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Elimination of violence against women 1998, para. 9a
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- [Stresses the conclusions and recommendations of the Special Rapporteur that States have an affirmative duty to promote and protect the human rights of women and must exercise due diligence to prevent violence against women, including violence against women in times of armed conflict, violence against women in custody and violence against refugee and internally displaced women, and calls upon States:] To work actively to ratify and/or implement international human rights norms and instruments as they relate to violence against women, and to comply with the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 1998
Paragraph
Elimination of violence against women 1998, para. 9d
- Paragraph text
- [Stresses the conclusions and recommendations of the Special Rapporteur that States have an affirmative duty to promote and protect the human rights of women and must exercise due diligence to prevent violence against women, including violence against women in times of armed conflict, violence against women in custody and violence against refugee and internally displaced women, and calls upon States:] To enact and, where necessary, reinforce or amend penal, civil, labour and administrative sanctions in domestic legislation to punish and redress the wrongs done to women and girls subjected to any form of violence, whether in the home, the workplace, the community or society, in custody or in situations of armed conflict, and to ensure that they conform with relevant international human rights instruments and humanitarian law;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 1998
Paragraph
Elimination of violence against women 1998, para. 9e
- Paragraph text
- [Stresses the conclusions and recommendations of the Special Rapporteur that States have an affirmative duty to promote and protect the human rights of women and must exercise due diligence to prevent violence against women, including violence against women in times of armed conflict, violence against women in custody and violence against refugee and internally displaced women, and calls upon States:] To adopt laws, where necessary, and reinforce existing laws that punish police, security forces or any other agents of the State who engage in acts of violence against women in the course of the performance of their duties, and to review existing legislation and take effective measures against the perpetrators of such violence;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 1998
Paragraph
Rights of the child 1998, para. 15
- Paragraph text
- Decides, with regard to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the impact of armed conflict on children, to recommend that the Secretary-General ensure that the necessary support is made available to the Special Representative for the effective performance of his mandate, to encourage the United Nations Children s Fund, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to provide support to the Special Representative, and to call upon other institutions and States to provide voluntary contributions for that purpose;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 1998
Paragraph
Rights of the child 1998, para. 17a
- Paragraph text
- [Calls upon all States:] To protect refugee and internally displaced children, including through policies for their care, well-being and development, in such areas as health, education and psychosocial rehabilitation, with the necessary international cooperation, in particular with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Children's Fund and the International Committee of the Red Cross, in accordance with their obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child and taking into account the 1994 guidelines on protection and care of refugee children of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Conclusion on refugee children and adolescents adopted by the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner's Programme at its forty-eighth session in October 1997, as well as the recommendations of the representative of the Secretary-General on internally displaced persons (see E/CN.4/1998/53 and Add.1 and 2);
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 1998
Paragraph
Rights of the child 1999, para. 21b
- Paragraph text
- [Calls upon all States:] To increase protection of refugee and internally displaced children, including through policies for their care, wellbeing and development, in such areas as health, education and psychosocial rehabilitation, with the necessary international cooperation, in particular with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Children's Fund, the Representative of the SecretaryGeneral on internally displaced persons and the International Committee of the Red Cross and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, in accordance with their obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 1999
Paragraph
Rights of the child 1999, para. 21c
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- [Calls upon all States:] And United Nations bodies and agencies, in coordination with other international humanitarian organizations such as the International Committee of the Red Cross, to ensure the early identification and registration of unaccompanied refugee and internally displaced children, to give priority to programmes for family tracing and reunification, and to pay particular attention to the special protection needs of children with a view to developing programmes for voluntary repatriation, local integration and resettlement;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 1999
Paragraph
Traffic in women and girls 1999, para. 16c
- Paragraph text
- [Encourages Governments to strengthen cooperation to combat trafficking and rehabilitate victims, including through, inter alia:] Consultation mechanisms, such as the regional consultation process organized in cooperation with the International Organization for Migration;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 1999
Paragraph
Violence against women migrant workers 1996, para. 8
- Paragraph text
- Encouraged by some measures adopted by some receiving countries to alleviate the plight of women migrant workers residing within their areas of jurisdiction,
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 1996
Paragraph
Violence against women migrant workers 1995, para. 9
- Paragraph text
- Invites trade unions to support the realization of the rights of women migrant workers by assisting them in organizing themselves so as to enable them better to assert their rights;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 1995
Paragraph
Violence against women migrant workers 1995, para. 16
- Paragraph text
- Decides to continue to consider the question at its fifty-second session under the agenda item entitled "Measures to improve the situation and ensure the human rights and dignity of all migrant workers".
