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Human rights in the administration of justice (2013), para. 41
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- 21. Stresses the importance of paying greater attention to the impact of the imprisonment of parents on their children, while noting with interest the day of general discussion on the situation of children of prisoners, held by the Committee on the Rights of the Child on 30 September 2011, as well as the summary report on the full-day meeting of the Human Rights Council on the rights of the child, held on 8 March 2012; 17
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran (2014), para. 21
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- (m) Persistent failure to uphold due process of law, and violations of the rights of detainees, including the widespread and systematic use of arbitrary detention and enforced disappearance, the lack of access of detainees to legal representation of their choice, the refusal to consider granting bail to detainees, the poor conditions of prisons and the denial of access to adequate medical treatment, as well as reports of detainees dying in custody, being subjected to torture, rape and other forms of sexual violence, harsh interrogation techniques and the use of pressure exerted upon their relatives and dependants, including through arrest, to obtain false confessions that are then used at trials;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women (2009), para. 29
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- 15. Stresses further that States should take all possible measures to empower women and inform them of their rights in seeking redress through mechanisms of justice, inform everyone of women’s rights and of the existing penalties for violating those rights, and engage men and boys, as well as families, as agents of change in preventing and condemning violence against women;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Families
- Men
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Trafficking in persons, especially women and children: access to effective remedies for trafficked persons and their right to an effective remedy for human rights violations (2012), para. 39
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- (l) Ensuring that trafficked children are equipped with information on all matters affecting their interests, including their situation and the legal options, entitlements and services available to them, and processes of family reunification or repatriation, and to ensure that trafficked children have access to legal, interpretative and other necessary assistance provided by professionals trained in child rights and in communicating with trafficked children;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Rights of the child (2004), para. 100
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- (e) In cases of the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, to address effectively the needs of victims, including their physical and psychological recovery and full reintegration into their family and society;
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- Health
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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The safety of journalists (2018), para. 30
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- 4. Urges States to ensure accountability through the conduct of impartial, prompt, thorough, independent and effective investigations into all alleged violence, threats and attacks against journalists and media workers falling within their jurisdiction, to bring perpetrators, including those who command, conspire to commit, aid and abet or cover up such crimes to justice, and to ensure that victims and their families have access to appropriate remedies;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Assistance to unaccompanied refugee minors (2004), para. 05
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- Mindful of the fact that the ultimate solution to the plight of unaccompanied minors is their return to and reunification with their families,
- Topic(s)
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic (2019), para. 34
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- 14. Calls upon all parties to respect and protect the full enjoyment by children of all their human rights, and to allow at all times humanitarian workers to reach children and families in need of life-saving assistance, and to prevent, and protect children from, all exploitation, violations and abuses, including sexual and gender-based violence and child, early and forced marriage, trafficking and torture by, among other actions, ending and preventing the recruitment and use of children in the armed conflict, immediately, safely and unconditionally releasing children and handing them over to civilian child-protection actors, and ensuring that such authorities have access to detained children associated with armed groups;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic (2019), para. 37
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- 19. Expresses deep concern at reports of mass executions and torture of prisoners, as well as reports that the Syrian authorities used a crematorium to conceal the mass killings, and at the number of deaths among individuals detained by the Syrian authorities, including in Syrian Military Intelligence facilities and military hospitals, as evidenced by the issuing of thousands of death notifications, which provides further indication of systematic violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law, and urges them to provide families with death certificates and the remains of their relatives whose fate has been disclosed, including those who have been summarily executed, to take all appropriate measures immediately to protect the lives and rights of all persons currently detained or unaccounted for, and to clarify the fate of those who remain missing or are still in custody;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women (2007), para. 16
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- 4. Strongly condemns all acts of violence against women and girls, whether these acts are perpetrated by the State, by private persons or by non-State actors, calls for the elimination of all forms of gender-based violence in the family, within the general community and where perpetrated or condoned by the State, and stresses the need to treat all forms of violence against women and girls as a criminal offence, punishable by law;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Girls
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Eliminating rape and other forms of sexual violence in all their manifestations, including in conflict and related situations (2008), para. 16
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- Strongly condemning all acts of violence against women and girls, whether these acts are perpetrated by the State, by private persons or by non-State actors, calling for the elimination of all forms of gender-based violence in the family, within the general community, and where perpetrated or condoned by the State, and stressing the need to treat all forms of violence against women and girls as a criminal offence, punishable by law,
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Girls
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children (2010), para. 213
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- 146. As soon as an unaccompanied or separated child is taken into care, all reasonable efforts should be made to trace his/her family and re-establish family ties, when this is in the best interests of the child and would not endanger those involved.
