Human rights in the administration of justice.

1991/34. Human rights in the administration of justice

1. Reaffirms the importance of the full and effective implementation of all United Nations standards on human rights in the administration of justice;

2. Reiterates once again its call upon all Member States to spare no effort in providing for effective legislative and other mechanisms and procedures as well as adequate resources to ensure more effective implementation of these standards, taking into account the recommendations of the General Assembly in its resolution 43/153 of 8 December 1988, for the development of national strategies for this purpose;

3. Recognizes the important role that non-governmental organizations, including professional associations of lawyers and judges, can play in promoting human rights in the administration of justice;

4. Again calls upon its subsidiary bodies, including its special rapporteurs and working groups, to give special attention to questions relating to the effective protection of human rights in the administration of justice, in particular with regard to unacknowledged detention of persons, and to provide, wherever appropriate, specific recommendations in this regard, including proposals for possible concrete measures under advisory services programmes;

5. Stresses the desirability of providing States, at their request, with continued assistance in the field of the administration of justice, in particular under United Nations programmes of advisory services and technical assistance;

6. Emphasizes the importance of appropriate education and public information programmes in the field of human rights which would be geared particularly to those responsible for the administration of justice, and requests the Secretary-General to provide for appropriate action within the framework of the World Public Information Campaign for Human Rights;

7. Takes note with appreciation of the recommendations made by the Eighth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders relevant to human rights in the field of the administration of justice (see A/CONF.144/28);

8. Requests the Secretary-General to establish a consolidated list of provisions in the various United Nations standards relating to human rights in the administration of justice with a view to drafting model texts for national legislation;

9. Invites the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, on the basis of this consolidated list:

(a) To study the implementation of United Nations norms and standards in this field;

(b) To identify problems that may impinge on the effective implementation of these standards and norms;

(c) To recommend viable solutions with action-oriented proposals to the Commission;

(d) To take the necessary action with a view to elaborating model texts for national legislation for the effective implementation of standards relating to human rights in the administration of justice;

(e) To consider the question of the effectiveness of habeas corpus and similar remedies during states of emergency and to formulate suggestions thereon;

10. Requests the Sub-Commission to report to the Commission at forty-eighth session on the implementation of the present resolution;

11. Invites the Secretary-General to coordinate these activities of the Sub-Commission with the relevant activities of the Committee on Crime Prevention and Control, and requests the Secretary-General to invite a representative of the Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs to interchange ideas with the Working Group on Detention of the Sub-Commission;

12. Decides to consider the question of human rights in the administration of justice at its forty-eighth session under the agenda item "Question of the human rights of all persons subjected to any form of detention or imprisonment".