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Elimination of discrimination against women and girls in sport (2019), para. 15
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- 4. Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to prepare a report on the intersection of race and gender discrimination in sports, including in policies, regulations and practices of sporting bodies, and elaborating on relevant international human rights norms and standards, and to present the report to the Human Rights Council at its forty-fourth session;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Trafficking in women and girls (2015), para. 80
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- 46. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its seventy-first session a report that compiles information on successful interventions and strategies, as well as the gaps, in addressing the gender dimensions of the problem of trafficking in persons and provides recommendations on the strengthening of human rights-based, gender- and age-sensitive approaches within comprehensive and balanced efforts to address trafficking in persons.
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
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- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Accelerating efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls: preventing and responding to violence against women and girls in the world of work (2019), para. 57
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- (f) Providing victims and survivors of violence in the world of work with effective remedies, including relief support and legal, medical, psychological and confidential counselling services and access to reasonable and necessary leave to participate in legal processes, receive medical treatment or make arrangements for their safety, and relevant, comprehensive and victim/survivor-centred legal protection in a gender-responsive manner, including protection of victims and survivors from secondary victimization and protection of victims, survivors, witnesses and whistle-blowers from reprisals for reporting violence in the world of work;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Gender
- Health
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Elimination of discrimination against women and girls (2017), para. 48
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- 14. Calls upon all States to continue to develop and enhance standards and methodologies at the national and international levels to improve the collection, analysis and dissemination of gender statistics and sex- and age-disaggregated data by strengthening national statistical capacity, including by enhancing the mobilization, from all sources, of financial and technical assistance for enabling developing countries to systematically design, collect and ensure access to high-quality, reliable and timely data disaggregated by sex, age, income and other characteristics relevant in national contexts;
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- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
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- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Measures to combat contemporary forms of racism and racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance (2002), para. 32
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- 9. Reaffirms that acts of violence against others stemming from racism do not constitute expressions of opinion but rather offences;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Violence
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- All
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (2001), para. 26
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- 11. Encourages all States, relevant United Nations bodies, international and regional organizations and non-governmental organizations to draw attention to the Convention and to the work of the Committee during the information and awareness-raising campaign for the World Conference and the International Year of Mobilization against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Rights of the child (2005), para. 050
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- Freedom from violence
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- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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The role of freedom of opinion and expression in women’s empowerment (2013), para. 02
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- Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and relevant international human rights treaties, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Violence against women migrant workers (1994), para. 04
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- Welcoming the reaffirmation made in the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, 1/ adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights, that gender- based violence and all forms of sexual harassment and exploitation are incompatible with the dignity and worth of the human person and must be eliminated by legal measures and through national and international cooperation, 2/
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women (2013), para. 08
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- Recalling the inclusion of gender-related crimes and crimes of sexual violence in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, 19 as well as the recognition by the ad hoc international criminal tribunals that rape and other forms of sexual violence can constitute a war crime, a crime against humanity or a constitutive act with respect to genocide or torture,
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (2010), para. 11
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- Recalling that, in the United Nations Millennium Declaration, 8 7F Heads of State and Government resolved to implement the Convention, and recalling also that the 2005 World Summit Outcome 8F 9 reaffirmed that gender equality and the promotion and protection of the full enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms for all are essential to advance development and peace and security,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Implementation of the first United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997–2006) (2003), para. 37
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- 25. Reaffirms that all Governments and the United Nations system should promote an active and visible policy of mainstreaming a gender perspective in all policies and programmes aimed at the eradication of poverty, at both the national and international levels, and encourages the use of gender analysis as a tool for the integration of a gender dimension into planning the implementation of policies, strategies and programmes for the eradication of poverty;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Review of the United Nations peacebuilding architecture (2016), para. 13
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- Emphasizing the importance of a comprehensive approach to sustaining peace, particularly through the prevention of conflict and addressing its root causes, strengthening the rule of law at the international and national levels, and promoting sustained and sustainable economic growth, poverty eradication, social development, sustainable development, national reconciliation and unity, including through inclusive dialogue and mediation, access to justice and transitional justice, accountability, good governance, democracy, accountable institutions, gender equality and respect for, and protection of, human rights and fundamen tal freedoms,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
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- All
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Human resources development (2016), para. 31
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- 14. Also stresses the need for Member States to retain and further enhance national human resources by boosting job-rich recovery and promoting decent work, including by adopting policies and incentives that enhance labour productivity and stimulate private investment and entrepreneurship and strengthen the role of labour administration and institutions in order to foster job creation, address the gender wage gap, reduce occupational segregation and increase the participation of vulnerable groups, including workers in the informal economy;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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United Nations Development Fund for Women (2006), para. 22
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- 9. Urges the United Nations development system to avail itself of the technical and coordination experience of the Fund on gender issues while undertaking efforts to implement gender mainstreaming internally;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Special assistance for the economic recovery and reconstruction of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2002), para. 24
