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dislinguisheddelegates Mr. Chairman, Tbis is my fou.thappemne before GenenlAssembl'asSpecial the Rappodeu. thePromotion Prctetion of Hman Rigits rrd lundamental on dd Freedoms while Coutding Terorism. Duing E yed Lhdhs pssed"ire myprevious appeddce a3rhe60D hd anniaers.ry ofthe adoption ofthe Univesal DeclantionofHumanRights approaches, lrogres hd beenmadein the inchsionofhumd right! into the tero.ism. Thereis ride consensus ftamework UnitedNalions'actionagainst of tlat my sustainable stares, for theeffeclivecombai ofierorism mustinclude piomotionandp.olection ofhuman.igbts4 !n essendal elenent- bothasa piud of irs om dd $ d ingredient all othd pillds, to usea metaphor. of Thereviewofthe GlobalComter-Tdorim Staregy,lading tie adoption to of Assembly Resolution of5 September 2006.bears General 621272 \rihess of a thatconnitrnent-It alsocontains newfomulation con emirg the dutyofall Slates complywith intemational in ludinehuman to law, riglts law,when tnorism.Import ntly, thatfomulation alsorefersto theUnited combating NalionsCharter, hence dismissing speculatioru aboutCharlerobligations the in tMping Slatet humm righb obligations. field of couteFtrclism possibly addresses only inplementing Funhermore, saneclause theresolution the in not me6us by individualStats but aho the aclionby theUnitedNationsitself, recognizing intehationalcooperation counter that 1o teEoriw musttully $'rh hltra onallaq. ircluding comply human rignBla$. retu8e. dd ldq
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panicipaiingin the CounteFTercrisn As my mandate oneolthe entities is pleded to rportthattheTaskForcehas InplenentationTdk lorce. I m movedfrom plaming ro adion. Oneinportantdimension its work i! the of coning monlhswill beto demonshate through developmenl p.actical the of toolsfor theuseby Menber States, tedorim cd beffectivlyfoughtit thai tull compliuce withhunu.ights. M! Cbaim4 Sin@ny lat appedoce before Third Comitte, Md 4 highlighted the the in brief &tivities section ny report,thtre havebeen impodant of two visns udertakenby my rmdate In Decdba 2007I visitedGuutdlrmo Bay for thepurpse of obseNing Miliiary ComElssiorhdings.V{hitaI regEtttu he Unite.fstdesretairedits

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policy ofnot allowingUnitedNalios S?@ial Rapporteurs visit pBons lo detained ofiheir libertywithoutanyfo.n ofmonitoring,I dothadr the Govmment ofthe UnitedStates their coopeationin facilirating bial for the obswation mission. I havepreviously As reported tie Hman Rights 10 Council,thevisit confimed my nisgivingsconceming opemtion the ofthe Mililary Commissions I find it highly unlikelythattheywouldbeableto md provldea Lial thatmeelsthestandards intemational of hund rightslaw concrning .ight ,o a fair tlial. My cqent Flort beforeyou p.ovides the sweral examples of$e problems questjon. you will notein pamgrag 44 ofny in As repo.t,oneofmy concems @nfimed by theUniled States was Supreme Corut whi.h it Bomedienev B6h foundlhe Militaly Conmissions Act un@NtitutioDal its denialofhaboa corpus Gunltrnamodetainees. for to In May2008Iconducted officialmission SpaiD included an to privare thar intwiss with domestic foreigntenoristsus!cBanda visit to theBalque md coutry. I wjshto express gElitudeto the SFnbh Govemml for its ny cooleration,ud my regrets thefact thatfor .e6ons b.yond ny contol rhe for missionfeportis not yet in thepublicdomain. tle pre$ statmeni issued In at I the endofthe mission. idmlified a number ofareasofbestpradicein Spain's counleFlerorism eiTons connendedSpainfor its positivercle in and p.omotinga hurna!.ightsconfom respons renorismon $e intnarional to Ievel.Neve.thelss,I alsoideniifiednatlen of concemAmorg the lattq, the .onrinred 6e of incodnunicado detenlion tmrism suspecls, for despite recoinnendations thecont aryby a nunberofhlnan rightsbodis, to be to is press menliond spamlely. ny In statement calledfor the complete I eradicatioD ofthe iNtitution of ircomunicado deiention, the leat because not it wouldstrenglhen credibilityofcouteFlero.isn neasusby the la* the enforcment bodies a wholeud wouldat the same d tin frmherasue thar Lhose ralsl) accusedoiill uearnenr f,norisnsulpecrs ol could cleaied be pending, A nmber ofrequests coutry visitsremain for includinethose connunicatedto Algerla,Egypi,Malaysia, Pakistan thePhilippines.I dd welcome invir.tion exrended the Govemmmt Tuisia in Jure2008.I the by of harc suggestedlime fiane for $is ofllcial corDtryvisit andlook forwardro e reply fton the Covetunentsothatlhis mission be uderrakenin receivinga can MrChaiman, Tbroportin ftonlofyou focuses onethemalic on @s, challenges ihe .ight to to a fair trial in fie fight agaist terorism.In vdious parlsof theworld, gov.mmenbhavebeen tmFedro deviare from intmationally o!

