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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
Second session
Agenda item 2
IMPLEMENTATION OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION 60/251 
OF 15 MARCH 2006 ENTITLED “HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL”
Switzerland:  draft decision
2/…	Persons deprived of liberty in the context of 
counter-terrorism measures
	The Human Rights Council decides to adopt the following text:
	“Reaffirming its unequivocal condemnation of terrorism,
	“Drawing attention to the issue of the impact of terrorist acts on the victims of terrorism,
	“Concerned with the human rights of persons deprived of liberty in the context of counter-terrorism measures,
	“Recalls that States must ensure that any measures taken to combat terrorism comply with their obligations under international law, in particular human rights law, refugee law and humanitarian law,
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	“Decides to urge all States to take all necessary steps to ensure that persons deprived of liberty, regardless of the place of arrest or of detention, benefit from the guarantees to which they are entitled to under international law, including, inter alia, protection against torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, protection against refoulement, the review of their detention and, if subjected to trial, fundamental judicial guarantees.”
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