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- 9. Welcomes the continued and increased efforts of the Secretary-General, the United Nations system and its agencies, programmes and funds in ensuring that the gender perspective is mainstreamed in the reconstruction agenda of the Democratic Republic of the Congo;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Situation of human rights in Cambodia (2002), para. 26
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- Human rights violations and violence
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Trafficking in women and girls (2015), para. 74
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- 40. Stresses the need for the systematic collection of data disaggregated by sex and age and comprehensive studies at both the national and the international levels and the development of common methodologies and internationally defined indicators to make it possible to develop relevant and comparable figures, and encourages Governments to enhance information-sharing and data-collection capacity as a way of promoting cooperation to combat the trafficking problem;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Technical assistance and capacity-building in the field of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2019), para. 24
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- 6. Underlines the responsibility incumbent on all stakeholders to act in strict respect of the rule of law and human rights and urges them to reject all forms of violence;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
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- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and full implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1997), para. 23
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- 4. Welcomes the contribution of the report of the Secretary-General in translating the concept of mainstreaming into practical action, including the ongoing work to develop methodologies to facilitate the application of a gender perspective into all policies and programmes throughout the United Nations system;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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International Day of Non-Violence (2007), para. 07
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- 2. Invites all Member States, organizations of the United Nations system, regional and non-governmental organizations and individuals to commemorate the International Day of Non-Violence in an appropriate manner and to disseminate the message of non-violence, including through education and public awareness;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Promoting the implementation of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Alternative Development and related commitments on alternative development and regional, interregional and international cooperation on development-oriented, balanced drug control policy addressing socioeconomic issues (2018), para. 43
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- 29. Recognizes the importance of gender, social inclusion and cultural identity in the design and implementation of alternative development projects and programmes, including, as appropriate, preventive alternative development programmes, and likewise also recognizes the importance of the participation of communities affected by illicit cultivation of crops in decision-making processes;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (2018), para. 33
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- (e) Halting immediately all human right violations relating to prison camps, including the practice of forced labour and the use of torture and gender-based violence, dismantling all political prison camps and releasing all political prisoners, immediately ceasing the practice of the arbitrary and summary execution of persons in custody, and ensuring that justice sector reforms provide protections for fair trials and due process;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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A global call for concrete action for the total elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intoleranceand the comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (2018), para. 42
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- Trust fund for the Programme for the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Eradicating rural poverty to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2020), para. 11
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- Commending the efforts and remarkable progress achieved by developing countries in eradicating rural poverty, while noting with concern that key gaps still remain, such as: a lack of adequate data; inadequate investment in agricultural and rural development; lower and inadequate human capital formation relevant for rural livelihoods; scarce non-farm income-generating opportunities; a lack of productive capacity and agricultural transformation; persistent gender inequality; a lack of social protection; insufficient basic infrastructure and services; a lack of or poor adaptive capacity and resilience to cope with the adverse effects of climate change and disasters; and a lack of effective rural institutions and of sufficient resources,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Gender
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and full implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly (2011), para. 13
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- Taking note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General on mainstreaming a gender perspective into all policies and programmes in the United Nations system, 6F 7 and stressing the importance of the continued integration of a gender perspective in the work and activities of the Human Rights Council,
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilations (2013), para. 35
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- 18. Calls upon the international community to strongly support, including through increased financial support, a second phase of the United Nations Population Fund-United Nations Children’s Fund Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Accelerating Change, which is currently due to end in December 2013, as well as national programmes focused on the elimination of female genital mutilations;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Harmful Practices
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations (2019), para. 049
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- 15. Urges Member States to continue to give priority to efforts to prevent, respond to, investigate and prosecute acts of sexual and gender-based violence in humanitarian emergencies, calls upon Member States and relevant organizations to improve coordination and strengthen capacity, to ensure that humanitarian relief integrates prevention of, and risk mitigation for, sexual and gender-based violence and makes greater use of sex- and age-disaggregated data and to strengthen support services for victims, survivors and others affected by such violence beginning in the earliest stages of emergency response, taking into account their unique and specific needs resulting from the impact of such violence, and notes the Call to Action initiative;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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The girl child (2010), para. 68
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- 40. Welcomes the commitment of ten United Nations agencies, in their joint statement of 27 February 2008, to continue working towards the elimination of female genital mutilation, by, inter alia, providing technical and financial assistance, and stresses that a common coordinated approach that promotes positive social change at the community, national and international levels could lead to female genital mutilation being abandoned within a generation, with some of the main achievements being obtained by 2015, in line with the Millennium Development Goals;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Harmful Practices
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) (1997), para. 17
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- 8. Invites all Governments to further encourage and support all relevant actors of civil society, including the private sector, in the implementation of and follow-up to the Habitat Agenda by establishing effective partnerships and by creating an appropriate framework, in accordance with their respective national conditions, to further facilitate and expedite such actors in addressing human settlements issues, particularly servicing, finance mobilization, the provision of adequate shelter and related areas, and in that process to emphasize the need to integrate the gender perspective;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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