Protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Reaffirms that States must ensure that any measure taken to combat terrorism complies with their obligations under international law, in particular international human rights, refugee and humanitarian law; deplores the suffering caused by terrorism to the victims and their families, and expresses its profound solidarity with them; urges States to fully respect non-refoulement obligations under international refugee and human rights law; also urges States, while countering terrorism, to ensure due process guarantees, consistent with all relevant provisions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Geneva Conventions of 1949, in their respective fields of applicability; opposes any form of deprivation of liberty that amounts to placing a detained person outside the protection of the law, and urges States to respect the safeguards concerning the liberty, security and dignity of the person and to treat all prisoners in all places of detention in accordance with international law.

Adopted without vote, 81st plenary meeting

4 p.

Issued in GAOR, 61st sess., Suppl. no. 49.