2/L.34 Human rights and counter-terrorism
Document Type: Draft Decision
Date: 2006 Oct
Session: 2nd Regular Session (2006 Sep)
Agenda Item: Item2: Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General
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A/HRC/2/L.34 3 October 2006
Original: ENGLISH
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Second session Agenda item 2
IMPLEMENTATION OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION 60/251 OF 15 MARCH 2006 ENTITLED “HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL”
Switzerland: draft decision
2006/… Human rights and counter-terrorism
The Human Rights Council, taking into account the report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights while countering terrorism (E/CN.4/2006/98 and Add.1) and recalling the duty of all States to respect and comply with their obligations under international law, in particular human rights law and international humanitarian law, while countering terrorism, decides to urge all States to take all necessary steps to ensure that persons detained by them, regardless of the place of arrest or detention, benefit from the guarantees to which they are entitled under international law, including access to a judge, respect for fair trial principles and protection against torture and humiliating or degrading treatment.
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