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Situation of and assistance to Palestinian children (2003), para. 6
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- Expressing its condemnation of all acts of violence resulting in extensive loss of human life and injuries, including among Palestinian children,
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of the child (2006), para. 072
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- (c) To protect children affected by armed conflict, in particular from violations of international humanitarian law and human rights law and to ensure that they receive timely, effective humanitarian assistance, in accordance with international humanitarian law, including the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, 16 and calls upon the international community to hold those responsible for violations accountable, inter alia, through the International Criminal Court;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Safety and security of humanitarian personnel and protection of United Nations personnel (2011), para. 17
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- Strongly condemning acts of murder and other forms of violence, rape and sexual assault and all forms of violence committed in particular against women and children, and intimidation, armed robbery, abduction, hostage-taking, kidnapping, harassment and illegal arrest and detention to which those participating in humanitarian operations are increasingly exposed, as well as attacks on humanitarian convoys and acts of destruction and looting of property,
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine (2015), para. 38
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- Gravely concerned over the negative developments that have continued to occur in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, including the escalation of violence and any excessive use of force, resulting in a large number of deaths and injuries, mostly among Palestinian civilians, including children and women, the construction and expansion of settlements and the wall, the arbitrary arrest and detention of more Palestinian civilians, the acts of violence, vandalism and brutality committed against Palestinian civilians by Israeli settlers in the West Bank, the widespread destruction of public and private Palestinian property, including religious sites, and infrastructure and including the demolition of homes, including if carried out as a means of collective punishment, the internal forced displacement of civilians, especially among the Bedouin community, and the consequent deterioration of the socioeconomic and humanitarian conditions of the Palestinian people,
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Assistance to States for curbing the illicit traffic in small arms and light weapons and collecting them (2010), para. 03
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- Deeply concerned by the magnitude of human casualty and suffering, especially among children, caused by the illicit proliferation and use of small arms and light weapons,
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of the child (2017), para. 026
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- 5. Also welcomes the attention paid to the rights of the child by the Special Representatives of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children and for Children and Armed Conflict and the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, and, in this regard, their contribution to the progress achieved in the promotion and the protection of the rights of children;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (2016), para. 65
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- 18. Encourages the Agency, in close cooperation with other relevant United Nations entities, to continue to make progress in addressing the needs, rights and protection of children, women and persons with disabilities in its operations, including through the provision of necessary psychosocial and humanitarian support, in accordance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 16 the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 17 and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; 18
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Intensification of efforts to prevent and eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls: domestic violence (2017), para. 04
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- Recalling further all other relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, the Security Council, specifically those on women and peace and security and on children and armed conflict, and the Economic and Social Council, as well as those of the Human Rights Council and the Commission on the Status of Women, and relevant resolutions and processes of specialized agencies of the United Nations system on the elimination of all forms of violence against women and girls,
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 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 added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1998), para. 16
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- 7. Expresses concern for women and children, especially in Bosnia and Herzegovina, who were victims of rape used as a weapon of war, and calls for the perpetrators of rape to be brought to justice while ensuring that victims and witnesses receive adequate assistance and protection;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Technical assistance and capacity-building in the field of human rights in the Central African Republic (2019), para. 21
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- Deeply concerned also at the number of grave violations committed against children, including the escalating killing and maiming of children and attacks on schools and hospitals perpetrated by armed groups, as well as abductions attributed to the ex- Séléka,
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The situation in Afghanistan (2014), para. 073
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- 47. Stresses the need to ensure respect for the human rights and fundamental freedoms of children in Afghanistan, and recalls the need for the full implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 11 its Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography 12 and its Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict 13 by all States parties, as well as of Security Council resolution 1612 (2005) of 26 July 2005, and all other subsequent resolutions on children and armed conflict, and takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in Afghanistan 14 and the conclusions of the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict; 15
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Sudan (2000), para. 38
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- (f) To fulfil their commitments concerning the protection of children affected by war, such as to cease the use of anti-personnel landmines, the abduction and exploitation of children and the recruitment of children as soldiers, to advance the demobilization and reintegration of child soldiers and to ensure access to displaced and unaccompanied minors;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The girl child (2014), para. 67
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- 33. Also deplores all acts of sexual exploitation, abuse of and trafficking in women and children by military, police and civilian personnel involved in United Nations operations, welcomes the efforts undertaken by United Nations agencies and peacekeeping operations to implement a zero-tolerance policy in this regard, and requests the Secretary-General and personnel-contributing countries to continue to take all appropriate action necessary to combat these abuses by such personnel, including through the full implementation without delay of those measures adopted in the relevant General Assembly resolutions based on recommendations of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations; 28
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Third Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination and the convening of the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (2001), para. 84
