A/HRC/RES/29/9 4. Stresses the responsibility of States to protect persons in their territory against such acts, in full compliance with their international law obligations and in particular with international human rights, refugee and humanitarian law; 5. Reaffirms the importance of ensuring that the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism is an essential component of the work and strategies of the United Nations for supporting Member States in the context of the fight against terrorism; 6. Deeply deplores the suffering caused by terrorism to the victims and their families, expresses its profound solidarity with them, and stresses the importance of providing them with proper support and assistance; 7. Urges States, while countering terrorism, to respect and protect all human rights, including economic, social and cultural rights, bearing in mind that certain counterterrorism measures may have an impact on the enjoyment of those rights; 8. Reaffirms that terrorism cannot and should not be associated with any religion, nationality, civilization or ethnic group; 9. Urges States to ensure that measures taken to counter terrorism are not discriminatory, and not to resort to profiling based on stereotypes founded on ethnic, racial or religious grounds or any other ground of discrimination prohibited by international law; 10. Recognizes the work carried out by the special procedures of the Human Rights Council on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism; 11. Acknowledges that the active participation of civil society can reinforce ongoing governmental efforts to protect human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism; 12. Calls upon States to ensure that measures to combat terrorism and preserve national security are in compliance with their obligations under international law, in particular under international human rights law, and do not hinder the work and safety of individuals, groups and organs of society engaged in promoting and defending human rights; 13. Urges States to ensure that gender equality and non-discrimination are taken into account when shaping, reviewing and implementing all counter-terrorism measures; 14. Calls upon States, while countering terrorism, to ensure that any person who alleges that his or her human rights or fundamental freedoms have been violated has access to an effective remedy and that victims of human rights violations receive adequate, effective and prompt reparations, which should include, as appropriate, restitution, compensation, rehabilitation and guarantees of non-recurrence; 15. Also calls upon States, while countering terrorism, to review their procedures, practices and legislation regarding the surveillance of communications, their interception and the collection of personal data, including mass surveillance, interception and collection, with a view to upholding the right to privacy by ensuring the full and effective implementation of all their obligations under international human rights law, and urges them to take measures to ensure that interference with the right to privacy is regulated by law, which must be publicly accessible, clear, precise, comprehensive and nondiscriminatory, and that such interference is not arbitrary or unlawful, bearing in mind what is reasonable to the pursuance of legitimate aims; 16. Urges States to ensure that any measure taken or means employed to counter terrorism, including the use of remotely piloted aircraft, complies with their obligations 2