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The girl child (2018), para. 06
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- Reaffirming all relevant outcomes of major United Nations summits and conferences relevant to the girl child, including the outcome document of the twenty - seventh special session of the General Assembly on children, entitled “A world fit for children”, 7 the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly, entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century”, 10 the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, 11 the Programme of Action of the World Summit for Social Development, 12 the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS adopted at the twenty-sixth special session of the General Assembly on HIV/AIDS, entitled “Global Crisis – Global Action”, 13 and the political declarations on HIV and AIDS adopted by the high-level meetings of the General Assembly held in 2006, 14 2011 and 2016, and reiterating that their full and effective implementation is essential to achieving the internationally agreed development goals, including the Sustainable Development Goals,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Protecting children from bullying (2015), para. 20
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- (d) To raise public awareness, involving family members, legal guardians, caregivers, youth, schools, communities, community leaders and the media as well as civil society organizations, with the participation of children, regarding the protection of children from bullying;
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- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Policies and programmes involving youth: youth in the global economy – promoting youth participation in social and economic development (2008), para. 111
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- 48. Governments should take all feasible measures to ensure that members of their armed forces who have not attained the age of 18 years do not take direct part in hostilities and that those who have not attained the age of 18 years are not compulsorily recruited into their armed forces.
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World, 2001–2010 (2005), para. 08
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- Noting the relevance of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, held in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 26 August to 4 September 2002, the International Conference on Financing for Development, held in Monterrey, Mexico, from 18 to 22 March 2002, the special session of the General Assembly on children, held in New York from 8 to 10 May 2002, the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, held in Durban, South Africa, from 31 August to 8 September 2001, and the United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education, 1995–2004, for the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World, 2001–2010, as well as the need to implement, as appropriate, the relevant decisions agreed upon therein,
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children (2010), para. 221
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- 151. Those responsible for the welfare of an unaccompanied or separated child should facilitate regular communication between the child and his/her family, except where this is against the child’s wishes or is demonstrably not in his/her best interests.
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- Children
- Families
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Rights of the child (2011), para. 083
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- (i) To take all necessary measures to ensure that the child will be registered immediately after birth and will have the right from birth to a name, the right to acquire a nationality and, as far as possible, the right to know and be cared for by his or her parents, and to implement these rights in accordance with their national law and their obligations under the relevant international instruments in this field;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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The girl child (2004), para. 27
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- 10. Urges States to formulate comprehensive, multidisciplinary and coordinated national plans, programmes or strategies to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls, which should be widely disseminated and should provide targets and timetables for implementation, as well as effective domestic enforcement procedures through the establishment of monitoring mechanisms involving all parties concerned, including consultations with women’s organizations, giving attention to the recommendations relating to the girl child of the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on violence against women, its causes and consequences;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS: On the Fast Track to Accelerating the Fight against HIV and to Ending the AIDS Epidemic by 2030 (2016), para. 145
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- 65 (d). Work towards ensuring that at least 81 per cent of the number of children and young adolescents (under the age of 15) are on treatment in 2020, in Asia and the Pacific reaching 95,000, in Eastern and Southern Africa reaching 690,000, in the Middle East and North Africa reaching 8,000, in Western and Central Africa reaching 340,000, in Eastern Europe and Central Asia reaching 7,600, in Latin America and the Caribbean reaching 17,000, and in Western and Central Europe and North America reaching 1,300, ensuring equal access to treatment for girls and boys;
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Boys
- Children
- Girls
- Youth
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Rights of the child: the right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health (2013), para. 074
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- 33. Further calls on States to promote the full integration of palliative care services into treatment and support programmes for children with chronic illnesses, untreatable conditions and/or treatment failures; treatment guidelines for cancer, AIDS- related complications, neurological and other relevant conditions should include guidance on the provision of paediatric palliative care; such services should also address the psychological, social and spiritual needs of the children, their parents or guardians, their siblings and other relatives, and the adequate training of paediatric palliative care providers;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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United Nations Model Strategies and Practical Measures on the Elimination of Violence against Children in the Field of Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (2015), para. 231
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- (v) To interact with child victims in an age-appropriate and child- and gender-sensitive manner;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2017), para. 45
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- 34. Notes with concern that a large proportion of the world’s out-of-school population lives in conflict-affected areas, and welcomes the commitment in the New York Declaration to lend host countries support in providing quality primary and secondary education in safe learning environments for all refugee children, and to do so within a few months of the initial displacement, as well as the commitment made in the Incheon Declaration: Education 2030: Towards inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong learning for all to developing more inclusive, responsive and resilient education systems to meet the needs of children, youth and adults in these contexts, including internally displaced persons and refugees;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Youth
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Preventable mortality and morbidity of children under 5 years of age as a human rights concern (2016), para. 15
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- 4. Calls upon States and other relevant stakeholders, including national human rights institutions and non-governmental organizations, with due regard to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, to continue to take and intensify action at all levels to address the interlinked root causes of preventable mortality and morbidity of children under 5 years of age, such as poverty, malnutrition, harmful practices, violence, stigma and discrimination, unsafe households and environments, lack of safe drinking water and sanitation, lack of accessible, affordable, quality and appropriate health care, services, medicines and vaccinations, late detection of childhood illnesses and low levels and quality of education;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Accelerating efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women: ensuring due diligence in prevention (2010), para. 18
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- 5. Urges States to adopt and implement policies and programmes that enable women to avoid and escape situations of violence and prevent its recurrence, and that provide, inter alia, financial support and affordable access to safe housing or shelters, childcare and other social supports, legal assistance, skills training and productive resources, and to make these services accessible to women and girls with disabilities;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Preparations for the special session of the General Assembly in the year 2001 to review the achievement of the goals of the World Summit for Children (1999), para. 3
