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3.
Takes note of the latest reports of the Working Group (E/CN.4/2006/7 and
A/HRC/4/40), including the recommendations contained therein;
4.
Requests the States concerned to take account of the Working Group’s views and,
where necessary, to take appropriate steps to remedy the situation of persons arbitrarily deprived
of their liberty and to inform the Working Group of the steps they have taken;
5.
Encourages all States:
(a)
To give due consideration of the recommendations of the Working Group;
(b) To take appropriate measures in order to ensure that their legislation, regulations and
practices remain in conformity with the relevant international standards and the applicable
international legal instruments;
(c) To respect and promote the right of anyone who is arrested or detained on a criminal
charge to be brought promptly before a judge or other officer authorized by law to exercise
judicial power and to be entitled to trial within a reasonable time or to release;
(d) To respect and promote the right of anyone who is deprived of his/her liberty by
arrest or detention to be entitled to bring proceedings before a court, in order that the court may
decide without delay on the lawfulness of his/her detention and order his/her release if the
detention is not lawful, in accordance with their international obligations;
(e) To ensure that the right deferred to in subparagraph (d) above is equally respected in
cases of administrative detention, including administrative detentions in relation to public
security legislation;
(f)
the trial;
To ensure that the conditions of pretrial detention do not undermine the fairness of
6.
Also encourages all States concerned to ensure that any measures taken to combat
terrorism comply with their obligations that ensure protection against arbitrary detention, bearing
in mind relevant recommendations of the Working Group;
7.
Further encourages all States to cooperate with the Working Group, and to give
serious consideration to its requests for visits, so that it may carry out its mandate even more
effectively;
8.
Notes with concern that a persistent proportion of urgent appeals of the Working
Group has been left unanswered and urges the States concerned to give the necessary attention to
the urgent appeals addressed to them by the Working Group on a strictly humanitarian basis and
without prejudging its possible final conclusions;
9.
Expresses its profound thanks to the States that have extended their cooperation to
the Working Group and responded to its requests for information, and invites all States
concerned to demonstrate the same spirit of cooperation;
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