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Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights 2015, para. 7
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- Mindful of the fact that, in the fulfilment of their obligations to promote, protect and respect human rights, States of origin, transit and destination can benefit from schemes of international cooperation,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Consensus
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2015
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Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights 2015, para. 4
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- Taking into account the attention paid by the treaty bodies, including the Committee on the Rights of the Child, to the treatment of unaccompanied and separated children outside their country of origin and their enjoyment of human rights, including in its general comment No. 6 (2005), as well as the general discussion of the Committee in 2012 on the rights of all children in the context of international migration,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Consensus
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2015
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Preventable mortality and morbidity of children under 5 years of age as a human rights concern 2016, para. 6
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- Acknowledging the work done by the United Nations and its specialized agencies, funds and programmes in relation to the reduction and elimination of preventable mortality and morbidity of children under 5 years of age, and in that regard notes the Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health (2016-2030) and the establishment of the Independent Accountability Panel,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Consensus
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2016
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Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights 2017, para. 12
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- Taking note with appreciation of the report submitted by the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee at the present session on the study on the global issue of unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights, in which the Committee defines the areas, reasons and cases in which this issue arises in the world, and the way in which human rights are threatened and violated, and makes recommendations for the consideration of States on how to protect the human rights of unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Consensus
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2017
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Human rights in the administration of justice, in particular juvenile justice 2015, para. 18
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- Reaffirming that the best interests of the child must be a primary consideration in all decisions concerning the deprivation of liberty and, in particular, that depriving children and juveniles of their liberty should be used only as a measure of last resort and for the shortest appropriate period of time, in particular before trial, and the need to ensure that, if they are arrested, detained or imprisoned, children should be separated from adults to the greatest extent feasible, unless it is considered in the child’s best interest not to be,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Consensus
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Year
- 2015
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Intensification of efforts to end obstetric fistula 2016, para. 16
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- Recognizing, with interest, the Secretary-General's revised Global Strategy for Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health (2016-2030), undertaken by a broad coalition of partners, in support of national plans and strategies that aim for the highest attainable standards of health and well-being, physical, mental and social, at every age, ending maternal and newborn mortality, which is preventable, and noting that this can contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals,
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Consensus
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Infants
- Women
- Year
- 2016
Paragraph
Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights 2016, para. 12
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- Welcoming the adoption by the General Assembly of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in which migration is included for the first time in the global development framework, acknowledging that the implementation of the 2030 Agenda could have a positive impact in addressing some of the root causes of migration and hence reduce forced migration and result in situations in which migration is a choice, and recognizing the importance of international cooperation in achieving these goals,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Consensus
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2016
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Child, early and forced marriage in humanitarian settings 2017, para. 8
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- Noting the work of the World Health Organization High-level Working Group on the Health and Human Rights of Women, Children and Adolescents,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Consensus
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2017
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The rights of the child 2014, para. 6
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- Reaffirming the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, the United Nations Millennium Declaration and the outcome document of the twenty-seventh special session of the General Assembly on children, entitled “A world fit for children”, and recalling the Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development and the Programme of Action of the World Summit for Social Development, the Dakar Framework for Action adopted at the World Education Forum, the Declaration on Social Progress and Development, the Universal Declaration on the Eradication of Hunger and Malnutrition, the Declaration on the Right to Development, the Declaration of the commemorative high-level plenary meeting devoted to the follow-up to the outcome of the special session on children, held in New York from 11 to 13 December 2007, the outcome document of the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals, held in New York from 20 to 22 September 2010, the outcome document, entitled “The future we want”, adopted at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 20 to 22 June 2012, and the outcome document of the third Global Conference on Child Labour, held in Brasilia from 8 to 10 October 2013, and recalling the World Congresses against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents, held in Stockholm from 27 to 31 August 1996, in Yokohama, Japan, from 17 to 20 December 2001 and in Rio de Janeiro from 25 to 28 November 2008,
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Consensus
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Year
- 2014
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Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights 2016, para. 8
