular articles 3, 37, 39 and 40 thereof, Bearing in mind the numerous other international standards and norms in the field of the administration of justice, in particular of juvenile justice, including the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (the “Beijing Rules”), adopted by the General Assembly in its resolution 40/33 on 29 November 1985, the United Nations Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency (the “Riyadh Guidelines”) and the United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty, adopted by the Assembly in its resolutions 45/112 and 45/113 on 14 December 1990 and the Guidelines on Justice in Matters involving Child Victims and Witnesses of Crime, adopted by the Economic and Social Council in its resolution 2005/20 of 22 July 2005, Recalling all resolutions of the Council, the Commission on Human Rights, the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council relevant to the subject, including Human Rights Council resolution 7/29 of 28 March 2008, Commission resolution 2004/43 of 19 April 2004, Assembly resolutions 62/158 of 18 December 2007 and 63/241 of 24 December 2008, and Economic and Social Council resolution 2007/23 of 26 July 2007, Noting with interest the adoption by the Human Rights Committee of its general comment No. 32 on the right to equality before courts and tribunals and to a fair trial (CCPR/C/GC/32) and the adoption by the Committee on the Rights of the Child of general comment No. 10 on children’s rights in juvenile justice (CRC/C/GC/10), Acknowledging the efforts made by the Secretary-General on improving the coordination of United Nations activities in the field of administration of justice, the rule of law and juvenile justice, in particular his report on the enhancement of support by the United Nations for the rule of law (A/61/636), his guidance notes on a United Nations approach to rule of law assistance and on the United Nations approach to justice for children, Noting with interest the relevant work of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in the administration of justice, Noting with satisfaction the work of the Interagency Panel on Juvenile Justice and its members, including the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the

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