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Elimination of domestic violence against women (2004), para. 22
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- 3. Strongly condemns all forms of domestic violence against women and girls, and in this regard, calls for the elimination of all forms of gender-based violence in the family, including where condoned by the State;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Girls
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto: situation of women and girls with disabilities (2018), para. 34
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- (a) Adopting, strengthening and implementing legislation on violence against women to ensure that it expressly prohibits violence and provides adequate protection for women and girls with disabilities against all forms of violence, including violence perpetrated by support providers, health-care providers and others in positions of authority, as well as domestic violence, including intimate partner violence, and ends impunity and adequately penalizes offences involving physical, sexual, psychological and economic violence occurring in families, in institutions and carried out by support providers;
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Girls
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (2020), para. 25
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- Noting with grave concern the urgency and importance of the issue of international abductions and of the immediate return of all abductees, the long years of suffering experienced by abductees and their families, and the lack of positive action by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, notably since the investigations on all the Japanese nationals commenced on the basis of the government-level consultations held between the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and Japan in May 2014, and calling upon the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to address all allegations of enforced disappearances, provide accurate information to the families of the victims on the fates and whereabouts of their missing relatives and resolve all issues related to all abductees at the earliest possible date, in particular the return of abductees of Japan and the Republic of Korea,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Taking action against gender-related killing of women and girls (2014), para. 26
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- 6. Invites Member States to strengthen the criminal justice response to gender-related killing of women and girls, in particular measures to support the capacity of Member States to investigate, prosecute and punish all forms of such crime and provide reparation and/or compensation to victims and their families or dependents, as appropriate, in accordance with national laws;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Girls
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Rights of the child (2008), para. 083
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- (h) To mobilize public awareness, involving families and communities, with the participation of children, concerning the protection of children against all forms of sexual exploitation and abuse;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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The safety of journalists (2016), para. 26
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- 4. Urges States to do their utmost to prevent violence, threats and attacks against journalists and media workers, to ensure accountability through the conduct of impartial, prompt, thorough, independent and effective investigations into all alleged violence, threats and attacks against journalists and media workers falling within their jurisdiction, to bring perpetrators, including those who command, conspire to commit, aid and abet or cover up such crimes to justice, and to ensure that victims and their families have access to appropriate remedies;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism (2011), para. 21
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- 2. Deeply deplores the suffering caused by terrorism to the victims and their families, expresses its profound solidarity with them, and stresses the importance of providing them with assistance;
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- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Rights of the child (2019), para. 064
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- 27. Recalls paragraphs 19 to 36 of its resolution 72/245 , and recalls article 19 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, in which States parties are required to take all appropriate legislative, administrative, social and educational measures to protect the child from all forms of physical or mental violence, injury or abuse, neglect or negligent treatment, maltreatment or exploitation, including sexual abuse, while in the care of parent(s), legal guardian(s) or any other person who has the care of the child;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Sudan (2001), para. 49
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- (k) To allow an independent investigation of the case of the four Sudanese nationals who were abducted on 18 February 1999 while travelling with a team from the International Committee of the Red Cross on a humanitarian mission and subsequently killed while in the custody of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army/Movement, and urges the Sudan People’s Liberation Army/Movement to return the bodies to their families;
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- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Draft outcome document of the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly on addressing large movements of refugees and migrants (2016), para. 114
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- (e) Use the registration process to identify specific assistance needs and protection arrangements, where possible, including but not exclusively for refugees with special protection concerns, such as women at risk, children, especially unaccompanied children and children separated from their families, child -headed and single-parent households, victims of trafficking, victims of trauma and survivors of sexual violence, as well as refugees with disabilities and older persons;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Older persons
- Persons on the move
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Strengthening the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity (2016), para. 23
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- Recognizing the general progress made by the United Nations Office on Dru gs and Crime in the delivery of advisory services and assistance to requesting Member States in the areas of crime prevention and criminal justice reform, corruption, organized crime, money-laundering, terrorism, kidnapping, smuggling of migrants, trafficking in persons, including the support and protection, as appropriate, of victims, their families and witnesses, as well as drug trafficking and international cooperation, including progress in tackling the phenomenon of foreign terrorist fighters, with special emphasis on extradition and mutual legal assistance and the international transfer of sentenced persons,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women (2009), para. 22
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- 8. Strongly condemns all acts of violence against women and girls, whether these acts are perpetrated by the State, by private persons or by non-State actors, and calls for the elimination of all forms of gender-based violence in the family, within the general community and where perpetrated or condoned by the State;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Girls
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women (2011), para. 34
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- 15. Calls upon States, with the support of United Nations entities, to fully engage men and boys, as well as families and communities, as agents of change in preventing and condemning violence against women;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Families
- Men
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women (2013), para. 30
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- 8. Strongly condemns all acts of violence against women and girls, whether those acts are perpetrated by the State, by private persons or by non-State actors, including business enterprises, and calls for the elimination of all forms of gender-based violence in the family, within the general community and where perpetrated or condoned by the State;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Girls
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (2016), para. 23
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- 8. Recognizes the importance of the Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance 4 as a body of principles for all States designed to punish enforced disappearances, to prevent their commission a nd to help victims of such acts and their families to seek fair, prompt and adequate reparation;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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International cooperation to address and counter the world drug problem (2018), para. 019
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- Expressing deep concern at the high price paid by society and by individuals and their families as a result of the world drug problem, and paying special tribute to those who have sacrificed their lives, in particular law enforcement and judicial personnel, and to the health-care and civil society personnel and volunteers who dedicate themselves to countering and addressing this phenomenon,
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Right to the truth (2012), para. 15
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- Noting that the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers has recognized the right to the truth, its scope and implementation, 5 and also that the Human Rights Committee and the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances have recognized the right of the victims of gross violations of human rights and the right of their relatives to the truth about the events that have taken place, including the identification of the perpetrators of the facts that gave rise to such violations, 6
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Rights of the child (2004), para. 084
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- 38. Further calls upon all States to protect refugee, asylum-seeking and internally displaced children, in particular those who are unaccompanied, who are particularly exposed to risks in connection with armed conflict, such as recruitment, sexual violence and exploitation, to pay particular attention to programmes for voluntary repatriation and, wherever possible, local integration and resettlement, to give priority to family tracing and reunification and, where appropriate, to cooperate with international humanitarian and refugee organizations, including by facilitating their work;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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