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Technical assistance and capacity-building to improve human rights in Libya, para. 33
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- 17. Repeats its call to all parties in Libya to comply immediately with their applicable obligations under international human rights law and international humanitarian law and for strict respect of all human rights and fundamental freedoms, and urges all leaders to declare that violations and abuses of human rights or violations of international humanitarian law by their fighters will not be tolerated and that individuals responsible for such acts will be removed from duty;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Year
- 2018
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Technical assistance and capacity-building for Mali in the field of human rights, para. 35
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- 13. Welcomes the establishment by the Malian authorities of a ministerial department dedicated exclusively to the promotion and protection of human rights, commends the progress achieved by the Justice, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which has made it possible to collect more than 7,000 statements from victims in several regions of Mali, and encourages the Malian authorities to ensure that the Commission has the independence and means needed to fulfil its mandate to support the victims of the crises in Mali;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Year
- 2018
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Technical assistance and capacity-building for Mali in the field of human rights, para. 42
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- 20. Requests friendly countries and partner organizations that have pledged contributions at conferences on the development of Mali to honour those pledges in order to assist the Government to expedite the effective and comprehensive implementation of the Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in Mali;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Year
- 2018
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Technical assistance and capacity-building for Mali in the field of human rights, para. 26
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- 4. Calls upon all parties to facilitate full, safe, and unhindered access for the timely delivery of aid to all persons in need across Mali, and to ensure the safety and protection of civilians receiving assistance and of humanitarian personnel operating in Mali;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Year
- 2018
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Technical assistance and capacity-building for Mali in the field of human rights, para. 41
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- 19. Welcomes the formulation of the Specific Development Strategy for the Northern Regions of Mali, urges the Government to pursue its development work through the implementation of the Emergency Programme for the Revival of Development in the North and the Reconstruction and Economic Recovery Programme, and also urges the Government to accelerate the return of the administration and basic services in the centre and north of the country and to work towards establishing an acceptable level of security;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Year
- 2018
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Technical assistance and capacity-building for Mali in the field of human rights, para. 24
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- 2. Also strongly condemns the attacks, including terrorist attacks against civilians, the Malian defence and security forces, the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali and the French forces, underlines the importance of bringing perpetrators, sponsors, organizers and financiers of these acts to justice, and urges the Government of Mali to ensure that those responsible for these acts are prosecuted;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Year
- 2018
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan, para. 42
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- 4. Also demands that Israel, the occupying Power, comply fully with its legal obligations, as mentioned in the advisory opinion rendered on 9 July 2004 by the International Court of Justice, including to cease forthwith the works of construction of the wall being built in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including in and around East Jerusalem, to dismantle forthwith the structure therein situated, to repeal or render ineffective forthwith all legislative and regulatory acts relating thereto, and to make reparation for the damage caused to all natural or legal persons affected by the construction of the wall;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Year
- 2018
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan, para. 51
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- 8. Calls upon Israel, the occupying Power:
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Year
- 2018
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan, para. 40
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- 2. Calls upon Israel to accept the de jure applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and to the occupied Syrian Golan, to abide scrupulously by the provisions of the Convention, in particular article 49 thereof, and to comply with all its obligations under international law and cease immediately all actions causing the alteration of the character, status and demographic composition of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Year
- 2018
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, para. 46
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- 17. Also condemns the firing of rockets against Israeli civilian areas resulting in loss of life and injury;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Year
- 2018
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, para. 49
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- 19. Urges Member States to continue to provide emergency assistance to the Palestinian people to alleviate the financial crisis and the dire socioeconomic and humanitarian situation, particularly in the Gaza Strip;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Year
- 2018
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, para. 29
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- 1. Stresses the need for Israel, the occupying Power, to withdraw from the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem, so as to enable the Palestinian people to exercise its universally recognized right to self-determination;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Year
- 2018
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Human rights in the occupied Syrian Golan, para. 15
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- 2. Also calls upon Israel to desist from its continuous building of settlements, the most recent of which is the settlement campaign being conducted by the so-called Golan Regional Council under the slogan “Come to the Golan” and referred to as the “farms project”, and the latest announcement by Israel in November 2016 on the
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Year
- 2018
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Situation of human rights in Myanmar, para. 23
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- 7. Strongly condemns the reported widespread, systematic and gross human rights violations and abuses committed in Rakhine State since 25 August 2017 and, while reiterating its condemnation of attacks carried out by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army and other militant groups, expresses its deepest concern about the disproportionate response of the military and the security forces and deplores the serious deterioration of the security, human rights and humanitarian situation, the exodus of almost 700,000 Rohingya into Bangladesh and the subsequent depopulation of northern Rakhine State, and calls upon the Myanmar authorities to ensure that those responsible for human rights violations and abuses are held accountable;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Year
- 2018
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic, para. 31
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- 11. Urges all parties to the conflict, particularly the Syrian authorities and their allies, to comply with their respective obligations under international human rights law and international humanitarian law, including by refraining from carrying out attacks against the civilian population and civilian objects, medical units, personnel, patients and transport and schools and personnel involved in humanitarian assistance;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Year
- 2018
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic, para. 49
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- 27. Expresses grave concern at the conclusion of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons fact-finding mission that sarin was more than likely used on 30 March 2017 in Al-Lataminah;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Year
- 2018
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic, para. 50
