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The girl child (2018), para. 06
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- Reaffirming all relevant outcomes of major United Nations summits and conferences relevant to the girl child, including the outcome document of the twenty - seventh special session of the General Assembly on children, entitled “A world fit for children”, 7 the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly, entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century”, 10 the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, 11 the Programme of Action of the World Summit for Social Development, 12 the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS adopted at the twenty-sixth special session of the General Assembly on HIV/AIDS, entitled “Global Crisis – Global Action”, 13 and the political declarations on HIV and AIDS adopted by the high-level meetings of the General Assembly held in 2006, 14 2011 and 2016, and reiterating that their full and effective implementation is essential to achieving the internationally agreed development goals, including the Sustainable Development Goals,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Protecting children from bullying (2015), para. 20
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- (d) To raise public awareness, involving family members, legal guardians, caregivers, youth, schools, communities, community leaders and the media as well as civil society organizations, with the participation of children, regarding the protection of children from bullying;
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Policies and programmes involving youth: youth in the global economy – promoting youth participation in social and economic development (2008), para. 111
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- 48. Governments should take all feasible measures to ensure that members of their armed forces who have not attained the age of 18 years do not take direct part in hostilities and that those who have not attained the age of 18 years are not compulsorily recruited into their armed forces.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Inter-American Convention on International Traffic in Minors 1994, para. undefined
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- The original instrument of this Convention, the English, French, Portuguese and Spanish texts of which are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States, which shall forward an authenticated copy of its text to the Secretariat of the United Nations for registration and publication in accordance with Article 102 of its Charter. The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States shall notify the Member States of the Organization and the States that have acceded to the Convention of the signatures, deposits of instruments of ratification, accession and denunciation, as well as of reservations, if any, and of their withdrawal. IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned Plenipotentiaries, being duly authorized thereto by their respective Governments, do hereby sign the present Convention. DONE AT MEXICO, D.F., MEXICO, this eighteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-four.
- Body
- Organization of American States
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Infants
- Year
- 1994
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Inter-American Convention on International Traffic in Minors 1994, para. undefined
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- The authentication or similar formalities otherwise required shall be unnecessary when requests for cooperation encompassed by this Convention are transmitted via consular or diplomatic channels or via the Central Authorities, and when conveyed directly from one tribunal to another in the border area of the States Parties. No authentication in the requesting State Party shall be required in the case of related documents returned via the same channels. Where necessary, the requests shall be translated into the official language or languages of the State Party to which they are addressed. With respect to attachments, a translation of the summary of the essential information shall suffice.
- Body
- Organization of American States
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Infants
- Year
- 1994
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Inter-American Convention on International Traffic in Minors 1994, para. undefined
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- AWARE that the international traffic in minors is a universal concern;
- Body
- Organization of American States
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Infants
- Year
- 1994
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Inter-American Convention on International Traffic in Minors 1994, para. undefined
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- The request for locating and returning shall not require authentication and shall be processed through the Central Authorities or directly through the competent authorities referred to in Article 13 of the present Convention. The requested authorities shall decide upon the most expeditious procedures for effecting it. After receiving the request, the requested authorities shall order the necessary steps taken in accordance with their domestic laws to initiate, facilitate, and assist the judicial and administrative procedures involved in locating and returning the minor. In addition, steps shall be taken to ensure the immediate return of the minor, and where necessary, to ensure his or her care, custody or provisional guardianship, depending on the circumstances, and, as a preventive measure, to bar the minor from being wrongfully removed to another State. The request, stating grounds for location and return of the minor, shall be lodged within one hundred and twenty days after the wrongful removal or retention of the minor has been detected. If the request for location and return is lodged by a State Party, the latter shall do so within one hundred and eighty days. When it is necessary to take action before locating the minor, the above-mentioned period shall run from the day on which a person or authority entitled to file the request is informed that the minor has been located. Irrespective of the above, the authorities of the State Party where the minor is retained may at any time order his or her return if it is in the minor's best interests.
- Body
- Organization of American States
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Infants
- Year
- 1994
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World, 2001–2010 (2005), para. 08
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- Noting the relevance of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, held in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 26 August to 4 September 2002, the International Conference on Financing for Development, held in Monterrey, Mexico, from 18 to 22 March 2002, the special session of the General Assembly on children, held in New York from 8 to 10 May 2002, the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, held in Durban, South Africa, from 31 August to 8 September 2001, and the United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education, 1995–2004, for the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World, 2001–2010, as well as the need to implement, as appropriate, the relevant decisions agreed upon therein,
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children (2010), para. 221
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- 151. Those responsible for the welfare of an unaccompanied or separated child should facilitate regular communication between the child and his/her family, except where this is against the child’s wishes or is demonstrably not in his/her best interests.
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Rights of the child (2011), para. 083
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- (i) To take all necessary measures to ensure that the child will be registered immediately after birth and will have the right from birth to a name, the right to acquire a nationality and, as far as possible, the right to know and be cared for by his or her parents, and to implement these rights in accordance with their national law and their obligations under the relevant international instruments in this field;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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The girl child (2004), para. 27
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- 10. Urges States to formulate comprehensive, multidisciplinary and coordinated national plans, programmes or strategies to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls, which should be widely disseminated and should provide targets and timetables for implementation, as well as effective domestic enforcement procedures through the establishment of monitoring mechanisms involving all parties concerned, including consultations with women’s organizations, giving attention to the recommendations relating to the girl child of the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on violence against women, its causes and consequences;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS: On the Fast Track to Accelerating the Fight against HIV and to Ending the AIDS Epidemic by 2030 (2016), para. 145
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- 65 (d). Work towards ensuring that at least 81 per cent of the number of children and young adolescents (under the age of 15) are on treatment in 2020, in Asia and the Pacific reaching 95,000, in Eastern and Southern Africa reaching 690,000, in the Middle East and North Africa reaching 8,000, in Western and Central Africa reaching 340,000, in Eastern Europe and Central Asia reaching 7,600, in Latin America and the Caribbean reaching 17,000, and in Western and Central Europe and North America reaching 1,300, ensuring equal access to treatment for girls and boys;
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Boys
- Children
- Girls
- Youth
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 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. 074
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- 33. Further calls on States to promote the full integration of palliative care services into treatment and support programmes for children with chronic illnesses, untreatable conditions and/or treatment failures; treatment guidelines for cancer, AIDS- related complications, neurological and other relevant conditions should include guidance on the provision of paediatric palliative care; such services should also address the psychological, social and spiritual needs of the children, their parents or guardians, their siblings and other relatives, and the adequate training of paediatric palliative care providers;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 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. 231
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- (v) To interact with child victims in an age-appropriate and child- and gender-sensitive manner;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2017), para. 45
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- 34. Notes with concern that a large proportion of the world’s out-of-school population lives in conflict-affected areas, and welcomes the commitment in the New York Declaration to lend host countries support in providing quality primary and secondary education in safe learning environments for all refugee children, and to do so within a few months of the initial displacement, as well as the commitment made in the Incheon Declaration: Education 2030: Towards inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong learning for all to developing more inclusive, responsive and resilient education systems to meet the needs of children, youth and adults in these contexts, including internally displaced persons and refugees;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Youth
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Preventable mortality and morbidity of children under 5 years of age as a human rights concern (2016), para. 15
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- 4. Calls upon States and other relevant stakeholders, including national human rights institutions and non-governmental organizations, with due regard to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, to continue to take and intensify action at all levels to address the interlinked root causes of preventable mortality and morbidity of children under 5 years of age, such as poverty, malnutrition, harmful practices, violence, stigma and discrimination, unsafe households and environments, lack of safe drinking water and sanitation, lack of accessible, affordable, quality and appropriate health care, services, medicines and vaccinations, late detection of childhood illnesses and low levels and quality of education;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Accelerating efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women: ensuring due diligence in prevention (2010), para. 18
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- 5. Urges States to adopt and implement policies and programmes that enable women to avoid and escape situations of violence and prevent its recurrence, and that provide, inter alia, financial support and affordable access to safe housing or shelters, childcare and other social supports, legal assistance, skills training and productive resources, and to make these services accessible to women and girls with disabilities;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Preparations for the special session of the General Assembly in the year 2001 to review the achievement of the goals of the World Summit for Children (1999), para. 3
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- 1. Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General on progress on the implementation of the World Declaration and the Plan of Action of the World Summit for Children; 1
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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The rights of the child (1999), para. 29
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- 17. Welcomes the positive results of the cooperation between the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the United Nations Children’s Fund, supports the rights-based approach adopted by the Fund, and encourages its further development;
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Children
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Intensification of efforts to end obstetric fistula (2019), para. 20
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- Welcoming the various national, regional and international initiatives on all the Sustainable Development Goals and the global Campaign to End Fistula, including those undertaken bilaterally and through South-South cooperation, in support of national plans and strategies in sectors such as health, education, finance, gender equality, energy, water and sanitation, poverty eradication and nutrition as a way to reduce the number of maternal, newborn and under-5 child deaths,
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Infants
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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The situation in Afghanistan (2014), para. 075
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- 48. Expresses its strong concern, in this regard, about the ongoing recruitment and use of children by illegal armed and terrorist groups in Afghanistan, as well as the killing and maiming of children as a result of the conflict, stresses in this regard the importance of ending the recruitment and use of children in violation of applicable international law and all other violations and abuses committed against children, expresses appreciation for the progress made by and the firm commitment of the Government of Afghanistan to the protection of children, including its strong condemnation of any exploitation of children, as indicated by the establishment of the Inter-Ministerial Steering Committee for the Protection of the Rights of Children, the appointment of a focal point on child protection, the signing by the Government, in January 2011, of an action plan, including the annexes thereto, on children associated with national security forces in Afghanistan and the endorsement by the Government of a road map to accelerate compliance with the action plan, welcomes progress made in the implementation of the action plan, and calls for the full implementation of its provisions, in close cooperation with the Assistance Mission;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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The rights of the child (2001), para. 104
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- 12. Urges States and all other parties to armed conflict to end the use of children as soldiers, to ensure their demobilization and effective disarmament and to implement effective measures for their rehabilitation, physical and psychological recovery and reintegration into society, further encourages efforts by, inter alia, regional organizations, intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizations to bring an end to the use of children as soldiers in armed conflict, and emphasizes that no support shall be given to those who systematically abuse or violate the rights of children during armed conflicts;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Follow-up to the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace (2013), para. 25
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- 7. Urges the appropriate authorities to provide age-appropriate education, in children’s schools, that includes lessons in mutual understanding, tolerance, active citizenship, human rights and the promotion of a culture of peace;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Rights of the child (2007), para. 116
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- (e) To pay particular attention to the protection of and the rights of children living in poverty at the commemorative plenary meeting to be held in 2007 devoted to the follow-up to the outcome of the twenty-seventh special session of the General Assembly;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Integrating volunteering in the next decade (2013), para. 25
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- 18. Reaffirms the need to encourage volunteerism in all its forms, which contributes significantly to the cohesiveness and the well-being of communities and of societies as a whole and which involves and benefits all segments of society, especially women, children, youth, older persons, persons with disabilities, minorities, migrants and those who remain excluded for social or economic reasons;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Older persons
- Persons on the move
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Youth
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 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. 295
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- (f) To prohibit any form of violence or threats of violence against children by staff of places of detention in order to force children to engage in activities against their will;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Follow-up to the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace (2015), para. 22
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- 1. Reiterates that the objective of the effective implementation of the Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace 2 is to strengthen further the global movement for a culture of peace following the observance of the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World, 2001–2010, and calls upon all concerned to renew their attention to this objective;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Technical assistance and capacity-building for Yemen in the field of human rights (2018), para. 17
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- 5. Expresses deep concern at the serious abuses and violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law in Yemen committed by all parties to the conflict, including the continued recruitment of children contrary to international treaties, the abduction of political activists, violations against journalists, the killing of civilians, the prevention of access for relief and humanitarian aid, the cutting of electricity and water supplies and attacks against hospitals and ambulances;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Human rights in the administration of justice (2017), para. 49
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- 24. Urges States to take all necessary and effective measures, including legal reform where appropriate, to prevent and respond to all forms of violence against children within the justice system, including within the informal justice system, where it exists;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Consolidating gains and accelerating efforts to control and eliminate malaria in developing countries, particularly in Africa, by 2030 (2017), para. 29
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- Gravely concerned about the health burden of malaria worldwide, with 212 million cases and 429,000 deaths reported in 2015 alone, 9 in particular in sub-Saharan Africa, where an estimated 90 per cent of the deaths occur, affecting mostly young children,
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Rights of the child (2019), para. 084
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- Prevention and eradication of the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Promoting human rights through sport and the Olympic ideal (2018), para. 20
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- Acknowledging also the joint endeavours of the International Olympic Committee, the International Paralympic Committee and the United Nations system in such fields as human development, poverty alleviation, humanitarian assistance, health promotion, HIV and AIDS prevention, child and youth education, gender equality, peacebuilding and sustainable development,
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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International cooperation against the world drug problem (2002), para. 57
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- 28. Urges all States to develop and implement policies and programmes for children, including adolescents, aimed at preventing the use of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and inhalants, except for medical purposes, and at reducing the adverse consequences of their abuse, as well as support preventive policies and programmes, especially against tobacco and alcohol;
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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The rights of the child (1999), para. 66
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- 10. Urges States and all other parties to armed conflict to adopt all necessary measures to end the use of children as soldiers and to ensure their demobilization and effective disarmament;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Rights of indigenous peoples (2017), para. 11
