text: and diversion, as well as reforms of procedures that would ensure the support of members of the public and review of existing policies with a view to assessing their impact. It would also include appropriate links to be established between the criminal justice system and other development sectors, including education, employment, health, social policy and other related fields. "16. The trial process should be consonant with the cultural realities and social values of society, in order to make it understood and to permit it to operate effectively within the community it serves. Observance of hiiman rights, equality, fairness and consistency should be ensured at all stages of the process. "B. "17. In order to increase the effectiveness of international co-operation in crime prevention and criminal justice, concerted efforts should be made towards: (a) the ratification and implementation of existing international instruments; 44/ (b) the development of bilateral and multilateral 44/ As noted in the Guiding Principles for Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in the Context of Development and a New International Economic Order (see Seventh United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Sales No. E.86.IV.1), chap. I, sect. B, para. 36, footnote 6), the need for international co-operation in crime prevention and criminal justice is recognized, inter alia, in the following instruments: Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (General Assembly resolution 260 A (III)); Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others (General Assembly resolution 317 (IV)); International Convention on the Suppression of Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid (General Assembly resolution 3068 (XXVIII)); Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents (General Assembly resolution 3166 (XXVIII, annex)); International
analysis: This text appears to be discussing the reform and improvement of the criminal justice system, including its relationship with other sectors such as education, employment, and health. It also touches on international cooperation in crime prevention and criminal justice. These topics suggest that the text is focused on social and governance issues rather than economic or environmental ones.