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- 28. Also expresses grave concern at numerous continuing allegations of the use of chemical weapons in recent months and weeks, including in Idlib Province and Eastern Ghouta;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Year
- 2018
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic, para. 36
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- 15. Calls upon the Syrian authorities and all other parties to the conflict to ensure the effective implementation of Security Council resolutions 2139 (2014) of 22 February 2014 and 2254 (2015), and, in particular, to end the arbitrary detention and torture of civilians in the Syrian Arab Republic, notably in prisons and detention facilities, as well as kidnappings, abductions and forced disappearances, as demanded by the Council in its resolution 2139 (2014);
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Violence
- Year
- 2018
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic, para. 27
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- 7. Also strongly condemns the terrorist acts and violence committed against civilians by the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Daesh), Al-Nusrah Front and other terrorist organizations designated by the Security Council, and their continued gross, systematic and widespread abuses of international human rights law and violations of international humanitarian law, and reaffirms that terrorism, including the actions of the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Daesh), cannot and should not be associated with any religion, nationality or civilization, and stresses the importance of the full implementation of Security Council resolution 2170 (2014) of 15 August 2014;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Year
- 2018
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Terrorism and human rights, para. 33
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- 13. Urges States to do all they can, in accordance with their obligations under international law, to prevent any political, material or financial support from reaching terrorist groups, to deny terrorists safe haven, freedom of operation, movement and recruitment, and to criminalize the wilful provision or collection by any means, directly or indirectly, of funds by their nationals or in their territories with the intention that the funds be used, or with the knowledge that they are to be used, by terrorist groups for any purpose, and to bring to justice or, where appropriate, extradite the perpetrators of terrorist acts or any person who supports, facilitates or participates, or attempts to participate, in the financing, planning or preparation of terrorist acts;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Year
- 2018
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Rights of the child: protection of the rights of the child in humanitarian situations, para. 42
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- 22. Strongly condemns all attacks directed against civilian objects dedicated to educational purposes and on their students and staff, including attacks aiming at spreading terror among the civilian population, calls upon States to continue to make efforts to strengthen the protection of preschools, schools and universities against attacks, including by taking measures to deter the military use of schools in violation of applicable international law, recognizes the negative impact that such attacks have on the progressive realization of the right to education, and encourages efforts to provide an inclusive, enabling and secure environment to ensure the safety of schools;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Humanitarian
- Year
- 2018
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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The deteriorating situation of human rights in Eastern Ghouta, in the Syrian Arab Republic, para. 10
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- 4. Calls upon all parties, in particular the Syrian authorities, to meet their responsibility to protect the Syrian population and to end immediately all attacks against civilians in Eastern Ghouta, while the growing number of civilian casualties in Damascus are also of concern, as delays in the implementation of the ceasefire cause more suffering on all sides;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Year
- 2018
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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General Conclusion On International Protection 1994, para. (k)
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- Notes that a large number of those persons in need of international protection have been forced to flee or to remain outside their countries of origin as a result of danger to their life or freedom owing to situations of conflict;
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- Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Document type
- ExCom Conclusion
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Year
- 1994
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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The right to education: follow-up to Human Rights Council resolution 8/4 2017, para. 15
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- Calls upon States to continue to make efforts to strengthen the protection of preschools, schools and universities against attacks, and encourages efforts to provide safe, inclusive and enabling learning environments and quality education for all within an appropriate time frame, including higher education in humanitarian emergencies and conflict situations;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Humanitarian
- Year
- 2017
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Safety of UNHCR Staff and Other Humanitarian Personnel 1997, para. (a)
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- Strongly condemns any acts which obstruct or prevent the staff of UNHCR and its implementing partners, as well as other humanitarian personnel, from discharging their humanitarian functions, or which entail their being subjected to threats, use of force, and physical attack frequently resulting in injury or death;
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- Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Document type
- ExCom Conclusion
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Year
- 1997
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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The promotion and protection of human rights in the context of peaceful protests 2014, para. 19
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- Urges States to ensure accountability for human rights violations and abuses through judicial or other national mechanisms, based on law in conformity with their international human rights obligations and commitments, and to provide victims with access to a remedy and redress, including in the context of peaceful protests;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Year
- 2014
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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The promotion and protection of human rights in the context of peaceful protests 2014, para. 12
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- Calls upon States to investigate any death or significant injury committed during protests, including those resulting from the discharge of firearms or the use of non-lethal weapons by officials exercising law enforcement duties;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Year
- 2014
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Freedom of opinion and expression 2009, para. 3(c)
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- [Calls upon all States:] To ensure that victims of violations of the rights referred to in paragraph 1 above have an effective remedy, to investigate effectively threats and acts of violence, including terrorist acts, against journalists, including in situations of armed conflict, and to bring to justice those responsible in order to combat impunity;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Year
- 2009
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Freedom of opinion and expression 2009, para. 1(c)
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- [Expresses its continuing concern that:] Threats and acts of violence, including killings, attacks and terrorist acts, particularly directed against journalists and other media workers in situations of armed conflict, have increased and are not adequately punished, in particular in those circumstances where public authorities are involved in committing those acts;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Year
- 2009
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Protection of the human rights of civilians in armed conflict 2008, para. 7
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- Requests relevant special procedures and the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee, and invites human rights treaty bodies, within their respective mandates, to continue to address the relevant aspects of the protection of human rights of civilians in armed conflicts in their work;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Year
- 2008
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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