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- Taking note of the report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of migrants in transit, in which the Office analysed the human rights situation of migrants in transit, highlighted human rights concerns and made recommendations aimed at addressing critical protection gaps for migrants in transit, including unaccompanied children and adolescents, and women and girls,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Consensus
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Girls
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 2016
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Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights 2016, para. 1
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- Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which proclaims that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights, and that everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set out therein, without distinction of any kind, in particular as to race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Consensus
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2016
Paragraph
Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights 2015, para. 3
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- Recalling also previous resolutions of the General Assembly, in particular Assembly resolution 69/187 of 18 December 2014, adopted by consensus, and of the Human Rights Council on the protection of the human rights of migrants, and the work of various special mechanisms of the Council that have reported on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of migrants, Commission on Population and Development resolution 2013/1 of 26 April 2013, entitled “New trends in migration: demographic aspects,” and the Declaration of the High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development, adopted on 3 October 2013,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Consensus
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2015
Paragraph
Human rights in the administration of justice, in particular juvenile justice 2013, para. 18
- Paragraph text
- Reaffirming that the best interests of the child must be a primary consideration in all decisions concerning deprivation of liberty and, in particular, that depriving children and juveniles of their liberty should be used only as a measure of last resort and for the shortest appropriate period of time, in particular before trial, and the need to ensure that, if they are arrested, detained or imprisoned, children should be separated from adults, to the greatest extent feasible, unless it is considered in the child’s best interest not to do so,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Consensus
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Year
- 2013
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The rights of the child 2013, para. 6
- Paragraph text
- Reaffirming the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, the United Nations Millennium Declaration and the outcome document of the twenty-seventh special session of the General Assembly on children, entitled “A world fit for children”, and recalling the Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development and the Programme of Action of the World Summit for Social Development, the Dakar Framework for Action adopted at the World Education Forum, the Declaration on Social Progress and Development, the Universal Declaration on the Eradication of Hunger and Malnutrition, the Declaration on the Right to Development and the Declaration of the commemorative high-level plenary meeting devoted to the follow-up to the outcome of the special session on children, held in New York from 11 to 13 December 2007, the outcome document of the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals, held in New York from 20 to 22 September 2010, the outcome document, entitled “The future we want”, adopted at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 20 to 22 June 2012, and the outcome document of the third Global Conference on Child Labour, held in Brasilia from 8 to 10 October 2013, and recalling the World Congresses against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents, held in Stockholm from 27 to 31 August 1996, in Yokohama, Japan, from 17 to 20 December 2001 and in Rio de Janeiro from 25 to 28 November 2008,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Consensus
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Year
- 2013
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Rights of the child: Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Optional Protocols thereto 2009, para. 7
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- Recalling the different initiatives at the international and regional levels to contribute to the implementation of the Convention and international events, such as the recent Third World Congress against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents, held in November 2008 in Rio de Janeiro,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Consensus
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Year
- 2009
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The girl child 1998, para. 4
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- Deeply concerned also that girls, in particular adolescent girls, continue to be silent and invisible victims of violence, abuse and exploitation and that some legal systems do not address adequately the vulnerability of girls in the administration of justice, including the need for better protection of child victims and witnesses,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Consensus
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Girls
- Year
- 1998
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The rights of the child 2003, para. 3
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- Reaffirming that the general principles of, inter alia, the best interests of the child, non-discrimination, participation and survival and development provide the framework for all actions concerning children, including adolescents,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Consensus
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Year
- 2003
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Migrant children and adolescents 2014, para. 13
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- Recognizing that States, in accordance with their obligations under international law, are responsible for promoting and protecting the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all migrants, regardless of their migration status, including accompanied and unaccompanied children, including adolescents, within their territorial jurisdiction, and encouraging States to promote national child and adolescent protection systems, in consultation with all sectors of society, including migrant communities, civil society organizations and other relevant actors,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Consensus
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2014
Paragraph
Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights 2016, para. 3
