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Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 2014, para. 14
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- Urges Governments and other relevant stakeholders to address the situation faced by children and young persons, especially girls, who may be forced into child labour, including the worst forms of child labour, as a result of death or illness of family members or caregivers, and to protect these children and young persons from violence, including gender-based violence, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, including commercial sexual exploitation, trafficking and labour exploitation;
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- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2014
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Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts 2001, para. 1
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- Condemns violent acts in contravention of international humanitarian law against civilian women and children in areas of armed conflict, and calls for an effective response to such acts, including the immediate release of such women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2001
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Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts 2001, para. 6
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- Emphasizing that all forms of violence committed against the civilian population, in particular women and children in areas of armed conflict, including capturing them as hostages, seriously contravene international humanitarian law for the protection of victims of war, in particular the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2001
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Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts 2004, para. 9
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- Concerned that, despite the efforts of the international community, acts of hostage-taking in different forms and manifestations, inter alia, those committed by terrorists and armed groups, continue to take place and have even increased in many regions of the world,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2004
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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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- Also condemns the consequences of hostage-taking, in particular torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, murder, rape, slavery, and trafficking in women and children for the purpose of subjecting them to sexual exploitation or imposing forced labour or services;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2004
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Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts 2004, para. 6
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- Stresses both the need to put an end to impunity and the responsibility of all States to prosecute in accordance with international law those responsible for war crimes, including hostage-taking;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2004
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Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts 2004, para. 8
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- Emphasizing that all forms of violence in areas of armed conflict committed against the civilian population as such, including taking women and children hostage, seriously contravene international humanitarian law, in particular as set out in the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2004
Paragraph
Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts 2004, para. 2
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- Condemns violent acts in contravention of international humanitarian law against the civilian population, as such, in areas of armed conflict, and calls for an effective response to such acts, in particular the immediate release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2004
Paragraph
Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts 1995, para. 3
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- Emphasizing that all forms of violence against women and children in the areas of armed conflict, including capturing them as hostages, seriously contravene international humanitarian law,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 1995
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Rights of the child 2004, para. 37b
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- [Calls upon all States:] To increase cooperation at all levels to prevent and dismantle networks trafficking in children;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2004
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Rights of the child 2004, para. 37h
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- [Calls upon all States:] To contribute to the elimination of the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography by adopting a holistic approach, addressing the contributing factors, including underdevelopment, poverty, economic disparities, inequitable socio economic structures, dysfunctioning families, lack of education, urban rural migration, gender discrimination, irresponsible adult sexual behaviour, harmful traditional practices, armed conflicts and trafficking in children;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Poverty
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 2004
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Rights of the child 2004, para. 31
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- Calls upon all States to prevent violations of the rights of children working and/or living on the street, including discrimination, arbitrary detention and extrajudicial, arbitrary and summary executions, torture, all kinds of violence and exploitation, and to bring the perpetrators to justice, to adopt and implement policies for the protection, social and psychosocial rehabilitation and reintegration of these children, and to adopt economic, social and educational strategies to address the problems of children working and/or living on the street;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2004
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Rights of the child 2004, para. 33
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- Calls upon all States to translate into concrete action their commitment to the progressive and effective elimination of child labour that is likely to be hazardous or to interfere with the child's education, or to be harmful to the child's health or physical, mental, spiritual, moral or social development, and to eliminate immediately the worst forms of child labour, to promote education as a key strategy in this regard, including the creation of vocational training and apprenticeship programmes and the integration of working children into the formal education system, as well as to examine and devise economic policies, where necessary, in cooperation with the international community, that address factors contributing to these forms of child labour;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2004
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Rights of the child 2005, para. 12
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- Requests the submission of the final report of the Secretary-General's study on the question of violence against children to the Commission;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2005
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Rights of the child 2005, para. 32a
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- [Calls upon all States:] To criminalize and effectively penalize all forms of sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children, including within the family or for commercial purposes, child pornography and child prostitution, child trafficking, child sex tourism, the sale of children and their organs, and the use of the Internet for these purposes, and to take effective measures against the criminalization of children who are victims of exploitation;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2005
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Rights of the child 2005, para. 7
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- Calls upon all States to end impunity for perpetrators of crimes committed against children, recognizing in this regard the contribution of the establishment of the International Criminal Court as a way to prevent violations of human rights and international humanitarian law, in particular when children are victims of serious crimes, including the crime of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, and to bring perpetrators of such crimes to justice, and not to grant amnesties for these crimes and to strengthen international cooperation towards the goal of ending impunity;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2005
