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African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2i
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- 2. States Parties shall undertake to pursue the full implementation of this right and in particular shall take measures to: i) Institute comprehensive programmes including legislative steps to prevent unsafe abortions;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. e
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- RECALLING the historic injustices imposed on Africa such as slavery, colonization, depletion of natural resources and taking into account the firm will of African peoples for self-determination and the economic integration of Africa;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1h
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- 1. Every State Parties shall develop a comprehensive and coherent national youth policy. h) The policy shall be adopted by parliament and enacted into law;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1k
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- 1. Every State Parties shall develop a comprehensive and coherent national youth policy. k) Such a programme of action shall be accompanied by adequate and sustained budgetary allocation.
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 3b
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- 3. States Parties shall: b) Promote the development of youth media for the dissemination of information to young people;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 3c
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- 3. States Parties shall: c) Encourage international co-operation in the production, exchange and dissemination of information from both national and international sources that are of economic, social and cultural value to youth;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1
- Paragraph text
- 1. Every young person shall have the right to participate in all spheres of society.
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. undefined
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- Nothing in this Charter shall be taken as minimising higher standards and values contained in other relevant human rights instruments ratified by States concerned or rational law or policies.
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. a
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- Every young person shall have responsibilities towards his family and society, the State, and the international community. Youth shall have the duty to: a) Become the custodians of their own development;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. b
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- Every young person shall have responsibilities towards his family and society, the State, and the international community. Youth shall have the duty to: b) Protect and work for family life and cohesion;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 4p
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- 4. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures with a view to achieving full realisation of this right and shall, in particular: p) Adopt preferential recruitment policies for African youth with specialised skills amongst States Parties.
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2c
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- 2. States Parties shall take the following measures to promote active youth participation in society: They shall: c) Ensure equal access to young men and young women to participate in decision-making and in fulfilling civic duties;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance 2007, para. 1
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- State Parties shall promote participation of social groups with special needs, including the Youth and people with disabilities, in the governance process.
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Youth
- Year
- 2007
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1a
- Paragraph text
- 1. States Parties acknowledge the need to eliminate discrimination against girls and young women according to obligations stipulated in various international, regional and national human rights conventions and instruments designed to protect and promote women's rights. In this regard, they shall: a) Introduce legislative measures that eliminate all forms of discrimination against girls and young women and ensure their human rights and fundamental freedoms;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1f
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- 1. States Parties acknowledge the need to eliminate discrimination against girls and young women according to obligations stipulated in various international, regional and national human rights conventions and instruments designed to protect and promote women's rights. In this regard, they shall: f) Ensure that education material and teaching practices are gender sensitive and encourage girls and young women to undertake studies in the sciences;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2e
- Paragraph text
- 2. States Parties shall undertake to pursue the full implementation of this right and in particular shall take measures to: e) Institute comprehensive programmes to prevent the transmission of sexually transmitted infections and HIV/AIDS by providing education, information, communication and awareness creation as well as making protective measures and reproductive health services available;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 4c
- Paragraph text
- 4. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures with a view to achieving full realisation of this right to gainful employment and shall in particular: c) Develop measures to regulate the informal economy to prevent unfair labour practices where the majority of youth work;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 4f
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- 4. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures with a view to achieving full realisation of this right to gainful employment and shall in particular: f) Promote youth entrepreneurship by including entrepreneurship training in the school curricula, providing access to credit, business development skills training, mentorship opportunities and better information on market opportunities;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. f
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- In view of the important role of youth in promoting peace and non-violence and the lasting physical and psychological scars that result from involvement in violence, armed conflict and war, States Parties shall: f) Mobilise youth for the reconstruction of areas devastated by war, bringing help to refugees and war victims and promoting peace, reconciliation and rehabilitation activities;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 4a
- Paragraph text
- 4. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures with a view to achieving full realisation of this right to gainful employment and shall in particular: a) Ensure equal access to employment and equal pay for equal work or equal value of work and offer protection against discrimination regardless of ethnicity, race, gender, disability, religion, political, social, cultural or economic background;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. undefined
- Paragraph text
- States Parties shall have the duty to promote and ensure through teaching, education and publication, the respect of rights, responsibilities and freedoms contained in the present Charter and to see to it that these freedoms, rights and responsibilities as well as corresponding obligations and duties are understood.
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2c
- Paragraph text
- 2. States Parties shall undertake to pursue the full implementation of this right and in particular shall take measures to: c) Provide access to youth friendly reproductive health services including contraceptives, antenatal and post natal services;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1
- Paragraph text
- 1. Every young person accused or found guilty of having infringed the penal law shall have the right to be treated with humanity and with respect for the inherent dignity of the human person.
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2a
- Paragraph text
- 2. States Parties shall in particular: a) Ensure that youth who are detained or imprisoned or in rehabilitation centres are not subjected to torture, inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2b
- Paragraph text
- 2. States Parties shall in particular: b) Ensure that accused minors shall be segregated from convicted persons and shall be subject to separate treatment appropriate to their status;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. n
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- CONSIDERING the role that youth have played in the process of decolonisation, the struggle against apartheid and more recently in its efforts to encourage the development and to promote the democratic processes on the African Continent;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. o
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- REAFFIRMING that the continuous cultural development of Africa rests with its youth and therefore requires their active and enlightened participation as espoused in the Cultural Charter for Africa;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1a
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- 1. Every State Parties shall develop a comprehensive and coherent national youth policy. a) The policy shall be cross-sectoral in nature considering the inter- relatedness of the challenges facing young people;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1d
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- 1. Every State Parties shall develop a comprehensive and coherent national youth policy. d) Mechanisms to address these youth challenges shall be framed within the national development framework of the country;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1e
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- 1. Every State Parties shall develop a comprehensive and coherent national youth policy. e) The policy shall provide guidelines on the definition of youth adopted and specify subgroups that shall be targeted for development;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1
- Paragraph text
- 1. Every young person shall have the right to free association and freedom of peaceful assembly in conformity with the law.
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2
- Paragraph text
- 2. Young people shall not be compelled to belong to an association.
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 3a
- Paragraph text
- 3. States Parties shall: a) Encourage the media to disseminate information that will be of economic, political, social and cultural benefit to youth;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1
- Paragraph text
- 1. Every young person shall have the right to education of good quality.
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 7
- Paragraph text
- 7. Enterprises that are located in Africa should establish partnerships with training institutions to contribute to technology transfer for the benefit of African students and researchers.
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. u
- Paragraph text
- TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION the needs and aspirations of young displaced persons, refugees and youth with special needs;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1
- Paragraph text
- 1. States Parties of the African Union to the present Charter shall recognize the rights, freedoms and duties enshrined in this Charter.
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1
- Paragraph text
- 1. Every young person shall be entitled to the enjoyments of the rights and freedoms recognized and guaranteed in this Charter irrespective of their race, ethnic group, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national and social origin, fortune, birth or other status.
