1. Submitter: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Co-Submitter: The United States of America
Signatories: The Republic of Guatemala, The People’s Republic of China, The Republic of Azerbaijan, The Russian
Federation
Topic: “The question of upholding the fundamental right of terrorists ”
The Human Rights Council
Keeping in mind that majority of the member states in the United Nations Human Rights Council support and agree
that fundamental human rights need to be upheld,
Reminding the council that the principle of “Every person is presumed innocent until proven guilty according to the
law “ is present in The Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of the Council of
Europe (art. 6.2), The US constitution, citing the 4th, 5th and 6th Amendment, and in many other legally binding
constitutions.The prime citation would be found in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, where article 11 states
that : "Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to
law in a public trial lat which they have had all the guarantees necessary for their defence",
Points out that suspected terrorists on trial have not been convicted yet and as such should be presumed innocent,
Deeply conscious that the judicial system is a prized check and balance against the legislative and executive arms of
the government, this resolution thus recognises the importance of the transparency of the judiciary in upholding
justice,
Bearingin mind that the abuse of human rights duringthe trial such as the useof may bringforth coerced confessions
and obstruct justice in the long run,
Fully awarethat issues regardingterrorists generally involve the speculations of national security and might result in
the loss of sovereignty,
1) Authorizes measures to deprive the suspected terrorists of rights, where measures taken against the
suspect is similar to that of a suspected civilian and within the boundaries of laws in each individual
country.
2) Recognizes that certain suspected terrorists may hold certain valuable information tangent to the issues
involving the trial, and thus approves the extraction of information by resolving to form a committee to
research new ways of interrogation through a study, to be named the research of “Treatment of
Recondite Terrorists Under Reflective Evaluation” ( ), and shall be granted rights such as but not limited
to:
a. Requesting for uncensored governmental research into current interrogation techniques,
b. Using as a last resort in order to extract information from suspected and/or convicted
terrorists
c. Creatingand maintainingregulationsto prevent from being abused by authorities, and used as
a form of instead of interrogation,
d. Creating and managing a tiered set of s based on, but not limited to:
i.) The effect of the potential information,
ii.) How time-sensitive and urgently needed the information is,
iii.) Whether the person interrogated presents a credible threat to national security;
3) Urges nations to review all existingmilitary procedures,such as butnot limited to:

2. a. Non- interrogation techniques,
b. Punishment of enemy combatants,such as but not limited to:
i.Terrorists,
ii.Spies,both suspected and confirmed,
iii.Soldiers,
iv.Mercenaries;
4) Encourages nations to assistin the research on TORTURE, so as to avoid the following:
a. Causingpermanent physical and/or mental trauma duringinterrogation;
5) Establishing a set of consequences to deter governments from severely abusingthe rights of the suspects
by, but not limited to:
a) Expressing its hope that governments committing severe violations of the rights of suspected
terrorist would be prosecuted by the United Nations International Court of Justice so as to establish
fundamental deterrence.
b) Recognisingthat reported cases of severe human rights abuse may be publicly condemned by the
international committee.
6) Calls for theUnited Nations to providesupportfor Amnesty International for their rolein supporting
human rights,to carry out the followingroles,such as butnot limited to:
a Investigatingclaims of human rights violations,conducted by parties such as butnot limited to:
i.Nations,
ii.Paramilitary organizations,
iii.Privatemilitary contractors,
b. Bringingattention said human rights violations directly to international bodies,such as butnot limited
to:
i.The International Criminal Court(ICC),
ii.The International Courtof Justice(ICJ),
iii.The United Nations Security Council (UNSC),
c. Ensuringthat all acts of , attempted acts of , or any act that constitutes as complicity of participation in
said is a criminal offencein all member states,and is punished appropriately consideringits grave
nature;
7) Encourages member nations to take into account the pain and unnecessary suffering that the suspected
terrorists on trial have to go through and thus advocates that if any measures were to be employed, it
should be approved by first.
8) Requests that Interpol,ICC, ICJ and the UNSC assistto the best of their abilities in prosecutinghuman
rights violations by nations and governments, and administer punishments such as butnot limited to:
a. Providingcompensation for all affected parties,
b. Monetary fines,to be donated to funding research;
9) Reminds nations that is still a violation of international laws,and individualsshould begranted the
followingrights by governments, such as but not limited to:
a. Actively prevent from being performed on human beings under any circumstances,such asbut
not limited to:
i.Warfare,
ii.Civil unrest,
iii.Criminal investigations,
b. Disregard any formof orders to conduct , whether directly or indirectly,fromsuperiors,without
sufferingpunishment or receivingany form of disincentive,
c. Alert the appropriateauthoritiesor organizationsin theevent that evidence of has been
unearthed;

3. 10) Supports all international efforts to extraditeindividualsfound to have committed human rights
violations,especially on a mass,systematic and/or on a largescalevia means such as butnot limited to:
a. Extradition treaties between nations,
b. International crime-fightingorganizations,such as butnot limited to Interpol
Credits: Isabella Nubary (Sec 4), Cedar Girls School