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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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Rights of the child (2005), para. 022
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- Identity, family relations and birth registration
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- 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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Situation of human rights in Myanmar (2008), para. 08
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- 1. Strongly condemns the use of violence against peaceful demonstrators who were exercising their rights to freedom of opinion and expression and to peaceful assembly and association, and expresses its condolences to the victims and their families;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- 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
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- 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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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 settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan (2014), para. 17
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- Expressing grave concern in particular about Israel’s construction and expansion of settlements in and around occupied East Jerusalem, including its so-called E-1 plan that aims to connect its illegal settlements around and further isolate occupied East Jerusalem, the continuing demolition of Palestinian homes and eviction of Palestinian families from the city, the revocation of Palestinian residency rights in the city, and ongoing settlement activities in the Jordan Valley,
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Rights of the child (2010), para. 66
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- (k) To address all the root causes preventing children from exercising their right to be heard and to be consulted on matters affecting them; inform children, parents, guardians, other caregivers and the general public about the rights of the child; and raise awareness of the importance and benefits of the participation of children in society, including through partnerships with civil society, the private sector and the media, while being attentive to their influence on children;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (2018), para. 40
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- 13. Expresses concern at the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law adopted by the Knesset, which suspends the possibility, with certain rare exceptions, of family reunification between Israeli citizens and persons residing in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, thus adversely affecting the lives of many families;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Nationality of natural persons in relation to the succession of States (2001), para. 58
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- Where the acquisition or loss of nationality in relation to the succession of States would impair the unity of a family, States concerned shall take all appropriate measures to allow that family to remain together or to be reunited.
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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The safety of journalists (2018), para. 30
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- 4. Urges States to ensure accountability through the conduct of impartial, prompt, thorough, independent and effective investigations into all alleged violence, threats and attacks against journalists and media workers falling within their jurisdiction, to bring perpetrators, including those who command, conspire to commit, aid and abet or cover up such crimes to justice, and to ensure that victims and their families have access to appropriate remedies;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran (2013), para. 07
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- (b) The continuing alarming high frequency of the carrying-out of the death penalty in the absence of internationally recognized safeguards, including an increase in the number of public executions, notwithstanding the issuance of a circular by the former head of the judiciary prohibiting public executions, and secret group executions, as well as reports of executions undertaken without the notification of the prisoner’s family members or legal counsel;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Situation of human rights in Myanmar (2000), para. 14
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- 6. Expresses its grave concern at the increased repression of any form of public political activity and the arbitrary detention and arrest of those exercising their rights to freedom of thought, expression, assembly and association, as well as the harassment of their families;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (2008), para. 25
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- 14. Recalls its resolution 43/173 of 9 December 1988 on the Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment, and in this context stresses that ensuring that any individual arrested or detained is promptly brought before a judge or other independent judicial officer in person and permitting prompt and regular medical care and legal counsel as well as visits by family members and independent monitoring mechanisms are effective measures for the prevention of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Human rights situation in Iraq (2000), para. 26
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- (g) To ensure free exercise of political opposition and to prevent intimidation and repression of political opponents and their families;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Situation of human rights in Myanmar (2011), para. 24
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- 13. Calls upon the Government of Myanmar to address, as a matter of urgency, consistent reports of torture and ill-treatment of prisoners of conscience, and to ensure that proper investigations are conducted on all deaths in prison, with family members duly informed of the findings, as well as to improve conditions in prisons and other detention facilities and to avoid the dispersal of prisoners of conscience to isolated prisons far from their families where they cannot receive regular visits or deliveries of supplementary supplies, including food and medicine;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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The right to privacy in the digital age (2017), para. 32
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- 1. Reaffirms the right to privacy, according to which no one shall be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with his or her privacy, family, home or correspondence, and the right to the protection of the law against such interference, as set out in article 12 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1 and article 17 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; 2
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Human rights in the administration of justice (2019), para. 58
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- 31. Stresses the importance of paying greater attention to the impact on children of imprisonment or other sentences imposed upon their parents, while noting with interest the convening of and reports on all relevant meetings and panel discussions on these issues held by the Human Rights Council; 29
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Rights of the child (2014), para. 034
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- Registration, family relations, adoption and alternative care
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (2018), para. 21
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- Expressing deep concern that thousands of Palestinians, including many children and women and elected members of the Palestinian Legislative Council, continue to be detained and held in Israeli prisons or detention centres under harsh conditions, including unhygienic conditions, solitary confinement, lack of proper medical care, denial of family visits and denial of due process, that impair their well-being, and expressing deep concern also at the ill-treatment and harassment of Palestinian prisoners and all reports of torture,
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (2017), para. 14
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- 4. 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 to 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, in order to bring an end to impunity and to prevent the recurrence of such executions, as stated in the Principles on the Effective Prevention and Investigation of Extralegal, Arbitrary and Summary Executions;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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The safety of journalists (2016), para. 26
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- 4. Urges States to do their utmost to prevent violence, threats and attacks against journalists and media workers, to ensure accountability through the conduct of impartial, prompt, thorough, independent and effective investigations into all alleged violence, threats and attacks against journalists and media workers falling within their jurisdiction, to bring perpetrators, including those who command, conspire to commit, aid and abet or cover up such crimes to justice, and to ensure that victims and their families have access to appropriate remedies;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Rights of the child (2004), para. 035
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- Identity, family relations and birth registration
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Rights of the child (2011), para. 093
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- (t) To address the root causes preventing children, including in early childhood, from exercising their right to be heard and to be consulted, in accordance with their evolving capacities, on matters affecting them, to inform children, parents, legal guardians, other caregivers and the general public about the rights of the child, and to raise awareness, including through partnerships with civil society, the private sector and the media, while being attentive to their influence on children, of the importance and benefits of the participation of children in society;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (2019), para. 31
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- (iii) The forcible transfer of populations and the limitations imposed on every person who wishes to move freely within the country and travel abroad, including the punishment of those who leave or try to leave the country without permission, or their families, as well as punishment of persons who are returned;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Situation of human rights in Eritrea (2012), para. 20
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- (c) To ensure free and fair access to an independent judicial system for those detained to improve prison conditions and to allow regular access to prisoners for relatives, legal advocates, medical care, and other competent and legally authorized authorities and institutions;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (2018), para. 23
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- 11. Recalls its resolution 43/173 of 9 December 1988 on the Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment, and in this context stresses that ensuring that any individual arrested or detained is promptly brought before a judge or other independent judicial officer in person, and permitting prompt and regular medical care and legal counsel throughout all stages of detention, as well as visits by family members and independent monitoring mechanisms, are effective measures for the prevention of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Terrorism and human rights (2020), para. 28
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- 7. Also reaffirms its profound solidarity with the victims of terrorism and their families, acknowledges the importance of protecting their rights and providing them with proper support, assistance and rehabilitation while taking into account, when appropriate, considerations regarding remembrance, dignity, respect, justice and truth 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 and the Charter of the United Nations;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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