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. b
- Paragraph text
- In view of the important role of youth in promoting peace and non-violence and the lasting physical and psychological scars that result from involvement in violence, armed conflict and war, States Parties shall: b) Institute mechanisms to promote a culture of peace and tolerance amongst young people that discourages their participation in acts of violence, terrorism, xenophobia, racial discrimination, gender-based discrimination, foreign occupation and trafficking in arms and drugs;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2c
- Paragraph text
- 2. States Parties recognise that the shift towards a knowledge-based economy is dependent on information and communication technology which in turn has contributed towards a dynamic youth culture and global consciousness. In this regard, they shall: c) Engage young people and youth organisations to understand the nexus between contemporary youth culture and traditional African culture, and enable them to express this fusion through drama, art, writing, music and other cultural and artistic forms;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1a
- Paragraph text
- 1. Young people shall have the right to rest and leisure and to engage in play and recreational activities that are part of a health lifestyle as well as to participate freely in sport, physical education drama, the arts, music and other forms of cultural life. In this regard, States Parties shall: a) Make provision for equal access for young men and young women to sport, physical education, cultural, artistic, recreational and leisure activities;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1e
- Paragraph text
- 1. States Parties acknowledge the need to eliminate discrimination against girls and young women according to obligations stipulated in various international, regional and national human rights conventions and instruments designed to protect and promote women's rights. In this regard, they shall: e) Guarantee equal access to and completion of vocational, secondary and higher education in order to effectively address the existing imbalance between young men and women in certain professions;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1i
- Paragraph text
- 1. States Parties acknowledge the need to eliminate discrimination against girls and young women according to obligations stipulated in various international, regional and national human rights conventions and instruments designed to protect and promote women's rights. In this regard, they shall: i) Protect girls and young women from economic exploitation and from performing work that is hazardous, takes them away from education or that is harmful to their mental or physical health;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2j
- Paragraph text
- 2. States Parties shall undertake to pursue the full implementation of this right and in particular shall take measures to: j) Take legislative steps such as banning advertising and increasing price in addition to instituting comprehensive preventative and curative programmes to control the consumption of tobacco, exposure to environmental tobacco smoke and alcohol abuse;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2n
- Paragraph text
- 2. States Parties shall undertake to pursue the full implementation of this right and in particular shall take measures to: n) Provide technical and financial support to build the institutional capacity of youth organisations to address public health concerns including issues concerning youth with disabilities and young people married at an early age.
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. c
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- In view of the important role of youth in promoting peace and non-violence and the lasting physical and psychological scars that result from involvement in violence, armed conflict and war, States Parties shall: c) Institute education to promote a culture of peace and dialogue in all schools and training centres at all levels;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 4e
- Paragraph text
- 4. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures with a view to achieving full realisation of this right to gainful employment and shall in particular: e) Implement appropriately-timed career guidance for youth as part of the schooling and post-schooling education system;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. l
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- RECALLING the United Nations World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and beyond and the ten priority areas identified for youth (education, employment, hunger and poverty, health, environment, drug abuse, juvenile delinquency, leisure-time activities, girls and young women and youth participating in decision-making), and the five additional areas (HIV/AIDS, ICT, Inter- generational dialogue,..) adopted at the 2005 UN General assembly;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
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African Youth Charter 2006, para. g
- Paragraph text
- BEARING IN MIND the international Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (1979) and the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights relating to the Rights of Women in Africa (2003) and the progress achieved in eliminating gender discrimination, but ever cognisant of the obstacles that still prevent girls and women from fully participating in African society;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1e
- Paragraph text
- 1. States Parties shall take the following steps to promote and protect the morals and traditional values recognised by the community: e) Harness the creativity of youth to promote local cultural values and traditions by representing them in a format acceptable to youth and in a language and in forms to which youth are able to relate;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. a
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- The African Union Commission shall ensure that States Parties respect the commitments made and fulfil the duties outlined in the present Charter by; a) Collaborating with governmental, non-governmental institutions and developmental partners to identify best practices on youth policy formulation and implementation and encouraging the adaptation of principles and experiences among States Parties;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. b
- Paragraph text
- The African Union Commission shall ensure that States Parties respect the commitments made and fulfil the duties outlined in the present Charter by; b) Inviting States Parties to include youth representatives as part of their delegations to the ordinary sessions of the African Union and other relevant meetings of the policy organs to broaden the channels of communication and enhance the discussion of youth-related issues;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1g
- Paragraph text
- 1. States Parties acknowledge the need to eliminate discrimination against girls and young women according to obligations stipulated in various international, regional and national human rights conventions and instruments designed to protect and promote women's rights. In this regard, they shall: g) Provide educational systems that do not impede girls and young women, including married and/or pregnant young women, from attending;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2c
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- 2. States Parties shall in particular: c) Build rehabilitation facilities for accused and imprisoned youth who are still minors and house them separately from adults;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2d
- Paragraph text
- 2. States Parties shall in particular: d) Provide induction programmes for imprisoned youth that are based on reformation, social rehabilitation and re-integration into family life;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2e
- Paragraph text
- 2. States Parties shall in particular: e) Make provisions for the continued education and skills development of imprisoned young people as part of the restorative justice process.
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2f
- Paragraph text
- 2. States Parties shall in particular: f) Ensure that accused and convicted young people are entitled to a lawyer.
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1
- Paragraph text
- 1. States Parties shall ensure the use of sustainable methods to improve the lives of young people such that measures instituted do not jeopardise opportunities for future generations.
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. f
- Paragraph text
- CONVINCED that Africa's greatest resource is its youthful population and that through their active and full participation, Africans can surmount the difficulties that lie ahead;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. p
- Paragraph text
- GUIDED by the New Partnership for Africa's Development Strategic Framework for Youth Programme of 2004 that is working towards youth empowerment and development;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. q
- Paragraph text
- ACKNOWLEDGING the increasing calls and the enthusiasm of youth to actively participate at local, national, regional and international levels to determine their own development and the advancement of society at large;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. undefined
- Paragraph text
- Every young person has the right to leave any country, including his/her own, and to return to his/her country.
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1
- Paragraph text
- 1. Every young person shall be assured the right to express his or her ideas and opinions freely in all matters and to disseminate his or her ideas and opinions subject to the restrictions as are prescribed by laws.
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1f
- Paragraph text
- 1. Every State Parties shall develop a comprehensive and coherent national youth policy. f) The policy shall advocate equal opportunities for young men and for young women;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2
- Paragraph text
- 2. The value of multiple forms of education, including formal, non-formal, informal, distance learning and life-long learning, to meet the diverse needs of young people shall be embraced.
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. undefined
- Paragraph text
- Every young person shall have the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion.
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. undefined
- Paragraph text
- No young person shall be subject to the arbitrary or unlawful interference with his/her privacy, residence or correspondence, or to attacks upon his/her honour or reputation.
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1
- Paragraph text
- 1. The family, as the most basic social institution, shall enjoy the full protection and support of States Parties for its establishment and development noting that the structure and form of families varies in different social and cultural contexts.
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2
- Paragraph text
- 2. An amendment shall be approved by a simple majority of the Member States. Such amendment shall come into force for each Member States that has ratified or acceded to it on the date of the deposit of its instrument of ratification.
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. d
- Paragraph text
- Every young person shall have responsibilities towards his family and society, the State, and the international community. Youth shall have the duty to: d) Partake fully in citizenship duties including voting, decision making and governance;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. g
- Paragraph text
- Every young person shall have responsibilities towards his family and society, the State, and the international community. Youth shall have the duty to: g) Espouse an honest work ethic and reject and expose corruption;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. k
- Paragraph text
- NOTING with concern the situation of African youth, many of whom are marginalized from mainstream society through inequalities in income, wealth and power, unemployment and underemployment, infected and affected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic, living in situations of poverty and hunger, experiencing illiteracy and poor quality educational systems, restricted access to health services and to information, exposure to violence including gender violence, engaging in armed conflicts and experiencing various forms of discrimination;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2d
- Paragraph text
- 2. States Parties recognise that the shift towards a knowledge-based economy is dependent on information and communication technology which in turn has contributed towards a dynamic youth culture and global consciousness. In this regard, they shall: d) Help young people to use positive elements of globalisation such as science and technology and information and communication technology to promote new cultural forms that link the past to the future;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2b
- Paragraph text
- 2. States Parties shall undertake to pursue the full implementation of this right and in particular shall take measures to: b) Secure the full involvement of youth in identifying their reproductive and health needs and designing programmes that respond to these needs with special attention to vulnerable and disadvantaged youth;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 3d
- Paragraph text
- 3. States Parties shall: d) Provide access to information and education and training for young people to learn their rights and responsibilities, to be schooled in democratic processes, citizenship, decision-making, governance and leadership such that they develop the technical skills and confidence to participate in these processes;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 4h
- Paragraph text
- 4. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures with a view to achieving full realisation of this right and shall, in particular: h) Ensure, where applicable, that girls and young women who become pregnant or married before completing their education shall have the opportunity to continue their education;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1
- Paragraph text
- 1. States Parties recognise the right of mentally and physically challenged youth to special care and shall ensure that they have equal and effective access to education, training, health care services, employment, sport, physical education and cultural and recreational activities.