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 1995
Paragraph
Violence against women migrant workers 1998, para. 7
- Paragraph text
- Encourages States to consider signing and ratifying or acceding to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, as well as the Slavery Convention of 1926;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 1998
Paragraph
Violence against women migrant workers 2004, para. 9
- Paragraph text
- Recognizing the importance of continued cooperation at the bilateral, regional, interregional and international levels in protecting and promoting the rights and welfare of women migrant workers,
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 2004
Paragraph
Violence against women migrant workers 2004, para. 1
- Paragraph text
- Takes note of the note by the Secretary General (E/CN.4/2004/71) and his report on violence against women migrant workers submitted to the General Assembly at its fifty eighth session (A/58/161);
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 2004
Paragraph
Violence against women migrant workers 1995, para. 5
- Paragraph text
- Invites States concerned, specifically the sending and receiving States of women migrant workers, to conduct regular consultations for the purpose of identifying problem areas in promoting and protecting the rights of women migrant workers and in ensuring health and social services for them, adopting specific measures to address those problems, setting up, as necessary, appropriate mechanisms to implement those measures, and, in general, creating conditions that foster greater harmony and tolerance between women migrant workers and the rest of the society in which they reside;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 1995
Paragraph
Elimination of violence against women 1998, para. 9b
- Paragraph text
- [Stresses the conclusions and recommendations of the Special Rapporteur that States have an affirmative duty to promote and protect the human rights of women and must exercise due diligence to prevent violence against women, including violence against women in times of armed conflict, violence against women in custody and violence against refugee and internally displaced women, and calls upon States:] To include in reports submitted in accordance with the provisions of relevant United Nations human rights instruments genderdisaggregated data, whenever possible, information pertaining to violence against women and measures taken to implement the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women and the Beijing Platform for Action;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 1998
Paragraph
Rights of the child 1998, para. 17c
- Paragraph text
- [Calls upon all States:] And other parties to armed conflicts to recognize that refugee and internally displaced children are particularly exposed to the risks of injury, exploitation and death in connection with armed conflicts, such as being forcibly recruited or subjected to sexual violence, abuse or exploitation, stressing the special vulnerability of households headed by children, and calls upon Governments and United Nations bodies and organizations to give those situations urgent attention, enhancing protection and assistance mechanisms, with the participation of women and youth in the design, delivery and monitoring of measures to protect them;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 1998
Paragraph
Rights of the child 1999, para. 18b
- Paragraph text
- [Decides, with regard to the Special Representative of the SecretaryGeneral on the question of the impact of armed conflict on children:] To request the SecretaryGeneral to ensure that the necessary support is made available expeditiously to the Special Representative for the effective performance of his mandate, and encourages the United Nations system, including the United Nations Children's Fund, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, to continue to provide support to the Special Representative, including with regard to his field visits, and calls upon States and other institutions to continue to provide voluntary contributions to the Special Representative;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 1999
Paragraph
Rights of the child 2000, para. 32a
- Paragraph text
- [Calls upon all States:] And other parties to armed conflicts to bear in mind that refugee and internally displaced children are particularly exposed to risks in connection with armed conflicts, such as being recruited in violation of international standards or subjected to sexual violence, abuse or exploitation, and stresses the special vulnerability of unaccompanied refugee and internally displaced children, and calls upon Governments and United Nations bodies and organizations to give those situations urgent attention, enhancing protection and assistance mechanisms;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2000
Paragraph
Rights of the child 2000, para. 32b
- Paragraph text
- [Calls upon all States:] To increase protection of refugee and internally displaced children, including through policies for their care, well-being and development, in such areas as health, education and psychosocial rehabilitation, with the necessary international cooperation, in particular with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Children's Fund, the Representative of the Secretary-General on internally displaced persons and the International Committee of the Red Cross and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, in accordance with their obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2000
Paragraph
Traffic in women and girls 2002, para. 19
- Paragraph text
- Takes note of the establishment of the Intergovernmental Organization Contact Group on Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling, under the coordination of the Trafficking Adviser of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and co-chaired by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Labour Organization, which brings together representatives of the major Geneva-based intergovernmental organizations working on trafficking, as well as relevant non-governmental organizations, for cooperation and collaboration on the issue of trafficking;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2002
Paragraph
Violence against women migrant workers 1996, para. 3
- Paragraph text
- Acknowledging the attention given to violence against women migrant workers in the report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its external and internal root causes and its consequences (E/CN.4/1996/53),
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 1996
Paragraph
Violence against women migrant workers 1996, para. 7
- Paragraph text
- Concerned by the continuing reports of grave abuses and acts of violence committed against the persons of women migrant workers by some employers in some host countries,
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 1996
Paragraph
Violence against women migrant workers 2000, para. 3
- Paragraph text
- Takes note with appreciation of the workshop-seminar on migrant women, boys and girls held in San Salvador on 25 and 26 February 2000 as part of the Plan of Action of the Regional Conference on Migration;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Girls
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 2000
Paragraph
Violence against women migrant workers 1996, para. 2
- Paragraph text
- Calls upon States to adopt measures for the effective implementation of the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women, including applying them to women migrant workers, as well as all relevant measures emanating from recent world conferences;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 1996
Paragraph
Violence against women migrant workers 1996, para. 5
- Paragraph text
- Reiterates the need for States concerned, specifically the sending and receiving States of women migrant workers, to conduct regular consultations for the purpose of identifying problem areas in promoting and protecting the rights of women migrant workers and ensuring health, legal and social services for them, adopting specific measures to address these problems, setting up, as necessary, linguistically and culturally accessible services and mechanisms to implement these measures and, in general, creating conditions that foster greater harmony and tolerance between women migrant workers and the rest of the society in which they reside;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 1996
Paragraph
Violence against women migrant workers 2002, para. 8
- Paragraph text
- Deeply concerned over the continuing reports of grave abuses and acts of violence committed against the persons of women migrant workers by some employers in some host countries,
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 2002
Paragraph
Violence against women migrant workers 1996, para. 8
- Paragraph text
- Welcomes the scheduled holding from 27 to 31 May 1996 of a United Nations expert group meeting on the issue of violence against women migrant workers, with the participation of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, pursuant to General Assembly resolution 50/168, to submit recommendations for improving coordination of the various efforts of United Nations agencies on the issue of violence against women migrant workers and to develop concrete indicators as a basis for determining the situation of women migrant workers for submission, through normal channels, to the General Assembly at its fifty-first session;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 1996
Paragraph
Violence against women migrant workers 2004, para. 4
- Paragraph text
- Also calls upon concerned Governments, in particular those of countries of origin and destination, if they have not yet done so, to put in place penal sanctions to punish traffickers and perpetrators of violence against women migrant workers and, to the extent possible, to provide the victims of violence and trafficking with the full range of immediate assistance, such as counselling, legal and consular assistance, temporary shelter and other measures that will allow them to be present during the judicial process, to safeguard their dignified return to the country of origin as well as to establish reintegration and rehabilitation schemes for returning women migrant workers;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 2004
Paragraph
Violence against women migrant workers 2002, para. 3
- Paragraph text
- Calls upon concerned Governments, in particular those of countries of origin and destination, if they have not yet done so, to put in place penal sanctions to punish perpetrators of violence against women migrant workers and, to the extent possible, to provide the victims of violence with the full range of immediate assistance, such as counselling, legal and consular assistance, temporary shelter and other measures that will allow them to be present during the judicial process, to safeguard their dignified return to the country of origin as well as to establish reintegration and rehabilitation schemes for returning women migrant workers;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 2002
Paragraph