36/29 Protecting human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism - Report of the Secretary-General

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Human Rights Council Thirty-sixth session

Agenda items 2 and 3

Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner

for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High

Commissioner and the Secretary-General

Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,

political, economic, social and cultural rights,

including the right to development

Protecting human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism

Report of the Secretary-General*

Note by the Secretariat

The General Assembly, in its resolution 70/148, reaffirmed that States must ensure

that any measure taken to combat terrorism complies with their obligations under

international law, in particular human rights, refugee and humanitarian law, and called upon

States countering terrorism to fully comply with their obligations under international law.

The Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit a report on the implementation of

resolution 70/148 to the Human Rights Council and to the Assembly at its seventy-second

session. In that regard, the Secretariat has the honour to refer the Council to the report of

the Secretary-General on protecting human rights and fundamental freedoms while

countering terrorism, submitted to the Assembly pursuant to that request (A/72/316).

* The present report was submitted after the deadline in order to reflect the most recent developments.