A/CONF.171/13
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Principle 9
The family is the basic unit of society and as such should be strengthened.
It is entitled to receive comprehensive protection and support. In different
cultural, political and social systems, various forms of the family exist.
Marriage must be entered into with the free consent of the intending spouses,
and husband and wife should be equal partners.
Principle 10
Everyone has the right to education, which shall be directed to the full
development of human resources, and human dignity and potential, with particular
attention to women and the girl child. Education should be designed to
strengthen respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, including those
relating to population and development. The best interests of the child shall
be the guiding principle of those responsible for his or her education and
guidance; that responsibility lies in the first place with the parents.
Principle 11
All States and families should give the highest possible priority to
children. The child has the right to standards of living adequate for its
well-being and the right to the highest attainable standards of health, and the
right to education. The child has the right to be cared for, guided and
supported by parents, families and society and to be protected by appropriate
legislative, administrative, social and educational measures from all forms of
physical or mental violence, injury or abuse, neglect or negligent treatment,
maltreatment or exploitation, including sale, trafficking, sexual abuse, and
trafficking in its organs.
Principle 12
Countries receiving documented migrants should provide proper treatment and
adequate social welfare services for them and their families, and should ensure
their physical safety and security, bearing in mind the special circumstances
and needs of countries, in particular developing countries, attempting to meet
these objectives or requirements with regard to undocumented migrants, in
conformity with the provisions of relevant conventions and international
instruments and documents. Countries should guarantee to all migrants all basic
human rights as included in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Principle 13
Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from
persecution. States have responsibilities with respect to refugees as set forth
in the Geneva Convention on the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol.
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