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2a
- Paragraph text
- 2. Recognise the right of young people to be free from hunger and shall take individual or collective measures to: a) Enhance the attractiveness of rural areas to young people by improving access to services and facilities such as educational and cultural services;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2b
- Paragraph text
- 2. States Parties recognise that the shift towards a knowledge-based economy is dependent on information and communication technology which in turn has contributed towards a dynamic youth culture and global consciousness. In this regard, they shall: b) Encourage the local production of and access to information and communication technology content;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1c
- Paragraph text
- 1. States Parties acknowledge the need to eliminate discrimination against girls and young women according to obligations stipulated in various international, regional and national human rights conventions and instruments designed to protect and promote women's rights. In this regard, they shall: c) Institute programmes to make girls and young women aware of their rights and of opportunities to participate as equal members of society;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1d
- Paragraph text
- 1. States Parties acknowledge the need to eliminate discrimination against girls and young women according to obligations stipulated in various international, regional and national human rights conventions and instruments designed to protect and promote women's rights. In this regard, they shall: d) Guarantee universal and equal access to and completion of a minimum of nine years of formal education;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. c
- Paragraph text
- The African Union Commission shall ensure that States Parties respect the commitments made and fulfil the duties outlined in the present Charter by; c) Instituting measures to create awareness of its activities and make information on its activities more readily available and accessible to youth;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 3a
- Paragraph text
- 3. The education of young people shall be directed to: a) The promotion and holistic development of the young person's cognitive and creative and emotional abilities to their full potential;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 3d
- Paragraph text
- 3. The education of young people shall be directed to: d) The preservation and strengthening of positive African morals, traditional values and cultures and the development of national and African identity and pride;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 3e
- Paragraph text
- 3. The education of young people shall be directed to: e) The development of respect for the environment and natural resources;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2g
- Paragraph text
- 2. States Parties shall undertake to pursue the full implementation of this right and in particular shall take measures to: g) Provide timely access to treatment for young people infected with HIV/AIDS including prevention of mother to child transmission, post rape prophylaxis, and anti-retroviral therapy and creation of health services specific for young people;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 4d
- Paragraph text
- 4. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures with a view to achieving full realisation of this right to gainful employment and shall in particular: d) Foster greater linkages between the labour market and the education and training system to ensure that curricula are aligned to the needs of the labour market and that youth are being trained in fields where employment opportunities are available or are growing;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 4h
- Paragraph text
- 4. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures with a view to achieving full realisation of this right to gainful employment and shall in particular: h) Institute national youth service programmes to engender community participation and skills development for entry into the labour market.
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2h
- Paragraph text
- 2. States Parties shall take the following measures to promote active youth participation in society: They shall: h) Institute policy and programmes of youth voluntarism at local, national, regional and international levels as an important form of youth participation and as a means of peer-to-peer training.
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1c
- Paragraph text
- 1. Every State Parties shall develop a comprehensive and coherent national youth policy. c) A youth perspective shall be integrated and mainstreamed into all planning and decision-making as well as programme development. The appointment of youth focal points in government structures shall enable this process;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1i
- Paragraph text
- 1. Every State Parties shall develop a comprehensive and coherent national youth policy. i) A national youth coordinating mechanism shall be set up and shall provide a platform as well as serve as a linking agent for youth organisations to participate in youth policy development as well as the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of related programmes;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 3f
- Paragraph text
- 3. The education of young people shall be directed to: f) The development of life skills to function effectively in society and include issues such as HIV/AIDS, reproductive health, substance abuse prevention and cultural practices that are harmful to the health of young girls and women as part of the education curricula;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 4e
- Paragraph text
- 4. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures with a view to achieving full realisation of this right and shall, in particular: e) Revitalise vocational education and training relevant to current and prospective employment opportunities and expand access by developing centres in rural and remote areas;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 4g
- Paragraph text
- 4. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures with a view to achieving full realisation of this right and shall, in particular: g) Avail multiple access points for education and skills development including opportunities outside of mainstream educational institutions e.g., workplace skills development, distance learning, adult literacy and national youth service programmes;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 4i
- Paragraph text
- 4. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures with a view to achieving full realisation of this right and shall, in particular: i) Allocate resources to upgrade the quality of education delivered and ensure that it is relevant to the needs of contemporary society and engenders critical thinking rather than rote learning;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2b
- Paragraph text
- 2. Recognise the right of young people to be free from hunger and shall take individual or collective measures to: b) Train young people to take up agricultural, mineral, commercial and industrial production using contemporary systems and promote the benefits of modern information and communication technology to gain access to existing and new markets;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2e
- Paragraph text
- 2. Recognise the right of young people to be free from hunger and shall take individual or collective measures to: e) Facilitate the participation of young people in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of national development plans, policies and poverty reduction strategies.
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 3
- Paragraph text
- 3. Recognise the right of every young person to benefit from social security, including social insurance. In this regard, States Parties shall take the necessary measures to achieve the full realisation of these rights in accordance with their national law especially when the security of food tenure, clothing, housing and other basic needs are compromised.
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Poverty
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. e
- Paragraph text
- Every young person shall have responsibilities towards his family and society, the State, and the international community. Youth shall have the duty to: e) Engage in peer-to-peer education to promote youth development in areas such as literacy, use of information and communication technology, HIV/AIDS prevention, violence prevention and peace building;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1h
- Paragraph text
- 1. States Parties acknowledge the need to eliminate discrimination against girls and young women according to obligations stipulated in various international, regional and national human rights conventions and instruments designed to protect and promote women's rights. In this regard, they shall: h) Take steps to provide equal access to health care services and nutrition for girls and young women;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Gender
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1j
- Paragraph text
- 1. States Parties acknowledge the need to eliminate discrimination against girls and young women according to obligations stipulated in various international, regional and national human rights conventions and instruments designed to protect and promote women's rights. In this regard, they shall: j) Offer equal access to young women to employment and promote their participation in all sectors of employment;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. undefined
- Paragraph text
- HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1
- Paragraph text
- 1. Every young person shall have the right to enjoy the best attainable state of physical, mental and spiritual health.
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2d
- Paragraph text
- 2. States Parties shall undertake to pursue the full implementation of this right and in particular shall take measures to: d) Institute programmes to address health pandemics in Africa such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2f
- Paragraph text
- 2. States Parties shall undertake to pursue the full implementation of this right and in particular shall take measures to: f) Expand the availability and encourage the uptake of voluntary counselling and confidential testing for HIV/AIDS;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2h
- Paragraph text
- 2. States Parties shall undertake to pursue the full implementation of this right and in particular shall take measures to: h) Provide food security for people living with HIV/AIDS;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2k
- Paragraph text
- 2. States Parties shall undertake to pursue the full implementation of this right and in particular shall take measures to: k) Raise awareness amongst youth on the dangers of drug abuse through partnerships with youth, youth organisations and the community;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2m
- Paragraph text
- 2. States Parties shall undertake to pursue the full implementation of this right and in particular shall take measures to: m) Provide rehabilitation for young people abusing drugs such that they can be re-integrated into social and economic life;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. a
- Paragraph text
- In view of the important role of youth in promoting peace and non-violence and the lasting physical and psychological scars that result from involvement in violence, armed conflict and war, States Parties shall: a) Strengthen the capacity of young people and youth organisations in peace building, conflict prevention and conflict resolution through the promotion of intercultural learning, civic education, tolerance, human rights education and democracy, mutual respect for cultural, ethnic and religious diversity, the importance of dialogue and cooperation, responsibility, solidarity and international cooperation;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. r
- Paragraph text
- ACKNOWLEDGING ALSO the call in Bamako (2005) by the youth organisations across Africa to empower youth by building their capacity, leadership, responsibilities and provide access to information such that they can take up their rightful place as active agents in decision-making and governance;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. s
- Paragraph text
- TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION the inter-relatedness of the challenges facing youth and the need for cross-sectoral policies and programmes that attend to the needs of youth in a holistic manner;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. t
- Paragraph text
- CONSIDERING that the promotion and protection of the rights of youth also implies the performance of duties by youth as by all other actors in society;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. a
- Paragraph text
- GUIDED by the Constitutive Act of the African Union, the States Parties to the present "African Youth Charter",
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1
- Paragraph text
- 1. Every young person shall have the right to social, economic, political and cultural development with due regard to their freedom and identity and in equal enjoyment of the common heritage of mankind.