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- Expressing concern that, in some cases, suicide rates in indigenous peoples’ communities, in particular among indigenous youth and children, are significantly higher than in the general population,
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Youth
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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New Partnership for Africa’s Development: progress in implementation and international support (2013), para. 19
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- 9. Stresses the importance of improving maternal and child health, and in this regard welcomes the declaration of the African Union summit on maternal, infant and child health and development, held in Kampala from 19 to 27 July 2010, and acknowledges the Campaign on Accelerated Reduction of Maternal Mortality in Africa;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Infants
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Rights of the child (2013), para. 093
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- 45. Calls upon all Member States, and invites the United Nations system, to strengthen international cooperation to ensure the realization of the rights of the child, including for indigenous children, inter alia, by supporting national initiatives that give more emphasis to the development of indigenous children, as appropriate, and by reinforcing international cooperation measures in fields of research or on the transfer of technology such as assistive technologies;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Trafficking in persons, especially women and children: regional and subregional cooperation in promoting a human rights-based approach to combating trafficking in persons (2010), para. 02
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- Reaffirming all previous resolutions on the problem of trafficking in persons, especially women and children, in particular General Assembly resolutions 63/156 of 18 December 2008 and 64/178 of 18 December 2009, and Council resolutions 8/12 of 18 June 2008, in which it extended the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, and 11/3 of 17 June 2009, and recalling Council resolution 12/15 of 1 October 2009 on regional arrangements for the promotion and protection of human rights,
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Questions relating to the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2016–2017 (2016), para. 132
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- 86. Requests the Secretary-General to continue his efforts to ensure that measures to improve health programmes and education programmes, including for children with special needs and disabilities, are implemented in a timely manner;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons with disabilities
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Rights of the child: protection of the rights of the child in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2017), para. 48
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- (a) Eradicating extreme poverty and reducing the number of children living in poverty by, inter alia, implementing social security systems, including social protection floors, that guarantee access to essential health care and basic income security for children, at least at a nationally defined minimum level, providing access to nutrition, education, care and any other necessary goods and services;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Rights of the child (2008), para. 039
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- Economic and social well-being of children
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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The rights of the child (2001), para. 023
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- 10. Recommends that, within their mandates, all relevant human rights mechanisms and all other relevant organs and mechanisms of the United Nations system and the supervisory bodies of the specialized agencies pay attention to particular situations in which children are in danger and in which their rights are violated and that they take into account the work of the Committee, and encourages the further development of the rights-based approach adopted by the United Nations Children’s Fund and further steps to increase system-wide coordination and inter-agency cooperation for the promotion and protection of the rights of the child;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Assistance to refugees, returnees and displaced persons in Africa (2000), para. 39
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- 25. Requests all Governments and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to pay particular attention to meeting the special needs of refugee women and children and displaced persons, including those with special protection needs;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights (2016), para. 03
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- Recalling the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Optional Protocol thereto on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, the Convention against Discrimination in Education, the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol thereto, and the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182) of the International Labour Organization,
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non- Violence for the Children of the World, 2001–2010 (2010), para. 26
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- 9. Encourages the involvement of the mass media in education for a culture of peace and non-violence, with particular regard to children and young people, including through the planned expansion of the Culture of Peace News Network as a global network of Internet sites in many languages;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children (2010), para. 125
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- 77. Competent authorities should, where appropriate, encourage informal carers to notify the care arrangement and should seek to ensure their access to all available services and benefits likely to assist them in discharging their duty to care for and protect the child.
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Assistance to refugees, returnees and displaced persons in Africa (2003), para. 52
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- 31. Requests all Governments and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to pay particular attention to meeting the special needs of refugee women and children and displaced persons, including those with special protection needs;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Integrating sport into youth crime prevention and criminal justice strategies (2020), para. 11
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- Recalling further the outcome document of the thirtieth special session of the General Assembly, entitled “Our joint commitment to effectively addressing and countering the world drug problem”, 12 in which Member States recommended providing access for children and youth to regular sports and cultural activities, with a view to promoting healthy lives and lifestyles and as a measure to prevent drug abuse, and recognizing the relevance of this measure for the enhancement of crime prevention and criminal justice more widely,
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Rights of the child (2004), para. 070
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- 31. Notes with concern the large number of children, particularly girls, among the victims of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, and stresses the need to incorporate special measures, in accordance with the principle of the best interests of the child and respect for his or her views, in programmes to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, in order to give priority attention to the rights and the situation of children who are victims of these practices, and calls upon States to provide special support and ensure equal access to services for those children;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021–2030) (2019), para. 50
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- 6. Stresses the importance of the full involvement of all relevant stakeholders, including women, children according to their evolving capacities, young people, older persons, persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and local communities, in the context of the Decade at all levels;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Youth
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 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. 034
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- 3. The Model Strategies and Practical Measures take into account the fact that children who are alleged as, accused of or recognized as having infringed criminal law, especially those who are deprived of their liberty, face a high risk of violence. Because special attention must be paid to the especially vulnerable situation of these children, the Model Strategies and Practical Measures are aimed at not only improving the effectiveness of the criminal justice system in preventing and responding to violence against children, but also at protecting children against any violence that may result from their contact with the justice system.
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Protecting children from bullying (2019), para. 31
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- (g) To strengthen the capacities of schools and the skills of professionals working with children in early detection and response to prevent and respond to bullying, including cyberbullying, in particular initiatives to mobilize support to prevent and address this phenomenon, and to ensure that children are informed of any existing public policies to secure their protection;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date modified
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Rights of the child (2007), para. 046
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- (g) To take measures to ensure that all those who work with and for children protect children from bullying and implement preventive and anti-bullying policies;
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Cooperation between the United Nations and the International Organization of la Francophonie (2019), para. 25
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- 8. Expresses its deep concern about the continued violations of human rights and international humanitarian law, including in countries in crisis or emerging from crisis, and particularly against women and children, as well as refugees, internally displaced persons and migrants, and welcomes the implementation of the cooperation agreement between the International Organization of la Francophonie and the International Committee of the Red Cross;
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Rape and abuse of women in the areas of armed conflict in the former Yugoslavia (1997), para. 24
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- 9. Also urges all States and all relevant intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, as well as the United Nations Children's Fund, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the World Health Organization, to continue to provide to the victims of such rape and abuse appropriate assistance for their physical and mental rehabilitation and to extend their support to the community-based assistance programmes;
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Assistance to States for curbing the illicit traffic in small arms and light weapons and collecting them (2015), para. 03
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- Deeply concerned by the magnitude of human casualty and suffering, especially among children, caused by the illicit proliferation and use of small arms and light weapons,
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Rights of the child (2010), para. 06
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- Taking note with appreciation of the reports of the Secretary-General on progress made towards achieving the commitments set out in the outcome document of the twenty-seventh special session of the General Assembly 11F 12 and on the status of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the issues addressed in Assembly resolution 63/241, 12F 13 as well as the report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, 13F 14 whose recommendations should be carefully studied, taking fully into account the views of Member States, and taking note of the report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict, 14F 15
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United Nations Literacy Decade: education for all (2007), para. 03
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- Recalling also the United Nations Millennium Declaration, 1 in which Member States resolved to ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling and that girls and boys will have equal access to all levels of education, which requires a renewed commitment to promote literacy for all,
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Protection of migrants (2015), para. 67
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- (b) Encourages States to take the measures necessary to achieve policy coherence on migration at the national, regional and international levels, including by ensuring coordinated child protection policies and systems across borders that are in full compliance with international human rights law;
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Keeping the promise: united to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (2010), para. 068
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- 44. We commit ourselves to redoubling our efforts to reduce maternal and child mortality and improve the health of women and children, including through strengthened national health systems, efforts to combat HIV/AIDS, improved nutrition, and access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation, making use of enhanced global partnerships. We stress that accelerating progress on the Millennium Development Goals related to health is essential for making headway also with the other Goals.
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Human rights education (2003), para. 4
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- Convinced that human rights education and information contribute to the concept of development consistent with the dignity of women and men of all ages, which takes into account particularly vulnerable segments of society of all ages, such as children, youth, older persons, indigenous people, minorities, rural and urban poor, migrant workers, refugees, persons with the human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) and disabled persons,
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Rights of the child (2008), para. 088
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- 40. Recalls, in accordance with international humanitarian law, that indiscriminate attacks against civilians, including children, are prohibited and that they shall not be the object of attack, including by way of reprisal or excessive use of force, condemns these practices, and demands that all parties immediately put an end to them;
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Human rights and unilateral coercive measures (2017), para. 20
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- Alarmed by the disproportionate and indiscriminate human costs of unilateral sanctions and their negative effects on the civilian population, in particular women and children, of targeted States,
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Situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (2014), para. 25
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- (viii) Continuing reports of violations of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of children, in particular the continued lack of access to basic economic, social and cultural rights for many children, and in this regard notes the particularly vulnerable situation faced by, inter alia, returned or repatriated children, street children, children with disabilities, children whose parents are detained, children living in detention or in institutions and children in conflict with the law;
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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. 130
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- (c) Encourage and empower refugees, at the outset of an emergency phase, to establish supportive systems and networks that involve refugees and host communities and are age- and gender-sensitive, with a particular emphasis on the protection and empowerment of women and children and other persons with specific needs;
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The protection of human rights in the context of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquiredimmunodeficiencysyndrome (AIDS) (2011), para. 13
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- Noting with concern that more than sixteen million children under the age of 18 have been orphaned by AIDS, and that about fourteen million eight hundred thousand of these children live in sub-Saharan Africa,
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Follow-up to the implementation of the International Year of Volunteers (2006), para. 12
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- 5. Reaffirms the need to recognize and promote all forms of volunteerism as an issue that involves and benefits all segments of society, including children, young persons, older persons, persons with disabilities, minorities and immigrants and those who remain excluded for social or economic reasons;
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The right to food (2003), para. 15
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- 3. Considers it intolerable that there are around 840 million undernourished people in the world and that every year 36 million people die, directly or indirectly, as a result of hunger and nutritional deficiencies, most of them women and children, particularly in developing countries, in a world that already produces enough food to feed the whole global population, and regrets that this situation at the same time can generate additional pressures on the environment in ecologically fragile areas;
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Inclusive development for and with persons with disabilities (2019), para. 30
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- Stressing the importance of collecting and analysing reliable data on persons with disabilities following existing guidelines on disability statistics, 17 and their updates, encouraging ongoing efforts to improve data collection in order to disaggregate data with regard to persons with disabilities by sex, age and disability, and underlining the need for internationally comparable data, such as but not limited to the United Nations Children’s Fund Module on Child Functioning and the tools and materials produced by the Washington Group on Disability Statistics, to assess progress on development policies that are inclusive of persons with disabilities,
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Situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (2016), para. 38
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- 4. Expresses its very deep concern at the precarious humanitarian situation in the country, which could rapidly deteriorate owing to limited resilience to natural disasters and to government policies causing limitations in the availability of and access to adequate food, compounded by structural weaknesses in agricultural production resulting in significant shortages of diversified food and the State restrictions on the cultivation of and trade in foodstuffs, as well as the prevalence of chronic malnutrition, particularly among the most vulnerable groups, pregnant and lactating women, children, persons with disabilities, the elderly and political prisoners, and urges the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, in this regard, to take preventive and remedial action, cooperati ng where necessary with international donor agencies and in accordance with international standards for monitoring humanitarian assistance;
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Child, early and forced marriage in humanitarian settings (2017), para. 33
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- 13. Also urges States, with the collaboration of relevant stakeholders, to ensure that the basic humanitarian needs of affected populations and families, including clean water, sanitation, food, shelter, energy, health, including sexual and reproductive health, nutrition, education and protection, are addressed as critical components of humanitarian response, and to ensure that civil registration and vital statistics are an integral part of humanitarian assessments and that livelihoods are protected, recognizing that poverty and lack of economic opportunities for women and girls are among the drivers of child, early and forced marriage;
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Protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons (2002), para. 18
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- 5. Welcomes the specific attention paid by the Representative of the Secretary-General to the special protection, assistance and development needs of internally displaced women, children and other groups with specific needs and his commitment to pay more systematic and in-depth attention to their needs;
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Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance (2018), para. 20
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- 10. Emphasizes once more the recommendation of the Special Rapporteur that “any commemorative celebration of the Nazi regime, its allies and related organizations, whether official or unofficial, should be prohibited ” by States, 12 also emphasizes that such manifestations do injustice to the memory of the countless victims of the Second World War and negatively influence children and young people, and stresses in this regard that it is important that States take measures, in accordance with international human rights law, to counteract any celebration of the Nazi SS organization and all its integral parts, including the Waffen SS, and that failure by States to effectively address such practices is incompatible with the obligations of States Members of the United Nations under its Charter;
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Special session of the General Assembly in 2001 for follow-up to the World Summit for Children (1999), para. 26
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- 22. Decides to include an item in the provisional agenda of its fifty-fifth session entitled “Special session of the General Assembly in 2001 for follow-up to the World Summit for Children”.
