Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts 2016, para. 2
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Guided also by the principles and norms of international humanitarian law, in particular the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 and the Additional Protocols thereto of 1977, as well as relevant international standards of human rights, in particular the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, adopted on 25 June 1993 by the World Conference on Human Rights,
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Governance & Rule of Law
Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
Children
Women
Year
2016
Paragraph type
PP
Reference
CSW resolution, Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts (2016), PP 2.