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Situation of human rights in Myanmar, para. 9
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- Acknowledging with grave concern the statements made by the Secretary-General, on 26 February 2018, the High Commissioner, on 7 March 2018, and the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, on 6 March 2018, on the situation of human rights in Rakhine State, in which they referred to ethnic cleansing in Myanmar,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Year
- 2018
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The right of Palestinian people to self-determination, para. 1
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- The Human Rights Council,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Year
- 2018
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The right of Palestinian people to self-determination, para. 2
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- Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, in particular the provisions of Articles 1 and 55 thereof, which affirm the right of peoples to self-determination, reaffirming the need for the scrupulous respect of the principle of refraining in international relations from the threat or use of force, as specified in the Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, adopted by the General Assembly in its resolution 2625 (XXV) of 24 October 1970, and affirming the inadmissibility of acquisition of territory resulting from the threat or use of force,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Year
- 2018
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Human rights in the occupied Syrian Golan, para. 11
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- Guided by the relevant provisions of the Charter, international law and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and reaffirming the applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12 August 1949 and the relevant provisions of the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 to the occupied Syrian Golan,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Year
- 2018
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The right of Palestinian people to self-determination, para. 9
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- and the provisions of international covenants and instruments relating to the right to self- determination as an international principle and as a right of all peoples in the world, and emphasizing that this jus cogens norm of international law is a basic prerequisite for achieving a just, lasting and comprehensive peace in the Middle East,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Year
- 2018
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The right of Palestinian people to self-determination, para. 11
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- Affirming the applicability of the principle of permanent sovereignty over natural resources to the Palestinian situation as an integral component of the right to self- determination,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Year
- 2018
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The right of Palestinian people to self-determination, para. 12
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- Recalling the conclusion of the International Court of Justice, in its advisory opinion of 9 July 2004, that the right to self-determination of the Palestinian people, which is a right erga omnes, is severely impeded by Israel, the occupying Power, through the construction of the wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, which, together with the Israeli settlement enterprise and measures previously taken, results in serious violations of international humanitarian and human rights law, including the forcible transfer of Palestinians and Israeli acquisition of Palestinian land,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Year
- 2018
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The right of Palestinian people to self-determination, para. 14
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- Noting that the failure to bring the occupation to an end after 50 years heightens the international responsibility to uphold the human rights of the Palestinian people, and expressing its deep regret that the question of Palestine remains unresolved 70 years since the resolution on partition,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Year
- 2018
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The right of Palestinian people to self-determination, para. 15
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- Reaffirming that the United Nations will continue to be engaged on the question of Palestine until the question is resolved in all its aspects in accordance with international law,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Year
- 2018
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Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, para. 17
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- Stressing the need also to end immediately the closure of the Gaza Strip and for the full implementation of the Agreement on Movement and Access and the Agreed Principles for the Rafah Crossing, both of 15 November 2005, to allow for the freedom of movement of the Palestinian civilian population within and into and out of the Gaza Strip, while taking into account Israeli concerns,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Year
- 2018
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Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, para. 48
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- treatment outside the Gaza Strip, and stresses the need for the unhindered passage of ambulances at checkpoints, especially in times of conflict;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Year
- 2018
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Ensuring accountability and justice for all violations of international law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, para. 23
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- economic, social and cultural rights of the Palestinian people throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem,2 and the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict,3 in accordance with their respective mandates;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Year
- 2018
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Cooperation with Georgia, para. 12
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- Stressing the findings of the High Commissioner in the report, in which he underscored the responsibility of the authorities in control in both regions to uphold the fundamental freedoms and human rights of all people living therein and expressed regret at the refusal of those in control of Abkhazia, Georgia and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia to grant unimpeded access to staff members of the Office of the High Commissioner and to United Nations human rights mechanisms,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Year
- 2018
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Cooperation with Georgia, para. 13
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- Expressing serious concern at the discrimination based on ethnic grounds, restrictions on education in one’s native language in both Georgian regions, and the reported mass demolition of houses of ethnic Georgians in the Tskhinvali region,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Year
- 2018
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Situation of human rights in Myanmar, para. 5
