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The rights of the child 2006, para. 46
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- Strongly condemns any recruitment and use of children in armed conflict contrary to international law, and urges all States and other parties to armed conflict that are engaged in such practices to end them;
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
- Means of adoption
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- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
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- 2006
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The rights of the child 2006, para. 47
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- Recognizes the efforts of States, the United Nations system and civil society to end the recruitment and use of children in armed conflict;
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
- Means of adoption
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- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2006
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The rights of the child 2006, para. 42
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- Reaffirms the essential roles of the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and the Commission on Human Rights in promoting and protecting the rights and welfare of children, notes the importance of the debates held by the Security Council on children and armed conflict and its resolutions, and takes note of other recent documents on this issue and of the importance of the undertaking by the Council to give special attention to the protection, welfare and rights of children in armed conflict when taking action aimed at maintaining peace and security, including provisions for the protection of children in the mandates of peacekeeping operations, as well as the inclusion of child protection advisers in those operations;
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
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- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2006
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The rights of the child 2008, para. 11
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- Profoundly concerned that the situation of children in many parts of the world remains critical, in an increasingly globalized environment, as a result of the persistence of poverty, social inequality, inadequate social and economic conditions, pandemics, in particular HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, environmental damage, natural disasters, armed conflict, foreign occupation, displacement, violence, terrorism, abuse, trafficking in children and their organs, all forms of exploitation, commercial sexual exploitation of children, child prostitution, child pornography and child sex tourism, neglect, illiteracy, hunger, intolerance, discrimination, racism, xenophobia, gender inequality, disability and inadequate legal protection, and convinced that urgent and effective national and international action is called for,
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
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- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Poverty
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2008
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The rights of the child 2008, para. 58
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- Condemns in the strongest terms rape and sexual violence committed against children in armed conflict, expresses deep concern at mass and systematic rape and sexual violence committed against children in armed conflict, in some instances calculated to humiliate, dominate, instil fear and disperse and/or forcibly relocate a population, calls upon all States and relevant United Nations bodies and agencies and regional organizations to address this issue, as well as the issue of sexual exploitation and abuse of children in United Nations peacekeeping operations, and urges States to adopt appropriate national legislation and to ensure rigorous investigation and prosecution of such crimes;
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
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- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2008
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The rights of the child 2015, para. 31
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- Reaffirms paragraphs 59 to 70 of its resolution 68/147, condemns in the strongest terms all violations and abuses committed against children in armed conflict, and in this regard urges all States and other parties to armed conflict that are engaged, in contravention of applicable international law, in the recruitment and use of children, in patterns of killing and maiming of children and/or rape and other sexual violence against children, acknowledging that sexual violence in these situations disproportionately affects girls, in recurrent attacks on schools and/or hospitals and related personnel, and in patterns of abduction of children, as well as in all other violations and abuses against children, to take time-bound and effective measures to end and prevent them, and takes note in this regard of the adoption of Security Council resolution 2225 (2015) of 18 June 2015;
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
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- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Year
- 2015
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The rights of the child 2015, para. 49c
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- [Calls upon all States to give full effect to the right to education for all children and in particular:] To take all appropriate measures to eliminate obstacles to effectively accessing and completing education, such as the cost of education, hunger and poor nutrition, distance from home to school, the institutionalization of children, armed conflicts, all forms of violence in school, insufficient infrastructure, including lack of access to water and sanitation, the lack of adequate and physically and otherwise accessible schooling facilities for girls, and child labour or heavy domestic work, and to ensure that children who are institutionalized also enjoy their right to education;
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
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- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Year
- 2015
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The rights of the child 2007, para. 41a
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- [Calls upon States:] When ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict, to raise the minimum age for voluntary recruitment of persons into the national armed forces from that set out in article 38, paragraph 3, of the Convention, bearing in mind that under the Convention persons under 18 years of age are entitled to special protection, and to adopt safeguards to ensure that such recruitment is not forced or coerced;
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Vote
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2007
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The rights of the child 2007, para. 41e
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- [Calls upon States:] 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, and calls upon the international community to hold those responsible for violations accountable, inter alia, through the International Criminal Court;
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
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- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2007
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The rights of the child 2007, para. 42
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- Takes note of the updating of the Cape Town Principles on child soldiers, which led to the Principles and Guidelines on Children Associated with Armed Forces or Armed Groups (the Paris Principles), encourages Member States to consider using the Principles and Guidelines to inform their work in protecting children from the effects of armed conflicts, and requests the relevant entities of the United Nations system, within their mandates, and invites civil society to assist Member States in this field;
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Vote
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2007
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The rights of the child 2008, para. 55g
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- [Calls upon States:] 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, and calls upon the international community to hold those responsible for violations accountable, inter alia, through the International Criminal Court;
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Vote
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2008
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Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts 1995, para. 4
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- Expressing its strong belief that the rapid and unconditional release of women and children who have been taken hostage in areas of armed conflict will promote the implementation of the noble goals of the Nairobi Forward- looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women before the opening of the Fourth World Conference on Women, to be held in Beijing from 4 to 15 September 1995;
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- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Vote
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 1995
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Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts 2001, para. 4
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- Welcoming the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action by the Fourth World Conference on Women and the outcome documents of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century”, including the provisions regarding violence against women and children,
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- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Vote
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2001
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The rights of the child 2015, para. 33
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- Calls upon States 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, noting the efforts taken to end impunity by ensuring accountability and punishing perpetrators, and calls upon the international community to hold those responsible for violations accountable, inter alia, through the International Criminal Court;
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Vote
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
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The rights of the child 2006, para. 45
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- Recognizes the inclusion in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, as a war crime, of crimes involving sexual violence and crimes of conscripting or enlisting children under the age of 15 years or using them to participate actively in hostilities in both international and non-international armed conflicts;