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- Recalling also all previous resolutions of the General Assembly on the protection of the human rights of migrants, in particular those relating to the situation of unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents, such as Assembly resolution 69/187 of 18 December 2014, Human Rights Council resolutions on the protection of the human rights of migrants, in particular resolution 29/12 of 1 July 2015, the work of various special mechanisms of the Council that have reported on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of migrants, Commission on Population and Development resolution 2013/1 of 26 April 2013, entitled “New trends in migration: demographic aspects” and the Declaration of the High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development, adopted on 3 October 2013,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Consensus
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2016
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Rights of the child: The fight against sexual violence against children 2010, para. 12
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- Recalling the World Congress III Against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents and the Rio de Janeiro Declaration and Call for Action to Prevent and Stop Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents, and the agreed conclusions on the elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child adopted by the Commission on the Status of Women at its fifty-first session,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Consensus
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2010
Paragraph
Human rights in the administration of justice, in particular juvenile justice 2015, para. 16
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- Aware of the need for special vigilance with regard to the specific situation of children, juveniles and women in the administration of justice, in particular while they are deprived of their liberty, and their vulnerability to violence, abuse, injustice and humiliation,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Consensus
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2015
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The rights of the child 2010, para. 4
- Paragraph text
- Reaffirming that the general principles of, inter alia, the best interests of the child, non-discrimination, participation and survival and development provide the framework for all actions concerning children, including adolescents,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Consensus
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Year
- 2010
Paragraph
Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights 2016, para. 5
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- Taking note also of the work of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, especially the reports in which the mandate holder addressed the human rights of migrant children and adolescents, and inviting States to give due consideration to the recommendations contained therein, and of the work of the Committee on the Rights of the Child with regard to the treatment of unaccompanied and separated children outside their country of origin, including in its general comment No 6 (2005) on the topic, and the general discussion held by the Committee in 2012 on the rights of all children in the context of international migration,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Consensus
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2016
Paragraph
Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights 2017, para. 4
- Paragraph text
- Recalling also all previous resolutions of the General Assembly on the protection of the human rights of migrants, in particular those relating to the situation of unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents, such as resolutions 69/187 of 18 December 2014 and 71/177 of 19 December 2016, the Human Rights Council resolutions on the protection of the human rights of migrants, in particular resolutions 9/5 of 16 September 2008, 12/6 of 12 October 2009, 29/12 of 2 July 2015, 33/7 of 29 September 2016 and 35/17 of 22 June 2017, Commission on Population and Development resolution 2013/1 of 26 April 2013, entitled “New trends in migrations: demographic aspects”, and the Declaration of the High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development, adopted on 3 October 2013,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Consensus
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2017
Paragraph
Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights 2017, para. 19
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- Recognizing that discussions on the global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration are an important opportunity to address the issue of unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Consensus
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2017
Paragraph
Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights 2017, para. 7
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- Taking note of the reports submitted by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the panel discussion on unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights held at the thirty-fifth session of the Human Rights Council and on the promotion and protection of the human rights of migrants in the context of large movements, submitted to the Council at its thirty-third session,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Consensus
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2017
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The rights of the child 2004, para. 4
- Paragraph text
- Reaffirming the outcome documents of the special session of the General Assembly on children, entitled “A world fit for children”, and the commitments contained therein to promote and protect the rights of each child, every human being below the age of 18 years, including adolescents, and of all major United Nations conferences, and the integration of child rights issues into the outcome documents of all major United Nations conferences, special sessions and summits,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Consensus
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Year
- 2004
Paragraph
The girl child 2009, para. 27
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- Taking note with appreciation of the adoption of the Rio de Janeiro Declaration and Call for Action to Prevent and Stop Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents, which is the outcome document of the Third World Congress against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 25 to 28 November 2008,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Consensus
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Girls
- Year
- 2009
Paragraph
Intensification of efforts to end obstetric fistula 2016, para. 13
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- Recognizing the need to raise awareness among men and adolescent boys and, in this context, to fully engage men and community leaders as strategic partners and allies in the efforts to address and eliminate obstetric fistula,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Consensus
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Boys
- Men
- Year
- 2016
Paragraph
Human rights in the administration of justice, in particular juvenile justice 2009, para. 11
- Paragraph text
- Aware of the need for special vigilance with regard to the specific situation of children, juveniles and women in the administration of justice, in particular while deprived of their liberty, and their vulnerability to various forms of violence, abuse, injustice and humiliation,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Consensus
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2009
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