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International Widows’ Day (2011), para. 07
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- Recognizing also the link existing between the situation of widows and that of their children,
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Improving the coordination of efforts against trafficking in persons (2014), para. 48
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- 11. Calls upon Member States to continue their efforts to criminalize trafficking in persons in all its forms, including for labour exploitation and commercial sexual exploitation of children, including by tourists, to condemn these practices and to investigate, prosecute and penalize traffickers and intermediaries while providing protection and assistance to the victims of trafficking with full respect for their human rights, and invites Member States to continue to support those United Nations agencies and international organizations that are actively involved in victim protection;
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The rights of the child (2001), para. 033
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- 4. Also urges all States to ensure that a child shall not be separated from his or her parents against their will, except when the competent authorities, subject to judicial review, determine, in accordance with applicable law and procedures, that such separation is necessary in the best interest of the child, and, where alternative care is necessary, to promote family and community-based care in preference to placement in institutions, recognizing that such determination may be necessary in a particular case, such as one involving abuse or neglect of the child by the parents or one in which the parents are living separately and a decision must be made as to the child’s place of residence;
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Situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (2020), para. 18
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- Noting also the collaboration established between the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the United Nations Children’s Fund to improve the nutritional status of children and the quality of children ’s education,
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Human rights in the administration of justice (2015), para. 50
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- 27. 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; 22
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Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (2013), para. 40
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- 7. Condemns all acts of violence, including all acts of terror, provocation, incitement and destruction, especially the excessive use of force by the Israeli occupying forces against Palestinian civilians, particularly in the Gaza Strip, which have caused extensive loss of life and vast numbers of injuries, including among children, massive damage and destruction to homes, properties, vital infrastructure and public institutions, including hospitals, schools and United Nations facilities, and agricultural lands, and internal displacement of civilians;
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Literacy for life: shaping future agendas (2019), para. 18
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- 3. Calls upon Governments to scale up literacy programmes for children, youth and adults, including older persons, with particular attention to those who are vulnerable or marginalized, to foster innovative delivery of literacy services, including through technology and a strengthened institutional network, to promote an intersectoral approach by linking literacy learning with multiple sectors to address diverse learning needs, such as through relevant and inclusive educational resources in different languages, to establish multi-stakeholder partnerships with the active participation of civil society and the private sector, to improve distance and digital learning resources and to develop a data-collection mechanism to assess levels of literacy, so as to encourage the integration of literacy learning into vocational training and health education to promote sustainable development;
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Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children (2010), para. 174
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- 117. Agencies and facilities should ensure that, wherever appropriate, carers are prepared to respond to children with special needs, notably those living with HIV/AIDS or other chronic physical or mental illnesses, and children with physical or mental disabilities.
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Rights of the child (2014), para. 011
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- Noting with appreciation the work to promote and protect the rights of the child carried out by all relevant organs, bodies, entities and organizations of the United Nations system, within their respective mandates, by relevant mandate holders and special procedures of the United Nations and by relevant regional organizations, where appropriate, and intergovernmental organizations, and recognizing the valuable role of civil society, including non-governmental organizations,
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Intensification of efforts to end obstetric fistula (2015), para. 16
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- Recognizing the Secretary-General’s Global Strategy for Women’s and Children’s Health, undertaken by a broad coalition of partners, in support of national plans and strategies aimed at significantly reducing the number of maternal, newborn and under-five child deaths and disabilities as a matter of immediate concern by scaling up a priority package of high-impact interventions and integrating efforts in sectors such as health, education, gender equality, water and sanitation, poverty eradication and nutrition,
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Human rights situation in Yemen (2019), para. 14
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- Concerned by the allegations of violations of international humanitarian law and of violations and abuses of human rights law in Yemen, including those involving grave violations against children and persons with disabilities, sexual and gender-based violence, attacks on humanitarian workers, civilians and civilian infrastructure, including medical facilities and missions and their personnel, as well as schools, the prevention of access for humanitarian aid, the use of import and other restrictions as a military tactic, the use of starvation of civilians as a method of warfare, the severe restrictions on freedom of religion or belief, including for minorities, such as members of the Baha’i faith, and the harassment of and attacks against journalists and human rights defenders, including women human rights defenders,
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Improving the coordination of efforts against trafficking in persons (2007), para. 15
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- 3. Urges Member States that have not yet done so to consider taking measures to ratify or accede to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime 1 and the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, 2 and to implement fully all aspects of these instruments;
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The girl child (2006), para. 40
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- 25. Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report to the General Assembly at its sixty-second session on the implementation of the present resolution, including an emphasis on fistula, using information provided by Member States, the organizations and bodies of the United Nations system and non- governmental organizations, with a view to assessing the impact of the present resolution on the well-being of the girl child.
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Rights of the child (2007), para. 044
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- (e) To take measures to protect children from all forms of physical and mental violence and abuse in schools, including by using non-violent teaching and learning strategies and adopting classroom management and disciplinary measures that are not based on any form of cruel or degrading punishment, and to establish complaint mechanisms that are age- and gender-appropriate and accessible to children, taking into account children’s evolving capacities and the importance of respecting their views;
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Commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary of the operations of the United Nations Children’s Fund (2006), para. 9
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- 5. Requests the President of the General Assembly to convene, in December 2006, a special commemorative meeting of the Assembly devoted to the sixtieth anniversary of the operations of the United Nations Children’s Fund.
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Rights of the child (2017), para. 120
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- 83. Also expresses its concern about the high level of impunity enjoyed by traffickers and their accomplices, as well as other members of organized crime entities, and in this context the denial of rights and justice to migrant children, including adolescents, who have suffered from abuse;
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Rights of the child (2016), para. 003
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- Recalling its resolutions 69/158 of 18 December 2014 on protecting children from bullying and 69/187 of 18 December 2014 on migrant children and adolescents,
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Improving the coordination of efforts against trafficking in persons (2018), para. 32
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- Stressing the need to promote and protect the rights of victims of trafficking in persons and to reintegrate victims into the community, including by taking into account, where appropriate, the Recommended Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Human Trafficking 11 and the commentary thereon developed by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, as well as the Guidelines on the Protection of Child Victims of Trafficking developed by the United Nations Children’s Fund,
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Protection of migrants (2011), para. 49
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- (a) Expresses its concern about the increase in the activities of transnational and national organized crime entities and others who profit from crimes against migrants, especially women and children, without regard for dangerous and inhumane conditions and in flagrant violation of domestic laws and international law and contrary to international standards;
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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. 021
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- Underlining the need to mainstream a gender perspective and to recognize the child as a rights-holder in all policies and programmes relating to children’s health,
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Realizing the equal enjoyment of the right to education by every girl (2017), para. 06
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- Recalling the need to ensure that all children enjoy the right to education and are ensured equal access to quality early childhood development, care and pre-primary education so that they are ready for primary education, the need to eliminate gender disparities in education by 2030, and the need to build and upgrade education facilities that are child-, disability- and gender-sensitive and provide safe, non-violent, inclusive, accessible and effective learning environments for all,
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Operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (2015), para. 61
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- 19. Commends, in this regard, the Agency ’ s provision of humanitarian and psychosocial support and other initiatives that provide recreational, cultural and educational activities for children during the summer, including in the Gaza Strip, and, recognizing their positive contribution, calls for full support for such initiatives by donor and host countries and encourages the building and strengthening of partnerships to facilitate and enhance the provision of these services;
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Protection of migrants (2018), para. 43
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- 4. 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:
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Human rights and indigenous peoples (2018), para. 13
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- Bearing in mind the importance of the empowerment and capacity-building of indigenous women and young persons, including their full and effective participation in decision-making processes in matters that affect them directly, including policies, programmes and resources, where relevant, that target the well-being of indigenous women, children and young persons, in particular in the areas of health, education, employment and the transmission of traditional knowledge, languages and practices, and the importance of taking measures to promote awareness and understanding of their rights,
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Rights of the child (2008), para. 129
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- 59. Recommends that the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children, taking care to avoid duplication with relevant United Nations mechanisms and treaty bodies:
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Rights of the child (2019), para. 027
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- 2. Urges States that have not yet done so to consider becoming parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child 1 and the Optional Protocols thereto as a matter of priority and to implement them effectively and fully, and encourages further efforts by the Secretary-General in this regard;
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Assistance to Somalia in the field of human rights (2016), para. 20
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- 4. Also expresses concern at the abuses and violations perpetrated against girls and women, including sexual and gender-based violence, child, early and forced marriage, and female genital mutilation, and abuses and violations committed against children, including the unlawful recruitment and use of child soldiers, killing and maiming, rape and other sexual and gender-based violence, and abductions, and emphasizes the need for accountability and justice for all such violations and abuses;
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World Summit Outcome (2005), para. 166
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- (b) To support the African commitment to ensure that by 2015 all children have access to complete, free and compulsory primary education of good quality, as well as to basic health care;
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The girl child (2008), para. 49
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- 26. Invites States to promote initiatives aimed at reducing the prices of antiretroviral drugs, especially second-line drugs, available to the girl child, including bilateral and private sector initiatives as well as initiatives on a voluntary basis taken by groups of States, including those based on innovative financing mechanisms that contribute to the mobilization of resources for social development, including those that aim to provide further access to drugs at affordable prices to developing countries on a sustainable and predictable basis, and in this regard takes note of the International Drug Purchase Facility, UNITAID;
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Human rights and unilateral coercive measures (2006), para. 15
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- 4. Rejects unilateral coercive measures with all their extraterritorial effects as tools for political or economic pressure against any country, in particular against developing countries, because of their negative effects on the realization of all the human rights of vast sectors of their populations, in particular children, women and the elderly;
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Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008–2017) (2016), para. 27
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- Underlining the primary responsibility of Member States to promote universal health coverage that comprises universal and equitable access to quality health services and ensures affordable and quality service delivery, especially through primary health care and social protection mechanisms, with the support of the international community and with a view to providing access to health services for all, including those who are vulnerable or marginalized, and underlining also that women and children are particularly affected by disasters and outbreaks,
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Rights of the child: empowering children with disabilities for the enjoyment of their human rights, including through inclusive education (2019), para. 17
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- 1. Welcomes the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on empowering children with disabilities, including through inclusive education; 2 2. Urges States to take all measures necessary to ensure the full enjoyment by children with disabilities of all human rights and fundamental freedoms on an equal basis with other children, without discrimination of any kind;
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The girl child (2010), para. 53
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- 25. Recognizes that a considerable number of girl children are particularly vulnerable, including orphans, children living on the street, internally displaced and refugee children, children affected by trafficking and sexual and economic exploitation, children living with HIV and AIDS, and children who are incarcerated who live without parental support, and therefore urges States, with the support of the international community, where relevant, to take appropriate measures to address the needs of such children by implementing national policies and strategies to build and strengthen governmental, community and family capacities to provide a supportive environment for such children, including by providing appropriate counselling and psychosocial support, and ensuring their enrolment in school and access to shelter, good nutrition and health and social services on an equal basis with other children;
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Supporting efforts to end obstetric fistula (2008), para. 11
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- 1. Recognizes the interlinkages between poverty, malnutrition, lack of or inadequate or inaccessible health services, early childbearing, early marriage of the girl child and gender discrimination as root causes of obstetric fistula, that poverty remains the main social risk factor, that the eradication of poverty is critical to meeting the needs and protecting and promoting the rights of girls and that continued urgent national and international action is required to eliminate it;
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Rights of the child (2008), para. 037
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- 18. Also calls upon States to address and pay particular attention to cases of international parental or familial child abduction, and encourages States to engage in multilateral and bilateral cooperation to resolve these cases, preferably by accession to or ratification of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, 18F 19 and therefore to be in full compliance with the Convention, and to facilitate, inter alia, the return of the child to the country in which he or she resided immediately before the removal or retention;
