A/HRC/14/35 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 21 April 2010 Original: English Human Rights Council Fourteenth session Agenda items 2 and 3 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on human rights in the administration of justice, including juvenile justice* Summary The present report is submitted in response to resolution 10/2, in which the Human Rights Council requested that the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights submit a report on the implementation of the resolution dealing with human rights and the administration of justice. The report is based on information provided by Member States and organized according to the principal focus areas of the resolution, in particular juvenile justice and the human rights of women and children in detention. In conclusion, common approaches reported by Member States are identified, including the grounding of national administration of justice regimes in human rights standards, the detention of children only as an approach of last resort, the existence of the possibility of diversion of juvenile cases from the regular court system, a focus on building a comprehensive approach to juvenile justice at the national level, and the importance of a functioning legal aid system, and of training on human rights for those working in the justice system. * Late submission. GE.10-13056 (E) 070510