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Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic (2015), para. 33
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- 12. Strongly condemns the intervention in the Syrian Arab Republic of all foreign terrorist fighters and those foreign organizations fighting on behalf of the Syrian regime, particularly militia groups such as Hizbullah, Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq and Liwa’ Abu al-Fadl al-Abbas, and expresses deep concern that their involvement further exacerbates the deteriorating situation in the Syrian Arab Republic, including the human rights and humanitarian situation, which has a serious negative impact on the region;
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- Humanitarian
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- Sep 22, 2021
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Violence against women migrant workers (2016), para. 37
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- 6. Calls upon all Governments to incorporate a human rights, gender- sensitive and people-centred perspective in legislation, policies and programmes on international migration and on labour and employment, consistent with their human rights obligations and commitments under human rights instruments, for the prevention of and protection of migrant women against violence and discrimination, exploitation and abuse, to take effective measures to ensure that such migration and labour policies do not reinforce discrimination, and, where necessary, to conduct impact assessment studies of such legislation, policies and programmes in order to identify the impact of measures taken and the results achieved in regard to women migrant workers;
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- Persons on the move
- Women
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Modalities for the intergovernmental negotiations of the global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration (2017), para. 20
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- 8. Underlines that relevant stakeholders, including civil society, scientific and knowledge-based institutions, parliaments, local authorities, the private sector and migrants themselves, will be able to contribute views, in particular through informal dialogues to which they will be invited by the cofacilitators; the intergovernmental nature of the negotiations, however, will be fully respected;
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- Sep 21, 2020
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The right to food (2020), para. 66
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- 25. Recognizes the need to strengthen national commitment, as well as international assistance, upon the request of and in cooperation with the affected countries, towards the full realization and protection of the right to food, and in particular to develop national protection mechanisms for people forced to leave their homes and land because of hunger or humanitarian emergencies affecting their enjoyment of the right to food;
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- All
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Continuation of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2003), para. 3
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- Recognizing the need for concerted international action on behalf of refugees and displaced persons of concern to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees,
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (2017), para. 40
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- Noting with appreciation the progress made towards rebuilding the Nahr el-Bared refugee camp, commending the Government of Lebanon, donors, the Agency and other parties concerned for the continuing efforts to assist affected and displaced refugees, and emphasizing the need for the funding required to complete the reconstruction of the camp and end without delay the displacement from the camp of thousands of residents whose shelters have not been reb uilt,
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan (2005), para. 25
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- 6. Reiterates its calls for the prevention of all acts of violence by Israeli settlers, especially against Palestinian civilians and property, particularly in the light of recent developments;
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Violence against women migrant workers (2008), para. 14
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- Noting with concern that many migrant women who are employed in the informal economy and in less skilled work are especially vulnerable to abuse and exploitation, and underlining in this regard the obligation of States to protect the human rights of migrants so as to prevent abuse and exploitation,
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- Persons on the move
- Women
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Human rights and issues related to terrorist hostage-taking (2011), para. 17
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- 5. Recognizes that the issue of hostage-taking by terrorist groups poses a number of challenges and has an adverse impact not only on the protection of the human rights of hostages but also on the protection and enjoyment of these rights by those living in local communities, including in terms of socio-economic impact and development, in the countries of the regions affected by this scourge, and expresses concern at the fact that actions or measures taken to obtain the release of hostages may compound this adverse impact;
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Assistance to the Palestinian people (2004), para. 32
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- (a) An assessment of the assistance actually received by the Palestinian people;
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- Persons on the move
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Assistance to refugees, returnees and displaced persons in Africa (2000), para. 37
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- 23. Emphasizes the need for the Office of the High Commissioner to collate statistics, on a regular basis, on the number of refugees living outside refugee camps in certain African countries, with a view to evaluating and addressing the needs of those refugees;
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- 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;
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- Children
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- Youth
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- Sep 21, 2020
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International migration and development (2005), para. 02
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- Recalling the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development adopted at Cairo, 1 in particular chapter X on international migration, and the key actions for the further implementation of the Programme of Action, set out in the annex to General Assembly resolution S-21/2 of 2 July 1999, in particular section II.C on international migration, as well as the relevant provisions contained in the Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development, 2 the Programme of Action of the World Summit for Social Development, 3 the Platform for Action adopted by the Fourth World Conference on Women 4 and the outcome documents of the twenty- fourth 5 and twenty-fifth special sessions of the General Assembly,
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- Persons on the move
- Women
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Violence against women migrant workers (2018), para. 35
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- Recognizing also that the vulnerabilities documented for women migrant workers highlight increasingly complex migration contexts and channels, where migrant workers may find themselves in life-threatening situations when entering other countries,
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- Women
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations (2005), para. 32
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- 18. Calls upon all Governments and parties in complex humanitarian emergencies, in particular in armed conflicts and in post-conflict situations, in countries in which humanitarian personnel are operating, in conformity with the relevant provisions of international law and national laws, to cooperate fully with the United Nations and other humanitarian agencies and organizations and to ensure the safe and unhindered access of humanitarian personnel as well as supplies and equipment in order to allow them to perform efficiently their task of assisting the affected civilian population, including refugees and internally displaced persons;
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Assistance to Somalia in the field of human rights (2018), para. 13
