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Consolidating gains and accelerating efforts to control and eliminate malaria in developing countries, particularly in Africa, by 2015 (2014), para. 15
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- Recognizing further that malaria control interventions have a positive impact on overall child and maternal mortality rates and could help African countries and other malaria-endemic countries to reach Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 of reducing child mortality and improving maternal health, respectively, by 2015,
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2020
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Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (2019), para. 155
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- (c) Enable migrants to communicate with their families without delay to inform them that they are alive by facilitating access to means of communication along routes and at their destination, including in places of detention, as well as access to consular missions, local authorities and organizations that can provide assistance with family contacts, especially in cases of unaccompanied or separated migrant children, as well as adolescents;
- Topic(s)
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2020
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Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children (2010), para. 122
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- 75. Cultural and religious practices regarding the provision of alternative care, including those related to gender perspectives, should be respected and promoted to the extent that they can be shown to be consistent with the rights and best interests of the children. The process of considering whether such practices should be promoted should be carried out in a broadly participatory way, involving the cultural and religious leaders concerned, professionals and those caring for children without parental care, parents and other relevant stakeholders, as well as the children themselves.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2020
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Promoting social integration through social inclusion (2020), para. 40
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- 5. Stresses the importance of promoting inclusive and equitable quality education that is age-, disability- and gender-sensitive, as well as lifelong learning opportunities for all, especially for children, women, youth, persons with disabilities, older persons, migrants, indigenous peoples and persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, and of skills development and quality training as essential means for inclusive participation and integration in society;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Persons on the move
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Youth
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2020
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Rights of the child (2005), para. 014
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- 5. Urges States parties to take all appropriate measures for the implementation of the rights recognized in the Convention by, inter alia, putting in place effective national legislation, policies and action plans, by strengthening relevant governmental structures for children and by ensuring adequate and systematic training in the rights of the child for professional groups working with and for children;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2020
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Rights of the child (2011), para. 018
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- Welcoming the adoption of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons, 21 stressing the need for its full and effective implementation, and expressing the view that it will, inter alia, contribute to the promotion and protection of the rights of children, enhance cooperation and better coordination of efforts in fighting trafficking in persons and promote increased ratification and full implementation of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime 22 and the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, 23 Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Optional Protocols thereto
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth: youth in the global economy – promoting youth participation in social and economic development (2008), para. 105
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- 44. Youth are often among the main victims of armed conflict. Children and youth are killed or maimed, made orphans, abducted, taken hostage, forcibly displaced, deprived of education and health care and left with deep emotional scars and trauma. Children illegally recruited as child soldiers are often forced to commit serious abuses. Armed conflict destroys the safe environment provided by a house, a family, adequate nutrition, education and employment. During conflict, health risks increase among youth, especially young women. Young women and girls face additional risks, in particular those of sexual violence and exploitation.
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2020
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Access to medicines and vaccines in the context of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical andmental health (2019), para. 26
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- Concerned at the lack of access to quality, safe, effective and affordable medicines for children in appropriate dosage forms, and at problems in the rational use of children’s medicines in many countries, and that, globally, children aged under 5 years still do not have secure access to medicines for the treatment of communicable and non-communicable diseases, including rare diseases,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2020
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The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy Review (2018), para. 023
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- Strongly condemning the systematic recruitment and use of children to perpetrate terrorist attacks, as well as the violations and abuses committed by terrorist groups against children, including killing and maiming, abduction and rape and other forms of sexual violence, and noting that such violations and abuses may amount to war crimes or crimes against humanity,
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2020
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Rights of the child (2017), para. 010
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- Taking note of the reports of the Secretary-General on progress made towards achieving the commitments set out in the outcome document of the twenty -seventh special session of the General Assembly 29 and on the status of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the issues addressed in resolution 70/137 , 30 as well as the report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children, 31 the report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict 32 and the report of the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, 33 whose recommendations should be carefully studied, taking fully into account the views of Member States,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2020
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Elimination of all forms of discrimination against women and girls (2019), para. 40
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- 10. Stresses the importance of mainstreaming a gender and age perspective into justice systems at all levels to ensure equal protection of the law for women and girls, taking into consideration, inter alia, the United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (the Bangkok Rules), the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules) and the United Nations Model Strategies and Practical Measures on the Elimination of Violence against Children in the Field of Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2020
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Human rights and unilateral coercive measures (2018), para. 36
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- 7. Also expresses its grave concern that, in some countries, the socioeconomic conditions of family members, particularly women and children, are adversely affected by unilateral coercive measures, imposed and maintained contrary to international law and the Charter, that create obstacles to trade relations among States, restrict movement through various means of transport, impede the full realization of social and economic development and hinder the well-being of the population in the affected countries, with particular consequences for women, children, including adolescents, the elderly and persons with disabilities;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2020
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Technical assistance and capacity-building in the field of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2018), para. 11
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- Expressing its concern at the number of cases of rape and other forms of conflict- related sexual violence perpetrated against women and children,
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2020
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Rights of the child (2007), para. 078
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- Children affected by armed conflict
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2020
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Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008–2017) (2016), para. 24
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- Recognizing the importance of supporting countries in their efforts to eradicate poverty and promote the empowerment of the poor and people in vulnerable situations, including women, children and youth, indigenous peoples, older persons, persons with disabilities, migrants, refugees and internally displaced persons,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Movement