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2
- Paragraph text
- 2. States Parties shall encourage youth organizations to lead youth programmes and to ensure the exercise of the right to development.
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1
- Paragraph text
- 1. States Parties shall: Recognise the right of young people to a standard of living adequate for their holistic development.
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2c
- Paragraph text
- 2. Recognise the right of young people to be free from hunger and shall take individual or collective measures to: c) Provide grants of land to youth and youth organisations for socio- economic development purposes;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1
- Paragraph text
- 1. Every young person shall have the right to gainful employment.
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1a
- Paragraph text
- 1. States Parties shall take the following steps to promote and protect the morals and traditional values recognised by the community: a) Eliminate all traditional practices that undermine the physical integrity and dignity of women;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1b
- Paragraph text
- 1. States Parties shall take the following steps to promote and protect the morals and traditional values recognised by the community: b) Recognise and value beliefs and traditional practices that contribute to development;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1c
- Paragraph text
- 1. States Parties shall take the following steps to promote and protect the morals and traditional values recognised by the community: c) Establish institutions and programmes for the development, documentation, preservation and dissemination of culture;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. c
- Paragraph text
- States Parties shall recognise the right of young people to live anywhere in the world. In this regard, they shall: c) Facilitate youth organisations to liaise and collaborate with the African youth Diaspora;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. e
- Paragraph text
- States Parties shall recognise the right of young people to live anywhere in the world. In this regard, they shall: e) Promote and protect the rights of young people living in the diaspora;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
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African Youth Charter 2006, para. f
- Paragraph text
- States Parties shall recognise the right of young people to live anywhere in the world. In this regard, they shall: f) Encourage young people in the diaspora to engage themselves in development activities in their country of origin.
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
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African Youth Charter 2006, para. l
- Paragraph text
- Every young person shall have responsibilities towards his family and society, the State, and the international community. Youth shall have the duty to: l) Promote patriotism towards and unity and cohesion of Africa;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1b
- Paragraph text
- 1. States Parties acknowledge the need to eliminate discrimination against girls and young women according to obligations stipulated in various international, regional and national human rights conventions and instruments designed to protect and promote women's rights. In this regard, they shall: b) Ensure that girls and young women are able to participate actively, equally and effectively with boys at all levels of social, educational, economic, political, cultural, civic life and leadership as well as scientific endeavours;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1k
- Paragraph text
- 1. States Parties acknowledge the need to eliminate discrimination against girls and young women according to obligations stipulated in various international, regional and national human rights conventions and instruments designed to protect and promote women's rights. In this regard, they shall: k) Introduce special legislation and programmes of action that make available opportunities to girls and young women including access to education as a prerequisite and a priority for rapid social and economic development;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1m
- Paragraph text
- 1. States Parties acknowledge the need to eliminate discrimination against girls and young women according to obligations stipulated in various international, regional and national human rights conventions and instruments designed to protect and promote women's rights. In this regard, they shall: m) Develop programmes of action that provide legal, physical and psychological support to girls and young women who have been subjected to violence and abuse such that they can fully re-integrate into social and economic life;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2
- Paragraph text
- 2. The present Charter shall come into force thirty (30) days after the deposit with the Chairperson of the Commission of the instruments of ratification of fifteen (15) Member States.
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
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African Youth Charter 2006, para. 4k
- Paragraph text
- 4. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures with a view to achieving full realisation of this right and shall, in particular: k) Encourage youth participation in community work as part of education to build a sense of civic duty;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 4n
- Paragraph text
- 4. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures with a view to achieving full realisation of this right and shall, in particular: n) Promote culturally appropriate, age specific sexuality and responsible parenthood education;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 4a
- Paragraph text
- 4. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures with a view to achieving full realisation of this right and shall, in particular: a) Provide free and compulsory basic education and take steps to minimise the indirect costs of education;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 4f
- Paragraph text
- 4. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures with a view to achieving full realisation of this right and shall, in particular: f) Make higher education equally accessible to all including establishing distance learning centres of excellence;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2a
- Paragraph text
- 2. States Parties recognise that the shift towards a knowledge-based economy is dependent on information and communication technology which in turn has contributed towards a dynamic youth culture and global consciousness. In this regard, they shall: a) Promote widespread access to information and communication technology as a means for education, employment creation, interacting effectively with the world and building understanding, tolerance and appreciation of other youth cultures;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. g
- Paragraph text
- In view of the important role of youth in promoting peace and non-violence and the lasting physical and psychological scars that result from involvement in violence, armed conflict and war, States Parties shall: g) Take appropriate measures to promote physical and psychological recovery and social reintegration of young victims of armed conflict and war by providing access to education and skills development such as vocational training to resume social and economic life.
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2d
- Paragraph text
- 2. States Parties shall take the following measures to promote active youth participation in society: They shall: d) Give priority to policies and programmes including youth advocacy and peer-to-peer programmes for marginalised youth, such as out-of- school and out-of-work youth, to offer them the opportunity and motivation to re-integrate into mainstream society;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1b
- Paragraph text
- 1. Every State Parties shall develop a comprehensive and coherent national youth policy. b) The development of a national youth policy shall be informed by extensive consultation with young people and cater for their active participation in decision-making at all levels of governance in issues concerning youth and society as a whole;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 4l
- Paragraph text
- 4. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures with a view to achieving full realisation of this right and shall, in particular: l) Introduce scholarship and bursary programmes to encourage entry into post-primary school education and into higher education outstanding youth from disadvantaged communities, especially young girls;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 4m
- Paragraph text
- 4. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures with a view to achieving full realisation of this right and shall, in particular: m) Establish and encourage participation of all young men and young women in sport, cultural and recreational activities as part of holistic development;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2d
- Paragraph text
- 2. States Parties shall recognise the vested interest of young people in protecting the natural environment as the inheritors of the environment. In this regard, they shall: d) Facilitate youth participation in the design, implementation and evaluation of environmental policies including the conservation of African natural resources at local, national, regional and international levels;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1d
- Paragraph text
- 1. States Parties shall take the following steps to promote and protect the morals and traditional values recognised by the community: d) Work with educational institutions, youth organisations, the media and other partners to raise awareness of and teach and inform young people about African culture, values and indigenous knowledge;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. f
- Paragraph text
- Every young person shall have responsibilities towards his family and society, the State, and the international community. Youth shall have the duty to: f) Contribute to the promotion of the economic development of States Parties and Africa by placing their physical and intellectual abilities at its service;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. i
- Paragraph text
- Every young person shall have responsibilities towards his family and society, the State, and the international community. Youth shall have the duty to: i) Promote tolerance, understanding, dialogue, consultation and respect for others regardless of age, race, ethnicity, colour, gender, ability, religion, status or political affiliation;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1
- Paragraph text
- 1. The present Charter may be amended or revised if any Member State makes a written request to that effect to the Chairperson of the Commission, provided that the proposed amendment is not submitted to the Assembly of the Union for consideration until all Member States have been duly notified of it.
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. d
- Paragraph text
- The African Union Commission shall ensure that States Parties respect the commitments made and fulfil the duties outlined in the present Charter by; d) Facilitating exchange and co-operation between youth organisations across national borders in order to develop regional youth solidarity, political consciousness and democratic participation in collaboration with development partners.
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1
- Paragraph text
- 1. The present Charter shall be open to signature by all the Member States. The present Charter shall be subject to ratification or accession by Member States. The instrument of ratification or accession to the present Charter shall be deposited with the Chairperson of the Commission.
