A/HRC/14/34 the use of lethal force in the process of policing public assemblies (A/HRC/11/2). The Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment has recently addressed the use of the death penalty from the point of view of the norm prohibiting torture, together with the treatment of drug users in the criminal justice system (A/HRC/10/44), in particular the possibility that the denial of medical treatment in situations of detention may constitute cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (para. 71). A more complete study on the phenomena of torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in the world, including an assessment of conditions of detention, has been submitted by the Special Rapporteur to the Council in 2010.30 24. In 2010 the Representative of the Secretary-General on the human rights of internally displaced persons submitted to the Council a revised Framework on Durable Solutions for Internally Displaced Persons.31 The Framework aims to provide clarity on the concept of a durable solution for internally displaced persons (IDPs) and provides general guidance on how it can be achieved. Inter alia, the Framework recognizes effective remedies for violations linked to displacement, including access to justice and, where appropriate, reparations, as one of the key conditions determining whether a durable solution has been reached. D. Developments in the United Nations system 25. Across the United Nations system, a number of developments since 2007 have a direct bearing on human rights protection in the administration of justice. The Rule of Law Coordination and Resource Group, created in 2007 following a decision of the SecretaryGeneral, aims to increase coherence and minimize fragmentation across rule of law activities in the United Nations system. To date, the Group has, among other things, developed four Guidance Notes of the Secretary-General, each with an explicit foundation in international human rights norms: United Nations Assistance to Constitution-making Processes; United Nations Approach to Rule of Law Assistance; United Nations Approach to Transitional Justice; and United Nations Approach to Justice for Children. 26. The last-mentioned Guidance Note represents a major development for the United Nations system in respect of juvenile justice, providing the guiding principles and framework for United Nations work in the area of juvenile justice. In doing so it sets such activities within the United Nations mandate to promote the realization of human rights. The guiding principles and framework it adopts are grounded in relevant human rights norms, in particular the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and in the work of the Committee on the Rights of the Child and its general comment No. 10. The common United Nations approach set down in the Guidance Note is being rolled out at country level. Some of these activities are reported in section C above. 27. As part of a series of tools to support States in implementing the rule of law and the development of criminal justice reform, UNODC published a Handbook for Prison Managers and Policymakers on Women and Imprisonment in 2008. The Handbook draws to some extent on the international human rights norms relevant to detention and women and on the general comments of the Human Rights Committee. 28. The World Health Organization’s European office, as part of its Health in Prison Project, together with UNODC, has addressed the health needs of women prisoners in a publication entitled Women’s Health in Prison: Correcting gender inequity in prison 30 31 GE.10-13137 A/HRC/13/39 and A/HRC/13/39/Add.5. A/HRC/13/21/Add.4. 9

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