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Right to work, para. 27
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- 11. Underscores the responsibility of the State to protect children from economic exploitation and from performing any work that is likely to be hazardous or to interfere with their education or to be harmful to their health or physical, mental, spiritual, moral or social development, and to take additional measures to prevent the engagement of children in the worst form of child labour;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2018
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Human rights and unilateral coercive measures, para. 39
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- 7. Also expresses its grave concern that, in some countries, the socioeconomic conditions of family members, particularly women and children, are adversely affected by unilateral coercive measures, imposed and maintained contrary to international law and the Charter, that create obstacles to trade relations among States, restrict movement through various means of transport, impede the full realization of social and economic development and hinder the well-being of the population in the affected countries, with particular consequences for women, children, including adolescents, the elderly and persons with disabilities;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Year
- 2018
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Child, early and forced marriage in humanitarian settings 2017, para. 14
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- Noting with concern that child, early and forced marriage disproportionally affects girls who have received little or no formal education, and is itself a significant obstacle to educational opportunities for girls and young women, in particular girls who are forced to drop out of school owing to marriage, pregnancy, childbirth and/or childcare responsibilities, and recognizing that educational opportunities are directly related to the empowerment of women and girls, their employment and economic opportunities and their active participation in economic, social and cultural development, governance and decision-making,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Education
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2017
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Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights 2017, para. 3
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- Recalling the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Optional Protocol thereto on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, the Convention against Discrimination in Education, the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the Protocol thereto, and the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182) of the International Labour Organization,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 2017
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Protection of the human rights of migrants: the global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration 2017, para. 27
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- Recognizing also that any type of return, whether voluntary or otherwise, must be consistent with States' obligations under international human rights law and in compliance with the principle of non-refoulement and should be in keeping with the best interest of children and due process,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2017
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Rights of the child: Information and communications technologies and child sexual exploitation 2016, para. 19
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- Recognizing that the responsibility to respect the rights of the child also applies to private actors and business enterprises and, in particular, that private actors in the Internet industry who provide or operate services across domestic jurisdictions should continue to take part in joint international efforts to raise awareness and empower children about online risks and to prevent and counter child sexual abuse and exploitation online and offline,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2016
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Rights of the child: Information and communications technologies and child sexual exploitation 2016, para. 21
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- Encourages States to build and strengthen multi-stakeholder platforms with the participation of Governments, civil society and representatives of industry, in particular with the information and communications technology sector, the tourism and travel industry and the banking and finance sectors, with a view to promoting private partners’ participation in the elaboration and implementation of policies to empower and inform children, prevent child sexual abuse and exploitation online and offline, which would include preventive safety and quality alert measures;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2016
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Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights 2016, para. 2
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- Recalling the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Optional Protocol thereto on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, the Convention against Discrimination in Education, the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol thereto, and the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182) of the International Labour Organization,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 2016
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Trafficking in persons, especially women and children: protecting victims of trafficking and persons at risk of trafficking, especially women and children in conflict and post-conflict situations 2016, para. 7
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- Recalling the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189) and the Domestic Workers Recommendation, 2011 (No. 201) of the International Labour Organization,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2016
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Rights of the child: Towards better investment in the rights of the child 2015, para. 33
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- Requests all States to promote innovative programmes that provide incentives to low-income families with school-age children in order to increase the enrolment and attendance of girls and boys, and to ensure that children are not obliged to work in a way that interferes with their schooling or represents a risk to their health or well-being, and that they are not taken into care because of poverty;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Children
- Girls
- Year
- 2015
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Rights of the child: Towards better investment in the rights of the child 2015, para. 7
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- Recalling the commitments made by States at the World Summit for Children in 1990 and at the twenty-seventh special session of the General Assembly in 2002 to follow-up and implement the Plan of Action, the United Nations Millennium Declaration, the guiding principles on extreme poverty and human rights, the United Nations Convention against Corruption, the Monterrey Consensus of the International Conference on Financing for Development, the Doha Declaration on Financing for Development, the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, the United Nations Principles and Guidelines on Access to Legal Aid and Criminal Justice Systems, the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the Children’s Rights and Business Principles, and recognizing their relevance, as appropriate, for other relevant stakeholders, such as business enterprises,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
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Rights of the child: Towards better investment in the rights of the child 2015, para. 12a
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- [Encourages States to pursue, among others, the following actions for mobilizing resources to realize the rights of the child:] To take concrete measures to mobilize domestic and, where necessary, international resources, such as collecting taxes and other revenues, implementing transparent and efficient administrative procedures, promoting sustainable and inclusive growth and productivity and, when appropriate, inviting private sector involvement in a way that promotes the realization of the rights of the child;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
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Strengthening efforts to prevent and eliminate child, early and forced marriage 2015, para. 1
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- Guided by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, as well as other relevant human rights instruments, including the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Children
- Year
- 2015
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Rights of the child: Towards better investment in the rights of the child 2015, para. 12e
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- [Encourages States to pursue, among others, the following actions for mobilizing resources to realize the rights of the child:] To combat corrupt or illicit practices at all levels, including tax evasion and illicit financial flows, that directly affect the resources available for the realization of the rights of the child, and in this regard to consider, as appropriate, developing global partnerships to that end;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
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Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights 2015, para. 2
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- Recalling the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Optional Protocol thereto on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and the Convention against Discrimination in Education, the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol thereto, and the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182) of the International Labour Organization,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 2015