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Implementation of the recommendations contained in the report of the Secretary-General on the causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa (2016), para. 49
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- 25. Notes with concern that violence against women and children, including sexual violence, continues and may increase even as armed conflicts draw to an end, urges further progress in the implementation of policies and guidelines relating to the protection of and assistance to women and children in conflict and post-conflict situations in Africa, including more systematic monitoring and reporting, notes the adoption by the General Assembly and the Security Council of relevant resolutions, and encourages the entities that compose United Nations Action against Sexual Violence in Conflict, as well as other relevant parts of the United Nations system, to assist the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict in the implementation of her mandate, including in Africa;
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Rights of the child (2019), para. 034
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- (a) To ensure the full enjoyment by children with disabilities of all human rights and fundamental freedoms, on an equal basis with other children, in recognition that discrimination against any child on the basis of disability is a violation of the inherent dignity and worth of the child, to enhance inclusion and address barriers faced by children with disabilities, including addressing discriminatory, attitudinal and environmental barriers to their participation and inclusion in society and in the community, and to develop gender- and age-sensitive policies and capacities to ensure the rights and address the particular needs of children, including migrant children, children without parental care, children in street situations and child victims of trafficking, and those affected by climate change, and prevent and respond to cases of gender-based violence;
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International cooperation and coordination for the human and ecological rehabilitation and economic development of the Semipalatinsk region of Kazakhstan (2006), para. 04
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- Recognizing that the Semipalatinsk nuclear testing ground, inherited by Kazakhstan and closed in 1991, remains a matter of serious concern for the people and Government of Kazakhstan with regard to the long-term nature of its consequences for the lives and health of the people, especially children and other vulnerable groups, as well as for the environment of the region,
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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2018), para. 45
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- 35. Affirms the importance of age, gender and diversity mainstreaming in analysing protection needs and ensuring the participation of refugees and other persons of concern to the Office of the High Commissioner, as appropriate, in the planning and implementation of programmes of the Office and of State policies, also affirms the importance of according priority to addressing discrimination, gender inequality and the problem of sexual and gender-based violence, recognizing the importance of addressing the protection needs of women, children and persons with disabilities in particular, and underlines the importance of continuing to work on those issues;
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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. 173
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- (e) To ensure that violent acts against children, when suspected by health and social services or child protection agencies, are promptly reported to the police and other law enforcement agencies;
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Child, early and forced marriage (2015), para. 10
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- Noting with concern that the continued prevalence of child, early and forced marriage has had a negative impact on the achievement and the overarching aims of Millennium Development Goals 1 to 6, including in the areas of gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, poverty reduction, education, maternal and child mortality and health, including sexual and reproductive health, and recognizing that child, early and forced marriage continues to impair sustainable development, inclusive economic growth and social cohesion,
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Rights of the child: protection of the rights of the child in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2017), para. 66
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- 33. Also requests the Special Rapporteur to continue to report annually on the implementation of the mandate to the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly, in accordance with their respective programmes of work, making suggestions and recommendations on the prevention of the sale and sexual exploitation of children and on the rehabilitation of child victims;
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The negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights (2019), para. 23
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- Alarmed by the disproportionate and indiscriminate human costs of unilateral sanctions and their negative effects on the civilian population, in particular women and children, of targeted States,
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Human rights and arbitrary deprivation of nationality (2014), para. 31
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- 9. Stresses that children deprived of nationality and stateless children are at greater risk of particular forms of human rights violations, such as trafficking and other forms of exploitation;
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General and complete disarmament (2002), para. 189
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- Reaffirming its determination to put an end to the suffering and casualties caused by anti-personnel mines, which kill or maim hundreds of people every week, mostly innocent and defenceless civilians and especially children, obstruct economic development and reconstruction, inhibit the repatriation of refugees and internally displaced persons, and have other severe consequences for years after emplacement,
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Rights of the child (2003), para. 102
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- 2. Recognizes the progress achieved since the establishment of the mandate of the Special Representative in paragraphs 35 to 37 of General Assembly resolution 51/77 of 12 December 1996, expresses its support for his work, in particular in raising worldwide awareness and mobilizing official and public opinion for the protection of children affected by armed conflict in order to promote respect for the rights and needs of children in conflict and post-conflict situations, and recommends that the Secretary-General extend the mandate for a further period of three years;
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The situation in Afghanistan (2007), para. 49
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- 12. Welcomes the completion of the disarmament and demobilization of child soldiers in the Afghan Military Forces, stresses the importance of the reintegration of child soldiers and of care for other children affected by war, commends the Government of Afghanistan for its efforts in this regard, and encourages it to continue efforts in cooperation with the United Nations, including with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict and with other international partners;
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Commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the operations of the United Nations Children's Fund (1997), para. 3
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- Also recalling its resolutions 33/83 of 15 December 1978 on the International Year of the Child, 44/25 of 20 November 1989 on the Convention on the Rights of the Child and 45/217 of 21 December 1990 on the World Summit for Children,
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Assistance to the Palestinian people (2009), para. 27
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- Expressing grave concern about the continuation of the tragic and violent events that have led to many deaths and injuries, including among children and women,
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International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World, 2001–2010 (2005), para. 14
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- 1. Reiterates that the objective of the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World, 2001–2010, is to strengthen further the global movement for a culture of peace following the observance of the International Year for the Culture of Peace in 2000;
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Rights of the child (2017), para. 107
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- 70. Recognizes the importance of coordinating efforts among countries of origin, transit and destination, while also recognizing their roles and responsibilities to address the irregular migration of unaccompanied children and to safeguard their human rights, with due consideration for the protection of the best interests of the child;
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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. 270
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- (a) To review, evaluate and, where necessary, update their national laws to effectively prohibit sentences involving any form of corporal punishment for crimes committed by children;
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The girl child (2010), para. 49
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- 21. Calls upon all States to enact and enforce the necessary legislative or other measures, in cooperation with relevant stakeholders, to prevent the distribution over the Internet of child pornography, including depictions of child sexual abuse, ensuring that adequate mechanisms are in place to enable reporting and removal of such material and that its creators, distributors and collectors are prosecuted as appropriate;
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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. 038
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- 29. We recognize and will take steps to address the particular vulnerabilities of women and children during the journey from country of origin to country of arrival. This includes their potential exposure to discrimination and exploitation, as well as to sexual, physical and psychological abuse, violence, human trafficking and contemporary forms of slavery.
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Rights of the child (2007), para. 036
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- 14. Commends the independent expert for the participatory process through which the report was prepared in close collaboration with Member States, United Nations bodies and organizations, other relevant intergovernmental organizations and civil society, including non-governmental organizations, and in particular for the unprecedented level and quality of participation by children;
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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. 062
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- Prohibiting violence against children, implementing broad prevention measures and promoting research and data collection
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Situation of human rights in Cambodia (1998), para. 25
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- 18. Welcomes the signature in May 1997 of a memorandum of understanding between the International Labour Organization and the Government of Cambodia to formalize areas of cooperation in the field of child labour;
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Trafficking in women and girls (2013), para. 18
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- Concerned about the use of new information technologies, including the Internet, for purposes of exploitation of the prostitution of others, for trafficking in women as brides, for exploiting women and children and for child pornography, paedophilia and any other forms of sexual exploitation of children,
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Strengthening collaboration on child protection within the United Nations system (2014), para. 08
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- Stressing that collaboration within the United Nations system on the promotion and protection of the rights of the child, including child protection, is important for the continuation of support for the efforts of Member States in the realization of the rights of the child, and in this regard reaffirms the important role that the General Assembly continues to play in strengthening collaboration and coherence within the United Nations system,
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Protection of migrants (2006), para. 14
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- Deeply concerned at the manifestations of violence, racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance and inhuman and degrading treatment against migrants, especially women and children, in different parts of the world,
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Rights of the child (2003), para. 047
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- 17. Calls upon States to recognize the right to education on the basis of equal opportunity by making primary education compulsory and ensuring that all children have access to free and relevant primary education, as well as by making secondary education generally available and accessible to all, in particular by the progressive introduction of free education;
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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. 259
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- (k) To take measures to address the risk of violence and protect children during their transport to a court, hospital or other facility, including the risk of violence while being held in court holding cells together with adults;
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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. 311
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- (a) To ensure effective monitoring of, regular access to and inspection of places of detention and community-based institutions by national independent bodies and national human rights institutions, ombudspersons or members of the judiciary, who are empowered to conduct unannounced visits, conduct interviews with children and staff in private and investigate allegations of violence;
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The rights of the child (1999), para. 69
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- 13. Urges States to ensure that effective measures are taken for the rehabilitation, physical and psychological recovery and reintegration into society of children affected by armed conflict, child soldiers, victims of landmines and other weapons and victims of gender-based violence, inter alia, through adequate education and training, and invites the international community to assist in this endeavour;
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Thirteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (2016), para. 022
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- 9. Also welcomes the initiative of the Government of Qatar to establish a regional fund for the education and training of displaced and refugee children and youth in the Middle East, with the aim of integrating social and cultural dimensions in crime prevention strategies and policies;
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Rights of the child (2004), para. 023
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- (b) Ensuring adequate and systematic training in the rights of the child for professional groups working with and for children, including specialized judges, law enforcement officials, lawyers, social workers, medical doctors, health professionals and teachers, and coordination among various governmental bodies involved in children’s rights, and encourages States and relevant bodies and organizations of the United Nations system to continue to promote education and training in this regard;
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Consequences of child, early and forced marriage (2019), para. 12
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- Recognizing further that addressing child, early and forced marriage requires a holistic human rights-based approach, with interventions focused on preventing and ending harmful practices and on changing social norms and attitudes that underlie the practices, and with special attention paid to and the meaningful involvement of those who have been subjected to child, early and forced marriage,
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Situation of human rights in Myanmar (2014), para. 17
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- 13. Welcomes the steps taken by the Government of Myanmar to improve engagement and cooperation with the United Nations and other international actors, including the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict and the International Labour Organization, and the progress made towards ending the recruitment and use of child soldiers in Myanmar and towards the elimination of forced labour, and encourages the full implementation of relevant agreements, including of the action plan to end and prevent the recruitment and use of children by the armed forces and the commitment to end forced labour by 2015;
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Situation of human rights in the Sudan (2001), para. 47
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- (i) Not to use or recruit children under the age of eighteen as soldiers, and urges the Sudan People’s Liberation Army/Movement not to use or recruit children under the age of eighteen as soldiers and to refrain from the practice of forced conscription;
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Trafficking in women and girls (2013), para. 29
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- 2. Also takes note with appreciation of the report of the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, 13 which examines the existing international legal framework and standards applicable to States and businesses, in addition to non-binding codes of conduct and principles adopted by businesses, as part of efforts to prevent and combat human trafficking;
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The situation in Afghanistan (2010), para. 048
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- 36. Acknowledges the efforts of the Government of Afghanistan in promoting respect for human rights, notes with concern reports of continued violations of human rights and of international humanitarian law, including violent or discriminatory practices, violations committed against persons belonging to ethnic and religious minorities, as well as against women and children, in particular girls, stresses the need to promote tolerance and religious freedom as guaranteed by the Afghan Constitution, emphasizes the necessity of investigating allegations of current and past violations, and stresses the importance of facilitating the provision of efficient and effective remedies to the victims and of bringing the perpetrators to justice in accordance with national and international law;
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International Decade for Action, “Water for Life”, 2005–2015, and further efforts to achieve the sustainable development of water resources (2015), para. 18
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- 6. Stresses the importance of the full involvement of all relevant stakeholders, including women, children, older persons, persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and local communities, in the implementation of the Decade at all levels and, as appropriate, in its comprehensive review;
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Protecting children from bullying (2019), para. 02
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- Recalling its resolutions 69/158 of 18 December 2014 and of 19 December 2016 on protecting children from bullying, all its previous resolutions on the rights of the child and the resolutions adopted by the Hu man Rights Council that are relevant to the protection of children from bullying,
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Countering child sexual exploitation and sexual abuse online (2020), para. 21
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- 1. Urges Member States to criminalize child sexual exploitation and sexual abuse, including child sexual exploitation and sexual abuse online, allowing for the prosecution of perpetrators, to grant law enforcement agencies appropriate powers and to provide tools to identify perpetrators and victims and effectively combat child sexual exploitation and sexual abuse;
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The girl child (2016), para. 02
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- Reaffirming its resolution 68/146 of 18 December 2013 and all relevant resolutions on the girl child, and recalling its resolution 66/170 of 19 December 2011 on the International Day of the Girl Child and the agreed conclusions of the Commission on the Status of Wome n, in particular those relevant to the girl child,
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition (2019), para. 62
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- 11. Underscores the need to address child stunting, which remains unacceptably high, with nearly 151 million children under 5 years of age, or over 22 per cent, affected by stunting in 2017;
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The girl child (2014), para. 65
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- 31. Urges all States and the international community to respect, promote and protect the rights of the girl child, taking into account the particular vulnerabilities of the girl child in pre-conflict, conflict and post-conflict situations and in natural disasters, as well as in other humanitarian emergencies, all of which may result in the creation of child-headed households, and further urges States to take special measures for the protection of girls in all phases of humanitarian emergencies, from relief to recovery, and in particular to protect them from sexually transmitted infections, including HIV infection, gender-based violence, including rape, sexual abuse and sexual exploitation, torture, abduction, trafficking and forced labour, paying special attention to refugee and displaced girls, and to take into account their special needs in disarmament, demobilization, rehabilitation assistance and reintegration processes;
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Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine (2018), para. 19
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- Expressing grave concern also about all acts of violence, intimidation and provocation by Israeli settlers against Palestinian civilians, including children, and properties, including homes, mosques, churches and agricultural lands, condemning acts of terror by several extremist Israeli settlers, and calling for accountability for the illegal actions perpetrated in this regard,
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The situation in Afghanistan (2010), para. 041
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- 29. Recalls the constitutional guarantee of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms for all Afghans as a significant political achievement, calls for full respect for the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all, without discrimination of any kind, and stresses the need to fully implement the human rights provisions of the Afghan Constitution, in accordance with obligations under applicable international law, including those regarding the full enjoyment by women and children of their human rights;
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Assistance to unaccompanied refugee minors (2002), para. 21
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- 11. Encourages the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict in his efforts to raise awareness worldwide and mobilize official and public opinion for the protection of children affected by armed conflict, including refugee minors;
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The girl child (2016), para. 48
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- 26. Deplores all acts of sexual exploitation, abuse of and trafficking in women and children, including in humanitarian crises and by humanitarian workers and peacekeepers, including military, police and civilian personnel involved in United Nations operations, welcomes the efforts undertaken by U nited Nations agencies and peacekeeping operations to implement a zero -tolerance policy in this regard, and requests the Secretary-General or the Member States from which those humanitarian workers originate and personnel-contributing countries to continue to take all appropriate action necessary to combat these abuses by such personnel, including through the full implementation without delay of those measures adopted in the relevant General Assembly resolutions based on recommendations of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations; 21
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Situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (2015), para. 36
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- 4. Expresses its very deep concern at the precarious humanitarian situation in the country, which could rapidly deteriorate owing to limited resilience to natural disasters and to government policies causing limitations in the availability of and access to food, compounded by structural weaknesses in agricultural production resulting in significant shortages of diversified food and the State restrictions on the cultivation of and trade in foodstuffs, as well as the prevalence of chronic malnutrition, particularly among the most vulnerable groups, pregnant women, children, persons with disabilities and the elderly, and urges the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, in this regard, to take preventive and remedial action, cooperating where necessary with international donor agencies and in accordance with international standards for monitoring humanitarian assistance;
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Strengthening the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity (2011), para. 10
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- Welcoming the adoption of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons, 10 stressing the need for its full and effective implementation, and expressing its view that it will, inter alia, enhance cooperation and a better coordination of efforts in fighting trafficking in persons and promote increased ratification and full implementation of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime 11 and the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, 12
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International cooperation against the world drug problem (2004), para. 21
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- 4. Urges all Member States to implement the Action Plan 4 for the Implementation of the Declaration on the Guiding Principles of Drug Demand Reduction 5 and to strengthen their national efforts to counter the abuse of illicit drugs in their population, in particular among children and young people, noting with concern the increasing levels of drug abuse among them;
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Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations (2018), para. 053
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- 17. Urges Member States to continue to seek to prevent, respond to, investigate and prosecute violations and abuses against children in humanitarian emergencies, calls upon Member States and relevant organizations to strengthen support services for children affected by humanitarian emergencies, including those who have experienced violations and abuses, and calls for a more effect ive response in that regard, guided by the rights of the child;
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Rights of the child: protection of the rights of the child in humanitarian situations (2018), para. 13
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- Recognizing that children are disproportionately affected in complex humanitarian emergencies, which increases their vulnerability as refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced persons, stateless persons, migrants and those remaining in areas of armed conflict, in particular when they are unaccompanied and separated,
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Protection of migrants (2013), para. 62
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- (k) Urges States parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime 18 and supplementing protocols thereto, namely, the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air 19 and the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, 20 to implement them fully, and calls upon States that have not done so to consider ratifying or acceding to them as a matter of priority;
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United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education (2002), para. 07
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- Convinced that every woman, man and child, in order to realize their full human potential, must be made aware of all their human rights and fundamental freedoms,
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Technical assistance and capacity-building in the field of human rights in the Central African Republic (2018), para. 41
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- 13. Welcomes the ratification by the Central African Republic in 2017 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict, encourages the continuing efforts of the Government to protect children through the adoption and effective implementation of legislation prohibiting the recruitment and use of children in armed conflict, and encourages the Government to consider ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure;
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Rights of the child (2005), para. 015
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- 6. Encourages States to strengthen their national statistical capacities and to use statistics disaggregated, inter alia, by age, gender and other relevant factors that may lead to disparities and other statistical indicators at the national, subregional, regional and international levels to develop and assess social policies and programmes so that economic and social resources are used efficiently and effectively for the full realization of the rights of the child;
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Situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (2020), para. 23
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- Noting with concern the findings of the United Nations that 10.9 million people in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea are estimated to be undernourished, one third of children 6 to 23 months of age do not receive a minimum acceptable diet, 1 in 5 children suffer from stunting (chronic malnutrition), around 9 million people are estimated to have limited access to quality health services, and 39 per cent, or an estimated 9.75 million, of people do not have access to a safely managed drinking water source, including 56 per cent of people living in rural areas, condemning the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea for diverting its resources into pursuing nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles over the welfare of its people, and emphasizing the necessity for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to respect and ensure the welfare and inherent dignity of the people in the country, as referred to by the Security Council in its resolutions 2321 (2016) of 30 November 2016, of 5 August 2017, 2375 (2017) of 11 September 2017 and of 22 December 2017,
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International cooperation to address and counter the world drug problem (2020), para. 008
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- Reaffirming its commitment to the goals and objectives of the three international drug control conventions, including concern about the health and welfare of humankind as well as the individual and public health-related, social and safety problems resulting from the abuse of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, in particular among children and young people, and drug-related crime, and reaffirming its determination to prevent and treat the abuse of such substances and prevent and counter their illicit cultivation, production, manufacturing and trafficking,
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Situation of human rights in South Sudan (2018), para. 08
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- Noting with grave concern all relevant decisions and communiqués of the African Union and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, and the Peace and Security Council of the African Union communiqué of 22 September 2017, in which the Council, inter alia, strongly condemned all acts of sexual and gender-based violence and the unlawful recruitment of children into military activities and called upon the Government of South Sudan to investigate alleged crimes and to hold those responsible to account without delay, and its communiqué of 8 February 2018, in which the Council, inter alia, reemphasized the call by the African Union upon South Sudan to urgently sign without further delay the memorandum of understanding on the establishment of the hybrid court for South Sudan,
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Rights of indigenous peoples (2018), para. 46
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- 21. Underlines the need to intensify efforts, in cooperation with indigenous peoples, to prevent and eliminate all forms of violence and discrimination against indigenous women, children, youth, older persons and persons with disabilities and to support measures that will ensure their empowerment and full and eff ective participation in decision-making processes at all levels and in all areas and eliminate structural and legal barriers to their full, equal and effective participation in political, economic, social and cultural life;
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Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction (2013), para. 05
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- Taking note of the report of the United Nations Mission to Investigate Allegations of the Use of Chemical Weapons in the Syrian Arab Republic on the alleged use of chemical weapons in the Ghouta area of Damascus on 21 August 2013, 2 in which the Mission concludes that chemical weapons have been used in the ongoing conflict between the parties in the Syrian Arab Republic, as well as against civilians, including children, on a relatively large scale,
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United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (the Bangkok Rules) (2011), para. 030
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- 9. Emphasizes that, when sentencing or deciding on pretrial measures for a pregnant woman or a child’s sole or primary caretaker, non-custodial measures should be preferred where possible and appropriate, with custodial sentences being considered when the offence is serious or violent;
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The girl child (2010), para. 28
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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,
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Assistance in mine clearance (1998), para. 25
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- 3. Invites Member States to develop national programmes, in cooperation with the relevant bodies of the United Nations system where appropriate, to promote awareness of landmines, especially among children;
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Sport as an enabler of sustainable development (2018), para. 10
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- Recalling article 31 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 5 outlining a child’s right to play and leisure, and the outcome document of the twenty-seventh special session of the General Assembly on children, entitled “A world fit for children”, 6 stressing the promotion of physical, mental and emotional health through play and sports,
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Assistance to unaccompanied refugee minors (2000), para. 12
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- 2. Also takes note of the report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict; 5
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Child, early and forced marriage in humanitarian settings (2017), para. 10
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- Welcoming the report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the expert workshop on the impact of existing strategies and initiatives to address child, early and forced marriage, 2 and taking note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General on child, early and forced marriage, 3
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Technical assistance and capacity-building in the field of human rights in the Central African Republic (2017), para. 47
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- 20. Remains deeply concerned by the conditions of displaced persons and refugees, and encourages the international community to support the national authorities and host countries to ensure appropriate protection and support for victims of violence, in particular women, children and persons with disabilities;
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Rights of the child (2003), para. 132
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- 2. Calls upon all States that have not yet done so to consider ratifying the conventions of the International Labour Organization relating to child labour, in particular the Convention concerning Forced or Compulsory Labour, 1930 (Convention No. 29), the Convention concerning Minimum Age for Admission to Employment, 1973 (Convention No. 138) and the Convention concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour, 1999 (Convention No. 182), and to implement those conventions;
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Child, early and forced marriage in humanitarian settings (2017), para. 11
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- Noting with appreciation the ongoing United Nations Population Fund-United Nations Children’s Fund Global Programme to Accelerate Action to End Child Marriage, as well as regional, national and subnational instruments, mechanisms and initiatives to end child, early and forced marriage, including the African Union Campaign to End Child Marriage and the Regional Action Plan to End Child Marriage in South Asia, and ongoing United Nations activities and programmes on child, early and forced marriage, and further encouraging coordinated approaches to action at all levels,
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Strengthening the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity (2020), para. 093
