A/HRC/30/64 28. Policymakers increasingly recognized the important role that victims of terrorism and their stories could play in efforts to counter violent extremism. UNODC integrated programmes on victims of terrorism in its technical assistance to Member States. Strengthening criminal justice responses to support victims enhanced the resilience of States to counter terrorism and violent extremism. 29. Developing the capacity of States to ensure rule of law-based responses to terrorism was underscored as being the most important factor in preventing terrorism and violent extremism. Several General Assembly and Security Council resolutions identified human rights violations as major factors conducive to terrorism, including, to a significant extent, human rights violations committed in the context of countering terrorism. There was often a perception in United Nations forums that the right to security and the security of rights were, by definition, limiting, if not in contradiction with one another. That is a totally faulty perception because both concepts are complementary. There is no security if the right to security of person is not properly recognized and protected. Likewise, there is no right to security of person if the protection and security of all other rights are not ensured. The Chief of Implementation Support Section III concluded by quoting the Secretary-General: “Missiles may kill terrorists. But I am convinced that good governance is what will kill terrorism.”6 IV. Summary of the discussion 30. During the ensuing discussion, contributions were made by representatives of Albania (on behalf of a group of States), Algeria, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, China, Cuba, Denmark (on behalf of the Nordic States), Ecuador (on behalf of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States), Egypt, Estonia, Hungary (on behalf of a group of States), India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Ireland, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, Namibia, the Netherlands, the Niger, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Switzerland (on behalf of a group of States), the Syrian Arab Republic, the United States of America and Viet Nam, as well as the Council of Europe, the European Union, the Holy See and the International Organization of la Francophonie. Statements by Australia, Brazil, Fiji, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Norway, the Russian Federation, South Africa, the Sudan and Tunisia were not delivered owing to lack of time. Copies of their statements were, however, posted on the Human Rights Council extranet. 31. Representatives of the following national human rights institutions and NGOs also took the floor: Human Rights Council of Morocco, Human Rights Watch (in a joint statement with International Service for Human Rights and International Federation for Human Rights Leagues), Al Salam Foundation, CIVICUS World Alliance for Citizen Participation, Friends World Committee for Consultation (in a joint statement with Amnesty International), Organization for Defending Victims of Violence, Arab Commission for Human Rights and Amuta for NGO Responsibility. A. Effect of terrorism on the enjoyment of human rights 32. Many delegates began their statements by offering condolences to the people of Tunisia, France, Kuwait and Egypt, which had recently suffered terrorist attacks, and the people of the Syrian Arab Republic, Iraq and Nigeria, who were victims of terrorist attacks on an almost daily basis. Most delegates found that terrorism constituted a serious 6 8 See the Secretary-General’s remarks at the G7 working session on Terrorism, held at Schloss Elmau, Germany, on 8 June 2015.

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