A/HRC/RES/24/7 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 8 October 2013 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-fourth 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 24/7. Arbitrary detention The Human Rights Council, Reaffirming articles 3, 9, 10 and 29, as well as other relevant provisions, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Recalling articles 9 to 11 and 14 to 22 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Recalling also Commission on Human Rights resolutions 1991/42 of 5 March 1991 and 1997/50 of 15 April 1997, and Human Rights Council resolutions 6/4 of 28 September 2007, 10/9 of 26 March 2009, 15/18 of 30 September 2010 and 20/16 of 6 July 2012, Recalling further General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006 on the Human Rights Council, Recalling Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 on institution-building of the Council and resolution 5/2 on the Code of Conduct for special procedures mandate holders of the Council, of 18 June 2007, and stressing that the mandate holder shall discharge his or her duties in accordance with those resolutions and the annexes thereto, 1. Detention; Stresses the importance of the work of the Working Group on Arbitrary 2. Takes note with interest of the latest report of the Working Group,1 including the recommendations contained therein; 3. Requests the States concerned to take account of the views of the Working Group and, where necessary, to take appropriate steps to remedy the situation of persons  The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of 1 GE.13-17847 the Council on its twenty-fourth session (A/HRC/24/2), Part One. A/HRC/22/44.