A/HRC/13/56 that interferences with the right to privacy are regulated by law, subject to effective oversight and appropriate redress, including through judicial review or other means; 8. Urges States, while countering terrorism, to respect the right to be equal before the courts and tribunals and to a fair trial, as provided for by international law, including international human rights law, such as article 14 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and, as applicable, international humanitarian law and refugee law; 9. Reiterates the concerns expressed by the General Assembly in its resolution 64/168 with regard to measures that can undermine human rights and the rule of law, and urges all States to take all necessary steps to ensure that persons deprived of liberty, regardless of the place of arrest or of detention, enjoy the guarantees to which they are entitled under international law, including the review of their detention and other fundamental judicial guarantees; 10. Acknowledges the report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights while countering terrorism (A/HRC/13/37); 11. Requests all States to cooperate fully with the Special Rapporteur in the performance of the tasks and duties mandated, including by reacting promptly to the urgent appeals and providing the information requested, and to give serious consideration to responding favourably to requests by the Special Rapporteur to visit their countries; 12. Regrets that the Special Rapporteur did not submit the compilation of good practices on legal and institutional frameworks and measures that ensure respect for human rights by intelligence agencies while countering terrorism as mandated by the Council in paragraph 12 of its resolution 10/15 of 26 March 2009, and therefore reiterates the requests to the Special Rapporteur, with the support of the Secretariat, to present the compilation to the Council no later than its fifteenth session; 13. Welcomes the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism (A/HRC/13/36), as well as the work to implement the mandate given to her by the Commission on Human Rights in its resolution 2005/80 and the General Assembly in its resolution 60/158, and requests the High Commissioner to continue her efforts in this regard; 14. Requests the High Commissioner and the Special Rapporteur to contribute further appropriately to the ongoing discussion regarding the efforts of Member States of the United Nations to assure adequate human rights guarantees to ensure fair and clear procedures, in particular with regard to placing on, reviewing and removing individuals and entities from terrorism-related sanctions lists; 15. Welcomes the decision taken by the Security Council in its resolution 1904 (2009) of 17 December 2009 to establish an office of the Ombudsperson, and looks forward to an early appointment as a step to continue enhancing fair and clear procedures for persons on the consolidated list of the Security Council established and maintained by the 1267 Committee; 16. Stresses the importance that relevant United Nations bodies and entities and international, regional and subregional organizations, in particular those that are participating in the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force, which provide technical assistance related to the prevention and suppression of terrorism to consenting States, include, as appropriate and where consistent with their mandates, the respect of international human rights law and, as applicable, international humanitarian law and refugee law, as well as the rule of law, as an important element of technical assistance that they offer to States related to counter-terrorism, including by drawing on the advice of, and 69

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