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. m
- Paragraph text
- Every young person shall have responsibilities towards his family and society, the State, and the international community. Youth shall have the duty to: m) Promote, preserve and respect African traditions and cultural heritage and pass on this legacy to future generations;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2e
- Paragraph text
- 2. States Parties shall take the following measures to promote active youth participation in society: They shall: e) Provide access to information such that young people become aware of their rights and of opportunities to participate in decision-making and civic life;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2f
- Paragraph text
- 2. States Parties shall take the following measures to promote active youth participation in society: They shall: f) Institute measures to professionalize youth work and introduce relevant training programmes in higher education and other such training institutions;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2e
- Paragraph text
- 2. States Parties shall recognise the vested interest of young people in protecting the natural environment as the inheritors of the environment. In this regard, they shall: e) Develop realistic and flexible strategies for the regeneration of forests;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1f
- Paragraph text
- 1. States Parties shall take the following steps to promote and protect the morals and traditional values recognised by the community: f) Introduce and intensify teaching in African languages in all forms of education as a means to accelerate economic, social, political and cultural development;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1j
- Paragraph text
- 1. Every State Parties shall develop a comprehensive and coherent national youth policy. j) National programmes of action shall be developed that are time bound and that are connected to an implementation and evaluation strategy for which indicators shall be outlined;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 3
- Paragraph text
- 3. States Parties shall address and ensure the availability of accurate data on youth employment, unemployment and underemployment so as to facilitate the prioritisation of the issue in National development programmes complemented by clear programmes to address unemployment;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 4b
- Paragraph text
- 4. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures with a view to achieving full realisation of this right to gainful employment and shall in particular: b) Develop macroeconomic policies that focus on job creation particularly for youth and for young women;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2
- Paragraph text
- 2. State Parties shall undertake the necessary steps, in accordance with their Constitutional processes and with the provisions of the present Charter, to adopt such legislative or other measures that may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of the Charter.
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2b
- Paragraph text
- 2. States Parties shall recognise the vested interest of young people in protecting the natural environment as the inheritors of the environment. In this regard, they shall: b) Train youth in the use of technologies that protect and conserve the environment;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2
- Paragraph text
- 2. State Parties shall work towards eliminating any obstacles that may have negative implications for the full integration of mentally and physically challenged youth into society including the provision of appropriate infrastructure and services to facilitate easy mobility.
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. c
- Paragraph text
- Every young person shall have responsibilities towards his family and society, the State, and the international community. Youth shall have the duty to: c) Have full respect for parents and elders and assist them anytime in cases of need in the context of positive African values;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2b
- Paragraph text
- 2. States Parties shall take the following measures to promote active youth participation in society: They shall: b) Facilitate the creation or strengthening of platforms for youth participation in decision-making at local, national, regional, and continental levels of governance;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
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African Youth Charter 2006, para. h
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- REAFFIRMING the need to take appropriate measures to promote and protect the rights and welfare of children as outlined in the Convention of the Rights of the Child (1989) and through the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (1999),
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
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African Youth Charter 2006, para. i
- Paragraph text
- ACKNOWLEDGING the commitments already made towards the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and inviting the partners to reaffirm their support to advance the well-being of youth;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
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African Youth Charter 2006, para. j
- Paragraph text
- RECOGNISING the efforts made by States Parties and civil societies to address the economic, social, educational, cultural and spiritual needs of youth;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
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African Youth Charter 2006, para. m
- Paragraph text
- RECOGNISING that youth are partners, assets and a prerequisite for sustainable development and for the peace and prosperity of Africa with a unique contribution to make to the present and to future development;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
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African Youth Charter 2006, para. c
- Paragraph text
- RECALLING the resolution of the Heads of State and government during the 1999 Algiers Summit for the development of the Pan-African Charter;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
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African Youth Charter 2006, para. d
- Paragraph text
- FULLY ATTACHED to the virtues and values of African historical tradition and civilization which form the foundation for our concept of people's rights;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2
- Paragraph text
- 2. States Parties shall ensure that young men and young women enjoy equal rights to own property.
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 3
- Paragraph text
- 3. States Parties shall ensure that youth are not arbitrarily deprived of their property including inherited property.
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2
- Paragraph text
- 2. States Parties shall take appropriate measures to ensure that youth are protected against all forms of discrimination on the basis of status, activities, expressed opinions or beliefs.
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2g
- Paragraph text
- 2. States Parties shall take the following measures to promote active youth participation in society: They shall: g) Provide technical and financial support to build the institutional capacity of youth organisations;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2i
- Paragraph text
- 2. States Parties shall take the following measures to promote active youth participation in society: They shall: i) Provide access to information and services that will empower youth to become aware of their rights and responsibilities,
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1g
- Paragraph text
- 1. Every State Parties shall develop a comprehensive and coherent national youth policy. g) A baseline evaluation or situation analysis shall inform the policy on the priority issues for youth development;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. a
- Paragraph text
- States Parties shall recognise the right of young people to live anywhere in the world. In this regard, they shall: a) Promote the equivalence of degrees between African educational institutions to enable the youth to study and work in State Parties;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2
- Paragraph text
- 2. Young men and women of full age who enter into marriage shall do so based on their free consent and shall enjoy equal rights and responsibilities.
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Men
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1
- Paragraph text
- 1. Every young person shall have the right to own and to inherit property.
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. j
- Paragraph text
- Every young person shall have responsibilities towards his family and society, the State, and the international community. Youth shall have the duty to: j) Defend democracy, the rule of law and all human rights and fundamental freedoms;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1b
- Paragraph text
- 1. Young people shall have the right to rest and leisure and to engage in play and recreational activities that are part of a health lifestyle as well as to participate freely in sport, physical education drama, the arts, music and other forms of cultural life. In this regard, States Parties shall: b) Put in place adequate infrastructure and services in rural and urban areas for youth to participate in sport, physical education, cultural, artistic, recreational and leisure activities.
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. o
- Paragraph text
- Every young person shall have responsibilities towards his family and society, the State, and the international community. Youth shall have the duty to: o) Protect the environment and conserve nature.
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2a
- Paragraph text
- 2. States Parties shall take the following measures to promote active youth participation in society: They shall: a) Guarantee the participation of youth in parliament and other decision- making bodies in accordance with the prescribed laws;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 5a
- Paragraph text
- 5. Youth are determined to transform the continent in the fields of science and technology. Therefore they are committed to: a) Promoting and using science and technology in Africa;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 5b
- Paragraph text
- 5. Youth are determined to transform the continent in the fields of science and technology. Therefore they are committed to: b) Conducting research towards science and technology.
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 6
- Paragraph text
- 6. State Parties should encourage youth to conduct research. In this regard, an African discoveries day should be established along with mechanism of awarding prizes at the continental level.
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 4c
- Paragraph text
- 4. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures with a view to achieving full realisation of this right and shall, in particular: c) Take steps to encourage regular school attendance and reduce drop-out rates;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 4d
- Paragraph text
- 4. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures with a view to achieving full realisation of this right and shall, in particular: d) Strengthen participation in and the quality of training in science and technology;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1l
- Paragraph text
- 1. States Parties acknowledge the need to eliminate discrimination against girls and young women according to obligations stipulated in various international, regional and national human rights conventions and instruments designed to protect and promote women's rights. In this regard, they shall: l) Enact and enforce legislation that protect girls and young women from all forms of violence, genital mutilation, incest, rape, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, trafficking, prostitution and pornography;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Harmful Practices
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
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African Youth Charter 2006, para. d
- Paragraph text
- In view of the important role of youth in promoting peace and non-violence and the lasting physical and psychological scars that result from involvement in violence, armed conflict and war, States Parties shall: d) Condemn armed conflict and prevent the participation, involvement, recruitment and sexual slavery of young people in armed conflict;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
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African Youth Charter 2006, para. e
- Paragraph text
- In view of the important role of youth in promoting peace and non-violence and the lasting physical and psychological scars that result from involvement in violence, armed conflict and war, States Parties shall: e) Take all feasible measures to protect the civilian population, including youth, who are affected and displaced by armed conflict;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2j
- Paragraph text
- 2. States Parties shall take the following measures to promote active youth participation in society: They shall: j) Include youth representatives as part of delegations to ordinary sessions and other relevant meetings to broaden channels of communication and enhance the discussion of youth related issues.
