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Accelerating efforts to eliminate violence against women: engaging men and boys in preventing and responding to violence against all women and girls 2017, para. 8
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- Taking note of the work of the High-level Working Group on the Health and Human Rights of Women, Children and Adolescents,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2017
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Child, early and forced marriage in humanitarian settings 2017, para. 8
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- Noting the work of the World Health Organization High-level Working Group on the Health and Human Rights of Women, Children and Adolescents,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2017
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Human rights in the administration of justice, in particular juvenile justice 2009, para. 11
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- Aware of the need for special vigilance with regard to the specific situation of children, juveniles and women in the administration of justice, in particular while deprived of their liberty, and their vulnerability to various forms of violence, abuse, injustice and humiliation,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2009
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Human rights in the administration of justice, in particular juvenile justice 2009, para. 12
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- Reaffirming that the best interests of the child must be a primary consideration in all decisions concerning deprivation of liberty, and in particular that depriving children and juveniles of their liberty should be used only as a measure of last resort and for the shortest appropriate period of time, in particular before trial, and the need to ensure that, if they are arrested, detained or imprisoned, children should be separated from adults, to the greatest extent feasible, unless it is considered in the child’s best interest not to do so,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Year
- 2009
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Human rights in the administration of justice, in particular juvenile justice 2011, para. 15
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- Aware of the need for special vigilance with regard to the specific situation of children, juveniles and women in the administration of justice, in particular while deprived of their liberty, and their vulnerability to violence, abuse, injustice and humiliation,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2011
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Human rights in the administration of justice, in particular juvenile justice 2011, para. 16
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- Reaffirming that the best interests of the child must be a primary consideration in all decisions concerning deprivation of liberty and, in particular, that depriving children and juveniles of their liberty should be used only as a measure of last resort and for the shortest appropriate period of time, in particular before trial, and the need to ensure that, if they are arrested, detained or imprisoned, children should be separated from adults, to the greatest extent feasible, unless it is considered in the child’s best interest not to do so,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Year
- 2011
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Human rights in the administration of justice, in particular juvenile justice 2013, para. 17
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- Aware of the need for special vigilance with regard to the specific situation of children, juveniles and women in the administration of justice, in particular while deprived of their liberty, and their vulnerability to violence, abuse, injustice and humiliation,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2013
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Human rights in the administration of justice, in particular juvenile justice 2013, para. 18
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- Reaffirming that the best interests of the child must be a primary consideration in all decisions concerning deprivation of liberty and, in particular, that depriving children and juveniles of their liberty should be used only as a measure of last resort and for the shortest appropriate period of time, in particular before trial, and the need to ensure that, if they are arrested, detained or imprisoned, children should be separated from adults, to the greatest extent feasible, unless it is considered in the child’s best interest not to do so,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Year
- 2013
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Human rights in the administration of justice, in particular juvenile justice 2015, para. 16
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- Aware of the need for special vigilance with regard to the specific situation of children, juveniles and women in the administration of justice, in particular while they are deprived of their liberty, and their vulnerability to violence, abuse, injustice and humiliation,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2015
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Human rights in the administration of justice, in particular juvenile justice 2015, para. 18
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- Reaffirming that the best interests of the child must be a primary consideration in all decisions concerning the deprivation of liberty and, in particular, that depriving children and juveniles of their liberty should be used only as a measure of last resort and for the shortest appropriate period of time, in particular before trial, and the need to ensure that, if they are arrested, detained or imprisoned, children should be separated from adults to the greatest extent feasible, unless it is considered in the child’s best interest not to be,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Year
- 2015
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Human rights in the administration of justice, including juvenile justice 2017, para. 20
- Paragraph text
- Reaffirming that the best interests of the child must be a primary consideration in all decisions concerning the deprivation of liberty and, in particular, that depriving children and juveniles of their liberty should be used only as a measure of last resort and for the shortest appropriate period of time, in particular before trial, and the need to ensure that, if they are arrested, detained or imprisoned, children should be separated from adults to the greatest extent feasible, unless it is considered in the child’s best interest not to be,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Year
- 2017
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Preventable maternal mortality and morbidity and human rights 2016, para. 6
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- Taking note of the Secretary-General’s renewed Global Strategy on Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health, and recognizing the important role it may play in reducing preventable maternal mortality and morbidity,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2016
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Preventable maternal mortality and morbidity and human rights 2016, para. 18
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- Recognizing that there are large disparities in maternal mortality and morbidity rates between countries, but also within countries, and between women with a high and a low income, and between those living in rural as against urban areas, and noting with concern that the risk of maternal mortality is highest for adolescent girls under 15 years of age, and that complications in pregnancy and childbirth are a leading cause of death among adolescent girls in developing countries, and recognizing also that the risk of maternal mortality and morbidity is exacerbated in armed conflict and humanitarian emergencies,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2016
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Preventable mortality and morbidity of children under 5 years of age as a human rights concern 2016, para. 6
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- Acknowledging the work done by the United Nations and its specialized agencies, funds and programmes in relation to the reduction and elimination of preventable mortality and morbidity of children under 5 years of age, and in that regard notes the Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health (2016-2030) and the establishment of the Independent Accountability Panel,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2016
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Protection of the human rights of migrants: migrants in transit 2015, para. 16
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- Expressing serious concern about the situation of vulnerability and risk faced by migrants in transit, in particular unaccompanied children, including adolescents, or children who have been separated from their families, who are forced to or decide to leave their homelands owing to multiple causes,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2015
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Protection of the human rights of migrants: strengthening the promotion and protection of the human rights of migrants, including in large movements 2016, para. 16