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- (b) The landmark political agreement between the Federal Government and federal Member States, which paves the way for the drafting, consultation and passage of an electoral law by December 2018 as a first step towards realizing historic one-person, one-vote elections in 2020 and, in particular, the commitment of the Federal Government, federal Member States and the National Independent Election Commission to protect inclusivity in terms of ensuring equal participation and representation of women in decision-making, as well as of displaced persons, young persons, persons with disabilities, minorities and all members of disadvantaged groups, at all stages of the electoral cycle;
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- Persons on the move
- Persons with disabilities
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- Youth
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- Sep 21, 2020
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International Conference on Central American Refugees (1994), para. 04
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- Bearing in mind that the Central American Presidents, at the fourteenth summit meeting, held at Guatemala City from 27 to 29 October 1993, expressing the need to continue the transition from humanitarian assistance to development cooperation, decided to call upon the international community, especially the International Conference on Central American Refugees, which has carried out valuable work in that area, to continue its support for humanitarian and development programmes benefiting uprooted populations,
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Human rights of migrants (2012), para. 25
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- 10. Requests the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants and the Special Rapporteur on the right to education, within their respective mandates, to continue their efforts to promote and support the building of greater synergies among States to strengthen cooperation and assistance for the protection of the human rights of all migrants and to promote their right to education;
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (2002), para. 14
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- Deeply concerned also about the continuing critical financial situation of the Agency and its effect on the continuity of provision of necessary Agency services to the Palestine refugees, including the emergency-related programmes,
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Assistance to refugees, returnees and displaced persons in Africa (1997), para. 24
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- 16. Notes with satisfaction the voluntary return of millions of refugees to their homelands following the successful repatriation and reintegration operations carried out by the Office of the High Commissioner, with the cooperation and collaboration of many countries hosting refugees, and looks forward to other programmes to assist the voluntary repatriation of all refugees in Africa;
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2009), para. 09
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- 6. Re-emphasizes that the protection of refugees is primarily the responsibility of States, whose full and effective cooperation, action and political resolve are required to enable the Office of the High Commissioner to fulfil its mandated functions, and strongly emphasizes, in this context, the importance of active international solidarity and burden- and responsibility-sharing;
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Oceans and the law of the sea (2019), para. 199
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- 137. Expresses serious concern at the inhuman conditions hostages taken at sea face in captivity and also the adverse impact on their families, calls for the immediate release of all hostages taken at sea, and stresses the importance of cooperation among Member States on the issue of hostage-taking at sea;
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (2018), para. 42
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- 6. Reiterates its deep concern at the commission’s findings concerning the situation of refugees and asylum seekers returned to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, and other citizens of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea who have been repatriated from abroad and made subject to sanctions, including internment, torture, cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment, sexual violence, enforced disappearance or the death penalty, and in this regard strongly urges all States to respect the fundamental principle of non-refoulement, to treat humanely those who seek refuge and to ensure unhindered access to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights with a view to protecting the human rights of those who seek refuge, and once again urges State parties to comply with their obligations under international human rights law and the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the Protocol thereto in relation to persons from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea who are covered by those instruments;
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine (2019), para. 20
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- Condemning the reported serious violations and abuses committed against residents of Crimea, in particular extrajudicial killings, abductions, enforced disappearances, politically motivated prosecutions, discrimination, harassment, intimidation, violence, including sexual violence, arbitrary detentions and arrests, torture and ill-treatment, in particular to extract confessions, and psychiatric internment, and their transfer or deportation from Crimea to the Russian Federation, as well as reported abuses of other fundamental freedoms, including the freedoms of expression, religion or belief and association and the right to peaceful assembly,
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Offers by Member States of grants and scholarships for higher education, including vocational training, for Palestine refugees (2002), para. 10
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- 4. Invites the relevant specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system to continue, within their respective spheres of competence, to extend assistance for higher education to Palestine refugee students;
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Persons displaced as a result of the June 1967 and subsequent hostilities (2006), para. 05
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- Taking note also of the report of the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East covering the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005, 2
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Violence against women migrant workers (2020), para. 54
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- 12. Urges States to adopt or develop and implement legislation and policies, in accordance with their commitments and obligations under international law, to prevent and respond to gender-related killing of women and girls, including femicide, while taking into account the particular difficulties faced by women migrant workers in accessing justice;
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- Girls
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- Women
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (2016), para. 06
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- Underlining that, at a time of heightened conflict and instability in the Middle East, the Agency continues to play a vital role in ameliorating the plight of the Palestine refugees through the provision of, inter alia, essential education, health, relief and social services programmes and emergency assistance to a registered population of 5.3 million refugees whose situation has become extremely precarious, and in providing a crucial measure of stability in the region,
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- 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;
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- Children
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- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Youth
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Missing persons (2015), para. 08
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- Noting that the issue of persons reported missing in connection with international or non-international armed conflicts, in particular those who are victims of serious violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law, continues to have a negative impact on efforts to put an end to those conflicts and inflicts grievous suffering on the families of missing persons, and stressing in this regard the need to address the issue from, inter alia, a humanitarian and rule of law perspective,
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- Families
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- Sep 21, 2020
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