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Working methods, thematic priorities and vision for a meaningful anti-torture advocacy 2017, para. 21
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- In all his endeavours, the Special Rapporteur will promote adherence to, and ratification of, core relevant human rights treaties. At the same time, the Special Rapporteur will also promote so-called soft-law standards such as, but not limited to, the Nelson Mandela Rules, the Body of Principles for the Protection of all Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment, the Bangkok Rules, the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (Beijing Rules), the United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty, the Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials, the Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials and other relevant instruments. Ultimately, the Special Rapporteur will prioritize results-based pragmatism rather than formalism without, however, compromising on applicable norms, terms and standards. Therefore, the primary focus of the Special Rapporteur will not necessarily be to achieve universal ratification of relevant treaties, but rather to advocate for the implementation, in actual practice, of norms, procedures and mechanisms for the effective prevention of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
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- Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Year
- 2017
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Integrating a gender perspective in the right to food 2016, para. 15
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- The reasons behind the failure to women's access to adequate food can arguably be linked to two structural disconnects which exist at the crossroads between Women's Rights and the Right to Food. The first disconnect refers to the failure in international law to fully endow women with their right to food. In the Universal Declaration on Human Rights (UDHR) and the ICESCR, the right to food is accorded to himself and his family. Although the ICESCR General Comment 12 and other documents have underscored the non-discriminatory intention of the right to food, the archaic language of patriarchy taints the UDHR and treaty language. Concurrently the economic and social rights of the ICESCR are generally reviewed in CEDAW, but not the right to food, which is indirectly touched upon only through a call for rural women. In CEDAW, as in the Convention of the Rights of Child (CRC), food access and adequacy for adult women and teenage girls are addressed only on behalf of pregnant and breastfeeding females .
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- Special Rapporteur on the right to food
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2016
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Tackling the demand for the sexual exploitation of children 2016, para. 80
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- In 2016, it will be 20 years since the first World Congress against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children was held in Stockholm. Substantial commitments were made by several stakeholders in the declarations at the end of that Congress and the following two, which were held in Yokohama, Japan, in 2001 and in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2008. The Special Rapporteur hopes that the anniversary will be an opportunity to look back at the progress that has been achieved and focus specifically on the pledges that were made in respect to demand in the Rio de Janeiro Declaration and Call for Action to Prevent and Stop Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Year
- 2016
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Report of the SR on the right to health and Agenda 2030 2016, para. 58
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- The fields of global health and human rights have, in recent years, developed accountability analysis and institutions, which can inspire accountability for the health-related Sustainable Development Goals and help to shape new arrangements. In 2011, the Commission on Information and Accountability for Women's and Children's Health, established to propose a framework to ensure that commitments made under the Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health (2010-2015) were met, proposed a tripartite model of accountability, composed of monitoring, review and remedial action. That model, derived from the human rights understanding of accountability, was subsequently taken up by the Secretary-General, including in the Global Strategy for Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health 2016-2030, which supports the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals related to women's, children's and adolescents' health.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2016
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 63
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- The commitment expressed in the Global Strategy on Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health 2016-2030 to improve national and global accountability, including for adolescent health, is welcome, as is the broader commitment to accountability in the Sustainable Development Goals. In this connection, States should ensure the quality and timely collection of appropriately disaggregated data and that laws, policies and programmes concerning adolescent health are transparently and regularly reviewed. National assessments or public inquiries into adolescents' right to health are welcome and could be conducted by national institutions.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2016
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 62
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- Accountability, including its constituent components monitoring, review and redress, is essential if the right to health is to be more than an aspiration. Accountability reveals where progress has been made and where it has not been made, allows duty bearers to explain what they have done and make adjustments, and provides an opportunity for rights holders, including adolescents, to engage with duty bearers in the promotion and protection of their rights and to seek redress where violations have occurred.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Year
- 2016
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 23
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- Further group-specific protections are found in other human rights treaties, but the Committee on the Rights of the Child has been at the forefront of efforts to apply the right to health in the context of adolescents, notably in its general comment No. 4 (2003) on adolescent health and development in the context of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and general comment No. 15 (2013) on the right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Year
- 2016
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Right to food and nutrition 2016, para. 79
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- Advertisements influence people's food preferences and habits. Recognizing that children are especially exposed to aggressive marketing and promotion strategies by food and beverage companies, some States prohibit media advertising to children for certain "restricted" food and drink products. In Chile, for example, where children form more than 20 per cent of the audience, mandatory regulations restrict advertising to children under 14, while Taiwan Province of China bans the advertising of restricted foods on channels dedicated to children, levying fines for violations of its regulations. Brazil imposes strict regulations, prohibiting any "abusive publicity" and strategies that appeal directly to children and adolescents. In practice, however, there seem to be many difficulties in implementing such restrictions.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right to food
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Year
- 2016
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Contemporary challenges to freedom of expression 2016, para. 43
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- Article 20 (2) provides for restrictions with respect to hateful advocacy that amounts to incitement to hostility, discrimination or violence; it does not permit restrictions merely on the basis of "incompatibility" with a particular faith's values, nor does it (or article 19) permit restrictions that amount to blasphemy as such. Nonetheless, Maldives enacted a law in 2016 that criminalizes speech not expressed in accordance with social norms, national security and Islam. Singapore noted that a teenager was convicted under national legislation "for posting a video containing remarks against Christianity with deliberate intent to wound the religious feelings of Christians". While "wounding religious feelings" may involve real emotional costs, such charges have no basis under international human rights law and limit without justification the sharing of information and ideas pertaining to religion and belief.
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- Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Year
- 2016
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Sports and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors to the right to health 2016, para. 48
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- International sporting actors must take more action to ensure that the rights of children participating in their competitions or events are protected. Presently, there are no consistent minimum age limits for competing in international adult sporting events, nor is there any coordinated action regarding the international movement of children and adolescents for participation in high-level or professional sport. Responsibility for the well-being of young athletes is often delegated to States or national sporting organizations. International sporting actors should standardize policies and protocols concerning the participation of children in high-level or professional sport in order to protect the children's health and other human rights.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2016
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 8
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- The Special Rapporteur recognizes the heterogeneity of adolescence and that definitions vary by country and region. However, to promote consistency and facilitate the measurement of adolescent health, this report adopts the definition of the World Health Organization, which views adolescents as persons between the ages of 10 and 19 years (until the twentieth birthday).
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Year
- 2016
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 54
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- Children, including adolescents, lack the full autonomy of adults while being subjects of rights. Article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child addresses the legal and social status of children, recognizing their capacity to form their own views and to express them freely in all matters affecting them and giving them due weight in accordance with age and maturity.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Year
- 2016
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Tackling the demand for the sexual exploitation of children 2016, para. 69
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- The growing use of sex offender registers has nonetheless been criticized in some cases. Provisions such as residency restrictions are particular controversial and have not proved to prevent offending. Moreover, there is a particular danger when the registry is made publicly accessible as it can encourage vigilantism. When offenders are minors, there is the risk that they will be placed on a sex offender register, which can last for life, thus hampering any rehabilitation and reintegration.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Year
- 2016
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 22
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- The Convention on the Rights of the Child provides a comprehensive normative and legally binding framework to address the right to health of adolescents under the age of 18, while other treaties, such as the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, provide a framework relevant for all adolescents, including those aged 18 and 19.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Year
- 2016
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 44
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- Rights to protection and increasing participation are mutually reinforcing. Guaranteeing adolescents the right to be heard, to challenge rights violations and to seek redress empowers them to exercise agency in their own protection. Failure to do so will condemn millions globally to continuing and extreme violations of their rights.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Year
- 2016
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Report of the SR on the right to health and Agenda 2030 2016, para. 67
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- Another key mechanism is the Independent Accountability Panel, appointed earlier in 2016, which will monitor progress towards the Global Strategy for Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health. The Special Rapporteur welcomes the appointment of the Panel and will follow its work with interest.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2016
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 81
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- Accordingly, all institutions should adopt and publish principles and standards of care and establish safe and effective reporting mechanisms and systems for redress in line with international standards. Monitoring mechanisms should be in place to ensure that violations of the rights of adolescents in mental health care settings can be reported and redress sought.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Year
- 2016
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 43
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- In line with the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the recommendations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, States must introduce measures addressing the specific forms of violence faced by adolescents. Recognizing the right of adolescents to exercise increasing levels of responsibility should not obviate States' obligations to guarantee them protection.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Year
- 2016
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Comprehensive, rights-based and child-centred care, recovery and reintegration programmes 2015, para. 44
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- However, most victims of sexual exploitation are not formally identified through official channels owing to failures to characterize them as victims of sexual exploitation. Child victims of trafficking and exploitation are still treated as criminals in many justice systems. For instance, child protection authorities have the tendency to engage in victim-blaming, not believing victims or questioning their credibility when handling cases involving adolescents. Child victims of sexual exploitation are often arrested for crimes related to irregular migration or prostitution and detained in inappropriate facilities, thus affecting their identification and access to care, recovery and reintegration services.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Year
- 2015
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Children deprived of their liberty from the perspective of the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2015, para. 84c
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- [With regard to legislation, the Special Rapporteur calls upon all States:] To adhere to the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice, the United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty and the United Nations Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency.
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- Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Year
- 2015
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Right to health in early childhood - Right to survival and development 2015, para. 20
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- The global health community has also given attention to the human rights dimensions of under-5 mortality and morbidity and has committed to ground its efforts in human rights. The Secretary-General's Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health is grounded in global human rights commitments and emphasizes that legislation and policies should be in line with human rights. The new global strategy, which is to replace the existing strategy in the coming months, will call for the integration of human rights in all efforts to improve women's, children's and adolescents' health.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2015
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Comprehensive, rights-based and child-centred care, recovery and reintegration programmes 2015, para. 26
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- A series of international commitments and policy initiatives has emphasized the need to provide recovery and reintegration to child victims. These include the Stockholm Declaration and Agenda for Action against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children, adopted at the World Congress against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children, held in 1996; the Yokohama Global Commitment adopted at the Second World Congress, held in 2001; and the Rio de Janeiro Declaration and Call for Action to Prevent and Stop Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents, adopted at the Third World Congress against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents, held in 2008. In 2008 it was already noted that many States had not taken all feasible measures to effectively ensure the provision of appropriate assistance to child victims of sexual exploitation. Almost 20 years after the first World Congress, many of the challenges remain.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Year
- 2015
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The right of the child to freedom of expression 2014, para. 45
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- The effects of limits on children's right to freedom of expression spill out of the school gates into public life. Children, just as adults, may be subject to excessive violence or arbitrary detention for expressing political views. For example, the Committee on the Rights of the Child recently highlighted such violations to the Syrian Arab Republic in relation to the arrest and incommunicado detention of a group of children between 8 and 15 years of age accused of painting anti-government graffiti on a school wall in the southern town of Dara'a (see CRC/C/SYR/CO/3-4, para. 46). It also expressed its concern to Belarus about the detention of adolescents during demonstrations held in the context of presidential elections in December 2010 (see CRC/C/BLR/CO/3-4, para. 35).
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- Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Year
- 2014
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Challenges faced by groups most at risk when exercising or seeking to exercise the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and/or of association 2014, para. 49
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- Some laws limit the type of associations that individuals or groups can join or form. The Committee on the Rights of the Child has noted with concern that in Costa Rica, the Children and Adolescents Code denied adolescents the right to form or join political associations, yet they may form community development associations in which they may actively participate (CRC/C/CRI/CO/4, para. 37). In Turkey, children over the age of 15 may form associations and from the age of 12 may join those associations, but they must be 19 in order to form an organizational committee for outdoor meetings (CRC/C/TUR/CO/2-3, para. 38). The justification for explicitly excluding those groups from forming associations that engage in certain activities is unclear.
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- Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Year
- 2014
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Reflection on a 6-year tenure as Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography 2014, para. 81
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- In the framework of her official visit to Honduras, for instance, the Special Rapporteur welcomed the establishment of the Inter-Agency Commission to Combat the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents, which is responsible for ensuring the implementation of legal and administrative measures to combat commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Year
- 2014
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The right of the child to freedom of expression 2014, para. 12
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- There is no reference in article 13 to the child's evolving capacities, nor is a minimum age or a certain degree of maturity for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression fixed. In this sense, freedom of expression has been regarded as having a developmental aspect, since its aim is to enable children to develop their minds and themselves in society with others and grow into citizens participating in public life. Children's freedom of expression does not - and cannot - start when children become capable of expressing their views autonomously or become teenagers; they cannot be expected to develop as autonomous beings and participants in society at the magical age of 18 years without having had the opportunity beforehand.
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- Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Year
- 2014
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Approach, vision and work methods 2014, para. 19
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- The Special Rapporteur will also take into account decisive commitments and standards on children adopted at the international level, in particular the Rio de Janeiro Declaration and Call for Action to Prevent and Stop Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents (2008), the Yokohama Global Commitment (2001) and the Stockholm Declaration and Agenda for Action against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (1996).
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Year
- 2014
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Activities of the Working Group 2014, para. 56
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- The Working Group emphasizes the need for philosophical and legal changes to juvenile justice systems, which currently maximize penalties and lead to the increased entry of juveniles into the adult criminal justice system, thereby resulting in the institutionalization of young people of African descent, instead of using alternative methods and solutions.
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- Working Group of experts on people of African descent
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Youth
- Year
- 2014
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Review of the standard minimum rules for the treatment of prisoners 2013, para. 70
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- The Special Rapporteur notes that while the Rules recognize and address specific needs of different categories of prisoners (such as women, juveniles, persons with disabilities and foreign nationals), it fails to require the extension of special protection measures to other disadvantaged groups of detainees or prisoners. It is essential that the Rules adopt special measures aimed at protecting the rights of other disadvantaged groups of prisoners, in accordance with well-established international standards and norms (see UNODC/CCPCJ/EG.6/2012/2, p. 21). Special care must be taken to ensure that segregating members of these groups does not further marginalize them from the rest of the community or expose them to further risk of torture or ill-treatment (see, for example, the Yogyakarta Principles on the Application of International Human Rights Law in relation to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, principle 9 (a)).
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- Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Persons on the move
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Year
- 2013
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Pathways to, conditions and consequences of incarceration for women 2013, para. 83
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- These rules supplement the standards of the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners and the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-custodial Measures (the Tokyo Rules), which afford protection to all prisoners and offenders, respectively. Other applicable international standards include the Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment; the Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners; the United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty; the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice; and the Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials. Although these rules are non binding instruments, they constitute authoritative guides to the content of binding treaty standards and customary international law.
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- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Year
- 2013
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