Legal Sources

UN Security Council Resolutions/Presidential statements

• Sexual violence in armed conflict, Security Council Resolution 1888 (UN Doc: S/RES/1888(2009), Sep. 30, 2009,)
• Women, peace and security, Security Council Resolution 1889 (UN Doc: S/RES/1889(2009), Oct. 5, 2009):
• Security Council Presidential Statement on post-conflict peacebuilding (UN Doc, S/PRST/2010/7, Apr. 16, 2010)*
• Security Council Presidential Statement on Promoting and Strengthening the Rule of Law in the maintenance of international peace and security (UN Doc S/PRST/2010/11, Jun 29, 2010)*

UN General Assembly

• General Assembly Resolution adopting 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 (UN Doc A/RES/60/147, Mar. 21, 2006)
• Human Rights Commission Resolution adopting the Updated Set of principles for the protection and promotion of human rights through action to combat impunity, (2005/81)
• General Assembly Resolution adopting the Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power (UN Doc A/RES/40/34, November 29, 1985)

Human Rights Council

• Human Rights Council resolution on transitional justice and human rights (UN Doc A/HRC/RES/12/11, October 12, 2009)*
• Human Rights Council resolution on the right to truth (UN Doc A/HRC/9/L.23, September 19, 2008)*
• Human Rights Council resolution on forensic genetics and human rights (UN Doc A/HRC/RES/15/5, October 6, 2010)*

Policy Sources

UN Reports and Guidance Notes

• Guidance Note of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Approach to Transitional Justice (March 2010)
• Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Rule of Law Tools for Post-Conflict States:
  • Prosecution Initiatives (2006)
  • Vetting: an operational framework (2006)
  • Truth Commissions (2006)
  • National Consultations on Transitional Justice (2009)
  • Reparations Programmes (2008)
  • Mapping the Justice Sector (2006)
  • Maximizing the Legacy of Hybrid Courts (2008)
  • Amnesties (2009)
  • Monitoring Legal Systems (2006)

• Guidance Note of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Approach to Rule of Law Assistance (April 2008)
• Revised Guidelines for UN Representatives on certain aspects of negotiations for conflict resolutions (June 2006)*
• Report of the Secretary-General on enhancing mediation and its support activities (UN Doc S/2009/189, April 8, 2009)
• Report of the Secretary General on Implementation of the Responsibility to Protect (UN Doc A/63/677, January, 12 2009)
• In larger freedom: towards development, security and human rights for all (UN Doc A/59/2005, March 21, 2005) (paras 137, 138)
• [A more secure world: our shared responsibility. Report of the High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change (UN Doc A/59/565, December 2, 2004)
• Report of the Secretary-General: The rule of law and transitional justice in conflict and post-conflict societies (UN Doc S/2004/616, 23 August 2004)
• Report of the Secretary-General: Securing peace and development: the role of the UN in supporting security sector reform (Un Doc S/2008/39, January 23, 2008)*
• OHCHR Study on human rights and transitional justice activities undertaken by the human rights components of the United Nations system (UN Doc E/CN.4/2006/93, February 7 2006)*
• OHCHR Analytical study on human rights and transitional justice (UN Doc, A/HRC/12/18, 6 August 2009)
• OHCHR report on the right to the truth and on forensic genetics and human rights (UN Doc A/HRC/15/26, August 24, 2010)*
• [OHCHR report of the Study on the Right to the Truth (UN Doc, E/CN.4/2006/91, February, 8 2006):
• United Nations Integrated Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Standards, Module 6.2 - Transitional Justice and DDR (Department of Peacekeeping Operations, 2009) African Union
• Expert Report on Non-impunity, truth, peace, justice and reconciliation in Africa: Opportunities and Constraints (for the AU Panel of the Wise, September 2010)

Organisation of American States

• RESOLUTION Nº 1/03 on Trial for International Crimes (Oct 24, 2003)
• Resolution AG/RES. 2507 (XXXIX-O/09), PROMOTION OF AND RESPECT FOR INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW, (June 4, 2009), Thirty-Ninth regular session San Pedro Sula, Honduras, June 2009, page 236
• Principal Guidelines on a Comprehensive Reparations Policy, Adopted by the Interamerican Commission on Human Rights, 19 February 2008 OEA/Ser/L/V/II.131

Treaties/other international documents

• Statute of the International Criminal Court (1998), Articles 68 and 75
• The Nuremberg Declaration on Peace and Justice (UN Doc A/62/885, June 19, 2008)
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 8
• International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Article 2
• International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Article 6
• Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Article 14
• Convention on the Rights of the Child, Article 39
• Hague Convention respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land of October 18, 1907 (Convention IV), Article 3
• Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of August 12, 1949, and relating to the Protections of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I) of June 8, 1977, Article 91
• Article 7 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights
• Articles 8 and 25 of the American Convention on Human Rights
• Article 13 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms

*Documents available via UN Document Database.