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- Expressing serious concern at the situation of vulnerability and risk faced by migrants in transit, in particular unaccompanied migrant children, including adolescents, or children who have been separated from their families, who are forced to or decide to leave their homelands owing to multiple causes,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2016
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Rights of the child: A holistic approach to the protection and promotion of the rights of children working and/or living on the street 2011, para. 17
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- Deeply concerned also about children, including adolescent girls, working and/or living on the street, facing violence, including sexual exploitation, HIV infection and other serious health problems, substance use and early pregnancies, and about the situation of children born on the street,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Girls
- Year
- 2011
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Rights of the child: Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Optional Protocols thereto 2009, para. 7
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- Recalling the different initiatives at the international and regional levels to contribute to the implementation of the Convention and international events, such as the recent Third World Congress against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents, held in November 2008 in Rio de Janeiro,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Year
- 2009
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Rights of the child: protection of the rights of the child in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 2017, para. 13
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- Concerned that 1 million girls under 15 give birth every year, and that the risk of maternal mortality is highest for adolescent girls under 15 years of age,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Girls
- Year
- 2017
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Rights of the child: protection of the rights of the child in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 2017, para. 20
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- Noting global initiatives and partnerships to assist countries in the implementation of the commitments of the 2030 Agenda, inter alia, the Global Strategy for Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health (2016-2030), the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, the Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children, the Global Programme to Accelerate Action to End Child Marriage, the Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting, the High Time to End Violence against Children initiative, Alliance 8.7 to eradicate forced labour, modern slavery, human trafficking and child labour, the Global Partnership for Education, the Global Education First Initiative, the Global Alliance for reporting progress on promoting peaceful, just and inclusive societies, the We Protect Global Alliance to End Child Sexual Abuse Online, and the Fast-Track strategy to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030, and tools such as the technical guidance on the application of a human rights-based approach to the implementation of policies and programmes to reduce and eliminate preventable mortality and morbidity of children under 5 years of age,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Harmful Practices
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2017
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Rights of the child: The fight against sexual violence against children 2010, para. 12
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- Recalling the World Congress III Against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents and the Rio de Janeiro Declaration and Call for Action to Prevent and Stop Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents, and the agreed conclusions on the elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child adopted by the Commission on the Status of Women at its fifty-first session,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2010
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment: safeguards to prevent torture during police custody and pretrial detention 2016, para. 5
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- Recalling also that accused juvenile persons shall be separated from adults and brought as speedily as possible for adjudication,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Year
- 2016
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Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights 2015, para. 1
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- Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which proclaims that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights, and that everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set out therein, without distinction of any kind, in particular as to race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2015
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Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights 2015, para. 3
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- Recalling also previous resolutions of the General Assembly, in particular Assembly resolution 69/187 of 18 December 2014, adopted by consensus, and of the Human Rights Council on the protection of the human rights of migrants, and the work of various special mechanisms of the Council that have reported on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of migrants, Commission on Population and Development resolution 2013/1 of 26 April 2013, entitled “New trends in migration: demographic aspects,” and the Declaration of the High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development, adopted on 3 October 2013,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2015
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Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights 2015, para. 4
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- Taking into account the attention paid by the treaty bodies, including the Committee on the Rights of the Child, to the treatment of unaccompanied and separated children outside their country of origin and their enjoyment of human rights, including in its general comment No. 6 (2005), as well as the general discussion of the Committee in 2012 on the rights of all children in the context of international migration,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2015
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Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights 2015, para. 5
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- Expressing serious concern about the situation of vulnerability and risk faced by migrants in transit and destination, in particular children, including adolescents, who are unaccompanied or separated from their families, who are forced to flee or decide to leave their homelands owing to multiple causes, and calling upon States of origin, transit and destination to work together to find effective and sustainable solutions within a framework of solidarity and regional and international cooperation,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2015
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Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights 2015, para. 6
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- Concerned by the fact that migrant children and adolescents who find themselves in a vulnerable situation by attempting to cross international borders without the required travel documents may be exposed to serious human rights violations and abuses that can threaten their physical, emotional and psychological well-being, and may also be exposed to crimes and human rights abuses committed by transnational criminal organizations or gangs, including crimes such as theft, kidnapping, extortion, physical abuse, sale of persons and trafficking in persons, including forced labour, and sexual abuse and exploitation,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2015
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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,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2015
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Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights 2016, para. 1
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- Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which proclaims that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights, and that everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set out therein, without distinction of any kind, in particular as to race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2016
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Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights 2016, para. 3
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- Recalling also all previous resolutions of the General Assembly on the protection of the human rights of migrants, in particular those relating to the situation of unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents, such as Assembly resolution 69/187 of 18 December 2014, Human Rights Council resolutions on the protection of the human rights of migrants, in particular resolution 29/12 of 1 July 2015, the work of various special mechanisms of the Council that have reported on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of migrants, Commission on Population and Development resolution 2013/1 of 26 April 2013, entitled “New trends in migration: demographic aspects” and the Declaration of the High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development, adopted on 3 October 2013,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2016
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