14. Welcomes the important activities of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, 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 and the 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.]
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