United Nations General Assembly A/HRC/RES/24/12 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 24/12. Human rights in the administration of justice, including juvenile justice The Human Rights Council, Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and all relevant international treaties, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the Optional Protocol thereto, as well as the Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, and encouraging all States that have not ratified or acceded to the afore-mentioned treaties to consider doing so expeditiously, Bearing in mind the numerous other international standards and norms in the field of the administration of justice, in particular of juvenile justice, including the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (the “Beijing Rules”),1 the Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners,2 the Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment, 3 the United Nations Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency (the Riyadh Guidelines)4 and the United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty (the Havana Rules), 5 the Guidelines for Action on Children in the Criminal Justice System (the Vienna Guidelines),6  The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of 1 2 3 4 5 6 GE.13-17882 the Council on its twenty-fourth session (A/HRC/24/2), Part One. General Assembly resolution 40/33, annex. General Assembly resolution 45/111, annex. General Assembly resolution 43/173, annex. General Assembly resolution 45/112. General Assembly resolution 45/113. Economic and Social Council resolution 1997/30, annex.