The Global Compact Working Group on Promoting and Protecting Human Rights, the Rule of Law and Fundamental Freedoms and Supporting the Victims of Terrorism

The UN system’s work on counter-terrorism is coordinated through eight Global Compact Working Groups.The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) chairs the Human Rights and Rule of Law Working Group on Protecting and Promoting Human Rights, the Rule of Law & Supporting Victims of Terrorism, and is an active member of the other Working Groups.

The Human Rights Working Group mandate is drawn from the four Pillars of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, and in particular from Pillars I and IV which reaffirm that the promotion and protection of human rights for all and the rule of law is essential to all components of the Strategy, recognizing that effective counter-terrorism measures and the protection of human rights are not conflicting goals, but complementary and mutually reinforcing, and stressing the need to promote and protect the rights of victims of terrorism.

Reports of the Working Group

• Basic Human Rights Reference Guide on Proscription of Organizations in the Context of Countering Terrorism, December (PDF)
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• Guidance to States on human rights-compliant responses to the threat posed by foreign fighters (PDF)
• Basic Human Rights Reference Guide: Conformity of National Counter-Terrorist Legislation with International Human Rights Law (PDF)
• Basic Human Rights Reference Guide: Right to a Fair Trial and Due Process in the Context of Countering Terrorism (PDF)
• Basic Human Rights Reference Guide: Detention in the Context of Countering Terrorism (PDF)