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The girl child 2017, para. 13
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- Noting with concern that millions of girls are engaged in child labour and its worst forms, including those who have been victims of trafficking in persons and affected by armed conflict and humanitarian emergencies, that children without nationality or birth registration are vulnerable to trafficking in persons and child labour and that many children face the double burden of having to combine economic activities with unpaid care and domestic work, which deprive them of their childhood and hamper the full enjoyment of their right to education and opportunities for decent employment in the future, and noting in this regard the need to recognize, reduce and redistribute girls’ disproportionate share of unpaid care and domestic work,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The girl child 2017, para. 14
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- Recognizing that girl children are often at greater risk of being exposed to and encountering various forms of discrimination and violence and forced labour, which, among other things, would hinder efforts towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly those Goals that are relevant to gender equality and the empowerment of girls, and reaffirming the need to achieve gender equality to ensure a just and equitable world for girls, including by partnering with men and boys, as an important strategy for advancing the rights of the girl child,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Children
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Protection of migrants 2017, para. 4m
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- [Also reaffirms the duty of States to effectively promote and protect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all migrants, especially those of women and children, regardless of their migration status, in conformity with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the international instruments to which they are party, and therefore:] Invites Member States to consider ratifying relevant conventions of the International Labour Organization, including the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189), on decent work for domestic workers;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Women in development 2017, para. 43
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- Encourages Governments and all sectors of society to take sustainable measures to ensure equal access to full and productive employment and decent work on an equal basis and ensure that labour markets and work environments are open, inclusive and accessible to persons with disabilities, and to take positive measures to increase the employment of women with disabilities and to eliminate discrimination on the basis of disability with regard to all matters concerning all forms of employment, including recruitment, retention and promotion, and the provision of safe, secure and healthy working conditions, in consultation with relevant national mechanisms and organizations of persons with disabilities, including by promoting access to inclusive education systems, skills development and vocational and entrepreneurial training, in order to enable persons with disabilities to attain and maintain maximum independence, as noted in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and notes the need to strengthen efforts aimed at addressing the rights and needs of women and children with disabilities;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Human rights and unilateral coercive measures (2018), para. 36
- Original document
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- 7. Also expresses its grave concern that, in some countries, the socioeconomic conditions of family members, particularly women and children, are adversely affected by unilateral coercive measures, imposed and maintained contrary to international law and the Charter, that create obstacles to trade relations among States, restrict movement through various means of transport, impede the full realization of social and economic development and hinder the well-being of the population in the affected countries, with particular consequences for women, children, including adolescents, the elderly and persons with disabilities;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of the child (2003), para. 068
- Original document
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- 4. Calls upon all States to take the situation of children working and/or living on the streets into account when preparing reports for submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child, and encourages the Committee and other relevant bodies and organizations of the United Nations system, within their existing mandates, to pay increased attention to the question of children working and/or living on the streets;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations Model Strategies and Practical Measures on the Elimination of Violence against Children in the Field of Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (2015), para. 080
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- (h) Slavery or practices similar to slavery, debt bondage and serfdom and forced labour, including forced or compulsory recruitment of children for use in armed conflict;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Keeping the promise: united to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (2010), para. 100
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- (f) Taking appropriate steps to assist one another in the elimination of the worst forms of child labour, strengthening child protection systems and combating trafficking in children through, inter alia, enhanced international cooperation and assistance, including support for social and economic development, poverty eradication programmes and universal education;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Poverty
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of the child: the right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health (2013), para. 088
- Original document
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- 43. Calls upon all States to ensure for migrant children, as well as for children of migrant parents, the enjoyment of all human rights of every child within their jurisdiction, without discrimination of any kind, to provide access to health care, social services and education of good quality in accordance with domestic laws consistent with applicable international obligations, and to ensure that migrant children, especially those who are unaccompanied and those who are victims of violence and exploitation, receive special protection and assistance, in accordance with their obligations, as reflected in articles 9 and 10 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of the child (2008), para. 061
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 30. Further calls upon all States to ensure, for children belonging to minorities and vulnerable groups, including migrant children and indigenous children, the enjoyment of all human rights as well as access to health care, social services and education on an equal basis with others and to ensure that all such children, in particular victims of violence and exploitation, receive special protection and assistance;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights (2019), para. 40
- Original document
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- 7. Also expresses its grave concern that, in some countries, the socioeconomic conditions of family members, particularly women and children, are adversely affected by unilateral coercive measures, imposed and maintained contrary to international law and the Charter, that create obstacles to trade relations among States, restrict movement through various means of transport, impede the full realization of social and economic development and hinder the well-being of the population in the affected countries, with particular consequences for women, children, including adolescents, the elderly and persons with disabilities;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations common system: report of the International Civil Service Commission (1998), para. 47
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- C. Review of the basis for the dependent children's allowance
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures (2017), para. 24
