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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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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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Situation of and assistance to Palestinian children (2003), para. 9
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- 2. Demands, in the meantime, that Israel, the occupying Power, respect relevant provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child 1 and comply fully with the provisions of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, 4 in order to ensure the well-being and protection of Palestinian children and their families;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Assistance to the Palestinian people (2020), para. 42
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- 11. Calls upon the international community to provide urgently needed assistance and services in an effort to alleviate the difficult humanitarian situation being faced by Palestinian women, children and their families and to help in the reconstruction and development of relevant Palestinian institutions;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (2016), para. 16
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- Welcoming the resumption of the reunions of separated families across the border in October 2015, and, given that this is an urgent humanitarian concern of the entire Korean people, owing, in particular, to the advanced age of many members of the separated families, hoping that necessary arrangements for confirming the fate of family members, exchanging letters, visiting their hometowns and holding further reunions on a larger scale and a regular basis will be made by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Republic of Korea and members of the Korean diaspora,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Protection of migrants (2020), para. 60
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- (b) Calls upon States to cooperate internationally to save lives and prevent migrant deaths and injuries through individual or joint search and rescue operations, and standardized collection and exchange of relevant information, as well as to identify those who have died or gone missing, and to facilitate communication wi th affected families;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Situation of human rights in Eritrea (2013), para. 21
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- (c) The forced conscription of citizens for indefinite periods of national service, a system that amounts to forced labour, and the compulsory practice of all children undertaking the final year of schooling in a military training camp, as well as the intimidation and detention of family members of those suspected of evading national service in Eritrea;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic (2019), para. 34
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- 14. Calls upon all parties to respect and protect the full enjoyment by children of all their human rights, and to allow at all times humanitarian workers to reach children and families in need of life-saving assistance, and to prevent, and protect children from, all exploitation, violations and abuses, including sexual and gender-based violence and child, early and forced marriage, trafficking and torture by, among other actions, ending and preventing the recruitment and use of children in the armed conflict, immediately, safely and unconditionally releasing children and handing them over to civilian child-protection actors, and ensuring that such authorities have access to detained children associated with armed groups;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic (2019), para. 37
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- 19. Expresses deep concern at reports of mass executions and torture of prisoners, as well as reports that the Syrian authorities used a crematorium to conceal the mass killings, and at the number of deaths among individuals detained by the Syrian authorities, including in Syrian Military Intelligence facilities and military hospitals, as evidenced by the issuing of thousands of death notifications, which provides further indication of systematic violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law, and urges them to provide families with death certificates and the remains of their relatives whose fate has been disclosed, including those who have been summarily executed, to take all appropriate measures immediately to protect the lives and rights of all persons currently detained or unaccounted for, and to clarify the fate of those who remain missing or are still in custody;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (2019), para. 24
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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 accordance with international humanitarian law and human rights law,
- 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. 095
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- 53. Calls upon States to ensure timely and adequate funding for national disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programmes for children and for settlement, rehabilitation and reintegration efforts for all children associated with armed forces and groups, including detained children, particularly in support of national initiatives, and to secure the long-term sustainability of such efforts, including through the use of a multisectoral and community-based approach that is inclusive of all children, family-based care arrangements, as also highlighted in the Principles and Guidelines on Children Associated with Armed Forces or Armed Groups (the Paris Principles), and the mobilization of financial resources and technical assistance from international cooperation for rehabilitation and reintegration programmes for children;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Situation of and assistance to Palestinian children (2004), para. 11
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- 3. Calls upon the international community to provide urgently needed assistance and services in an effort to alleviate the dire humanitarian crisis being faced by Palestinian children and their families and to help in the reconstruction of relevant Palestinian institutions.
