A/HRC/RES/24/12 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.] 6

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