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- 22. Reaffirms the importance of the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme in promoting effective action to strengthen international cooperation in crime prevention and criminal justice, as well as of the work of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in the fulfilment of its mandate in crime prevention and criminal justice, including providing to Member States, upon request and as a matter of high priority, technical cooperation, advisory services and other forms of assistance, and coordinating with and complementing the work of all relevant and competent United Nations bodies and offices in respect of all forms of organized crime, including piracy and transnational organized crime committed at sea, cybercrime, criminal misuse of the Internet and other information and communications technologies as well as such misuse for terrorist purposes, the misuse of new information technologies to abuse and exploit children, trafficking in cultural property and artefacts, illicit financial flows, money-laundering, economic and financial crimes, including fraud, as well as tax and corporate crimes, match-fixing, counterfeiting in trademark goods, illicit trafficking in endangered species of wild fauna and flora and other crimes that affect the environment, such as trafficking in timber, precious metals, stones and other minerals, drug trafficking, kidnapping, trafficking in persons, including the support and protection, as appropriate, of victims, their families and witnesses, organ trafficking, smuggling of migrants and illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, direct and indirect trade in oil and refined oil products with organized criminal and terrorist groups, as well as corruption and terrorism;
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Protection of migrants (2020), para. 67
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- (i) Calls upon States to protect the human rights of migrant children, given their vulnerability, particularly unaccompanied migrant children, ensuring that the best interests of the child are a primary consideration in their legislation, policies and practices, including on integration, return and family reunification;
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The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security and emergency international assistance for peace, normalcy and reconstruction of war-stricken Afghanistan (2005), para. 55
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- 4. Welcomes the completion of the disarmament and demobilization of child soldiers in the Afghan Military Forces, stresses the importance of the reintegration of child soldiers and of care for other war-affected children, commends the Government of Afghanistan for its efforts in this regard, and encourages continued efforts in cooperation with the United Nations;
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Protecting children from bullying (2015), para. 14
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- 1. Recognizes that bullying, including cyberbullying, can have a potential long-term impact on the enjoyment of the human rights of children and negative effects on children affected by or involved in bullying;
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Situation of human rights in the Sudan (2001), para. 42
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- (d) To stop attacks on sites that usually have a significant presence of children as well as during the “days of tranquillity” which had been agreed upon for the purpose of ensuring peaceful polio vaccination campaigns;
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Protection of migrants (2020), para. 78
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- (c) Also encourages States to take the measures necessary to achieve policy coherence on migration at the national, regional and international levels, including by ensuring coordinated child protection policies and systems across borders that are in full compliance with international human rights law;
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Rights of the child (2008), para. 034
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- 15. Once again urges all States parties to intensify their efforts to comply with their obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child 2 3H to preserve the child’s identity, including nationality, name and family relations, as recognized by law, to allow for the registration of the child immediately after birth, to ensure that registration procedures are simple, expeditious and effective and provided at minimal or no cost and to raise awareness of the importance of birth registration at the national, regional and local levels;
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The girl child (2014), para. 76
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- 42. Calls upon States to ensure that social protection programmes, including HIV-sensitive programmes, are provided to orphans and other vulnerable children, with particular attention to addressing the needs and vulnerabilities of girl children and protecting their rights;
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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. 189
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- (i) Effective protection of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of migrants, including women and children, regardless of their migratory status, and the specific needs of migrants in vulnerable situations;
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Rights of the child (2016), para. 049
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- 19. Also reaffirms that violence against children is never justifiable and that it is the duty of States to protect children, including those in conflict with the law, from all forms of violence and human rights violations and to exercise due diligence to prohibit, prevent and investigate acts of violence against children, eliminate impunity and provide assistance to the victims, including preventing revictimization;
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Rights of the child (2020), para. 054
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- 28. Stresses that no child should be forced to give up family connections in order to escape poverty, or to receive care, comprehensive, timely and quality health services or education, or because they are in contact with the law;
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Improving the coordination of efforts against trafficking in persons (2010), para. 04
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- Welcoming Human Rights Council resolution 11/3 of 17 June 2009 on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, 1F 2
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Trafficking in persons, especially women and children: regional and subregional cooperation in promoting a human rights-based approach to combating trafficking in persons (2010), para. 12
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- Recognizing also the challenges to combating trafficking in persons, especially women and children, owing to the lack of adequate legislation and implementation of existing legislation, the lack of availability of reliable sex- and age-disaggregated data and statistics and the lack of resources, and recognizing the role of international cooperation in this regard,
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Rights of the child (2011), para. 069
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- 38. Also recognizes that, in ensuring the exercise by children, including in early childhood, of their rights, States shall respect the responsibilities, rights and duties of parents or, where applicable, the members of the extended family or community, as provided for by local custom, legal guardians or other persons legally responsible for the child to provide, in a manner consistent with the age, maturity and evolving capacities of the child, appropriate direction and guidance;
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Assistance to unaccompanied refugee minors (1999), para. 03
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- Aware of the fact that the majority of refugees are children and women,
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Rights of the child (2016), para. 014
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- Profoundly concerned that the situation of children in many parts of the world remains negatively affected by the prolonged effects of the world financial and economic crisis, poverty and inequality, and reaffirming that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development, recognizing its impact beyond the socioeconomic context and the intrinsic interlinkage between poverty eradication and the promotion of sustainable development, and in this regard underlining the importance of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,
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The girl child (2003), para. 28
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- 13. Calls upon Governments, civil society, including the media, and non- governmental organizations to promote human rights education and the full respect for and enjoyment of the human rights of the girl child, inter alia, through the translation, production and dissemination of age-appropriate information material on those rights to all sectors of society, in particular to children;
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United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (the Bangkok Rules) (2011), para. 070
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- 2. All information relating to the children’s identity shall be kept confidential, and the use of such information shall always comply with the requirement to take into account the best interests of the children.
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Protecting children from bullying (2019), para. 25
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- (a) To continue to take all appropriate measures to prevent and protect children, including in school, from any form of violence, including forms of bullying, by promptly responding to such acts, and to provide appropriate support to children affected by and involved in bullying;
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United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016– 2025) (2016), para. 05
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- Conscious of the need to eradicate hunger and prevent all forms of malnutrition worldwide, particularly undernourishment, stunting, wasting, underweight and overweight in children under 5 years of age and anaemia in women and children, among other micronutrient deficiencies, as well as reverse the rising trends in overweight and obesity and reduce the burden of diet-related non-communicable diseases in all age groups,
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The girl child (2018), para. 67
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- 42. Strongly calls upon States and the international community to create an environment in which the well-being of the girl child is ensured, inter alia, by cooperating, supporting and participating in global efforts towards the full and timely realization of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development 6 and of all other relevant internationally agreed development goals, in particular for the eradication of poverty at the global, regional and country levels, recognizing that strengthened availability and effective allocation of resources are required at all levels in this regard, and reaffirming that investment in children, particularly girls, and the realization of their rights are among the most effective ways to eradicate poverty;
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Progress at mid-decade on the implementation of General Assembly resolution 45/217 on the World Summit for Children (1997), para. 20
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- 15. Also recognizes the contribution to the achievement of the goals of the World Summit for Children of the mutual commitment of interested developed and developing country partners to allocate, on average, 20 per cent of official development assistance and 20 per cent of national budgets to basic social programmes;
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Nelson Mandela International Day panel (2012), para. 3
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- Recognizing Nelson Mandela’s values and his dedication to the service of humanity, as a humanitarian, in the fields of conflict resolution, race relations, the promotion and protection of human rights, reconciliation, gender equality and the rights of children and other vulnerable groups, as well as the upliftment of poor and underdeveloped communities,
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Situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2005), para. 22
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- (f) To take special measures to protect women and children from the appalling violence, including sexual violence, which has been and continues to be prevalent throughout the country, in particular in Ituri, North and South Kivu and other areas in the eastern part of the country, and condemns in particular the widespread use of sexual violence as a means of warfare;
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Strengthening and promoting effective measures and international cooperation on organ donation and transplantation to prevent and combat trafficking in persons for the purpose of organ removal and trafficking in human organs (2019), para. 11
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- Taking note of the report of the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, on the issue of trafficking in persons for the removal of organs submitted to the General Assembly at its sixty - eighth session, 9
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Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (2018), para. 51
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- 24. Urges Israel to ensure that any arrest, detention and/or trial of Palestinian children is in line with the Convention on the Rights of the Child, including by refraining from holding criminal proceedings against them in military courts that, by definition, fall short of providing the necessary guarantees to ensure respect for their rights and that infringe upon their right to non-discrimination;
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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2019), para. 44
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- 34. Notes with increasing concern that asylum seekers, refugees and stateless persons are subject to arbitrary detention in numerous situations and encourages working towards the ending of this practice, welcomes the increasing use of alternatives to detention, especially in the case of children, and emphasizes the need for States to limit detention of asylum seekers, refugees and stateless persons to that which is necessary, giving full consideration to possible alternatives;
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Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations (2007), para. 30
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- 21. Reaffirms the obligation of all States and parties to an armed conflict to protect civilians in armed conflicts in accordance with international humanitarian law, and invites States to promote a culture of protection, taking into account the particular needs of women, children, older persons and persons with disabilities;
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The right to food (2004), para. 16
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- 3. Considers it intolerable that there are around 840 million undernourished people in the world, that every seven seconds a child under the age of ten dies, directly or indirectly, of hunger somewhere in the world and that more than 2 billion people worldwide suffer from “hidden hunger” or micronutrient malnutrition;
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Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (2017), para. 31
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- 13. Encourages Governments and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to organize training programmes and to support projects with a view to training or educating military forces, law enforcement officers and government officials in international humanitarian and human rights law connected with their work and to include a gender and child rights perspective in such training, and appeals to the international community and requests the Office of the High Commissioner to support endeavours to that end;
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Assistance to Somalia in the field of human rights (2018), para. 23
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- 4. Expresses particular concern at the abuses and violations perpetrated against girls and women, including sexual and gender-based violence, child, early and forced marriage and all forms of female genital mutilation;
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Assistance to Somalia in the field of human rights (2016), para. 44
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- (n) To treat former combatants, including children under 18 years of age, in accordance with applicable obligations under domestic and international law, in particular international human rights law and international humanitarian law, as applicable;
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Situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (2015), para. 30
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- (x) Violations of workers’ rights, including the right to freedom of association and effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining, the right to strike as defined by the obligations of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 5 and the prohibition of the economic exploitation of children and of any harmful or hazardous work of children as defined by the obligations of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea under the Convention on the Rights of the Child; 6
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The situation in Afghanistan (2017), para. 23
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- 10. Also condemns in the strongest terms the heinous and cowardly terrorist attack carried out in the centre of Kabul on 31 May 2017, in which more than 92 people died and at least 491 were injured, almost all of whom were civilians, including women, children and members of the media, as well as diplomatic personnel, and which caused massive damage to public and private property, including foreign diplomatic missions, as well as the subsequent systematic a ttacks, including against religious minorities, and underlines the need to bring to justice the perpetrators, organizers, financers and sponsors of those reprehensible acts of terrorism;
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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2016), para. 39
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- 30. Expresses deep concern about the long-term impact of cuts in food rations on the health and well-being of refugees globally, particularly in Africa and the Middle East, and especially its impact on children, owing to insufficient funding and increased costs, and in this regard calls upon States to ensure sustained support for the Office of the High Commissioner and the World Food Programme, while looking to provide refugees with alternatives to food assistance, pending a durable solution;
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Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children (2010), para. 168
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- 111. The above-mentioned records could be made available to the child, as well as to the parents or guardians, within the limits of the child’s right to privacy and confidentiality, as appropriate. Appropriate counselling should be provided before, during and after consultation of the record.