constitutionally defineddueproes stddEds in the tme of fighing agaitrt against tenorismmustcontain tenorism,However. sultaimblestrategy ant and,asboththeGeneEl .espedfor hunanrighisasm esential element Coucil havend y poinledout,Mnber States Asembly od the Security *ith intmationBl law, including mustcounierlerrorismin tull compLidce bMe richtslaw. My reportrcitdatesthatprinciple,by refleting upon expsiences fiom 35 coDt iesidentifiedby nameandsome50 c*s f.om jurisdiction3. ident'fynineconc.ete ed I intmational, rgional national and of bestlradic onlow the.ight to a fair trial dd dueprc@$ ca, bestbe de in reEoftm. securcd $henSBres trgaged conbal,ns atso detailin pdagmph45 ofthe repod,thoseninetreasdei As presnted eroater in to a) secure access cout for pesonssubjected counter-tflorisn measuesi to dealingwith counteF md b) s@urc independmce inpartiality of coDrts the c) retainthe publjcnahE oftials aho in teno.ismcses; torture,otherfoms of illfor d) secuerespecl l,be lrohibitions against nethods obtaining of mdotherwiseblawtul teatment,self-incriminatio. ofthesepohibitions will rmder thetrial unfair; evidence, anyconpromislng a3 e) applythprinc,pleof nolMlcy by rclying asfar asposriblon ordinarr the bforethecourtsl 6urts andalwarsrespectjng riShtto equality reliedupot by the prosdtion, dd all to 0 disclose the defdce all evidence wen ifthey choose exculpatory evid6.e in thepo$ssion ofthe aulhorities, noi to presnt io the corrti it g) secure right ofeffecti! represotation, venwhenthercarcompelling dle counsel, fo. or redonsfor requiringsecuity cldsified or colrrt-appointed counsel defendrntr and restricting means the ofcommuic&tion between or h) appLy ciimirul law standdds, a lrybridstdded otproof if seveie such of sanctiolsor consequences d controlordes or $ fieziDg ssets are ard attached olherlhanmbiml Drocedues: !o i) countdes havenot yet rbolishedcalital puishmeni gmially or for tiat the standsrda fair tdalwhenever of tdorist crimes mustapplythemosrriSorous penaltf is applicablb, death

On Monday hadtheprivilegeofbriefing boththe CounteFTdorism I Comminee the 1267Suctions Comitte ofrhe Secudty dd Councilabout to ny madate. As e issue in rlly view desend thai actioolaken!u$u.nl attmtionaho by tle GendalAssenbly,I wmt 10referto the question ofdu guarantees the listing of tem.ist suspecls the Secuity Coucil. process in by in My positionis exp.essed pMgraphs 16od 45 (a) offte reportin ftonl of you: "... so loneastllereis no independe .eviewof listingsat tbeUnited Nationslevel,thelenust beaccesto donesticjudicialrviw ofany inplementing neasue. A peBonsabjcftosuchmeduresnust be inforned of .he meaurestakenod to know$e case agaids( or her andbe ableto be hin hedd within a redonabletime by the relevanl decision-n.kng body." I believethis positionreflctsa trndthatis gainingmoreandnore support not only in hme rightscnclesbut alsomong judgesofnationalor othercourts. Sjmplyput,the listingofTalibm andAl-Qaeda tmorisls thatwasesrablished underChapler of the Charlera a kind of emergency Vll measuethrcud Secu.ityCouncilResolution 126?dd lata oxtoded and.efined, been hd in yeirs dd hasreslitedin hudreds of individuals entities placefo. seve.al or hlving their ssets frozendd othq imdmeDtal righB ieshided,wirhouta properprocedure beinghedd or for havingtheir case for reviewed an by On 3 September 200E.subsequent ny.e!o.t beingsubmilled lhe edilors, to 10 tle European Counof Justice issued judgments the cses of Kodi md Al iis in (joineda6esc4o2l05 P andc4l5/05 P). These judicial rulinesa.e Rarukaat baed exacdyonthsme principles aJE as exprssedi! ny repon.Tlo Court distinguishsbetween inposilion of tbesmctionsby the 1267Committee lhe od lhe imllementation ofthe soctions by natio.al, or jn this case level, EU authorities. holdstharthe laltq de boud by tundanental It iight! when inllenenling thesmctios, md thattherfore theymustlee to it ihrt the pesonsaffecred havetheright to be infomd of thereleonsfor tfteir listing s ed theright to oortestthose reaoDsbefore independent lenorisls an bodt. The groted a mercypdiod of tbreemoDths European Counof Justice duringwhich time theEU Coucil hasio remedy shortcomings the ofti lhting nechdism imllemenlingtheUN listingwillbe@ne null d void. or $ EU Regulation Tnese ruliogsby theEU CoDitde not theonly chalretrge the 1267Iisting 1o judicial or q@i'judicial regimearisingnom regional,in&mtional o. national lrendwhicbi in ny assssmat, bodi. Theyerc.6fltive of, gheral rquils

