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Protection from Sexual Abuse and Exploitation 2003, para. (c) i
- Paragraph text
- [Urges all States, consistent with applicable international refugee, human rights and humanitarian law:] to protect refugees and asylum-seekers, especially children, from all forms of abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence; and
- Body
- Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Document type
- ExCom Conclusion
- Topic(s)
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2003
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Refugee Children 1989, para. (k)
- Paragraph text
- Recalled its request in its Thirty-seventh Session in 1986 [No. 41 (XXXVII)] for the High Commissioner to report regularly to the Executive Committee on the needs of refugee children, and on existing and proposed programmes for their benefit.
- Body
- Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Document type
- ExCom Conclusion
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 1989
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Refugee Children 1989, para. (g)
- Paragraph text
- Requested the High Commissioner to continue to give special attention to the needs of unaccompanied minors and inform the Executive Committee at its next session of the details of existing programmes and any difficulties encountered in their implementation;
- Body
- Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Document type
- ExCom Conclusion
- Topic(s)
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 1989
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Refugee Children 1987, para. (v)
- Paragraph text
- Called upon the High Commissioner to maintain the UNHCR Working Group on Refugee Children at Risk as his focal point on refugee children, to strengthen the Working Group and to inform the members of the Executive Committee, on a regular basis, of its work.
- Body
- Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Document type
- ExCom Conclusion
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 1987
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Refugee Children 1987, para. (u)
- Paragraph text
- Called upon the High Commissioner to develop further, in consultation with concerned organizations, guidelines to promote cooperation between UNHCR and these organizations to improve the international protection, physical security, well-being and normal psychosocial development of refugee children;
- Body
- Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Document type
- ExCom Conclusion
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 1987
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Refugee Children 1987, para. (t)
- Paragraph text
- Noted the importance of further study of the needs of refugee children by UNHCR, other intergovernmental and non-governmental agencies and national authorities, with a view to identification of additional support programmes and reorientation as necessary of existing ones;
- Body
- Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Document type
- ExCom Conclusion
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 1987
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Refugee Children 1987, para. (s)
- Paragraph text
- Reaffirmed the need to promote continuing and expanded co-operation between UNHCR and other concerned agencies and bodies active in the fields of assistance to refugee children and protection, including through the development of legal and social standards;
- Body
- Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Document type
- ExCom Conclusion
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 1987
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Refugee Children 1987, para. (m)
- Paragraph text
- Noted with serious concern the detrimental effects that extended stays in camps have on the development of refugee children and called for international action to mitigate such effects and provide durable solutions as soon as possible;
- Body
- Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Document type
- ExCom Conclusion
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 1987
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Refugee Children 1987, para. (l)
- Paragraph text
- Stressed the need for internationally and nationally supported programmes geared to preventive action, special assistance and rehabilitation for disabled refugee children and encouraged States to participate in the "Twenty or More" Plan providing for the resettlement of disabled refugee children;
- Body
- Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Document type
- ExCom Conclusion
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 1987
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Refugee Children 1987, para. (b)
- Paragraph text
- Recognized that refugee children constitute approximately one half of the world's refugee population and that the situation in which they live often gives rise to special protection and assistance problems as well as to problems in the area of durable solutions;
- Body
- Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Document type
- ExCom Conclusion
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 1987
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Refugee Children 1987, para. (a)
- Paragraph text
- Expressed appreciation to the High Commissioner for his Report on Refugee Children (EC/SCP/46) and noted with serious concern the violations of their human rights in different areas of the world and their special needs and vulnerability within the broader refugee population;
- Body
- Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Document type
- ExCom Conclusion
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 1987
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Conclusion On Children At Risk 2007, para. (h) i
- Paragraph text
- [Further recommends that States, UNHCR and other relevant agencies and partners undertake the following non-exhaustive prevention, response and solution measures in order to address specific wider environmental or individual risks factors:] Provide, where possible, asylum-seeking and refugee children with individual documentation evidencing their status;
- Body
- Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Document type
- ExCom Conclusion
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2007
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
General Conclusion On International Protection 2005, para. (o)
- Paragraph text
- Stresses the importance of States intensifying their efforts, in cooperation with UNHCR and other relevant organizations, to ensure that all refugee children benefit from education, consistent with the Millennium Development Goals, and that such education pays due regard, as appropriate, to their cultural identity while facilitating a greater understanding of the country of asylum;
- Body
- Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Document type
- ExCom Conclusion
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2005
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Protection from Sexual Abuse and Exploitation 2003, para. (b) ii
- Paragraph text
- [Calls upon UNHCR to continue to pursue its ongoing activities taken in the area of sexual abuse and exploitation with particular attention to:] Implementing the relevant recommendations from the evaluations of UNHCR's activities in the area of refugee women, refugee children and community services;
- Body
- Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Document type
- ExCom Conclusion
- Topic(s)
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 2003
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Protection Safeguards in Interception Measures 2003, para. (a) v
- Paragraph text
- [Recommends that interception measures be guided by the following considerations in order to ensure the adequate treatment of asylum-seekers and refugees amongst those intercepted;] The special needs of women and children and those who are otherwise vulnerable should be considered as a matter of priority;
- Body
- Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Document type
- ExCom Conclusion
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 2003
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Civilian and Humanitarian Character of Asylum 2002, para. (e)
- Paragraph text
- Calls upon States to ensure that measures are taken to prevent the recruitment of refugees by government armed forces or organized armed groups, in particular of children, taking into account also that unaccompanied and separated children are even more vulnerable to recruitment than other children;
- Body
- Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Document type
- ExCom Conclusion
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2002