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
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African Youth Charter 2006, para. 4j
- Paragraph text
- 4. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures with a view to achieving full realisation of this right and shall, in particular: j) Adopt pedagogy that incorporates the benefits of and trains young people in the use of modern information and communication technology such that youth are better prepared for the world of work;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Education
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
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African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2a
- Paragraph text
- 2. States Parties shall recognise the vested interest of young people in protecting the natural environment as the inheritors of the environment. In this regard, they shall: a) Encourage the media, youth organisations, in partnership with national and international organisations, to produce, exchange and disseminate information on environmental preservation and best practices to protect the environment;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2c
- Paragraph text
- 2. States Parties shall recognise the vested interest of young people in protecting the natural environment as the inheritors of the environment. In this regard, they shall: c) Support youth organisations in instituting programmes that encourage environmental preservation such as waste reduction, recycling and tree planting programmes;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
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African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1n
- Paragraph text
- 1. States Parties acknowledge the need to eliminate discrimination against girls and young women according to obligations stipulated in various international, regional and national human rights conventions and instruments designed to protect and promote women's rights. In this regard, they shall: n) Secure the right for young women to maternity leave.
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 4g
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- 4. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures with a view to achieving full realisation of this right to gainful employment and shall in particular: g) Institute incentive schemes for employers to invest in the skills development of employed and unemployed youth;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2a
- Paragraph text
- 2. States Parties shall undertake to pursue the full implementation of this right and in particular shall take measures to: a) Make available equitable and ready access to medical assistance and health care especially in rural and poor urban areas with an emphasis on the development of primary health care;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 3
- Paragraph text
- 3. State Parties shall recognize the rights of Young people from ethnic, religious and linguistic marginalized groups or youth of indigenous origin, to enjoy their own culture, freely practice their own religion or to use their own language in community with other members of their group.
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 4o
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- 4. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures with a view to achieving full realisation of this right and shall, in particular: o) Promote the equivalence of degrees between African educational institutions to enable the youth to study and work in State Parties;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
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African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2
- Paragraph text
- 2. Every young person shall have the right to be protected from economic exploitation and from performing work that is likely to be hazardous to or interfere with the young person's education, or to be harmful to the young person's health or holistic development.
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. b
- Paragraph text
- States Parties shall recognise the right of young people to live anywhere in the world. In this regard, they shall: b) Promote the recruitment of African youth with specialized skills, in the spirit of African solutions for African problems, according to national policies and priorities;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
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African Youth Charter 2006, para. b
- Paragraph text
- State Parties shall take all appropriate steps to eliminate harmful social and cultural practices that affect the welfare and dignity of youth, in particular; b) Customs and practices discriminatory to youth on the basis of gender, age or other status.
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1g
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- 1. States Parties shall take the following steps to promote and protect the morals and traditional values recognised by the community: g) Promote inter-cultural awareness by organising exchange programmes between young people and youth organisations within and across States Parties.
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
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African Youth Charter 2006, para. h
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- Every young person shall have responsibilities towards his family and society, the State, and the international community. Youth shall have the duty to: h) Work towards a society free from substance abuse, violence, coercion, crime, degradation, exploitation and intimidation;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
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African Youth Charter 2006, para. 4b
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- 4. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures with a view to achieving full realisation of this right and shall, in particular: b) Make all forms of secondary education more readily available and accessible by all possible means including progressively free;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2f
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- 2. States Parties shall recognise the vested interest of young people in protecting the natural environment as the inheritors of the environment. In this regard, they shall: f) Initiate intensive actions to prevent the expansion of deserts.
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2l
- Paragraph text
- 2. States Parties shall undertake to pursue the full implementation of this right and in particular shall take measures to: l) Strengthen local, national, regional and international partnerships to eradicate the demand, supply and trafficking of drugs including using youth to traffic drugs;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 3b
- Paragraph text
- 3. The education of young people shall be directed to: b) Fostering respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms as set out in the provisions of the various African human and people's rights and international human rights declarations and conventions;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 3c
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- 3. The education of young people shall be directed to: c) Preparing young people for responsible lives in free societies that promote peace, understanding, tolerance, dialogue, mutual respect and friendship among all nations and across all groupings of people;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2d
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- 2. Recognise the right of young people to be free from hunger and shall take individual or collective measures to: d) Facilitate access to credit to promote youth participation in agricultural and other sustainable livelihood projects;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. d
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- States Parties shall recognise the right of young people to live anywhere in the world. In this regard, they shall: d) Establish structures that encourage and assist the youth in the diaspora to return to and fully re-integrate into the social and economic life in Africa;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. a
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- State Parties shall take all appropriate steps to eliminate harmful social and cultural practices that affect the welfare and dignity of youth, in particular; a) Customs and practices that harm the health, life or dignity of the youth;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. k
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- Every young person shall have responsibilities towards his family and society, the State, and the international community. Youth shall have the duty to: k) Encourage a culture of voluntarism and human rights protection as well as participation in civil society activities;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2
- Paragraph text
- 2. Every young person shall have the freedom to seek, receive and disseminate information and ideas of all kinds, either orally, in writing, in print, in the form of art or through any media of the young person's choice subject to the restrictions as are prescribed by laws.
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. n
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- Every young person shall have responsibilities towards his family and society, the State, and the international community. Youth shall have the duty to: n) Become the vanguard of re-presenting cultural heritage in languages and in forms to which youth are able to relate;
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- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
Paragraph
Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 1
- Paragraph text
- Recalling the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the key actions for its further implementation,
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- Commission on Population and Development
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 38
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- Requests the Secretary-General to continue, within the framework of the implementation of the Programme of Action, the substantive work on adolescents and youth, including integrating gender and age perspectives, and other relevant perspectives, into analyses and recommendations, in collaboration and coordination with relevant United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, and other relevant international organizations, and giving due consideration to their implications for development and poverty eradication, and sustained, equitable and inclusive economic growth.