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- Welcoming further the work of the independent international fact-finding mission on Myanmar and its oral updates to the Council, while deeply regretting that the Government of Myanmar is not cooperating with the fact-finding mission, and urging the Government to grant it full, unrestricted and unmonitored access to all areas and interlocutors,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Year
- 2018
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Human rights in the occupied Syrian Golan, para. 6
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- Reaffirming once more the illegality of the decision by Israel of 14 December 1981 to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration on the occupied Syrian Golan, which has resulted in the effective annexation of that territory,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Year
- 2018
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Human rights in the occupied Syrian Golan, para. 7
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- Reaffirming the principle of the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by force, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and the principles of international law,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Year
- 2018
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Human rights in the occupied Syrian Golan, para. 1
- Paragraph text
- The Human Rights Council,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Year
- 2018
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Human rights in the occupied Syrian Golan, para. 2
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- Deeply concerned at the suffering of the Syrian citizens in the occupied Syrian Golan due to the systematic and continuous violation of their fundamental and human rights by Israel since the Israeli military occupation of 1967,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Year
- 2018
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The right of Palestinian people to self-determination, para. 7
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- Recalling further General Assembly resolution 67/19 of 29 November 2012,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Year
- 2018
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The right of Palestinian people to self-determination, para. 8
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- Reaffirming the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination in accordance with the provisions of the Charter, relevant United Nations resolutions and declarations,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Year
- 2018
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Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, para. 4
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- Taking note of the recent reports of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967,1 and other relevant recent reports of the Human Rights Council,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Year
- 2018
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Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan, para. 10
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- Recalling the advisory opinion rendered on 9 July 2004 by the International Court of Justice on the legal consequences of the construction of a wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and recalling also General Assembly resolutions ES-10/15 of 20 July 2004 and ES-10/17 of 15 December 2006,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Year
- 2018
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Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan, para. 36
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- Aware also of the role of private individuals, associations and charities in third States that are involved in providing funding to Israeli settlements and settlement-based entities, contributing to the maintenance and expansion of settlements,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Year
- 2018
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Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan, para. 23
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- Expressing grave concern at the continuing construction by Israel of the wall inside the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including in and around East Jerusalem, in violation of international law, and expressing its concern in particular at the route of the wall in departure from the Armistice Line of 1949, which is causing humanitarian hardship and a serious decline in socioeconomic conditions for the Palestinian people, fragmenting the territorial contiguity of the Territory and undermining its viability, creating a fait accompli on the ground that could be tantamount to de facto annexation in departure from the Armistice Line of 1949, and making the two-State solution physically impossible to implement,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Year
- 2018
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Integrity of the judicial system, para. 4
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- Recalling also other important documents on the issue of the integrity of the judiciary endorsed by various forums of the United Nations, in particular the Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary, the Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers, the Guidelines on the Role of Prosecutors, the Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power, the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, the Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners, the Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment, the Safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty, the United Nations Principles and Guidelines on Access to Legal Aid in Criminal Justice Systems and the Bangalore Principles of Judicial Conduct,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Year
- 2018
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Human rights in the occupied Syrian Golan, para. 4
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- Recalling also all relevant General Assembly resolutions, the most recent being resolutions 71/99 of 6 December 2016, 72/16 of 30 November 2017 and 72/88 of 7 December 2017, in which the Assembly declared that Israel had failed to comply with Security Council resolution 497 (1981) and demanded that it withdraw from all the occupied Syrian Golan,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Year
- 2018
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Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan, para. 1
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- The Human Rights Council,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Year
- 2018
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Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan, para. 19
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- Affirming that the Israeli settlement policies and practices in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, seriously endanger the viability of the two-State solution, undermining the physical possibility of its realization and entrenching a one-State reality of unequal rights,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Year
- 2018
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Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan, para. 13
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- Recalling the report of the independent international fact-finding mission to investigate the implications of the Israeli settlements on the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of the Palestinian people throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem,1
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Year
- 2018
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