Calls upon States and United Nations bodies, in recognizing the particular vulnerability of refugee and internally displaced children, to protect both their safety and their developmental needs, including health, education and psycho-social rehabilitation, and expresses its concern about adolescents in refugee camps, in particular girls, who are at risk of gender-based violence and sexual exploitation and abuse;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Equality & Inclusion
Health
Humanitarian
Movement
Violence
Person(s) affected
Adolescents
Children
Girls
Persons on the move
Year
1998
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
UNGA resolution, The rights of the child (1998), A/RES/53/128, OP V.2.