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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;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2005
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Rights of the child 2004, para. 14
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- Taking note with appreciation of the reports of the Secretary General on the status of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (E/CN.4/2004/67), of the Special Rapporteur on the right to education (E/CN.4/2004/45 and Add.1 2), of the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography (E/CN.4/2004/9 and Add.1 2), and taking note of the reports of the Special Representative of the Secretary General for children and armed conflict to the General Assembly at its fifty eighth session (see A/58/328 and Corr.1) and to the Commission at its sixtieth session (E/CN.4/2004/70), the report of the Secretary General on children and armed conflict (A/58/546 S/2003/1053 and Corr.1 and 2), the progress report of the Secretary General on the study on the question of violence against children (E/CN.4/2004/68) and the Secretary General's bulletin on special measures for protection from sexual exploitation and sexual abuse (ST/SGB/2003/13),
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2004
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Rights of the child 2004, para. 15
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- Welcoming the entry into force on 25 December 2003 of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime,
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2004
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Rights of the child 2004, para. 16
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- Concerned at the number of illegal adoptions, of children growing up without parents and of child victims of different forms of violence, abuse, exploitation and neglect within and outside the family,
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 2004
Paragraph
Rights of the child 2004, para. 18
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- Recognizing also that partnership between Governments, international organizations and relevant bodies and organizations of the United Nations system, in particular the United Nations Children's Fund, and all actors of civil society, in particular non governmental organizations, as well as the private sector, is important to realize the rights of the child,
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2004
Paragraph
Rights of the child 2004, para. 37d
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- [Calls upon all States:] To criminalize and effectively penalize all forms of sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children, including within the family or for commercial purposes, child pornography and child prostitution, child trafficking, child sex tourism, the sale of children and their organs, and the use of the Internet for these purposes, while ensuring that, in the treatment by the criminal justice system of children who are victims, the best interests of the child shall be a primary consideration, and to take effective measures against the criminalization of children who are victims of exploitation and effective measures to ensure prosecution of offenders, whether local or foreign, by the competent national authorities, either in the country where the crime was committed, or in the offender's country of origin, or in the country of destination, in accordance with due process of law;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2004
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Rights of the child 2005, para. 5
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- Taking note with appreciation of the reports of the Secretary-General on the status of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (E/CN.4/2005/73), of the Special Rapporteur on the right to education (E/CN.4/2005/50), of the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography (E/CN.4/2005/78 and Corr.1 and Add.1-4), the report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict (E/CN.4/2005/77), and the progress report of the Secretary-General on the study on the question of violence against children (E/CN.4/2005/75),
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2005
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Rights of the child 2004, para. 19
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- Welcomes the establishment of a secretariat for the Secretary General's study on the question of violence against children in collaboration with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children's Fund and the World Health Organization, invites Member States, United Nations bodies and organizations, including the Committee on the Rights of the Child, as well as other relevant intergovernmental organizations, to provide substantive and, where appropriate, financial support, including through voluntary contributions, for the effective conduct of the study and invites non governmental organizations to contribute to the study, taking into account the recommendations of the Committee made following the general discussions on violence against children held in September 2000 and 2001, and, further, encourages the independent expert to seek also the participation of children in the study, taking into account their age and maturity;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2004
Paragraph
Rights of the child 2005, para. 10
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- Concerned that, in conflict situations, children continue to be victims and deliberate targets of attacks with consequences that are often irreversible for their physical and emotional integrity,
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2005
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Rights of the child 2005, para. 38d
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- [Calls upon States:] To take effective preventive measures against sexual exploitation and abuse by their military and civilian peacekeepers and hold them to account;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2005
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Rights of the child 2005, para. 26
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- 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 and post-conflict situations, 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;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2005
Paragraph
Rights of the child 2005, para. 32b
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- [Calls upon all States:] To take effective measures to ensure prosecution of offenders, whether local or foreign, by the competent national authorities, either in the country where the crime was committed, or in the country of which the victim is a national or a resident, or in the offender's country of origin in accordance with due process of law, and for these purposes, to afford one another the greatest measure of assistance in connection with investigations or criminal or extradition proceedings;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2005
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Rights of the child 2005, para. 32c
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- [Calls upon all States:] To increase cooperation at all levels to prevent and dismantle networks trafficking in children;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2005
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Rights of the child 2005, para. 32g
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- [Calls upon all States:] To take the necessary measures to eliminate the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography by adopting a holistic approach and addressing the contributing factors, including underdevelopment, poverty, economic disparities, inequitable socio-economic structures, dysfunctioning families, lack of education, urban rural migration, gender discrimination, irresponsible adult sexual behaviour, harmful traditional practices, armed conflicts and trafficking in children;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Poverty
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 2005
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