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Situation of human rights in the South Sudan, para. 18
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- Gravely concerned about ongoing reports of widespread sexual and gender-based violence committed against women and girls and instances of conflict-related rape and gang rape, coupled with beatings and abductions, recognizing the importance of providing timely assistance and protection to survivors of sexual and gender-based violence, including sexual and reproductive health, psychosocial, legal and livelihood support and other multisectoral services for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence, including working with communities to reintegrate those affected by sexual and gender-based violence, and taking into account the specific needs of persons with disabilities,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
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Situation of human rights in the South Sudan, para. 16
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- Condemning in the strongest terms all attacks against humanitarian personnel and facilities, which have resulted in the death of at least 95 humanitarian personnel since December 2013, expressing grave concern for the civilians who sought safety in protection-of-civilians sites who have been attacked, killed, traumatized or displaced, and the serious damage caused to the sites, including to medical clinics and schools, which were burned down and destroyed, and at sexual and gender-based violence against women and girls exiting protection-of-civilians sites throughout the country,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
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The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic, para. 63
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- 40. Expresses deep concern for the more than 6 million internally displaced persons and 5 million refugees in the region fleeing the violence in the Syrian Arab Republic, welcomes the efforts of neighbouring countries to host Syrian refugees, acknowledges the socioeconomic consequences of the presence of large-scale refugee populations in those countries, and urges the international community to provide urgent financial support to enable the host countries to respond to the growing humanitarian needs of Syrian refugees, including the particular needs of women and girls, while emphasizing the principle of burden-sharing;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
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The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic, para. 32
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- 12. Strongly condemns all acts of sexual violence, including rape, which have disproportionately affected women and girls throughout the conflict in the Syrian Arab
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
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Rights of the child: protection of the rights of the child in humanitarian situations, para. 50
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- 26(d) Mainstream prevention of and protection from sexual exploitation and abuse, child, early and forced marriage, female genital mutilation and violence against children, including sexual and gender-based violence, into emergency and humanitarian responses, and address the underlying factors that make children, especially girls, particularly vulnerable to these practices;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Harmful Practices
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
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Rights of the child: protection of the rights of the child in humanitarian situations, para. 44
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- 24. Encourages States, local authorities, the United Nations system, regional organizations and civil society, and invites donors and other assisting countries, to address the vulnerabilities and capacities of children, particularly girls, through gender-responsive programming, including with regard to sexual and reproductive health and the means to prevent and respond to sexual and gender-based violence, various forms of exploitation and neglect, and harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage, during emergencies and in post-disaster environments, and through the allocation of resources in their disaster risk reduction, response and recovery efforts, in coordination with the Governments of affected countries;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
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Rights of the child: protection of the rights of the child in humanitarian situations, para. 41
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- 21. Calls upon States to respect, protect and fulfil the right of all children to education, including through increased emphasis on inclusive and quality education, and to promote school enrolment and retention among girls and children in vulnerable situations, such as children with disabilities, including in secondary school;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
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Rights of the child: protection of the rights of the child in humanitarian situations, para. 34
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- of humanitarian emergencies, measures to address the increased vulnerability of girls to child, early and forced marriage and to protect children, especially girls, from sexual and gender-based violence, exploitation and abuse during humanitarian emergencies and situations of forced displacement, armed conflict and natural disaster, including by ensuring that health-care and education services, goods and facilities are available, accessible, acceptable and of quality and that safe counselling, reporting and complaint mechanisms are available to and accessible by all child victims of violence, including sexual violence;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
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Rights of the child: protection of the rights of the child in humanitarian situations, para. 27
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- 9. Strongly condemns the recruitment and use of children in violation of applicable international law, and calls upon States to take all feasible measures to implement effective measures for the rehabilitation and physical and psychological recovery of those who have been so recruited or used and for their reintegration into society, in particular through educational measures, taking into account the rights and specific needs of girls;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
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Rights of the child: protection of the rights of the child in humanitarian situations, para. 16
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- Recognizing the particular vulnerability of girls and boys to violence, including trafficking in persons, sale, sexual violence and abuse and other forms of exploitation, in the context of humanitarian situations,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Children
- Girls
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
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Realizing the equal enjoyment of the right to education by every girl 2017, para. 8
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- Deeply concerned that humanitarian crises and armed conflicts are depriving children of access to education, especially girls, who are two and a half times more likely to be out of school than boys in these settings,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Children
- Girls
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Realizing the equal enjoyment of the right to education by every girl 2016, para. 10
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- Deeply concerned further that humanitarian crises and armed conflicts are depriving children, especially girls, of access to education,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Elimination of discrimination against women 2016, para. 14
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- Expressing concern about the disparate impact of poverty, global economic crises, austerity measures, climate change, armed conflict and natural disasters on women’s and girls’ health and well-being,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Realizing the equal enjoyment of the right to education by every girl 2017, para. 9
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- Strongly condemning attacks on and abductions of girls because they attend or wish to attend school, deploring all attacks, including terrorist attacks, on educational institutions as such, their students and staff, and recognizing the negative impact that such attacks have on the progressive realization of the right to education, in particular of girls, while recognizing the obligations of States to provide an enabling and secure environment to ensure the safety of schools,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Child, early and forced marriage in humanitarian settings 2017, para. 14
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- Further urges States to ensure access to justice and accountability mechanisms and remedies for the effective implementation and enforcement of laws aimed at preventing and eliminating child, early and forced marriage, including in humanitarian settings, including by informing women and girls of their rights under relevant laws, and by improving legal infrastructure and removing all barriers in access to legal counselling, assistance and remedies;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Harmful Practices
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2016, para. 12
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- Deeply concerned further that women and girls often face particular barriers in their access to water and sanitation, which are exacerbated in humanitarian crises, and that they shoulder the main burden of collecting household water in many parts of the world, which restricts their time for other activities, such as education and leisure for girls or earning a livelihood for women,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights of persons with disabilities in situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies 2016, para. 16
- Paragraph text
- Deeply concerned that girls and women with disabilities are often subject to multiple, aggravated or intersecting forms of discrimination and disadvantage,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The right to education 2015, para. 7
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- Expresses its dismay at the aggravation of attacks, including terrorist attacks, on educational institutions as such, their students and staff, and recognizes the grave impact that such attacks have on the full realization of the right to education, in particular of women and girls, and reiterates its condemnation in the strongest terms of all such attacks;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Accelerating efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women: Eliminating domestic violence 2015, para. 17
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- Recognizing also that the risk and prevalence of violence against women and girls, including domestic violence, are exacerbated in armed conflict and humanitarian crisis situations,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The right to education: follow-up to Human Rights Council resolution 8/4 2014, para. 6
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- Strongly condemns attacks, including terrorist attacks, on educational institutions as such, their students and staff, and recognizes the negative impact that such attacks can have on the realization of the right to education, in particular of girls;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The right to education 2008, para. 5
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- Deeply concerned that some 72 million children, 57 per cent of whom are girls and 37 million of whom live in conflict-affected fragile States, are out of school, and that 774 million adults, 64 per cent of whom are women, still lack basic literacy skills, despite progress made in recent years towards achieving the goals of the Education for All initiative agreed upon at the World Education Forum, held in Dakar in April 2000,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2008
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Rights of the child: Omnibus resolution 2008, para. 45c
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- [Calls upon States:] To take all feasible measures, in particular educational measures, to ensure the demobilization and effective disarmament of children used in armed conflicts and to implement effective measures for their rehabilitation, physical and psychological recovery and reintegration into society, taking into account the rights and the specific needs of the girl child;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Year
- 2008
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Realizing the equal enjoyment of the right to education by every girl 2016, para. 11
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- Strongly condemning attacks on and the abduction of girls because they attend or wish to attend school, deploring all attacks, including terrorist attacks, on educational institutions as such, their students and staff, and recognizing the negative impact that such attacks have on the progressive realization of the right to education, in particular of girls,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The right to education 2008, para. 1
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- Welcomes the work of the Special Rapporteur on the right to education and takes note of his reports on girls’ right to education (E/CN.4/2006/45, as well as Add.1), on the right to education of persons with disabilities (A/HRC/4/29, as well as Adds.1, 2 and 3) and on the right to education in emergency situations (A/HRC/8/10, as well as Adds.1, 2, 3 and 4), and of the report of the Secretary-General on economic, social and cultural rights (A/HRC/7/58);
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2008
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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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. 16
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- Expressing deep concern that, during times of armed conflict and post-conflict, forced displacement and humanitarian crisis situations women and girls face a heightened risk of sexual and other forms of gender-based violence, and expressing concern at the lack of effective measures of accountability and redress as well as effective remedies, including access to health care and services, psychosocial support, legal assistance and socioeconomic reintegration services for victims of sexual violence,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Child, early and forced marriage in humanitarian settings 2017, para. 3
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- Urges States to enact, enforce, harmonize and uphold laws and policies aimed at preventing, responding to and eliminating child, early and forced marriage, protecting those at risk, including in humanitarian settings, and supporting already married women and girls, and to ensure that marriage is entered into only with the informed, free and full consent of the intending spouses and that women have equality with men in all matters pertaining to marriage, divorce, child custody and the economic consequences of marriage and its dissolution;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Harmful Practices
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Child, early and forced marriage in humanitarian settings 2017, para. 19
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- Recognizing that ending child, early and forced marriage requires increased attention, gender and age-sensitive approaches, appropriate protection, prevention and response measures and coordinated action by relevant stakeholders, with the full and meaningful participation of the women and girls affected, from the early stages of humanitarian emergencies, and recognizing also the importance of addressing the increased vulnerability of women and girls to sexual and gender-based violence and sexual exploitation and abuse in those situations,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Realizing the equal enjoyment of the right to education by every girl 2016, para. 2m
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- [Urges all States to strengthen and intensify their efforts to realize progressively the equal enjoyment of the right to education by every girl, such as by taking the necessary and appropriate measures:] To support access to education for girls in emergency situations, migrant, internally displaced and refugee girls and those in humanitarian crises, including in armed-conflict and post-armed-conflict situations;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Accelerating efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women: Preventing and responding to violence against women and girls, including indigenous women and girls 2016, para. 18
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- Deeply concerned that all women and girls, including indigenous women and girls, face a heightened risk of sexual and gender-based violence during times of conflict and post-conflict, and humanitarian crisis situations,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Accelerating efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women: Preventing and responding to rape and other forms of sexual violence 2013, para. 6
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- Outraged by the prevalence of rape and other forms of sexual violence, which disproportionately affect women and girls, and occur in all spheres of society, in public and private life, in peace time, during periods of civil unrest or political transition, and in conflict and post-conflict situations,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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