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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas 2018, para. 1
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- Having been convened at Geneva by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office, and having met in its Fourteenth Session on 10 June 1930, and
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
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- Governance & Rule of Law
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- N.A.
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- 2018
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- Preamble
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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas 2018, para. 2
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- Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to forced or compulsory labour, which is included in the first item on the agenda of the Session, and
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
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- Governance & Rule of Law
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- N.A.
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- 2018
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- Preamble
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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas 2018, para. 3
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- Having determined that these proposals shall take the form of an international Convention, adopts this twenty-eighth day of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty the following Convention, which may be cited as the Forced Labour Convention, 1930, for ratification by the Members of the International Labour Organisation in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation:
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
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- 2018
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- Preamble
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The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic 2018, para. undefined
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- The undersigned Plenipotentiaries of the Governments represented at the Diplomatic Conference held at Geneva from April 21 to August 12, 1949, for the purpose of revising the Geneva Convention for the Relief of the Wounded and Sick in Armies in the Field of July 27, 1929, have agreed as follows:
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
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- 2018
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- Preamble
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Protection of the human rights of migrants: the global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration 2017, para. 1
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- Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
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- 2017
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- PP
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Human rights of migrants: mandate of the Special Rapporteur 2008, para. 2
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- Recalling all international norms and standards relevant to the human rights of migrants,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
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- 2008
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- PP
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Human rights of migrants: mandate of the Special Rapporteur 2008, para. 4
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- Bearing in mind paragraph 6 of General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
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- 2008
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- PP
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Human rights of migrants: mandate of the Special Rapporteur 2008, para. 6
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- Resolved to ensure respect for the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all migrants,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
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- 2008
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- PP
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Protection of the human rights of civilians in armed conflict 2008, para. 1
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- Guided by the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2008
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- PP
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Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights 2015, para. 7
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- Mindful of the fact that, in the fulfilment of their obligations to promote, protect and respect human rights, States of origin, transit and destination can benefit from schemes of international cooperation,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons on the move
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- 2015
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- PP
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Integrating the human rights of women throughout the United Nations system 2007, para. 4
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- Reaffirming international commitments on gender equality and the human rights of women embodied in the outcome documents of the World Conference on Human Rights, the International Conference on Population and Development, the World Summit for Social Development, the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance; those made in their review processes, as well as those of the outcome document of the 2005 World Summit and the United Nations Millennium Declaration,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Women
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- 2007
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- PP
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Rights of the child: Omnibus resolution 2008, para. 13
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- Recognizing that environmental damage has potentially negative effects on children and their enjoyment of their life, health and a satisfactory standard of living,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2008
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- PP
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Freedom of opinion and expression: Mandate of the Special Rapporteur 2008, para. 11
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- Bearing in mind paragraph 6 of General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2008
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- PP
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Human rights and arbitrary deprivation of nationality 2008, para. 1
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- Guided by the purposes, principles and provisions of the Charter of the United Nations,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
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- 2008
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- PP
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Human rights and arbitrary deprivation of nationality 2008, para. 5
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- Noting the relevant provisions of international human rights instruments and instruments on statelessness and nationality, inter alia, article 5, paragraph (d) (iii) of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; article 24, paragraph 3, of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; articles 7 and 8 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child; articles 1 to 3 of the Convention on the Nationality of Married Women; article 9 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women; and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 2008
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- PP
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Human rights and access to safe drinking water and sanitation 2008, para. 1
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- Reaffirming the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2008
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- PP
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2008, para. 6
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- Acknowledging the adoption of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances by the General Assembly in its resolution 61/177 of 20 December 2006, as well as Council resolution 7/26 on the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances, and recognizing that the entry into force of the Convention, as soon as possible, through its ratification by 20 States, and its implementation will make a significant contribution to the prevention of torture, including through prohibiting places of secret detention,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
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- 2008
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- PP
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2008, para. 8
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- Bearing in mind paragraph 6 of General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2008
- Paragraph type
- PP
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Mandate of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent 2008, para. 2
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- Bearing in mind paragraph 6 of General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2008
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- PP
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Human rights and indigenous peoples 2008, para. 1
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- Recalling all relevant resolutions of the Commission on Human Rights, the Economic and Social Council and the General Assembly related to indigenous issues, 2007,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
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- 2008
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- PP
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Human rights and indigenous peoples 2008, para. 2
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- Recalling also Council resolutions 6/12 of 28 September 2007 and 6/36 of 14 December
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
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- 2008
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- PP
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Human rights and indigenous peoples 2008, para. 3
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- Bearing in mind that the General Assembly proclaimed, in its resolution 59/174, the Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Year
- 2008
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- PP
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The right to development 2009, para. 1
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- Recalling the Charter of the United Nations and the core human rights instruments,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2009
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- PP
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The right to development 2009, para. 2
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- Reaffirming the Declaration on the Right to Development, adopted by the General Assembly in its resolution 41/128 of 4 December 1986,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2009
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- PP
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The right to development 2009, para. 3
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- Reaffirming also its resolutions 4/4 of 30 March 2007 and 9/3 of 17 September 2008, and recalling all Commission on Human Rights, Council and General Assembly resolutions on the right to development,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2009
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- PP
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The human rights of migrants: migration and the human rights of the child 2009, para. 13
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- Bearing in mind that policies and initiatives on the issue of migration, including those that refer to the orderly management of migration, should promote holistic approaches that take into account the causes and consequences and challenges and opportunities of the phenomenon and full respect for the human rights and fundamental freedoms of migrants, with due regard for the specific needs of children in vulnerable situations, such as unaccompanied children, girls, children with disabilities and those who may be in need of international refugee protection,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Persons on the move
- Persons with disabilities
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- 2009
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- PP
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The protection of human rights in the context of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) 2009, para. 13
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- Emphasizing, in view of the increasing challenges presented by HIV/AIDS, including apparent trends to enact criminal and other laws that are counterproductive to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support efforts, and the ongoing application of HIV-specific restrictions on the entry, stay and residence of HIV-positive people, the need for intensified efforts to ensure universal respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms for all in order to reduce vulnerability to HIV, prevent HIV/AIDS-related discrimination and stigma and reduce the impact of AIDS;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2009
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- PP
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The protection of human rights in the context of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) 2009, para. 16
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- Welcoming also the positive steps taken to implement previous resolutions, including the enactment of legislation in some countries to promote human rights in the context of HIV/AIDS and to prohibit discrimination against all persons infected or presumed to be infected, living with and affected by HIV/AIDS, and members of all populations vulnerable to and affected by the epidemic, but noting with concern that one third of countries still do not have laws protecting people living with HIV/AIDS from discrimination,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2009
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The protection of human rights in the context of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) 2009, para. 17
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- Welcoming further the significant role played by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and its co-sponsor agencies in cooperation with relevant bodies of the United Nations system, including the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, national and international non-governmental organizations, in particular organizations of people living with HIV/AIDS, in promoting and protecting human rights in the context of HIV/AIDS, including fighting discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS and in the full range of prevention, treatment, care and support activities,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2009
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- PP
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Rights of the child: The fight against sexual violence against children 2010, para. 3
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- Welcoming the decision of the Security Council to appoint the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict by its resolution 1888 (2009) of 30 September 2009 and welcoming also its decision to expand the criteria by which parties are included in the annexes to the Secretary-General’s annual reports on children and armed conflict to include parties to armed conflict that engage in contravention of applicable international law, in patterns of killing and maiming of children, and/or rape or other forms of sexual violence against children in situations of armed conflict, in its resolution 1882 (2009) of 4 August 2009,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2010
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- PP
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