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 7. Expresses grave concern that, in some countries, the situation of children is adversely affected by unilateral coercive measures not in accordance with international law and the Charter that create obstacles to trade relations among States, impede the full realization of social and economic development and hinder the well-being of the population in the affected countries, with particular consequences for women, children, including adolescents, the elderly and persons with disabilities;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of the child (2013), para. 086
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (n) To strengthen efforts to effectively eliminate child labour which is harmful to health or physical, mental, spiritual, moral or social development, including among indigenous children;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures (2016), para. 11
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Expressing grave concern that, in some countries, the situation of children is adversely affected by unilateral coercive measures not in accordance with international law and the Charter that create obstacles to trade relations among States, impede the full realization of social and economic development and hinder the well-being of the population in the affected countries, with particular consequences for women, children, including adolescents, the elderly and persons with disabilities,
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of the child (2005), para. 068
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Children working and/or living on the street
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
The rights of the child (2001), para. 121
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 2. Welcomes the adoption by the International Labour Organization, at the eighty-seventh session of the International Labour Conference, held at Geneva from 1 to 17 June 1999, of the Convention concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour (Convention No. 182), and calls upon all States to consider ratifying it;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Outcome document of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the realization of the Millennium Development Goals and other internationally agreed development goals for persons with disabilities: the way forward, a disability- inclusive development agenda towards 2015 and beyond (2014), para. 11
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- (b) Ensure that all development policies, including those regarding poverty eradication, social inclusion, full and productive employment and decent work, and access to basic social services, and their decision-making processes take into account the needs of and benefit all persons with disabilities, including women, children, youth, indigenous peoples and older persons, who can be subject to violence and multiple or aggravated forms of discrimination;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Poverty
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran (2020), para. 20
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 17. Strongly urges the Islamic Republic of Iran to eliminate, in law and in practice, all forms of discrimination and other human rights violations against women and girls, to take measures to ensure protection for women and girls against violence and their equal protection and access to justice, to address the concerning incidence of child, early and forced marriage, as recommended by the Committee on the Rights of the Child, to promote, support and enable women’s participation in political and other decision-making processes, and, while recognizing the high enrolment of women in all levels of education in the Islamic Republic of Iran, to lift restrictions on women’s equal access to all aspects of education and women’s equal participation in the labour market and in all aspects of economic, cultural, social and political life, including participation in and attendance at sporting events;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of the child (2019), para. 061
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Child labour
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
United Nations common system: report of the International Civil Service Commission (2014), para. 28
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- C. Children’s and secondary dependants’ allowances: review of the methodology
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Rights of the child (2013), para. 053
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Child labour
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Preparations for and observance of the twentieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family (2014), para. 07
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recognizing also that family policies are most effective when targeting the family unit and its dynamic as a whole, including taking into consideration the needs of its members, and noting that family-oriented policies aim in particular at strengthening, and should be designed to enhance, a household’s capacity to escape poverty, ensure financial independence and support work-family balance to help manage family functions and foster child development,
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Rights of the child (2013), para. 066
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 38. Further recognizes that indigenous children often face multiple forms of discrimination and that discrimination against and exploitation of indigenous children, particularly girls, including economic exploitation, harm their quality of life and may reduce their survival prospects, and expresses grave concern that indigenous children face violations of their human rights as well as discriminatory and attitudinal barriers to their participation and inclusion in society;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Girls
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Improving the coordination of efforts against trafficking in persons (2010), para. 05
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- Recalling the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime 2F 3 and the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, 3F 4 the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography 4F 5 and the Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery, 5F 6
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Rights of the child (2010), para. 09
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Profoundly concerned that the situation of children in many parts of the world has been negatively impacted by the world financial and economic crisis, and reaffirming that eradicating poverty continues to be the greatest global challenge facing the world today, recognizing its impact beyond the socio-economic context,
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Situation of human rights in Eritrea (2013), para. 09
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Expressing grave concern also at the widespread use of indefinite conscription into national service, a system that constitutes forced labour, and the forced conscription of children under the age of 18 into military service,
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Rights of the child (2011), para. 052
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Child labour
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures (2010), para. 11
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Expressing grave concern that, in some countries, the situation of children is adversely affected by unilateral coercive measures not in accordance with international law and the Charter that create obstacles to trade relations among States, impede the full realization of social and economic development and hinder the well-being of the population in the affected countries, with particular consequences for women and children, including adolescents,
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
The rights of the child (1999), para. 0106
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 12. Calls upon all States and the United Nations system to strengthen international cooperation as a means of assisting Governments in preventing or combating violations of the rights of the child, including the exploitation of child labour;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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