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The right to food, para. 62
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- 31. Stresses the importance of international cooperation and development assistance as an effective contribution to both the expansion and improvement of agriculture and its environmental sustainability, and the provision of humanitarian food assistance in activities relating to emergency situations for the realization of the right to food and the achievement of sustainable food security, while recognizing that each State has the primary responsibility for ensuring the implementation of national programmes and strategies in this regard;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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Question of realization in all countries or economic, social and cultural rights, para. 22
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- 9. Also urges States to enhance international cooperation in order to complement and strengthen their national disaster risk reduction action and capacity;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic, para. 60
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- 37. Deplores the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Syrian Arab Republic, and expresses deep concern at the plight of the approximately 3 million Syrians living in besieged and hard-to-reach areas in the Syrian Arab Republic, whose needs are particularly acute and who require full, immediate and safe humanitarian assistance;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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Situation of human rights in the South Sudan, para. 23
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- 2. Demands that all actors put a halt to all violations and abuses of human rights and all violations of international humanitarian law, and strongly calls upon the Government of South Sudan to ensure the protection and promotion of human rights and fundamental freedoms;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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Situation of human rights in the South Sudan, para. 25
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- 4. Recognizes the important role and efforts of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development in bringing forward the High-level Revitalization Forum to work towards a peaceful resolution to the conflict;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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Situation of human rights in the South Sudan, para. 26
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- 5. Also recognizes the important role of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission to support the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan and its ceasefire provisions, and urges all parties and international partners to engage constructively with the Commission and other bodies created by the Agreement;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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Situation of human rights in the South Sudan, para. 40
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- 16(c) To report on the factual basis for transitional justice and reconciliation;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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Situation of human rights in the South Sudan, para. 41
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- 16(d) To provide guidance on transitional justice, including accountability and reconciliation and healing, as appropriate, and, once the Government of South Sudan has committed to cooperating with the African Union on establishing the hybrid court for South Sudan, to make recommendations on technical assistance to the Government to support accountability, reconciliation and healing;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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Situation of human rights in Myanmar, para. 25
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- 9. Strongly urges the Government of Myanmar to lift the curfew order in Rakhine State, to ensure freedom of movement and the safety and security of all persons without discrimination, to grant and facilitate immediate, safe and unhindered and sustained humanitarian access to United Nations agencies and their partners, and other domestic and international non-governmental organizations, to provide gender-responsive humanitarian assistance to all people in need of assistance in order to save lives and preserve human dignity throughout the country, to grant cooperation partners access without delay to permit the full resumption of aid programmes, to grant access to independent observers and representatives of the media, without fear of reprisals, and to safeguard those who report abuses;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan, para. 44
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- 6. Expresses its grave concern at declarations by Israeli officials calling for the annexation of Palestinian land, and reaffirms the prohibition of acquisition of territory resulting from the use of force;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan, para. 45
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- 7. Also expresses its grave concern at and calls for the cessation of:
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan, para. 64
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- 12. Calls upon all States:
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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Technical assistance and capacity-building to improve human rights in Libya, para. 42
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- 26. Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, while continuing its engagement with the United Nations Support Mission in Libya, to monitor and report on human rights violations and abuses across Libya and to establish the facts and circumstances of such abuses and violations with a view to avoiding impunity and ensuring full individual accountability;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic, para. 67
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- 44. Reaffirms that there can only be a political solution to the conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic, and demands that all parties work towards a genuine political
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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Human rights in the occupied Syrian Golan, para. 21
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- 7. Determines that all legislative and administrative measures and actions taken or to be taken by Israel, the occupying Power, including the Knesset’s decision of 22 November 2010 to hold a referendum before any withdrawal from the occupied Syrian Golan and East Jerusalem, that seek to alter the character and legal status of the occupied Syrian Golan are null and void, constitute a flagrant violation of international law and of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12 August 1949, and have no legal effect;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, para. 47
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- 18. Reiterates the responsibility of Israel, the occupying Power, to respect the right to health of all persons within the Occupied Palestinian Territory and to facilitate the immediate, sustained and unfettered passage of humanitarian relief, including the access of medical personnel, their equipment, transport and supplies to all areas under occupation, including the Gaza Strip, and the granting of exit permits for patients in need of medical