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Missing persons (2007), para. 07
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- Noting that the issue of persons reported missing in connection with international armed conflicts, in particular those who are victims of serious violations of international humanitarian law and human rights law, continues to have a negative impact on efforts to put an end to those conflicts and causes suffering to the families of missing persons, and stressing in this regard the need to address the issue from a humanitarian perspective, among others,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Missing persons (2019), para. 29
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- 7. Calls upon States that are parties to an armed conflict to take all necessary measures, in a timely manner, to determine the identity and fate of persons reported missing in connection with the armed conflict, without any adverse distinction, and, to the greatest extent possible, to provide their family members, through appropriate channels, with all relevant information that they have on their fate, including their whereabouts or, if they are dead, the circumstances and cause of their death;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism (2018), para. 19
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- 2. Deeply deplores the suffering caused by terrorism to the victims and their families, expresses its profound solidarity with them, and stresses the importance of providing them with assistance and other appropriate measures to protect, respect and promote their human rights;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Enhancement of international cooperation to assist victims of terrorism (2019), para. 21
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- 2. Urges Member States to establish systems of assistance, consistent with domestic law, that would address the needs of victims of terrorism and their families and promote and protect their rights, including by partnering with health professionals, emergency planning managers and members of law enforcement, prosecutors’ offices and civil society, where applicable, to institutionalize the provision of assistance to victims;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism (2011), para. 21
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- 2. Deeply deplores the suffering caused by terrorism to the victims and their families, expresses its profound solidarity with them, and stresses the importance of providing them with assistance;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Missing persons (2003), para. 09
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- 2. Reaffirms the right of families to know the fate of their relatives reported missing in connection with armed conflicts;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Sudan (2001), para. 49
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- (k) To allow an independent investigation of the case of the four Sudanese nationals who were abducted on 18 February 1999 while travelling with a team from the International Committee of the Red Cross on a humanitarian mission and subsequently killed while in the custody of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army/Movement, and urges the Sudan People’s Liberation Army/Movement to return the bodies to their families;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Draft outcome document of the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly on addressing large movements of refugees and migrants (2016), para. 114
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- (e) Use the registration process to identify specific assistance needs and protection arrangements, where possible, including but not exclusively for refugees with special protection concerns, such as women at risk, children, especially unaccompanied children and children separated from their families, child -headed and single-parent households, victims of trafficking, victims of trauma and survivors of sexual violence, as well as refugees with disabilities and older persons;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Older persons
- Persons on the move
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (2018), para. 25
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- Noting with concern the suspension of the reunions of separated families across the border since October 2015, and, given that this is an urgent humanitarian concern of the entire Korean people, owing, in particular, to the advanced age of many members of the separated families, hoping that necessary arrangements for resuming reunions, confirming the fate of family members, exchanging letters, visiting their hometowns and holding further reunions on a larger scale and a regular basis will be made by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Republic of Korea and members of the Korean diaspora,
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Rights of the child (2004), para. 084
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- 38. Further calls upon all States to protect refugee, asylum-seeking and internally displaced children, in particular those who are unaccompanied, who are particularly exposed to risks in connection with armed conflict, such as recruitment, sexual violence and exploitation, to pay particular attention to programmes for voluntary repatriation and, wherever possible, local integration and resettlement, to give priority to family tracing and reunification and, where appropriate, to cooperate with international humanitarian and refugee organizations, including by facilitating their work;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Missing persons (2011), para. 12
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- Recalling the Agenda for Humanitarian Action, in particular its general objective 1, to “respect and restore the dignity of persons missing as a result of armed conflicts or other situations of armed violence and of their families”, adopted at the Twenty-eighth International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, held in Geneva from 2 to 6 December 2003, and resolution 3 entitled “Reaffirmation and implementation of international humanitarian law: preserving human life and dignity in armed conflict”, adopted at the Thirtieth International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, held in Geneva from 26 to 30 November 2007,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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World Summit Outcome (2005), para. 198
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- 89. We stress the importance of assisting victims of terrorism and of providing them and their families with support to cope with their loss and their grief.
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (2010), para. 11
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- Commending the extraordinary efforts by the Agency to provide emergency relief, medical, food, shelter and other humanitarian assistance to needy and displaced families in the Gaza Strip,
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Assistance to the Palestinian people (2011), para. 42
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- 12. Calls upon the international community to provide urgently needed assistance and services in an effort to alleviate the difficult humanitarian situation being faced by Palestinian women, children and their families and to help in the reconstruction and development of relevant Palestinian institutions;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (2007), para. 11
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- Aware of the extraordinary efforts being undertaken by the Agency for the repair or rebuilding of thousands of damaged or destroyed refugee shelters and for the provision of shelter for those refugee families internally displaced as a result of recent Israeli military actions,
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Missing persons (2009), para. 23
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- 10. Calls upon States, without prejudice to their efforts to determine the fate of persons missing in connection with armed conflicts, to take appropriate steps with regard to the legal situation of the missing persons and the need of their family members, in fields such as social welfare, financial matters, family law and property rights;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Assistance to the Palestinian people (2014), para. 42
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- 12. Calls upon the international community to provide urgently needed assistance and services in an effort to alleviate the difficult humanitarian situation being faced by Palestinian women, children and their families and to help in the reconstruction and development of relevant Palestinian institutions;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Assistance to the Palestinian people (2018), para. 41
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- 11. Calls upon the international community to provide urgently needed assistance and services in an effort to alleviate the difficult humanitarian sit uation being faced by Palestinian women, children and their families and to help in the reconstruction and development of relevant Palestinian institutions;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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