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- Commission on Population and Development
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 10
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- Calls upon the international community to support ways to expand access to and the affordability of key products, such as vector control measures, including indoor residual spraying, long-lasting insecticide-treated nets, environmental management and vaccines, as well as by monitoring surveillance through rapid diagnostic tests, and artemisinin-based combination therapy for populations at risk of exposure to resistant strains of falciparum malaria in malaria-endemic countries, particularly in Africa, including through additional funds and innovative mechanisms, inter alia, for the financing and scaling-up of artemisinin production and procurement, as appropriate, to meet the increased need;
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- Commission on Population and Development
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
Paragraph
Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 11
- Paragraph text
- Welcomes the increased funding for malaria interventions and for research and development of preventive and control tools that will target children, adolescents and youth;
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- Commission on Population and Development
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
Paragraph
Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 13
- Paragraph text
- Urges Member States to take effective measures in conformity with international law to protect adolescents and youth affected or exploited by terrorism and incitement;
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- Commission on Population and Development
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
Paragraph
Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 15
- Paragraph text
- Calls upon Member States to promote and protect effectively the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all migrants, especially young people, regardless of their migration status, and to address international migration through international, regional or bilateral cooperation and dialogue, and through 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, especially young people, and to address the root causes of youth migration, while avoiding approaches that might aggravate their vulnerability;
- Body
- Commission on Population and Development
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
Paragraph
Health, morbidity, mortality and development 2010, para. 22
- Paragraph text
- Emphasizes the role of education and health literacy in improving health outcomes over a lifetime, and urges Governments to ensure that health education starts early in life and that special attention is paid to encouraging health-enhancing behaviour among adolescents and young people in a gender-sensitive manner, especially by discouraging the use of tobacco and alcohol, encouraging physical activity and balanced diets, and providing information on sexual and reproductive health that is consistent with their evolving needs and capacities so that they can make responsible and informed decisions in all issues related to their health and well-being and understand the synergies between the various health-related behaviours;
- Body
- Commission on Population and Development
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Youth
- Year
- 2010
Paragraph
Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 12
- Paragraph text
- Urges all States to enact and enforce legislation to protect all adolescents and youth, including those in situations of armed conflict, natural disasters or humanitarian emergencies, from all forms of violence, including gender-based violence and sexual violence, trafficking in persons and involvement in criminal activities, and to provide social and health services, including sexual and reproductive health services, and complaint and reporting mechanisms for the redress of violations of their human rights;
- Body
- Commission on Population and Development
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
Paragraph
Assessment of the status of implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development 2014, para. 4
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- Recalling the outcomes of relevant United Nations high-level meetings, conferences and summits, including the United Nations Millennium Declaration, the 2005 World Summit Outcome, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and five-year review of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the World Programme of Action for Youth, and the outcome document of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on youth: dialogue and mutual understanding, the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, 2002, the Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS: Intensifying Our Efforts to Eliminate HIV and AIDS, and the political declaration of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases, as well as the outcome document of the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals, the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 20 to 22 June 2012, entitled "The future we want", the outcome document of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the realization of the Millennium Development Goals and other internationally agreed development goals for persons with disabilities: the way forward, a disability-inclusive development agenda towards 2015 and beyond and the Declaration of the High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development,
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- Commission on Population and Development
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Youth
- Year
- 2014
Paragraph
Assessment of the status of implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development 2014, para. 5
- Paragraph text
- Urges Governments to develop, strengthen and implement effective strategies aimed at eradicating poverty and at promoting inclusive growth and sustainable development that address the needs of children, adolescents and youth, older persons, unemployed persons and persons with disabilities, as well as other disadvantaged and marginalized groups in both urban and rural areas;
- Body
- Commission on Population and Development
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Older persons
- Persons with disabilities
- Youth
- Year
- 2014
Paragraph
Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 16
- Paragraph text
- Recognizing also that young people between 15 and 24 years of age account for more than 40 per cent of all new HIV infections among those aged 15 years or over because of the social and economic factors and other inequities that increase their vulnerability, including stigma and discrimination, gender-based and sexual violence, gender inequality and violations and lack of accurate information on HIV and other sexually transmitted infections and ready access to sexual and reproductive health, including HIV services,
- Body
- Commission on Population and Development
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
Paragraph
Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 21
- Paragraph text
- Calls upon Member States to ensure the right to education of good quality for women and girls, on an equal basis with men and boys, and that they complete a full course of primary education, and to renew their efforts to improve and expand the education of girls and women at all levels, including at the secondary and higher levels, as well as vocational education and technical training, in order to, inter alia, achieve gender equality, the empowerment of women and poverty eradication;
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- Commission on Population and Development
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Boys
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
Paragraph
Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 31
- Paragraph text
- Calls upon Governments, United Nations agencies, and others, as appropriate, to actively support and invest in increased participation of young people and in youth-led and youth-focused organizations, taking into account gender equality and representation of youth of various backgrounds, in the formulation, decisions about, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of, as appropriate, international, regional, national and local development strategies and policies that affect young people;
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- Commission on Population and Development
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 6
- Paragraph text
- Recognizing that the ways in which young people are able to address their aspirations and challenges and fulfil their potential will influence current social and economic conditions and the well-being and livelihood of future generations, and stressing the need for further efforts to promote the interests of youth, including the full enjoyment of their human rights, inter alia, by supporting young people in developing their potential and talents and tackling obstacles facing youth,
- Body
- Commission on Population and Development
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
Paragraph
Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 26
- Paragraph text
- Calls upon Governments, with the full involvement of young people and with the support of the international community, to give full attention to meeting the reproductive health-service, information and education needs of young people, with full respect for their privacy and confidentiality, free of discrimination, and to provide them with evidence-based comprehensive education on human sexuality, sexual and reproductive health, human rights and gender equality to enable them to deal in a positive and responsible way with their sexuality;
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- Commission on Population and Development
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
Paragraph
Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 30
- Paragraph text
- Also calls upon Governments to strengthen national social and child protection systems, and care and support programmes for adolescents and youth, in particular for young women and adolescent girls affected by and vulnerable to HIV, as well as their families and caregivers, including through the provision of equal opportunities to support the development to full potential of orphans and other children affected by and living with HIV, especially through equal access to education, the creation of safe and non-discriminatory learning environments, supportive legal systems and protections, including civil registration systems, and provision of comprehensive information and support, including youth-friendly health centres, to children and their families and caregivers, especially age-appropriate HIV information to assist children living with HIV as they transition through adolescence, consistent with their evolving capacities;
- Body
- Commission on Population and Development
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
Paragraph
Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 13
- Paragraph text
- Reaffirming the need to promote gender equality and the empowerment of girls and young women in all aspects of youth development, recognizing the vulnerability of adolescent girls and young women and the need to eliminate discrimination against them, and the critical role of boys and young men in ensuring gender equality,
- Body
- Commission on Population and Development
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Boys
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
Paragraph
Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 20
- Paragraph text
- Encourages Member States to meet the needs and aspirations of youth, particularly in the areas of education, work, income creation and citizen participation, through, inter alia, training programmes that result from dialogue between Governments, employers and employees of various sectors of the economy, as appropriate;
- Body
- Commission on Population and Development
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
Paragraph
Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 23
- Paragraph text
- Recalling that the Programme of Action requires for its full implementation adequate and sustained mobilization and availability of resources at the international and national levels, as well as new and additional resources for developing countries from all available funding mechanisms, including multilateral, bilateral and private sources, and that Governments are not expected to meet the goals and objectives of the Programme of Action single-handedly, and expressing concern that funding levels do not meet current needs,
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- Commission on Population and Development
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
Paragraph
Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 9
- Paragraph text
- Urges all States to develop, adopt and fully implement laws and to take other measures, such as policies and educational programmes, as appropriate, to eradicate harmful practices, including female genital mutilation and early and forced marriage, which are violations of the human rights of women and girls, and to intensify efforts, in cooperation with local women's and youth groups, to raise collective and individual awareness on how such harmful practices violate the human rights of women and girls;
- Body
- Commission on Population and Development
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Harmful Practices
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
Paragraph
Assessment of the status of implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development 2014, para. 22
- Paragraph text
- Calls upon Governments, agencies of the United Nations system and other international organizations, as appropriate, to actively support and invest in the increased participation of young people and in youth-led and youth-focused organizations, taking into account gender equality and the representation of youth of various backgrounds in the formulation, decisions about, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of, as appropriate, international, regional, national and local development strategies and policies that affect young people;
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- Commission on Population and Development
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2014
Paragraph
Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 11
- Paragraph text
- Addressing the high rates of youth unemployment, underemployment, vulnerable employment and informal employment by developing and implementing targeted and integrated national youth employment policies for inclusive job creation, improved employability, skill development and vocational training to meet specific labour market needs of youth, including youth migrants, and increased entrepreneurship, including the development of networks of young entrepreneurs at the international, regional, national and local levels, which foster knowledge among young people about their rights and responsibilities in society,
- Body
- Commission on Population and Development
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
Paragraph
Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 15
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- Recognizing that reproductive rights embrace certain human rights that are already recognized in national laws, international human rights documents and other consensus documents and rest on the recognition of the basic right of all couples and individuals to decide freely and responsibly the number, spacing and timing of their children and to have the information and means to do so, the right to attain the highest standard of sexual and reproductive health, the right to make decisions concerning reproduction free of discrimination, coercion and violence, as expressed in human rights documents, and the right to have control over and decide freely and responsibly on matters related to their sexuality, including sexual and reproductive health, free of coercion, discrimination and violence,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
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- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
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- Youth
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 20
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- Emphasizing that the full implementation of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons will contribute to address all factors and root factors that foster demand and make adolescents and youth, especially young women and girls, vulnerable to trafficking, as well as the protection and rehabilitation of victims and will, inter alia, promote, as appropriate, increased ratification and full implementation of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its Protocol to Prevent, Suppress, and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