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Persons on the move
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Youth
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2020
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Rights of the child (2014), para. 117
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- (i) To contribute to the prevention and elimination of the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography by adopting a holistic approach, addressing the contributing factors, including underdevelopment, poverty, economic disparities, inequitable socioeconomic structures, dysfunctional families, lack of education, urban-rural migration, gender discrimination, criminal or irresponsible adult sexual behaviour, child sex tourism, organized crime, armed conflicts and trafficking in children;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Health
- Poverty
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2020
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Rights of the child (2013), para. 105
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- (e) To invite the Chair of the Committee on the Rights of the Child to present an oral report on the work of the Committee and engage in an interactive dialogue with the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session under the item entitled “Promotion and protection of the rights of children”;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2020
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Rights of the child (2013), para. 089
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- (q) To take measures to eliminate gender-based violence against and sexual exploitation and trafficking of indigenous children, and to actively involve indigenous peoples and their communities in the efforts towards the elimination of these practices;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2020
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Follow-up to the twentieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyond (2018), para. 12
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- 4. Encourages Member States to promote work-family balance as conducive to the well-being of children, the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls, inter alia, through flexible working and leave arrangements, parental leave, affordable, accessible and good quality childcare and initiatives to promote the equal sharing of household responsibilities, including unpaid care work, between men and women;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2002), para. 33
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- (iii) The numerous instances of rape and sexual violence against women and children, including as a means of warfare;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2020
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Cooperation between the United Nations and the International Organization of la Francophonie (2017), para. 61
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- 29. Invites the specialized agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations system, as well as the regional commissions, including the Economic Commission for Africa, to strengthen the cooperation with the Secretary -General of la Francophonie by identifying new synergies in favour of sustainable development, in particular in the areas of poverty eradication, economic growth, energy, the environment and the fight against climate change, culture, education, training and the development of new information technologies, in particular with a view to achieving the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals and the Sustainable Development Goals, to the benefit of all, including children, young people and women;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Youth
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2020
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Rights of the child (2014), para. 141
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- (b) To request the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict to continue to submit reports to the General Assembly and the Human Rights Council on the activities undertaken in discharging her mandate, including information on her field visits and on the progress achieved and the challenges remaining on the children and armed conflict agenda;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2020
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Rights of the child (2006), para. 027
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- (b) Taking all necessary measures to ensure the right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health and developing sustainable health systems and social services, ensuring access to such systems and services without discrimination, paying particular attention to adequate food and nutrition and assigning priority to activities and programmes aimed at preventing addictions, in particular addiction to alcohol and tobacco, and the abuse of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and inhalants and by, inter alia, securing appropriate prenatal and post-natal care for mothers;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Infants
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2020
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Work of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories (2016), para. 18
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- Deploring the killing and injury of thousands of civilians, including women and children, during the military operations in the Gaza Strip in July and August 2014,
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2020
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Women in development (2018), para. 31
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- 4. Emphasizes the need to link policies on economic, social and environmental development to ensure that all people, in particular women and children living in poverty and in vulnerable situations, benefit from inclusive economic growth and development, in accordance with the goals of the Monterrey Consensus of the International Conference on Financing for Development, 13 the Doha Declaration on Financing for Development: outcome document of the Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus 14 and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development; 15
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2020
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United Nations common system: report of the International Civil Service Commission (1999), para. 31
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- 1. Approves, with effect from 1 January 1999, an increase of 14.6 per cent in the children’s allowance (including the allowance for disabled children) and in the secondary dependant’s allowance;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons with disabilities
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2020
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Improving the coordination of efforts against trafficking in persons (2016), para. 29
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- Recognizing also that victims of trafficking are often subject to multiple forms of discrimination and violence, including on the grounds of gender, age, disability, ethnicity, culture and religion, as well as national or social origin, and that these forms of discrimination may themselves fuel trafficking in persons, and that women and children without nationality or without birth registration are particularly vulnerable to trafficking in persons,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2020
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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2017), para. 38
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- 27. Notes with increasing concern that asylum seekers, refugees and stateless persons are subject to arbitrary detention in numerous situations and encourages working towards the ending of this practice, welcomes the increasing use of alternatives to detention, especially in the case of children, and emphasizes the need for States to limit detention of asylum seekers, refugees and stateless persons to that which is necessary, giving full consideration to possible alternatives;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2020
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Rights of the child (2016), para. 012
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- Recognizing that the family has the primary responsibility for the nurturing and protection of children, in the best interests of the child, and that children, for the full and harmonious development of their personality, should grow up in a family environment and in an atmosphere of happiness, love and understanding,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2020
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Human rights and unilateral coercive measures (2015), para. 20
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- 4. Urges all States not to adopt any unilateral measures not in accordance with international law and the Charter that impede the full achievement of economic and social development by the population of the affected countries, in particular children and women, that hinder their well-being and that create obstacles to the full enjoyment of their human rights, including the right of everyone to a standard of living adequate for his or her health and well-being and his or her right to food, medical care and education and the necessary social services, as well as to ensure that food and medicine are not used as tools for political pressure;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2020
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