ard In raDid deisive medues ftom the sideofthe UnitedNations. fact,tle re@gnized challengs facesandbken steps tle it SecuritrCouncilha already procedu$ at lhe LrN level,notlbly fai. in $e direciionof s@u.ing ud clear Securily Coucil Resolution 1822which,inler ali4 fimlly sets6 twe duoud yeartime line for a diew of all etrtri$ ontheconsolidated Nevertheles, I lisl. the is amafiaid thatR*olution 1822 insufiicidt for meeting fairly denmding (4/ijudgrnert by the out 323-325 ofthe st nddds spelled in pdagraphs European Coudofrsdce. Cou.il, I outlinedsone ofthe SecDrity In my brie{ingto the 126?Committee thse challenges.believetiat tie vtuious I optionsregrding howto ad.lress fall available options into fou categoriesl to of 1) Providing theCounciL the Euoped Union,dd io Gole'mdis sufficientinfomatioDon ihe grounds listinglndividuahor for concemd, so entities, tbar$e lerson or ntitynay be infomed ofthoseresons ed will ableto contest implenentation the listingbefore the of nationalcou.tsdd be thingsa they@ at theUN leveldd allowinglhe EU Re8ulation 2) Leaving the the regime become andvoid .nd passing ball also null irnplementing 1267 ofsmctionsimposed to for in Europe natimal authorities (beinplementation option,s il by the Seuity Cobcil. Id ny view $is is the le-gtpreferred wouldresultin a waveof litig6tionsd fhe credibilityof the overallUnited would beat risk. Nations cobld-teno.isn ftamework Biew al theUnitedNalions level, a of 3) Inhoducingmechmism independent Coucil's decision-makine aboutthe lisling. e! a lastlhae in ihe S@urity for ?dagraph16ofmy ieport spellsoutthe requirenents sucba tevi* s follows: the the to mustinclDde "At a rninimum, slsndddsrcquired ensuea fair hearing takendd to knowthecae right olan individualtobe infomed ofthe measures withoutthwartingthe hin against or herd soonas,andto tle exten! possible. tine purposo tlje sanctiors rc8imes; righrto beheard the within a rcasonable of body;the light to trocrive rcviewby a by therelevdt de.ision-mr.Ling with Bpecr conpetent independert.dis necheirn; thenght to counsel and dd rmed) o allproced,nes: $e rghLLoe meclile ofa rviewbodycomposed In dy assessment estabtisbnent quasi-jirdicial the wouldbe of scurity classified experts sefling h then indepsdot capacity bI likeli to bt recognized mr_ont 6urts, theELrcoudard regionalhumat

protection .ighls counsa! svfficiotanalogous ofdue pr@ss, sothatcourts wouldexercise defrEnc respecl in oflle outcome. 4) AbolishingtlE 1267Committee ii! terroristlisting.Security and Council Resolution 13?3wouldcomequently constitutia legalbasisfor nalional tdo.ist listinglr@edurs, alsoin respect Talibm md Al Qaeda of teEo.isB. dd in conlomiiy with dueprMs. TheUnitedNatiohsSec.etariat wouldstill p.ovideinfomation collection, expatiseed asistsnoefor the l;stingby dialogu Mr. Chaiman,I look forwa.dto a construcriv with the Delegates.