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Vote
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2006
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The rights of the child 2008, para. 55h
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- [Calls upon States:] To take all feasible measures, in accordance with international humanitarian law and human rights law, as a matter of priority, to prevent the recruitment and use of children by armed groups, as distinct from the armed forces of a State, including the adoption of policies that do not tolerate such practices and legal measures necessary to prohibit and criminalize them;
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Vote
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2008
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The rights of the child 2008, para. 56
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- Takes note of the updating of the Cape Town Principles on child soldiers, which led to the Paris Principles, encourages Member States to consider using the Paris Principles to inform their work in protecting children from the effects of armed conflicts, and requests the relevant entities of the United Nations system, within their mandates, and invites civil society to assist Member States in this field;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Vote
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2008
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The rights of the child 2008, para. 59
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- Reaffirms the essential roles of the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and the Human Rights Council for the promotion and protection of the rights and welfare of children, including children affected by armed conflict, and notes the increasing role played by the Security Council in ensuring protection for children affected by armed conflict;
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Vote
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2008
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The rights of the child 2008, para. 62
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- Also takes note with appreciation of the report of the Special Representative and of the significant developments and achievements in the protection of children in armed conflict at the national and international levels, and emphasizes the contribution of her field visits conducted with the consent of the State concerned in situations of armed conflict as an important element in the implementation of her mandate;
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Vote
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2008
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The rights of the child 2008, para. 81b
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- [Decides:] To request the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict to continue to submit reports to the General Assembly and the Human Rights Council on the activities undertaken in discharging her mandate, including information on her field visits, and on the progress achieved and the challenges remaining on the children and armed conflict agenda;
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Vote
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2008
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The Arms Trade Treaty 2013, para. j
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- Bearing in mind that civilians, particularly women and children, account for the vast majority of those adversely affected by armed conflict and armed violence,
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Means of adoption
- Vote
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2013
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The rights of the child 2006, para. 7
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- Profoundly concerned that the situation of children in many parts of the world remains critical as a result of the persistence of poverty, social inequality, inadequate social and economic conditions in an increasingly globalized economic environment, pandemics, in particular HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, environmental damage, natural disasters, armed conflict, displacement, exploitation, illiteracy, hunger, intolerance, discrimination, gender inequality, disability and inadequate legal protection, and convinced that urgent and effective national and international action is called for,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Vote
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2006
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The rights of the child 2007, para. 61
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- Requests the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children, upon his/her appointment, and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict to cooperate and coordinate their activities, bearing in mind their complementarity, and in this regard to ensure between them, within their respective mandates, that the situations of all children subject to or at risk of violence are addressed, including those of armed conflict, foreign occupation, genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, terrorism or hostage-taking, or where peacekeeping operations are deployed, in order to ensure that no child is left uncovered;
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Vote
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2007
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The rights of the child 2008, para. 54
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- Calls upon all States, relevant United Nations bodies and agencies and regional organizations to mainstream the rights of the child into all activities in conflict and post-conflict situations, to ensure adequate child protection training of their staff and personnel, including through the drafting and dissemination of codes of conduct, and to facilitate the participation of children in the development of strategies in this regard, inter alia, by ensuring that there are opportunities for children's voices to be heard and given due weight in accordance with the age and maturity of the child;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Vote
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2008
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The rights of the child 2015, para. 47
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- Also recognizes that a large portion of the world's children out of school live in conflict-affected areas, in areas affected by outbreaks of communicable diseases, such as Ebola, and in regions stricken by natural disasters, and that this is a serious challenge to the realization of all the rights of the child as well as the fulfilment of international commitments on education, reaffirms the State's obligation to ensure that children continue to fully enjoy their human rights during conflict and post-conflict periods, as well as in other emergency situations, including, inter alia, the human right to education, and stresses in that context the importance of ensuring that children continue to have access to basic services in all such situations;
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Vote
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
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The rights of the child 2015, para. 48
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- Expresses its deep concern about the growing number of attacks and threats of attacks against schools, and recognizes the grave impact of such attacks on children's and teachers' safety, as well as on the full realization of the right to education, also expresses its concern that the military use of schools in contravention of applicable international law may also affect the safety of children and teachers and the right of the child to education, and encourages all States to strengthen efforts to prevent the military use of schools in contravention of international law;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Vote
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
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Rights of the child 2004, para. 2
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- Bearing in mind the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the involvement of children in armed conflict,
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- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Vote
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2004
Paragraph
Rights of the child 2005, para. 39c
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- [Calls upon:] All States and relevant United Nations bodies and agencies and regional organizations to integrate the rights of the child into all activities in conflict and post conflict situations, to ensure adequate child protection training of their staff and personnel, including through the drafting and dissemination of codes of conduct addressing the issue of sexual exploitation and abuse of children, to ensure that States take effective preventive measures against sexual exploitation and abuse by their military and civilian peacekeepers and hold them to account, and to facilitate the participation of children in the development of strategies in this regard, making sure that there are opportunities for children's voices to be heard and given due weight in accordance with the age and maturity of the child;
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- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Vote
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2005
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Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts 2004, para. 3
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- Taking into account the International Convention against the Taking of Hostages, adopted by the General Assembly in its resolution 34/146 of 17 December 1979, which recognizes that everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person and that the taking of hostages is an offence of grave concern to the international community,
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- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Vote
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2004
Paragraph
Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts 2001, para. 7
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- Expressing its strong belief that the rapid and unconditional release of women and children taken hostage in areas of armed conflict will promote the implementation of the noble goals enshrined in the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome documents of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century”,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Vote
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2001
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