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- 1. Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General on progress on the implementation of the World Declaration and the Plan of Action of the World Summit for Children; 1
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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The rights of the child (1999), para. 29
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- 17. Welcomes the positive results of the cooperation between the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the United Nations Children’s Fund, supports the rights-based approach adopted by the Fund, and encourages its further development;
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Children
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Intensification of efforts to end obstetric fistula (2019), para. 20
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- Welcoming the various national, regional and international initiatives on all the Sustainable Development Goals and the global Campaign to End Fistula, including those undertaken bilaterally and through South-South cooperation, in support of national plans and strategies in sectors such as health, education, finance, gender equality, energy, water and sanitation, poverty eradication and nutrition as a way to reduce the number of maternal, newborn and under-5 child deaths,
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Infants
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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The situation in Afghanistan (2014), para. 075
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- 48. Expresses its strong concern, in this regard, about the ongoing recruitment and use of children by illegal armed and terrorist groups in Afghanistan, as well as the killing and maiming of children as a result of the conflict, stresses in this regard the importance of ending the recruitment and use of children in violation of applicable international law and all other violations and abuses committed against children, expresses appreciation for the progress made by and the firm commitment of the Government of Afghanistan to the protection of children, including its strong condemnation of any exploitation of children, as indicated by the establishment of the Inter-Ministerial Steering Committee for the Protection of the Rights of Children, the appointment of a focal point on child protection, the signing by the Government, in January 2011, of an action plan, including the annexes thereto, on children associated with national security forces in Afghanistan and the endorsement by the Government of a road map to accelerate compliance with the action plan, welcomes progress made in the implementation of the action plan, and calls for the full implementation of its provisions, in close cooperation with the Assistance Mission;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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The rights of the child (2001), para. 104
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- 12. Urges States and all other parties to armed conflict to end the use of children as soldiers, to ensure their demobilization and effective disarmament and to implement effective measures for their rehabilitation, physical and psychological recovery and reintegration into society, further encourages efforts by, inter alia, regional organizations, intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizations to bring an end to the use of children as soldiers in armed conflict, and emphasizes that no support shall be given to those who systematically abuse or violate the rights of children during armed conflicts;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Follow-up to the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace (2013), para. 25
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- 7. Urges the appropriate authorities to provide age-appropriate education, in children’s schools, that includes lessons in mutual understanding, tolerance, active citizenship, human rights and the promotion of a culture of peace;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Rights of the child (2007), para. 116
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- (e) To pay particular attention to the protection of and the rights of children living in poverty at the commemorative plenary meeting to be held in 2007 devoted to the follow-up to the outcome of the twenty-seventh special session of the General Assembly;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Integrating volunteering in the next decade (2013), para. 25
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- 18. Reaffirms the need to encourage volunteerism in all its forms, which contributes significantly to the cohesiveness and the well-being of communities and of societies as a whole and which involves and benefits all segments of society, especially women, children, youth, older persons, persons with disabilities, minorities, migrants and those who remain excluded for social or economic reasons;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Older persons
- Persons on the move
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Youth
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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United Nations Model Strategies and Practical Measures on the Elimination of Violence against Children in the Field of Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (2015), para. 295
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- (f) To prohibit any form of violence or threats of violence against children by staff of places of detention in order to force children to engage in activities against their will;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Follow-up to the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace (2015), para. 22
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- 1. Reiterates that the objective of the effective implementation of the Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace 2 is to strengthen further the global movement for a culture of peace following the observance of the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World, 2001–2010, and calls upon all concerned to renew their attention to this objective;
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- Children
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Technical assistance and capacity-building for Yemen in the field of human rights (2018), para. 17
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- 5. Expresses deep concern at the serious abuses and violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law in Yemen committed by all parties to the conflict, including the continued recruitment of children contrary to international treaties, the abduction of political activists, violations against journalists, the killing of civilians, the prevention of access for relief and humanitarian aid, the cutting of electricity and water supplies and attacks against hospitals and ambulances;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Human rights in the administration of justice (2017), para. 49
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- 24. Urges States to take all necessary and effective measures, including legal reform where appropriate, to prevent and respond to all forms of violence against children within the justice system, including within the informal justice system, where it exists;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Consolidating gains and accelerating efforts to control and eliminate malaria in developing countries, particularly in Africa, by 2030 (2017), para. 29
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- Gravely concerned about the health burden of malaria worldwide, with 212 million cases and 429,000 deaths reported in 2015 alone, 9 in particular in sub-Saharan Africa, where an estimated 90 per cent of the deaths occur, affecting mostly young children,
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Rights of the child (2019), para. 084
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- Prevention and eradication of the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
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- Children
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Promoting human rights through sport and the Olympic ideal (2018), para. 20
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- Acknowledging also the joint endeavours of the International Olympic Committee, the International Paralympic Committee and the United Nations system in such fields as human development, poverty alleviation, humanitarian assistance, health promotion, HIV and AIDS prevention, child and youth education, gender equality, peacebuilding and sustainable development,
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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International cooperation against the world drug problem (2002), para. 57
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- 28. Urges all States to develop and implement policies and programmes for children, including adolescents, aimed at preventing the use of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and inhalants, except for medical purposes, and at reducing the adverse consequences of their abuse, as well as support preventive policies and programmes, especially against tobacco and alcohol;
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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The rights of the child (1999), para. 66
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- 10. Urges States and all other parties to armed conflict to adopt all necessary measures to end the use of children as soldiers and to ensure their demobilization and effective disarmament;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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