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Protection of the family: contribution of the family to the realization of the right to an adequate standard of living for its members, particularly through its role in poverty eradication and achieving sustainable development 2015, para. 20b
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- [Urges States, in accordance with their respective obligations under international human rights law, to provide the family, as the natural and fundamental group unit of society, with effective protection and assistance, and encourages States in this regard to take, as appropriate and to the maximum of their available resources, measures including:] Designing, implementing and promoting family-sensitive policies in the field of housing, work, health, social security and education in order to create an environment supportive of the family, including affordable, accessible and quality care services for children and other dependants, parental and other leave schemes, campaigns to sensitize public opinion and other relevant actors on equal sharing of employment and family responsibilities between women and men;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Men
- Women
- Year
- 2015
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Rights of the child: Towards better investment in the rights of the child 2015, para. 48
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- Invites international financial institutions and other international governmental and non-governmental organizations to work together with recipient Governments on their request and in accordance with their priorities in order to enhance their capacity to implement child rights-based budgeting into national budgets and to ensure that cooperation is effectively coordinated;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
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Rights of the child: Towards better investment in the rights of the child 2015, para. 19
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- Recognizing that long-term debt may have an impact on States’ ability to mobilize resources for the protection and realization of the rights of the child, and stressing in this regard the importance of effective debt management as an element in ensuring long-term debt sustainability,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
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Protection of the family: contribution of the family to the realization of the right to an adequate standard of living for its members, particularly through its role in poverty eradication and achieving sustainable development 2015, para. 20h
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- [Urges States, in accordance with their respective obligations under international human rights law, to provide the family, as the natural and fundamental group unit of society, with effective protection and assistance, and encourages States in this regard to take, as appropriate and to the maximum of their available resources, measures including:] Providing and promoting the means to facilitate compatibility between labour force participation and parental responsibilities, especially for single-parent households with young children, and paying special attention to the needs of widows and orphans through means including health insurance and social security, cash and in-kind transfer programmes, day-care centres and facilities for breastfeeding mothers within the work premises, kindergartens, part-time jobs, paid parental leave, paid maternity leave, flexible work schedules and reproductive and child health-care services;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 2015
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Rights of the child: Towards better investment in the rights of the child 2015, para. 14b
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- [Encourages States to take steps towards:] Allowing for the identification of budget line items that have a direct or indirect impact on children, and systematizing relevant data and indicators, including child-focused indicators and child rights impact-tracking mechanisms;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
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Rights of the child: Towards better investment in the rights of the child 2015, para. 8
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- Reaffirms that States have the right to choose the framework that is best suited to their particular needs and circumstances at the national level, and emphasizes that national policies, including budgetary and fiscal policies, are to be implemented in a manner that respects, protects and fulfils human rights and that inclusive and sustainable economic growth and stability should be regarded as a means towards human development;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Children
- Year
- 2015
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Rights of the child: Towards better investment in the rights of the child 2015, para. 22
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- Reaffirming that equitable, sustained and broad-based investment in children for the protection and realization of their rights lays the foundation for a just society, a strong economy and a world free of poverty,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
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Rights of the child: The right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health 2013, para. 4
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- Calls upon States to ensure the enjoyment by all children of all their civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights without discrimination of any kind, and to take effective and appropriate measures to ensure the right of all children to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health, on an equal basis with others, as well as access to quality, affordable and equitable health care and social services, without discrimination of any kind, and to ensure that all such children, in particular victims of violence and exploitation, receive special protection and assistance;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2013
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Rights of the child: The right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health 2013, para. 32
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- Also calls on States to recognize the link between hazardous child labour and environmental health, and urges measures to end children’s exposure to hazardous chemicals in activities such as artisanal mining, and to translate into concrete action their commitment to the progressive and effective elimination of child labour that is likely to be hazardous, to interfere with children’s education or to be harmful to their health or physical, mental, spiritual, moral or social development, and to eliminate immediately the worst forms of child labour;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Environment
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2013
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Trafficking in persons, especially women and children: efforts to combat human trafficking in supply chains of businesses 2013, para. 8a
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- [Encourages all actors and stakeholders, including Governments at all levels, industry and business peers and trade unions, national human rights institutions, civil society and community-based organizations to, inter alia:] Establish networks to communicate, exchange views and information, on a regular basis, on policies, programmes, performance and the impact of different measures with regard to efforts to combat human trafficking;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2013
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Trafficking in persons, especially women and children: efforts to combat human trafficking in supply chains of businesses 2013, para. 8b
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- [Encourages all actors and stakeholders, including Governments at all levels, industry and business peers and trade unions, national human rights institutions, civil society and community-based organizations to, inter alia:] Identify good and best practices in the prevention of trafficking in persons in supply chains in identifying victims of trafficking and in cooperating to assist victims of trafficking in the protection of their human rights;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2013
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Trafficking in persons, especially women and children: efforts to combat human trafficking in supply chains of businesses 2013, para. 11
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- Invites States and other interested parties to make further voluntary contributions to the United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund for Victims of Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, and the United Nations Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2013
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Trafficking in persons, especially women and children: efforts to combat human trafficking in supply chains of businesses 2013, para. 13
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- Taking note of the Global Report on Trafficking in Persons of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the Global Report on Forced Labour of the International Labour Organization,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2013
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Trafficking in persons, especially women and children: efforts to combat human trafficking in supply chains of businesses 2013, para. 11
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- Noting also that the availability of regular labour migration opportunities can be a way to reduce the risk of people being trafficked,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2013
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Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences 2013, para. 1
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- Welcomes the work and takes note with appreciation of the thematic reports of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences, including those on servile marriage and child slavery in the artisanal mining and quarrying sectors;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2013
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