A/HRC/13/56
12.
Emphasizes the essential role of judges, prosecutors and lawyers in
safeguarding the right not to be subjected to torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading
treatment or punishment and that in this regard States should ensure the effective
administration of justice, particularly by:
(a)
Enabling the judiciary to exercise its judicial functions independently,
impartially and professionally;
(b)
Taking effective measures to prevent and combat any unlawful interference
of any kind, such as threats, harassment, intimidation and assaults on judges, prosecutors
and lawyers, as well as ensuring that any such interference is promptly, effectively,
independently and impartially investigated with a view to bringing those responsible to
justice;
(c)
Taking effective measures for combating corruption in the administration of
justice, establishing proper legal aid programmes and having judges, prosecutors and
lawyers adequately and in sufficient numbers selected, trained and remunerated;
13.
Also emphasizes the importance of international cooperation, including
financial assistance, to assist States, upon their request, in their national efforts to
strengthen administration of justice;
14.
Urges all States to consider establishing or to maintain and enhance
independent and effective mechanisms with qualified legal and other relevant expertise to
undertake effective monitoring visits to places of detention, inter alia with a view to
preventing acts of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment;
15.
Calls upon States to ensure that education and information regarding the
absolute prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or
punishment are fully included in the education and training of all judges, prosecutors and
lawyers as well as law enforcement personnel;
16.
Invites the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or
degrading treatment or punishment and other relevant special procedures within their
respective mandates to take the present resolution into account in their future work;
17.
Takes note of the report of the Special Rapporteur (A/HRC/13/39);
18.
Calls upon the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights to continue to provide advisory services to States for the prevention of torture and
other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
44th meeting
26 March 2010
[Adopted without a vote. See part II, chap. III.]
13/20.
Rights of the child: the fight against sexual violence against children
The Human Rights Council,
Emphasizing that the Convention on the Rights of the Child must constitute the
standards in the promotion and protection of the rights of the child and stressing the
importance of the Optional Protocols thereto on the sale of children, child prostitution and
child pornography, and on the involvement of children in armed conflict, in particular in the
fight against sexual violence against children, and bearing in mind other human rights
instruments,
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