A/HRC/RES/30/7 Encouraging continued regional and cross-regional efforts, the sharing of best practices and the provision of technical assistance in the field of juvenile justice, welcoming in this regard the holding of the World Congress on Juvenile Justice in Geneva, from 26 to 30 January 2015, and noting with interest its final declaration, Reaffirming that the best interests of the child must be a primary consideration in all decisions concerning the deprivation of liberty and, in particular, that depriving children and juveniles of their liberty should be used only as a measure of last resort and for the shortest appropriate period of time, in particular before trial, and the need to ensure that, if they are arrested, detained or imprisoned, children should be separated from adults to the greatest extent feasible, unless it is considered in the child’s best interest not to be, Reaffirming also that the best interests of the child are an important consideration in all matters concerning the child and related to the sentencing of his or her parents or, where applicable, legal guardians or primary caregivers, 1. Notes with appreciation the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights submitted to the Human Rights Council on the human rights implications of overincarceration and overcrowding;1 2. Welcomes the panel discussion convened by the Human Rights Council on the protection of the human rights of persons deprived of their liberty, held on 10 September 2014, and notes with appreciation the summary report prepared by the Office of the High Commissioner and submitted to the Council at its twenty-eighth session;2 3. Reaffirms the importance of the full and effective implementation of all United Nations standards on human rights in the administration of justice; 4. Calls upon States to spare no effort in providing for effective legislative, judicial, social, educative and other relevant mechanisms and procedures, as well as adequate resources, to ensure the full implementation of those standards, and invites them to take into consideration the issue of human rights in the administration of justice in the universal periodic review procedure; 5. Invites States to assess their national legislation and practice in accordance with those standards, including the revised United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners; 6. Invites Governments to include in their national development plans the administration of justice as an integral part of the development process, and to allocate adequate resources for the provision of legal aid services with a view to promoting and protecting human rights, and invites the international community to provide an increased level of both technical and financial assistance to States and to respond favourably to their requests for capacity-building, and enhancement and strengthening of institutions concerned with the administration of justice; 7. Stresses the special need for continuous national capacity-building in the field of the administration of justice, through reform of the judiciary, the police and the penal system, as well as juvenile justice reform; 8. Reaffirms that no one should be unlawfully or arbitrarily deprived of his or her liberty, and notes the principles of necessity and proportionality in this regard; 1 2 A/HRC/30/19. A/HRC/28/29. 3