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- All
- 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. 26
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- 5. Stresses that all efforts to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict should be grounded in respect for international humanitarian law and international human rights law and should ensure credible and comprehensive accountability for all violations of international law in order to bring about sustainable peace;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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The deteriorating situation of human rights in Eastern Ghouta, in the Syrian Arab Republic, para. 7
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- 1. Strongly condemns all violations of international humanitarian law and all violations and abuses of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the Syrian Arab Republic;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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The deteriorating situation of human rights in Eastern Ghouta, in the Syrian Arab Republic, para. 8
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- 2. Also strongly condemns the sustained denial of humanitarian access, the repeated attacks against medical facilities and civilian infrastructure, in contravention of international humanitarian law, the indiscriminate use of heavy weapons and aerial bombardments against civilians and the alleged use of chemical weapons in Eastern Ghouta;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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The deteriorating situation of human rights in Eastern Ghouta, in the Syrian Arab Republic, para. 9
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- 3. Welcomes Security Council resolution 2401 (2018), in which the Council demanded that all parties to the conflict cease hostilities without delay for at least 30 consecutive days to enable the safe, unimpeded and sustained delivery of humanitarian assistance and medical evacuations of the critically sick and wounded, in accordance with applicable international law, and calls for its full and immediate implementation by all parties to the conflict;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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Question of realization in all countries or economic, social and cultural rights, para. 23
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- 10. Further urges States to take action to build resilience and work towards sustainable societies, including, as appropriate, by enacting and implementing laws on all relevant aspects of disaster risk mitigation and by setting up information, education, prevention, mitigation, participation, investigation, prosecution and recovery mechanisms and procedures in case of natural and human-made hazards and disasters, in accordance with their international obligations and commitments;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2018
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Rights of the child: protection of the rights of the child in humanitarian situations, para. 57
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- 26(j) Ensure the safety and security of humanitarian personnel, and that humanitarian aid is delivered without impediment and in accordance with humanitarian principles;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic, para. 59
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- 36. Reaffirms that, in the context of an inclusive and credible dialogue, the Syrian people should determine the appropriate process and mechanisms to achieve justice, reconciliation, truth and accountability for gross violations and abuses of international law, and reparations and effective remedies for victims, and that ensuring accountability must be reflected as a prerequisite in any effort to bring about a sustainable, inclusive and peaceful conclusion to the conflict;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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Situation of human rights in the South Sudan, para. 27
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- 6. Further recognizes the important role played by the African Union High Representatives for South Sudan in support of an inclusive process for national dialogue and the implementation of the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan, and urges all parties and international partners to engage constructively with the African Union Commission, the African Union High Representative for South Sudan and other bodies created by the Agreement;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, para. 33
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- 5. Calls for urgent measures to ensure the safety and protection of the Palestinian civilian population in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, in accordance with the relevant provisions of international humanitarian law and as called for by the Security Council in its resolution 904 (1994) of 18 March 1994;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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Technical assistance and capacity-building for Mali in the field of human rights, para. 37
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- 15. Commends the work of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali to support the efforts of the Government of Mali to restore State authority and the rule of law in the country, and deplores the loss of life suffered by it;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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Rights of the child: protection of the rights of the child in humanitarian situations, para. 21
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- 4. Recalls the obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child that States undertake to respect and ensure respect for rules of international humanitarian law
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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Rights of the child: protection of the rights of the child in humanitarian situations, para. 30
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- 12. Welcomes the determination of the Secretary-General to implement fully the United Nations policy of zero tolerance of sexual exploitation and abuse;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Children
- Year
- 2018
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Prevention of genocide, para. 50
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- 21. Notes the provision of training and technical assistance to Member States by the United Nations to strengthen early warning mechanisms for the prevention of genocide, and other prevention capacities, and encourages Member States to consider requesting such assistance, if required;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2018
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The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic, para. 21
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- 1. Welcomes and calls for the full and immediate implementation of Security Council resolution 2401 (2018) of 24 February 2018, in which the Council demanded that all parties cease hostilities without delay for at least 30 consecutive days to allow the safe, unimpeded and sustained delivery of humanitarian aid and services and medical evacuations of the critically sick and wounded, in accordance with applicable international law;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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