Examples of using Declaration of basic principles in English and their translations into Arabic
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In its resolution 1997/31, on victims of crime and abuse of power, the Economic and Social Council urged Governments to make effective use of the provisions contained in the Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power(General Assembly resolution 40/34, annex).
It follows from the above analytical comparison of the van Boven and Joinet Guidelines, and taking into account the Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice and the Statute of the International Criminal Court, as well as the views of Governments which submitted comments, that a number of important matters in the guidelines remain to be clarified or resolved before a revised version can be prepared in accordance with Commission on Human Rights resolution 1998/43.
In paragraph 6 of resolution 2007/24, the Economic and Social Council requested UNODC, subject to the availability of extrabudgetary resources, to convene an open-ended intergovernmental meeting of experts to study ways and means of strengthening access to legal aid in the criminal justice system, as well as the possibility of developing an instrument such as a declaration of basic principles or a set of guidelines for improving access to legal aid in criminal justice systems.
(d) Inviting Member States to provide funding for the organization of the open-ended intergovernmental meeting of experts to study ways and means of strengthening access to legal aid in the criminal justice system as well as the possibility of developing an instrument such as a declaration of basic principles or a set of guidelines for improving access to legal aid in criminal justice systems, mandated by the Economic and Social Council in its resolution 2007/24;
According to the Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power, victims include" persons who, individually or collectively, have suffered harm, including physical or mental injury, emotional suffering, economic loss or substantial impairment of their fundamental rights, through acts or omissions that are in violation of criminal laws operative within Member States, including those laws proscribing criminal abuse of power".
The portion of the Statute of the International Criminal Court(ICC) dealing with compensation for victims is significantly less extensive than either the Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice or the van Boven or Joinet Guidelines on this issue, primarily because, as the article dealing with reparations to victims states, the“Court shall establish principles relating to reparations”.
Further requests the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, subject to extrabudgetary resources, to convene an open-ended intergovernmental meeting of experts with interpretation to study ways and means of strengthening access to legal aid in the criminal justice system, as well as the possibility of developing an instrument such as a declaration of basic principles or a set of guidelines for improving access to legal aid in criminal justice systems, taking into account the Lilongwe Declaration and other relevant materials;
Further requests UNODC, subject to the availability of extrabudgetary resources, to convene an open-ended intergovernmental meeting of experts, with interpretation, to study ways and means of strengthening access to legal aid in the criminal justice system, as well as the possibility of developing an instrument such as a declaration of basic principles or a set of guidelines for improving access to legal aid in criminal justice systems, taking into account the Lilongwe Declaration and other relevant materials.
The term“victim of crime” is defined, in the Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power, adopted by the General Assembly by its resolution 40/34 of 29 November 1985, as a person who has suffered harm, including physical or mental injury, emotional suffering, economic loss or substantial impairment of his/her fundamental rights, through acts or omissions that are in violation of criminal laws(para. 1).
Discussion of preliminary draft elements of a declaration of basic principles.
Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power.
United Nations Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power;
The Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime
Preliminary draft elements of a declaration of basic principles on the use of restorative justice programmes in criminal matters.
(c) The Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power; 44/.
Iv. a comparison of the declaration of basic principles of justice for victims of crime and abuse of power.
The experts prepared a first version of the manual on the use and application of the Declaration of Basic Principles.
Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power, adopted by the General Assembly in 19851.
Specific comments on the preliminary draft elements of a declaration of basic principles on the use of restorative justice in criminal matters.
Plan of action for the implementation of the Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power.