Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Third Committee (A/67/458)] 67/187. United Nations Principles and Guidelines on Access to Legal Aid in Criminal Justice Systems The General Assembly, Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,1 which enshrines the key principles of equality before the law and the presumption of inno‑ cence, as well as the right to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, along with all the guarantees necessary for the defence of anyone charged with a penal offence, other minimum guarantees and the entitlement to be tried without undue delay, Recalling also the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,2 in particular article 14 thereof, which states that everyone charged with a criminal offence shall be entitled to be tried in his or her presence and to defend himself or herself in person or through legal assistance of his or her own choosing or assigned to him or her where the interests of justice so require, in a fair and public hearing by a competent, independent and impartial tribunal established by law, Bearing in mind the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners,3 approved by the Economic and Social Council in its resolution 663 C (XXIV) of 31 July 1957 and extended by the Council by its resolu‑ tion 2076 (LXII) of 13 May 1977, according to which an untried prisoner, for the purposes of his or her defence, shall be allowed to receive visits from his or her legal adviser, 1 Resolution 217 A (III). See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex. 3 Human Rights: A Compilation of International Instruments, Volume I (First Part), Universal Instruments (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.02.XIV.4 (Vol. I, Part 1)), sect. J, No. 34. 2 1