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Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran (2017), para. 08
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- 5. Also welcomes the efforts of the Islamic Republic of Iran to host large numbers of Afghan refugees, granting them access to basic services, in particular access to health care and education for children;
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Promoting human rights through sport and the Olympic ideal (2018), para. 41
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- 4. Invites States and national, regional and international sports organizations to, where appropriate, implement new or strengthen existing programmes that provide more opportunities and facilitate barrier-free access to sport for all, in particular for children and youth, persons with disabilities, and women and girls, and substantially increase opportunities for women’s participation and leadership in all areas of sport, and in this regard encourages States to leverage sport and physical education policies and programmes to advance gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls;
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Assistance to the Palestinian people (2015), para. 10
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- Emphasizing the importance of the safety and well-being of all people, in particular women and children, in the whole Middle East region, the promotion of which is facilitated, inter alia, in a stable and secure environment,
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Follow-up to the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyond (2010), para. 14
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- 3. Encourages Member States to adopt holistic approaches to policies and programmes that confront family poverty and social exclusion, and invites Member States to stimulate public debate and consultations on family-oriented and gender- and child-sensitive social protection policies, in accordance with the objectives of the International Year of the Family;
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Rights of the child (2013), para. 047
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- 23. Also calls upon all States to enact and enforce necessary legislative or other measures, in cooperation with relevant stakeholders, to prevent the distribution over the Internet and in all other media of child pornography, including depictions of child sexual abuse, ensuring that adequate mechanisms are in place to enable the reporting and removal of such material and that its creators, distributors and collectors are prosecuted as appropriate;
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Strengthening international cooperation in preventing and combating trafficking in persons and protecting victims of such trafficking (2004), para. 20
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- (a) Improved technical cooperation to strengthen local and national institutions aimed at preventing trafficking in persons, especially women and children, in countries of origin;
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Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children (2010), para. 204
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- 137. The present Guidelines should apply to all public and private entities and all persons involved in arrangements for a child to be sent for care to a country other than his/her country of habitual residence, whether for medical treatment, temporary hosting, respite care or any other reason.
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Global health and foreign policy (2013), para. 05
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- Noting with particular concern that for millions of people, the right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, including access to medicines, remains a distant goal, that especially for children and those living in poverty, the likelihood of achieving this goal is becoming increasingly remote, that millions of people are driven below the poverty line each year because of catastrophic out-of-pocket payments for health care, and that excessive out-of-pocket payments can discourage the impoverished from seeking or continuing care,
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Questions relating to information (2002), para. 54
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- 23. Recalls paragraph 10 of General Assembly resolution 55/47 of 29 November 2000, entitled “International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non- Violence for the Children of the World, 2001–2010”, and, in this context, encourages the Department of Public Information to undertake specific dissemination of information on a culture of peace, keeping in mind the ongoing Decade;
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Strengthening the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity (2018), para. 092
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- 31. Also invites Member States to integrate child- and youth-related issues into their criminal justice reform efforts, recognizing the importance of protecting children from all forms of violence, exploitation and abuse, consistent with the obligations of parties under relevant international instruments, and to develop comprehensive child - sensitive justice policies focused on the best interests of the child, consistent with the principle that the deprivation of liberty of children should be used only as a measure of last resort and for the shortest appropriate period of time;
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Draft outcome document of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the appraisal of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons (2017), para. 27
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- 20. We recognize that the issue of trafficking in persons in situations of armed conflict and humanitarian emergencies, including natural disasters, requires further attention. We encourage the training of humanitarian and peacekeepi ng personnel to be deployed in humanitarian emergencies and peacekeeping operations on responding to trafficking in persons and on gender expertise, child protection and sexual exploitation. We encourage all entities and bodies of the United Nations system to train their personnel and to build their technical capacity to assess situations for instances of trafficking in persons in armed conflict and humanitarian emergencies, and to work together to identify, prevent and respond effectively to victims of trafficking.
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Human rights in the administration of justice (2019), para. 11
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- Recalling the regional conference on oversight, inspection and monitoring of places where children are deprived of liberty in the framework of the criminal justice system organized in Buenos Aires on 19 and 20 May 2016 by the Special __________________ Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children and the United Nations Children’s Fund, and the important recommendations that have been put forward in this regard,
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Commemorative high-level plenary meeting devoted to the follow-up to the outcome of the special session on children (2007), para. 05
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- Recalling its resolution 58/282 of 9 February 2004 devoted to the follow-up to the outcome of the special session on children,
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Child, early and forced marriage in humanitarian settings (2017), para. 38
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- 18. Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to create a web portal to bring together and collate information relating to child, early and forced marriage, including in humanitarian settings;
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Rights of the child: protection of the rights of the child in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2017), para. 24
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- 3. Reaffirms that the child, for the full and harmonious development of his or her personality, should grow up in a family environment, that the best interests of the child shall be the guiding principle of those responsible for his or her nurture and protection, and that families’ and caregivers’ capacities to provide the child with care and a safe environment should be promoted;
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International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World, 2001–2010 (2005), para. 21
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- 8. Encourages the involvement of the mass media in education for a culture of peace and non-violence, with particular regard to children and young people, including through the planned expansion of the Culture of Peace News Network as a global network of Internet sites in many languages;
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Human rights and unilateral coercive measures (2003), para. 13
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- 2. Also urges all States to take steps to avoid and to refrain from adopting any unilateral measures not in accordance with international law and the Charter that impede the full achievement of economic and social development by the population of the affected countries, in particular children and women, that hinder their well-being and that create obstacles to the full enjoyment of their human rights, including the right of everyone to a standard of living adequate for their health and well-being and their right to food, medical care and the necessary social services, as well as to ensure that food and medicine are not used as tools for political pressure;
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Rights of the child (2006), para. 038
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- (e) To strengthen international cooperation and mutual assistance to end impunity for crimes against children;
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Protection of migrants (2013), para. 32
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- 1. Calls upon States to promote and protect effectively the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all migrants, regardless of their migration status, especially those of women and children, and to address international migration through international, regional or bilateral cooperation and dialogue and a comprehensive and balanced approach, recognizing the roles and responsibilities of countries of origin, transit and destination in promoting and protecting the human rights of all migrants, and avoiding approaches that might aggravate their vulnerability;
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Rights of the child (2004), para. 030
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- (a) To strengthen their national statistical capacities and to use statistics disaggregated, inter alia, by age, gender and other relevant factors that may lead to disparities and other statistical indicators at the national, subregional, regional and international levels to develop and assess social policies and programmes so that economic and social resources are used efficiently and effectively for the full realization of the rights of the child;
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Rights of the child: empowering children with disabilities for the enjoyment of their human rights, including through inclusive education (2019), para. 50
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- 31. Urges States to take steps to adopt inclusive strategies for comprehensive school safety and security in emergencies, including with respect to disaster risk reduction, that are sensitive to learners with disabilities, in order to address the disproportionate impact of armed conflict, humanitarian emergencies and natural and human-made hazards on the right to education, including for children with disabilities who are displaced or compelled to migrate due to such situations;
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International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non- Violence for the Children of the World, 2001–2010 (2003), para. 18
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- 5. Encourages the appropriate authorities to provide education, in children’s schools, that includes lessons in mutual understanding, tolerance, active citizenship, human rights and the promotion of a culture of peace;
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Question of human rights in Afghanistan (2003), para. 09
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- Recalling Security Council resolution 1296 (2000) of 19 April 2000 on the protection of civilians, resolution 1379 (2001) of 20 November 2001 on children and armed conflict, resolution 1325 (2000) of 31 October 2000 and the statements by the President of the Council of 31 October 2001 13 and 31 October 2002, on women and peace and security,
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Rights of the child: protection of the rights of the child in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2017), para. 43
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- 19. Acknowledges the relevant role played by civil society organizations in supporting the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, and recognizes their active participation and contribution in the follow-up and review processes through the established mechanisms, particularly in relation to the rights of the child;
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United Nations Literacy Decade: education for all (2009), para. 07
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- Convinced that literacy is crucial to the acquisition by every child, youth and adult of the essential life skills that will enable them to address the challenges that they can face in life and represents an essential condition of lifelong learning, which is an indispensable means for effective participation in the knowledge societies and economies of the twenty-first century,
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Outcome document of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the overall review of the implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society (2016), para. 16
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- 7. We acknowledge that particular attention should be paid to address the unique and emerging information and communications technology challenges facing all countries, in particular developing countries, including African countries, least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing States and middle-income countries, as well as countries and territories under foreign occupation, countries in situations of conflict, post-conflict countries and countries affected by natural disasters. Particular attention should also be paid to addressing the specific information and communications technology challenges facing children, youth, persons with disabilities, older persons, indigenous peoples, refugees and internally displaced persons, migrants and remote and rural communities.
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The girl child (2014), para. 16
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- Recognizing that child-headed households may result from the death of parents and/or legal guardians, and that children can become de facto heads of households owing to parental illness, whether physical or mental, parental neglect, the migration of parents or other such factors,
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Rights of the child: a holistic approach to the protection and promotion of the rights of children working and/or living on the street (2011), para. 13
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- Profoundly concerned that the situation of children in many parts of the world remains critical and has been negatively affected by the world financial and economic crisis,
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Preparations for and observance of the twentieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family (2013), para. 15
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- 6. Further encourages Member States to strengthen provisions for parental leave, extend flexible working arrangements for employees with family responsibilities, promote gender equality and the empowerment of women, enhance paternal involvement and support a wide range of quality childcare arrangements in order to improve work-family balance;
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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. 069
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- 30. Takes note of the Global Plan towards the Elimination of New HIV Infections among Children by 2015 and Keeping Their Mothers Alive: 2011-2015;
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United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (the Bangkok Rules) (2011), para. 066
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- 2. Prior to or on admission, women with caretaking responsibilities for children shall be permitted to make arrangements for those children, including the possibility of a reasonable suspension of detention, taking into account the best interests of the children.
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Rights of the child: empowering children with disabilities for the enjoyment of their human rights, including through inclusive education (2019), para. 31
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- 13. Urges States to ensure the right of children with disabilities to social protection, including by providing access to appropriate and affordable services, assistive devices and inclusive technologies, and the maintenance thereof, and other assistance for disability-related needs, and to social-inclusion and poverty-reduction programmes, including assistance with disability-related expenses, adequate training, counselling, financial assistance and respite care for families and caregivers, in particular for those living in situations of poverty;
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Situation of human rights in Myanmar (2007), para. 13
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- (e) The establishment by the Government of Myanmar of a committee for the prevention of military recruitment of underage soldiers and the adoption in November 2004 of an outline plan of action to address the issues of underage recruitment and child soldiers, and the declared willingness of the Government to cooperate with the United Nations and other international organizations to address these issues;
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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2014), para. 32
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- 26. Notes that the lack of civil registration and related documentation makes persons vulnerable to statelessness and associated protection risks, recognizes that birth registration provides an official record of a child’s legal identity and is crucial to preventing and reducing statelessness, and welcomes pledges by States to ensure the birth registration of all children;
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Inclusive development for and with persons with disabilities (2019), para. 42
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- 11. Affirms that persons with disabilities, including children, have the right to inclusive and equitable education and lifelong learning opportunities on the basis of equal opportunity and non-discrimination, and urges Member States to ensure full access to education and lifelong learning opportunities for persons with disabilities on an equal basis with others by taking appropriate steps through the provision of information in accessible and alternative communication formats, reasonable accommodation and other support, as required;
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Rights of the child (2017), para. 060
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- 29. Reaffirms paragraphs 49 to 57 of its resolution 68/147 , and calls upon all States to respect and protect the rights of children alleged to have infringed or recognized as having infringed penal law, as well as children of persons alleged to have infringed or recognized as having infringed penal law;
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Elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members (2017), para. 10
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- Reaffirming that persons affected by leprosy and their family members, including women and children, should be treated with dignity and are entitled to the enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms under customary international law, relevant conventions and national constitutions and laws,
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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. 204
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- (a) To ensure that offences involving violence against children are, by law, punishable by appropriate penalties that take into account their grave nature;
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Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children (2010), para. 131
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- 82. States should pay special attention to ensuring that children in alternative care because of parental imprisonment or prolonged hospitalization have the opportunity to maintain contact with their parents and receive any necessary counselling and support in that regard.
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Rights of the child (2014), para. 100
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- 54. Calls upon all States to take all the measures necessary to avoid revictimization of children victims or witnesses during all stages of judicial proceedings;
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Technical assistance and capacity-building to improve human rights in the Sudan (2016), para. 12
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- Welcoming also the adoption by the Government of the Sudan in March 2016 of an action plan signed by the Government and the United Nations to protect children in armed conflicts and to prevent the unlawful recruitment and use of children by the security forces of the Government by strengthening mechanisms for the protection of children, and urging its full implementation,
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Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations (2017), para. 029
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- Noting with grave concern that violence, including gender-based violence, particularly sexual violence, and violence against children, continues to be deliberately directed against civilian populations during and after humanitarian situations,
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Question of human rights in Afghanistan (2002), para. 37
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- (d) To refrain from the recruitment or use of children in hostilities contrary to international standards and to take all necessary measures for the demobilization and social reintegration of war-affected children;
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Women in development (2008), para. 34
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- 17. Calls upon Governments to promote, inter alia, through legislation and family-friendly and gender-sensitive work environments, the facilitation of breastfeeding for working mothers and the provision of the necessary care for working women’s children and other dependants and to consider promoting policies and programmes, as appropriate, to enable men and women to reconcile their work, social and family responsibilities;
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Rights of the child (2019), para. 092
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- 50. Calls upon all Member States to ensure that children associated or allegedly associated with armed groups should be treated primarily as victims and in line with the best interests of the child, and to consider non-judicial measures as alternatives to prosecution and detention and take measures that focus on rehabilitation and reintegration in an environment that fosters the health, self -respect and dignity of the child, in accordance with relevant provisions of international humanitarian law, as well as human rights law, in particular the Convention on the Rights of the Child;
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New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants (2016), para. 036
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- 29. We recognize and will take steps to address the particular vulnerabilities of women and children during the journey from country of origin to country of arrival. This includes their potential exposure to discrimination and exploitation, as well as to sexual, physical and psychological abuse, violence, human trafficking and contemporary forms of slavery.
