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28.
Urges States to take all necessary and effective measures, including legal
reform where appropriate, to prevent and respond to all forms of violence against children
within the justice system;
29.
Invites States, upon their request, to benefit from technical advice and
assistance in juvenile justice provided by the relevant United Nations agencies and
programmes, in particular the Interagency Panel on Juvenile Justice, in order to strengthen
national capacities and infrastructures in the field of the administration of justice, in
particular juvenile justice, encouraging States to provide adequate resources to the
secretariat of the Panel and to its members;
30.
Calls upon relevant special procedures of the Human Rights Council to give
special attention to questions relating to the effective protection of human rights in the
administration of justice, including juvenile justice and the human rights of persons
deprived of their liberty, and to provide, wherever appropriate, specific recommendations in
this regard, including proposals for advisory services and technical assistance measures;
31.
Calls upon the High Commissioner to reinforce advisory services and
technical assistance relating to national capacity-building in the field of the administration
of justice, in particular juvenile justice;
32.
Decides to convene, at its twenty-seventh session, a panel discussion on the
protection of the human rights of persons deprived of their liberty;
33.
Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to organize, from within
existing resources, at the twenty-seventh session of the Human Rights Council, the aforementioned panel discussion in consultation with States, relevant United Nations bodies and
mechanisms, in particular the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, as well as with
civil society and other stakeholders, with a view to ensuring their contribution to the panel
discussion;
34.
Also requests the Office of the High Commissioner to prepare a report on the
outcome of the panel discussion in the form of a summary, and to present it to the Human
Rights Council at its twenty-eighth session;
35.
Requests the High Commissioner to submit to the Human Rights Council, at
its thirtieth session, an analytical report on the human rights implications of overincarceration and overcrowding, drawing on the experience of United Nations and regional
human rights mechanisms, seeking the views of States, including on their practice
regarding alternatives to detention, and other relevant stakeholders;
36.
Decides to continue its consideration of this issue under the same agenda
item, in accordance with its annual programme of work.
34th meeting
26 September 2013
[Adopted without a vote.]
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