United Nations
General Assembly
A/RES/60/147
Distr.: General
21 March 2006
Sixtieth session
Agenda item 71 (a)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/60/509/Add.1)]
60/147. Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Remedy
and Reparation for Victims of Gross Violations of
International Human Rights Law and Serious Violations
of International Humanitarian Law
The General Assembly,
Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights, 1 the International Covenants on Human Rights, 2 other relevant
human rights instruments and the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action,3
Affirming the importance of addressing the question of remedies and reparation
for victims of gross violations of international human rights law and serious
violations of international humanitarian law in a systematic and thorough way at the
national and international levels,
Recognizing that, in honouring the victims’ right to benefit from remedies and
reparation, the international community keeps faith with the plight of victims,
survivors and future human generations and reaffirms international law in the field,
Recalling the adoption of the Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a
Remedy and Reparation for Victims of Gross Violations of International Human
Rights Law and Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law by the
Commission on Human Rights in its resolution 2005/35 of 19 April 20054 and by
the Economic and Social Council in its resolution 2005/30 of 25 July 2005, in which
the Council recommended to the General Assembly that it adopt the Basic Principles
and Guidelines,
1.
Adopts the Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Remedy and
Reparation for Victims of Gross Violations of International Human Rights Law and
Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law annexed to the present
resolution;
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1
Resolution 217 A (III).
Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
3
A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III.
4
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2005, Supplement No. 3 and corrigendum
(E/2005/23 and Corr.1), chap. II, sect. A.
2
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