Human Rights in the Administration of Justice

A/RES/40/146View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1986.

What else is in this group?

28 documents · 1972–2024

Newer documents in this group exist (latest: 2024).

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2024	A/RES/79/172	Human rights in the administration of justice	5,084	–
2023	A/RES/77/219	Human rights in the administration of justice	4,516	–
2020	A/RES/75/185	Human rights in the administration of justice	4,229	–
2019	A/RES/73/177	Human rights in the administration of justice	3,780	–
2017	A/RES/71/188	Human rights in the administration of justice	3,318	–

This group bundles related documents that are not individually ordered.

What subjects does this mandate have?

12 subjects

Administration of Justice Codes of Conduct Conferences Foreign Prisoners Judicial Independence Law Enforcement Officials Principles Prisoner Treatment Standards Summary Executions Torture and Other Cruel Treatment Treaties

What’s in this document?

3 operative paragraphs

VI.

Welcomes the Basic Principies on the Independence of the Judiciary, adopted unanimously by the Seventh United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, 194 and invites Govemments to respect them and to take them into account within the framework of their national legislation and practice;

Encourages the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities of the Commission on Human Rights, in giving further consideration to the question ofthe independence and impartiality ofthe judiciary, jurors and assessors and the independence of lawyers, which is currently on its agenda, to take into account the Basic Principies adopted by the Seventh Congress in making final recommendations at its thirtyninth session;

Takes note with appreciation of the Model Agreement on the Transfer of Foreign Prisoners and recommendations on the treatment of foreign prisoners, 195 also

adopted unanimously by the Seventh Congress, and invites Member States to take the Model Agreement into account in establishing treaty relations with other Member States or in revising existing treaty relations;

191 A/40/647, annex.

192 First United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Cnme and the pared by the Secretaria/ (United Nations publicat10n, Sales No. E.86.IV. I ). Treatment ofOjfenders, Geneva, 22 August-3 September 1955: report prechaf.' IV, sect. R. pared by the Secretaria/ (!Jnited Nations publication, Sales No. 1956.IV.4),

1 4 /bid .. chap. 1, sect. D.2. annex LA 191 lh,d.. sect. D.I 193 See Seventh Unlled Nations Congress on thc Prevenuon o( Cr1me and 1% Resolution 341169, ann,·, the Treatment ofOl[enders. Milan. 16 fogust-6 Seplember 1985· report pre-

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

What else is in this group?

What subjects does this mandate have?

What’s in this document?

VI.

Table of contents