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- 19. Recommends that the particular situation of children and young people should receive special attention during the preparations for and during the World Conference, especially in its outcome;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of the child (2003), para. 117
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- 17. Reaffirms agreed conclusions 1999/1 adopted by the Economic and Social Council on 23 July 1999, 22 in which the Council, inter alia, called for systematic, concerted and comprehensive inter-agency efforts on behalf of children, as well as adequate and sustainable resource allocation, to provide both immediate emergency assistance to and long-term measures for children throughout all the phases of an emergency;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Missing persons (2009), para. 20
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- 7. Requests States to pay the utmost attention to cases of children reported missing in connection with armed conflicts and to take appropriate measures to search for and identify those children and to reunite them with their families;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (2008), para. 28
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- 3. Condemns all acts of violence, including all acts of terror, provocation, incitement and destruction, especially the excessive use of force by the Israeli occupying forces against Palestinian civilians, which have caused extensive loss of life and vast numbers of injuries, including among children, massive destruction of homes, properties, agricultural lands and vital infrastructure, and internal displacement of civilians;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations Model Strategies and Practical Measures on the Elimination of Violence against Children in the Field of Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (2015), para. 080
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- (h) Slavery or practices similar to slavery, debt bondage and serfdom and forced labour, including forced or compulsory recruitment of children for use in armed conflict;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of the child (2008), para. 100
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- 46. Takes note of part two of the report of the Special Representative, 28 5H on the strategic review of the 1996 study by Ms Graça Machel entitled “Impact of armed conflict on children”, 29 28F and of the significant developments and achievements in the protection of children in armed conflict at the national and international levels, calls upon Member States and observers, and invites relevant entities of the United Nations system as well as civil society, as appropriate, to carefully study its recommendations, recognizes the need for discussion on the issues raised therein, and stresses the need for the views of Member States to be fully taken into account in this regard;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2006), para. 15
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- (a) The ongoing violations of human rights and international humanitarian law, particularly in North Kivu and South Kivu, northern Katanga and other areas in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including armed violence and reprisals against the civilian population and the recourse to sexual violence against women and children, including in situations where such practices are being used as a weapon of war;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Technical assistance and capacity-building to improve human rights in the Sudan (2016), para. 37
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- 23. Expresses deep concern at the human rights situation and the security situation in conflict-affected areas, particularly in the Darfur region and in the States of Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile, and the profoundly negative impact of this on civilians, in particular women and children, and encourages the Government of the Sudan to continue its cooperation in order to facilitate the visits of the Independent Expert to conflict zones, in fulfilment of his mandate;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Terrorism and human rights (2018), para. 14
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- Deeply deploring the suffering caused by terrorism to the victims and their families and, while stressing the need to promote and protect the rights of victims of terrorism, in particular women and children, reaffirming its profound solidarity with them and stressing the importance of providing them with proper support and assistance while respecting, inter alia, considerations regarding remembrance, dignity, respect, accountability, truth and justice, in accordance with international law,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic (2020), para. 75
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- 45. Strongly condemns the reported killing of detainees in Syrian military intelligence facilities, and calls upon the Syrian regime to release all unlawfully held detainees, including women, children and the elderly, and to facilitate information about those who died while in detention by the Syrian regime, as and return their remains, with full transparency regarding what happened to these individuals;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in Myanmar (2011), para. 28
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- 18. Strongly calls upon the Government of Myanmar to put an immediate end to the continuing recruitment and use of child soldiers in violation of international law by all parties, to intensify measures to ensure the protection of children from armed conflict, to pursue its collaboration with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, to swiftly conclude and implement the new joint action plan for the national armed forces, to facilitate access for dialogue on action plans with other parties listed in the annual report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict, and to allow unrestricted access to all areas where children are recruited for these purposes;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation (2018), para. 20
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- Deeply alarmed that water, sanitation and hygiene-related diseases hit children the hardest and that, in humanitarian crises, including in times of conflict or natural disaster, children suffer the most from interruptions in water and sanitation services, and underscoring that progress on reducing child mortality, morbidity and stunting is linked to children’s and women’s access to safe drinking water and sanitation,
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of the child (2005), para. 071
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- 35. 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 added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The situation in Afghanistan (2007), para. 21
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- Recalling also Security Council resolution 1612 (2005) of 26 July 2005 on children and armed conflict,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The rights of the child (2001), para. 107
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- 15. Calls upon all parties to armed conflict to ensure the full, safe and unhindered access of humanitarian personnel and the delivery of humanitarian assistance to all children affected by armed conflict;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (2010), para. 10
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- Gravely concerned about the extremely difficult living conditions being faced by the Palestine refugees in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, particularly in the refugee camps in the Gaza Strip, as a result of the continuing prolonged Israeli closures and severe economic and movement restrictions that in effect amount to a blockade and the military operations in the Gaza Strip between December 2008 and January 2009, which caused extensive loss of life and injury, particularly among Palestinian civilians, including children and women; widespread damage and destruction to Palestinian homes, properties, vital infrastructure and public institutions, including hospitals, schools and United Nations facilities; and internal displacement of civilians,
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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