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Civilian and Humanitarian Character of Asylum 2002, para. (c) viii
- Paragraph text
- [Recommends that action taken by States to ensure respect for the civilian and humanitarian character of asylum be guided, inter alia, by the following principles;] Former child soldiers should benefit from special protection and assistance measures, in particular as regards their demobilization and rehabilitation;
- Body
- Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Document type
- ExCom Conclusion
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2002
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
General Conclusion On International Protection 2001, para. (i)
- Paragraph text
- Stresses the importance of according special attention to the protection needs of vulnerable refugees, including women, children and the elderly, in the application of the international refugee instruments and related protection standards;
- Body
- Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Document type
- ExCom Conclusion
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 2001
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Protection of the Refugee's Family 1999, para. (a)
- Paragraph text
- Reaffirms Conclusion No. 9 (XXVIII), Conclusion No. 24 (XXXII), Conclusion No. 84 (XLVIII),and Conclusion No. 85 (XLIX) paragraphs (u) to (x) on family reunion and family unity and on refugee children and adolescents; and re-emphasizes that the family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by the society and the State;
- Body
- Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Document type
- ExCom Conclusion
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 1999
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
General Conclusion On International Protection 1999, para. (o)
- Paragraph text
- Calls on States to promote and protect the human rights of all refugees; expresses its particular and deep concern that refugees with special protection needs, including refugee women and children, are increasingly targets of exploitation, forced military service and various forms of violence; and calls on States to tailor their protection responses accordingly;
- Body
- Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Document type
- ExCom Conclusion
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 1999
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Refugee Children and Adolescents 1997, para. (b) vi
- Paragraph text
- [Urges States and concerned parties to take all possible measures to protect child and adolescent refugees, inter alia, by:] providing medical or other special care, including rehabilitation assistance, to assist the social reintegration of refugee children and adolescents, especially those who are unaccompanied or orphaned;
- Body
- Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Document type
- ExCom Conclusion
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 1997
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Refugee Children and Adolescents 1997, para. (b) i
- Paragraph text
- [Urges States and concerned parties to take all possible measures to protect child and adolescent refugees, inter alia, by:] preventing separation of children and adolescent refugees from their families and promoting care, protection, tracing and family reunification for unaccompanied minors;
- Body
- Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Document type
- ExCom Conclusion
- Topic(s)
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 1997
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Refugee Children and Adolescents 1997, para. (a) v
- Paragraph text
- [Calls upon States and relevant parties to respect and observe rights and principles that are in accordance with international human rights and humanitarian law and that are of particular relevance to international refugee protection, especially to safeguarding child and adolescent refugees, including:] the right of children to protection from harmful traditional practices and from all other forms of exploitation;
- Body
- Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Document type
- ExCom Conclusion
- Topic(s)
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 1997
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Refugee Children and Adolescents 1997, para. (a) iii
- Paragraph text
- [Calls upon States and relevant parties to respect and observe rights and principles that are in accordance with international human rights and humanitarian law and that are of particular relevance to international refugee protection, especially to safeguarding child and adolescent refugees, including:] the right of children and adolescents to education, adequate food, and the highest attainable standard of health;
- Body
- Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Document type
- ExCom Conclusion
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 1997
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
General Conclusion On International Protection 1996, para. (k)
- Paragraph text
- Deplores violations of the right to personal security of refugees and asylum-seekers, including sexual and other attacks, especially on women and children, and appeals to all States to abide by their international obligations to protect the physical security of refugees and asylum-seekers and to take measures to ensure that such practices cease immediately;
- Body
- Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Document type
- ExCom Conclusion
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 1996
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
General Conclusion On International Protection 1994, para. (hh)
- Paragraph text
- Calls upon States hosting refugees, in close collaboration with UNHCR and other relevant organizations, and consistent with the UNHCR Guidelines on Refugee Children, to safeguard the security of refugee children and to ensure that they are not recruited into the military or other armed groups;
- Body
- Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Document type
- ExCom Conclusion
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 1994
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
General Conclusion On International Protection 1993, para. (y)
- Paragraph text
- Requests the High Commissioner, given the diversity and persistent character of certain obstacles hampering the protection of refugee women and refugee children, in consultation with the Chairman of the Executive Committee, to convene an informal working group of the Committee to examine these obstacles, as well as review options and propose concrete measures to overcome them;
- Body
- Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Document type
- ExCom Conclusion
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 1993
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
General Conclusion On International Protection 1993, para. (w)
- Paragraph text
- Notes with concern the especially vulnerable situation of refugee children and therefore welcomes the High Commissioner's Policy on Refugee Children (EC/SCP/82) and stresses the importance of the Convention on the Rights of the Child as a normative framework for action to protect and care for children of her concern;
- Body
- Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Document type
- ExCom Conclusion
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 1993
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
General Conclusion On International Protection 1992, para. (k)
- Paragraph text
- Encourages the High Commissioner to ensure that specific attention to refugee women's issues becomes an integral part of refugee protection and requests her also to ensure that the protection situation of both refugee women and of refugee children is included in the plan of work for forthcoming meetings of the Sub-Committee of the Whole on International Protection;
- Body
- Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Document type
- ExCom Conclusion
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 1992
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
General Conclusion On International Protection 1991, para. (g)
- Paragraph text
- Reaffirms Conclusion No. 59 (XL) on refugee children adopted at the fortieth session of the Executive Committee and reiterates the importance of providing adequate protection and assistance to ensure the safety and development of refugee children and, in this connection, welcomes the High Commissioner's decision to establish a new post of Coordinator on Refugee Children;
- Body
- Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Document type
- ExCom Conclusion
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 1991
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph