September 27, 2022

United Nations Resolutions

The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
United Nations

The UN General Assembly adopted by consensus the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy (General Assembly Resolution 60/288 ) on 8 September 2006. The General Assembly reviews the Strategy every two years, making it a living document attuned to Member States’ counter-terrorism priorities. The seventh review resolution was adopted on 30 June 2021.
In addition, State obligations stem from the following Security Council, General Assembly, and Human Rights Council resolutions.


Security Council Resolutions

Security Council Resolution 1267 (1999) (sanctions)

Security Council Resolution 1373 (2001) (terrorist acts; terrorism financing)

Security Council Resolution 1390 (2002) (sanctions)

Security Council Resolution 1455 (2003) (sanctions)

Security Council Resolution 1456 (2003) (ministerial declaration to combat terrorism)

Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004) (nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons)

Security Council Resolution 1566 (2004) (definition of “terrorism”)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YmAIj5SMM4EEzNmPmOWoPJv8aASh2mkI/view?usp=sharing


Security Council Resolution 1617 (2005) (sanctions; definition of “associated with”)

Security Council Resolution 1624 (2005) (border security; incitement)

Security Council Resolution 1735 (2006) (sanctions)

Security Council Resolution 1822 (2008) (sanctions)

Security Council Resolution 1989 (2011) (sanctions)

Security Council Resolution 2133 (2014)

Security Council Resolution 2178 (2014) (foreign terrorist fighters)

Security Council Resolution 2195 (2014) (financing of terrorism)

Security Council Resolution 2199 (2015) (sanctions) 

 
Security Council Resolution 2242 (2015) (gender-based approach)

Security Council Resolution 2253 (2015) (sanctions)


Security Council Resolution 2322 (2016) (foreign terrorist fighters)

Security Council Resolution 2331 (2016) (human trafficking)

Security Council Resolution 2341 (2017) (critical infrastructure)

Security Council Resolution 2354 (2017) (incitement; violent extremism)

Security Council Resolution 2368 (2017) (sanctions)

Security Council Resolution 2395 (2017) (CTED mandate renewal)

Security Council Resolution 2396 (2017) (foreign terrorist fighters)

Security Council Resolution 2462 (2019) (financing of terrorism)

Declaration on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism, General Assembly Resolution 49/60 (1995)

General Assembly Resolution 51/210 (1996) (ad hoc committee to draft international conventions for the suppression of terrorist bombings and subsequently, the suppression of acts of nuclear terrorism)

General Assembly Resolution 72/123 (2017) (measures to eliminate terrorism)

General Assembly Resolution 72/180 (2018) (protection of human rights while countering terrorism)
 
http://undocs.org/en/A/RES/72/180

General Assembly Resolution 72/284 (2018) (global counterterrorism strategy review)

General Assembly Resolution 73/174 (2019) (terrorism and human rights)

General Assembly Resolution 74/147 (2019) (terrorism and human rights)

General Assembly Resolution 75/291 (2021) (global counterterrorism strategy 7th review)

Human Rights Council Resolution 35/34 (2017) (protection of human rights while countering terrorism)

Human Rights Council Resolution 37/27 (2018) (terrorism and human rights)

Human Rights Council Resolution 42/18 (2019) (terrorism and human rights)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-sF7ro-OhtUZCthgF7PITQZE9gYo5wxT/view?usp=sharing


Human Rights Council Resolution 40/16 (2019) (Mandate renewal)

Human Rights Council Resolution 45/11 (2020) (terrorism and human rights)


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