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Commemoration of the thirtieth anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (2019), para. 02
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- Emphasizing that the Convention on the Rights of the Child 1 constitutes the standard in the promotion and protection of the rights of the child, and, bearing in mind the importance of the Optional Protocols to the Convention, 2 calling for their universal ratification and effective implementation, as well as that of other human rights instruments,
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (2002), para. 29
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- 19. Also invites the Special Rapporteur to continue to consider questions relating to the torture of children and conditions conducive to such torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and to make appropriate recommendations for the prevention of such torture;
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The situation in Afghanistan (2019), para. 39
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- 20. Recognizes that an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned inclusive peace process backed by regional actors, in particular Pakistan, and supported by the international community, is essential for achieving long-term peace and stability in Afghanistan, reiterating its firm commitment to supporting the Government of Afghanistan in its efforts in this regard, and that, to be successful, a political solution must ensure the renunciation of violence and the breaking of all ties to international terrorism, protect the human rights of all, including women, children and persons belonging to minorities, in accordance with international law and as enshrined in the Constitution of Afghanistan, and build a peaceful Afghanistan, with full respect for the implementation of the measures and application of the procedures introduced by the Security Council in its resolutions 1267 (1999) , 1988 (2011) 2160 (2014) and 2255 (2015) , as well as other relevant resolutions of the Council, calls upon all relevant States, especially neighbouring countries, and international organizations to remain engaged in the Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace process, and recognizes the impact that terrorist attacks have on the Afghan people, while underlining that such acts should not hinder efforts to achieve a peace settlement;
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Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children (2010), para. 160
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- (g) Helping the child to keep in touch with his/her family, when appropriate.
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Situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2006), para. 22
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- (c) To put an immediate end to the recruitment and use of child soldiers, which is contrary to international law and to the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, 3 with the understanding that, under the Convention on the Rights of the Child 4 and the Optional Protocol thereto on the involvement of children in armed conflict, 5 and in accordance with Security Council resolutions 1539 (2004) of 22 April 2004 and 1612 (2005) of 26 July 2005 on children and armed conflict, persons under the age of 18 are entitled to special protection, and to develop and implement without delay the action plans called for in Council resolutions 1539 (2004) and 1612 (2005);
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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. 290
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- (a) To ensure that children in detention and their parents and/or legal guardians are aware of their rights and can access the mechanisms in place to protect those rights, including access to legal aid;
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Rights of the child (2014), para. 012
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- Profoundly concerned that the situation of children in many parts of the world remains negatively affected 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 socioeconomic context,
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Rights of the child (2013), para. 039
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- Promoting and protecting the rights of children, including children in particularly difficult situations
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Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences (2019), para. 08
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- Deeply concerned that the global estimate of the number of people subjected to contemporary forms of slavery is 40.3 million, of which 28.7 million are women and girls and one in four are children, 2
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Rights of the child: a holistic approach to the protection and promotion of the rights of children working and/or living on the street (2011), para. 06
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- Reaffirming that it is essential for States to take all appropriate measures to ensure the meaningful participation of children, including children working and/or living on the street, in all matters and decisions affecting their lives through the expression of their views, and that those views be given due weight in accordance with their age and maturity,
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The girl child (2010), para. 04
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- Recalling all human rights and other instruments relevant to the rights of the child, in particular the girl child, including the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1 0F the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 1F 2 the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocols thereto, 4 3F
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Draft outcome document of the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly of September 2005 (2005), para. 094
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- 47. We strongly support fair globalization and resolve to make the goals of full and productive employment and decent work for all, including for women and young people, a central objective of our relevant national and international policies as well as our national development strategies, including poverty reduction strategies, as part of our efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. These measures should also encompass the elimination of the worst forms of child labour, as defined in International Labour Organization Convention No. 182, and forced labour. We also resolve to ensure full respect for the fundamental principles and rights at work.
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Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic (2018), para. 70
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- 43. Deplores the suffering and torture in detention centres throughout the Syrian Arab Republic, as depicted in the reports of the Commission of Inquiry and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, as well as in the evidence presented by “Caesar” in January 2014, and in the reports of widespread killing of detainees in Syrian military intelligence facilities, in particular in Mezzeh military airport detention facilities, and Military Security Branches 215, 227, 248 and 291, as well as the reported killing of detainees at military hospitals, including Tishreen and Harasta, expresses deep concern that the regime concealed a mass killing of prisoners at the Sednaya penitentiary complex, demands that the Syrian authorities immediately halt the arbitrary detention of individuals, release all those unlawfully detained, including women, children, human rights defenders, humanitarian aid providers, medical personnel and journalists, and ensure that conditions in detention facilities are consistent with international law, and calls upo n the Syrian authorities to publish a list of all detention facilities and to provide information on those they have detained to their families;
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The girl child (2010), para. 26
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- Recognizing that early childbearing continues to be an impediment to the improvement of the educational and social status of girls in all parts of the world and that, overall, child and forced marriages and early motherhood can severely curtail their educational opportunities and are likely to have a long-term, adverse impact on their employment opportunities and on their and their children’s quality of life,
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Sport as a means to promote education, health, development and peace (2014), para. 45
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- 13. Welcomes the ongoing efforts undertaken by the Sport for Development and Peace International Working Group, which met for its thematic meeting on harnessing the power of sport to address gender-based violence and its fourth plenary session, on 30 June and 1 July 2014, respectively, and the commencement of the substantive work of the thematic working group on sport and persons with disabilities, in addition to the working groups on sport and peace, sport and gender, and sport and child and youth development;
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Rights of the child (2003), para. 057
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- 27. Also calls upon States to investigate and submit cases of torture and other forms of violence against children to the competent authorities for the purpose of prosecution and to impose appropriate disciplinary or penal sanctions against those responsible for such practices;
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Rights of the child (2020), para. 107
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- (h) To continue its consideration of the question at its seventy-sixth session under the item entitled “Promotion and protection of the rights of children”.
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Rights of the child (2008), para. 014
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- Reaffirming also the need for mainstreaming a gender perspective in all policies and programmes relating to children, and recognizing the child as a rights holder in all policies and programmes relating to children,
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Operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (2014), para. 31
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- Deploring also the killing and wounding of refugee children and women sheltering in the Agency schools by the Israeli occupying forces during the military operations of July and August 2014,
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Policies and programmes involving youth: youth in the global economy – promoting youth participation in social and economic development (2008), para. 133
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- 63. Where traditional forms of social support have been reduced by migration, globalization and related situations, Governments should work with non- governmental organizations and the private sector to provide assistance and support to older caregivers, especially those providing care for HIV/AIDS orphans, in meeting the needs of their children and grandchildren.
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Literacy for life: shaping future agendas (2017), para. 14
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- Deeply concerned about the impact of disrupted educational services in humanitarian emergencies on efforts to promote literacy skills, especially for all children and young people,
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Follow-up to the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace (2015), para. 29
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- 6. Commends the practical initiatives and actions by relevant United Nations bodies, including the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) and the University for Peace, as well as their activities in further promoting a culture of peace and non-violence, including the promotion of peace education and activities related to specific areas identified in the Programme of Action and encourages them to continue and further strengthen and expand their efforts, and in this context notes with appreciation the global launch of the United Nations Children’s Fund Early Childhood Peace Consortium in September 2013;
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Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights (2016), para. 05
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- Taking note of the progress report of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee on the global issue of unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights, in which the Committee presented an analysis of the situation of children with high vulnerability, 1
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Situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2004), para. 45
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- (e) To put an immediate end to the recruitment and use of child soldiers, which are in contravention of international law and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, 10 with the understanding that, under the Convention on the Rights of the Child 11 and the Optional Protocol thereto on the involvement of children in armed conflict, 12 persons under the age of 18 are entitled to special protection, and to provide information without delay on measures taken to discontinue such practices;
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Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran (2019), para. 10
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- 7. Also welcomes the continuing efforts of the Islamic Republic of Iran to host large numbers of Afghan refugees and to grant them access to basic services, in particular access to health care and education for children;
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Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and full implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly (2010), para. 17
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- Recalling Security Council resolutions 1325 (2000) of 31 October 2000 and 1820 (2008) of 19 June 2008 on women and peace and security, and welcoming the adoption of Council resolution 1882 (2009) of 4 August 2009 on children and armed conflict and Council resolutions 1888 (2009) of 30 September 2009 and 1889 (2009) of 5 October 2009 on women and peace and security,
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Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (2013), para. 19
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- Gravely concerned in particular about the critical humanitarian, socioeconomic and security situation in the Gaza Strip, including that resulting from the prolonged closures and severe economic and movement restrictions that in effect amount to a blockade and from the continuing negative repercussions of the military operations between December 2008 and January 2009, which caused extensive loss of life and injury, particularly among Palestinian civilians, including children and women, widespread destruction and damage to Palestinian homes, properties, vital infrastructure and public institutions, including hospitals, schools and United Nations facilities, and the internal displacement of civilians, as well as about the firing of rockets into Israel,
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Cooperation between the United Nations and the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization (2008), para. 09
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- 4. Notes with appreciation the work of the Consultative Organization aimed at strengthening the efforts of the United Nations in respect of issues such as combating corruption, international terrorism and trafficking in women and children, as well as human rights issues;
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International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non- Violence for the Children of the World, 2001–2010 (2010), para. 22
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- 5. Encourages the Peacebuilding Commission to continue to promote a culture of peace and non-violence for children in its activities;
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Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children (2010), para. 158
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- (e) Assisting the child in family tracing;
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Situation of human rights in Myanmar (2018), para. 12
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- Noting with deep concern that, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund, nearly 60 per cent of Rohingya Muslims who have been forced to flee to Bangladesh are children,
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United Nations common system: report of the International Civil Service Commission (2016), para. 35
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- (a) Staff members in receipt of the dependency rate of salary in respect of a dependent child at the time of conversion to the unified salary scale structure will receive a transitional allowance of 6 per cent of net remuneration in respect of that dependent child and that no child allowance should be paid concurrently in that case;
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The rights of the child (1999), para. 99
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- 6. Calls upon all States that have not yet done so to consider ratifying the conventions of the International Labour Organization concerning the abolition of forced labour and the minimum age for employment, including for particularly hazardous work for children, and to implement those conventions;
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Trafficking in persons, especially women and children: regional and subregional cooperation in promoting a human rights-based approach to combating trafficking in persons (2010), para. 28
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- 5. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children (A/HRC/14/32);
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Strengthening international cooperation in preventing and combating trafficking in persons and protecting victims of such trafficking (2004), para. 05
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- Recalling also the International Labour Organization Convention concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour, 1999 (Convention No. 182), which prohibits forced or obligatory labour of all people under the age of 18,
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Draft outcome document of the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals (2010), para. 161
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- Millennium Development Goal 4 – Reduce child mortality
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Plight of street children (1994), para. 12
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- Welcoming the efforts made by some Governments to take effective action to address the question of street children,
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The rights of the child (2001), para. 063
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- 5. Calls upon the international community to support, through effective international cooperation, including technical advice and assistance, the efforts of States to improve the situation of children working and/or living on the streets;
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Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace (1999), para. 071
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- (c) Involve children in activities designed to instill in them the values and goals of a culture of peace;
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Draft United Nations Millennium Declaration (2000), para. 51
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- • By the same date, to have reduced maternal mortality by three quarters, and under-five child mortality by two thirds, of their current rates.
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