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Protection of migrants (2014), para. 53
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- (c) Welcomes immigration programmes, adopted by some countries, that allow migrants to integrate fully into the host countries, facilitate family reunification and promote a harmonious, tolerant and respectful environment, and encourages States to consider the possibility of adopting these types of programmes;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Human rights in the administration of justice (2013), para. 41
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- 21. Stresses the importance of paying greater attention to the impact of the imprisonment of parents on their children, while noting with interest the day of general discussion on the situation of children of prisoners, held by the Committee on the Rights of the Child on 30 September 2011, as well as the summary report on the full-day meeting of the Human Rights Council on the rights of the child, held on 8 March 2012; 17
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Terrorism and human rights (2019), para. 26
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- 5. Reaffirms its profound solidarity with the victims of terrorism and their families, as well as the work done by civil society organizations for victims of terrorism, and acknowledges the importance of protecting the human rights of victims and of providing them with legally based and sufficiently resourced support, assistance and rehabilitation, while taking into account, when appropriate, considerations regarding remembrance, dignity, respect, justice, truth and reparations in such a way that promotes accountability and ends impunity, and encourages the enhancement of international cooperation and the exchange of expertise in that respect, in accordance with international law;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran (2014), para. 21
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- (m) Persistent failure to uphold due process of law, and violations of the rights of detainees, including the widespread and systematic use of arbitrary detention and enforced disappearance, the lack of access of detainees to legal representation of their choice, the refusal to consider granting bail to detainees, the poor conditions of prisons and the denial of access to adequate medical treatment, as well as reports of detainees dying in custody, being subjected to torture, rape and other forms of sexual violence, harsh interrogation techniques and the use of pressure exerted upon their relatives and dependants, including through arrest, to obtain false confessions that are then used at trials;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran (2019), para. 17
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- 14. Also calls upon the Islamic Republic of Iran to address the poor conditions of prisons, to end the practice of deliberately denying prisoners access to adequate medical treatment, which creates a consequent risk of death, and to put an end to the continued and sustained house arrest of leading opposition figures from the 2009 presidential elections despite serious concerns about their health, as well as the pressure exerted upon their relatives and dependants, including through arrest, and calls upon the Islamic Republic of Iran to establish credible and independent prison oversight authorities to investigate complaints of abuse;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Rights of the child (2010), para. 30
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- 14. Reaffirms paragraphs 34 to 42 of its resolution 63/241, and calls upon all States to promote and protect all human rights of all children in particularly difficult situations and to implement programmes and measures that provide them with special protection and assistance, including access to health care, education and social services, as well as, where appropriate and feasible, voluntary repatriation, reintegration, family tracing and family reunification, in particular for children who are unaccompanied, and to ensure that the best interests of the child are accorded a primary consideration;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran (2016), para. 13
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- 10. Calls upon the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to address the poor conditions of prisons, to eliminate the denial of access to adequate medical treatment and the consequent risk of death faced by prisoners and to put an end to the continued and sustained house arrest of leading opposition figures from the 2009 presidential elections despite serious concerns about their health, as well as the pressure exerted upon their relatives and dependants, including through arrest;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Protection of migrants (2010), para. 31
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- (d) Calls upon States that have not done so to consider signing and ratifying or acceding to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families 10 3H as a matter of priority, and requests the Secretary-General to continue his efforts to promote and raise awareness of the Convention;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Human rights of migrants (2013), para. 25
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- (c) To prosecute, in conformity with applicable law, acts of violation of the human rights of migrants and their families, such as arbitrary detention, torture and violations of the right to life, including extrajudicial executions, during their transit from their country of origin to the country of destination and vice versa, including their transit through national borders;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Nationality of natural persons in relation to the succession of States (2001), para. 57
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- Article 12 Unity of a family
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- N.A.
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Follow-up to the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyond (2008), para. 14
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- 3. Urges Member States to create a conducive environment to strengthen and support all families, recognizing that equality between women and men and respect for all the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all family members are essential to family well-being and to society at large, noting the importance of reconciliation of work and family life and recognizing the principle that both parents have common responsibilities for the upbringing and development of the child;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Men
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (2003), para. 07
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- Considering that, in the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights on 25 June 1993, 6 all States are urged to guarantee the protection of the human rights of all migrant workers and members of their families,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Violence against women migrant workers (1997), para. 19
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- 7. Encourages Member States to consider signing and ratifying or acceding to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, 8 as well as the Slavery Convention of 1926; 9
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- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Twelfth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (2011), para. 16
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- 8. Also welcomes the prompt consideration and action by the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice on a number of issues addressed in the Salvador Declaration, including those addressed in separate resolutions approved by the Commission at its nineteenth session, such as violence against migrants, migrant workers and their families, emerging forms of crime that have a significant impact on the environment and international cooperation in criminal matters; 3
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Follow-up to the twentieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyond (2019), para. 03
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- Recognizing that the preparations for and observance of the twentieth anniversary of the International Year in 2014 provided a useful opportunity to continue to raise awareness of the objectives of the International Year for increasing cooperation on family issues at all levels and for undertaking concerted action to strengthen family-centred policies and programmes as part of an integrated comprehensive approach to development,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women (2009), para. 29
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- 15. Stresses further that States should take all possible measures to empower women and inform them of their rights in seeking redress through mechanisms of justice, inform everyone of women’s rights and of the existing penalties for violating those rights, and engage men and boys, as well as families, as agents of change in preventing and condemning violence against women;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Families
- Men
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Preparations for and observance of the twentieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family (2013), para. 22
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- 13. Encourages Governments to support the United Nations Trust Fund on Family Activities to enable the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the Secretariat to continue research activities and provide assistance to countries, upon their request;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Assistance to unaccompanied refugee minors (1997), para. 14
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- 4. Calls upon the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, in cooperation with other relevant United Nations bodies, to incorporate policies that aim at preventing refugee family separation into its programmes, conscious of the importance of family unity;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Trafficking in persons, especially women and children: access to effective remedies for trafficked persons and their right to an effective remedy for human rights violations (2012), para. 39
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- (l) Ensuring that trafficked children are equipped with information on all matters affecting their interests, including their situation and the legal options, entitlements and services available to them, and processes of family reunification or repatriation, and to ensure that trafficked children have access to legal, interpretative and other necessary assistance provided by professionals trained in child rights and in communicating with trafficked children;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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World Summit Outcome (2005), para. 281
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- 142. We commit ourselves to respecting and ensuring the rights of each child without discrimination of any kind, irrespective of the race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national, ethnic or social origin, property, disability, birth or other status of the child or his or her parent(s) or legal guardian(s). We call upon States to consider as a priority becoming a party to the Convention on the Rights of the Child. 36
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Human rights of migrants (2010), para. 21
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- (b) To adopt concrete measures to prevent violations of the human rights of migrants while in transit, including in ports and airports and at borders and migration checkpoints, to train public officials who work in those facilities and in border areas to treat migrants and their families respectfully and in accordance with the law, and to prosecute, in conformity with applicable law, any act of violation of the human rights of migrants and their families, such as arbitrary detention, torture and violations of the right to life, including extrajudicial executions, during their transit from their country of origin to the country of destination and vice versa, including their transit through national borders;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Respect for the right to universal freedom of travel and the vital importance of family reunification (2009), para. 10
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- 3. Calls upon all States to allow, in conformity with international legislation, the free flow of financial remittances by foreign nationals residing in their territory to relatives in the country of origin;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (2009), para. 13
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- 3. Reiterates the obligation of all States to conduct exhaustive and impartial investigations into all suspected cases of extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, to identify and bring to justice those responsible, while ensuring the right of every person to a fair and public hearing by a competent, independent and impartial tribunal established by law, to grant adequate compensation within a reasonable time to the victims or their families, and to adopt all necessary measures, including legal and judicial measures, to put an end to impunity and to prevent the further occurrence of such executions, as recommended in the Principles on the Effective Prevention and Investigation of Extralegal, Arbitrary and Summary Executions; 5F 6
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (2016), para. 41
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- Deploring the practice of withholding the bodies of those killed, and calling for the release of the bodies that have not yet been returned to their relatives, in line with international humanitarian law and human rights law, in order to ensure dignified closure in accordance with their religious beliefs and traditions,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Rights of the child (2019), para. 012
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- Acknowledging the important role played by national governmental and local structures for children, including, where they exist, ministries and institutions in charge of child, family and youth issues and independent ombudspersons for childr en or other national institutions for the promotion and protection of the rights of the child,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Follow-up to the International Year of the Family (1998), para. 09
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- 4. Calls upon Governments, non-governmental organizations, other organizations of civil society, the private sector and individuals to contribute generously to the United Nations Trust Fund on Family Activities;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Protection of migrants (2009), para. 25
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- 5. Takes note of the report of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families on its seventh and eighth sessions; 13F 14
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Follow-up to the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyond (2006), para. 16
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- 4. Encourages Governments to support the United Nations Trust Fund on Family Activities to enable the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the Secretariat to provide expanded assistance to countries, upon their request;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Report of the International Criminal Court (2011), para. 25
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- 12. Encourages States to contribute to the Trust Fund established for the benefit of victims of crimes within the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court and the families of such victims, and acknowledges with appreciation contributions made to that Trust Fund thus far;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy Review (2014), para. 37
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- 15. Deeply deplores the suffering caused by terrorism to the victims of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations and to their families, expresses its profound solidarity with them, encourages Member States to provide them with proper support and assistance while taking into account, inter alia, when appropriate, considerations regarding remembrance, dignity, respect, justice and truth, in accordance with international law;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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