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- Adolescents
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
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- 2012
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 1
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- Reaffirms the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the key actions for its further implementation;
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- Adolescents
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 5
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- Acknowledging the largest generation of adolescents and youth ever in history and cognizant that different demographic trends and age structures directly impact their lives and have various impacts on development, depending on circumstances in each country, and on the size of investments required to ensure the health and development of current and future generations, and recognizing the evolving capacities, needs, contributions and challenges of adolescents and youth, and that classifications and definitions of age groups vary in accordance with each country's national legislation,
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
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- Adolescents
- Youth
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 7
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- Recognizing also that the full implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the key actions for its further implementation, including those related to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, which would also contribute to the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action, as well as those on population and development, education and gender equality, is integrally linked to global efforts to eradicate poverty and achieve sustainable development, and that population dynamics are all-important for development,
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- Equality & Inclusion
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- Poverty
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- Adolescents
- Youth
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- 2012
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 36
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- Encourages Governments and development partners to bring their investments in reproductive health in line with the revised cost estimates presented by the Secretary-General for each of the four programme components identified in chapter XIII of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, calls upon Governments of both developed and developing countries to make every effort to mobilize the required resources to ensure that the health, development and human rights-related objectives of the Programme of Action are met, and urges Governments and development partners to cooperate closely to ensure that resources are used in a manner that ensures maximum effectiveness and is in full alignment with the needs and priorities of developing countries;
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- Adolescents
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 37
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- Urges Governments to monitor their progress towards the implementation of the Programme of Action, the key actions for its further implementation and other internationally agreed development goals at the national and local levels, and in this regard, to make special efforts to strengthen their vital registration and health information systems, and to develop the capacity of relevant national institutions and mechanisms to generate population data, disaggregated by sex, age and other categories, as needed, to monitor the well-being of adolescents and youth, and to use these data for the formulation and implementation of population and development policies;
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- Commission on Population and Development
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Youth
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- 2012
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 18
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- Recognizing that all forms of violence against adolescents and youth violate their rights, and in this regard recognizing the need to take appropriate actions to address the factors that increase the particular vulnerability of adolescents and youth to all forms of violence,
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- Violence
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- Adolescents
- Youth
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 14
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- Also urges Member States to take concerted actions in conformity with international law to remove the obstacles to the full realization of the rights of adolescents and youth living under foreign occupation to promote the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals;
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- Commission on Population and Development
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
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The contribution of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development to the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals 2009, para. 18
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- Recognizing the need to address the social and economic inequities that increase vulnerability and contribute to the spread of HIV/AIDS, that the global HIV/AIDS pandemic disproportionately affects women and girls, and that the majority of new HIV infections occur among young people,
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- Commission on Population and Development
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2009
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The contribution of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development to the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals 2009, para. 13
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- Reiterates the need for Governments to ensure that all women and men and young people have information about and access to the widest possible range of safe, effective, affordable, evidence-based and acceptable methods of family planning, including barrier methods, and to the requisite supplies so that they are able to exercise free and informed reproductive choices;
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- Commission on Population and Development
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2009
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 2
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- Recalling also the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the obligations of States parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families,
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- Commission on Population and Development
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 23
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- Urges Governments and the international community to ensure that young people, on an equitable and universal basis, enjoy the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health by providing them with access to sustainable health and social services without discrimination, by paying special attention to nutrition, including eating disorders and obesity, prevention of non-communicable and communicable diseases, promotion of sexual and reproductive health, and mental health, and by supporting measures to prevent sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV and AIDS, to reduce road traffic fatalities and injuries, to prevent tobacco and illicit drug use and the harmful use of alcohol, and to encourage sports and recreation as well as the removal of all types of barriers to the ability of adolescents and youth to protect their health;
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- Adolescents
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 24
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- Also urges Governments to strengthen basic infrastructure, human and technical resources, and the provision of health facilities so as to improve health systems, particularly for adolescents and youth, and to ensure the accessibility, affordability and quality, especially in rural and remote areas, of health-care services, as well as sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation, bearing in mind the commitment to halving, by 2015, the proportion of the population without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation as a means of fighting waterborne diseases;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 4
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- Calls upon Governments, in formulating and implementing national development plans, budgets and poverty eradication strategies, to prioritize actions to address challenges relating to the impact of population dynamics on poverty and sustainable development, keeping in mind that universal reproductive health-care services, commodities and supplies, as well as information, education, skill development, national capacity-building for population and development, and transfer of appropriate technology and know-how to developing countries are essential for achieving the Programme of Action, the Beijing Platform for Action and the Millennium Development Goals;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 28
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- Reiterates the need for Governments to ensure that all women and men have comprehensive information about, and access to, a choice of the widest possible range of safe, effective, affordable and acceptable modern methods of family planning, including long-acting methods and male and female condoms, so that they are able to exercise free and informed reproductive choices, and stresses that Governments and development partners, through international cooperation, should ensure that family planning programmes have a sufficient and continuous supply of safe, effective, affordable and acceptable modern contraceptives;
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- Commission on Population and Development
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Men
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 9
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- Recognizing that the international community has been challenged by multiple and interrelated crises, including the ongoing impact of the financial and economic crisis, volatile energy and food prices, and ongoing concerns over food security, as well as the increasing challenges posed by climate change and the loss of biodiversity, all of which have increased vulnerabilities and inequalities and have adversely affected development gains, in particular in developing countries, and calling for enhanced cooperation and concerted action to address those challenges, taking into account the positive role that education can play in that respect,
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- Commission on Population and Development
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- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
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Health, morbidity, mortality and development 2010, para. 16
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- Notes with concern the feminization of the pandemic of HIV/AIDS, especially among young women, and the fact that women now represent 50 per cent of people living with HIV worldwide and nearly 60 per cent of people living with HIV in Africa and, in that regard, reaffirms the commitment to intensify efforts to ensure a wide range of prevention programmes that take account of local circumstances, ethics and cultural values, such as information, education and communication, as well as encouraging responsible sexual behaviour, including abstinence and fidelity, and expanded access to essential commodities, including female condoms and microbicides, through the adoption of measures to reduce costs and improve availability;
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- Commission on Population and Development
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2010
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Health, morbidity, mortality and development 2010, para. 12
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- Recognizing that population dynamics, development, human rights, and sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, which contribute to the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the Beijing Platform for Action, empowerment of young people and women, gender equality, rights of women and men to have control over and decide freely and responsibly on matters related to their sexuality and reproduction free of coercion, discrimination and violence, based on mutual consent, equal relationships between women and men, full respect of the integrity of the person and shared responsibility for sexual behaviour and its consequences, are important for achieving the goals of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development,
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- Commission on Population and Development
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2010
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The contribution of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development to the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals 2009, para. 16
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- Calls upon Governments, with the full involvement of young people and with the support of the international community, to give full attention to meeting the reproductive health-care service, information and education needs of adolescents to enable them to deal in a positive and responsible way with their sexuality;
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- Commission on Population and Development
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Youth
- Year
- 2009
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The contribution of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development to the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals 2009, para. 24
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- Also encourages Governments to increase and strengthen or, where necessary, develop and implement information, education and communication strategies, programmes and actions to increase awareness, knowledge, understanding and commitment at all levels of society, including among young people, on issues of priority in regard to population and development, and to ensure that all segments of the population, including those who are in vulnerable situations, are taken into account in such strategies;
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- Commission on Population and Development
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- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2009
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The contribution of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development to the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals 2009, para. 28
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- Calls upon Governments, with the help of the international community, as needed, to achieve universal access to quality education, with particular priority given to primary and technical education and job training, to combat illiteracy and to eliminate gender disparities in access to, retention in and support for primary and secondary education and to promote non-formal education for young people, guaranteeing equal access for women and men to literacy centres, in order to benefit fully from the demographic dividend;
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- Commission on Population and Development
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- Education
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2009
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Assessment of the status of implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development 2014, para. 16
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- Emphasizes that, in order to realize and capitalize on demographic dividend, it is essential to increase and sustain investment in women and youth, especially education for girls, maternal, newborn and child health, and to meet the unmet needs of women for family planning, as well as in job creation, and that a well-trained and healthy workforce together with appropriate economic reforms and policies will result in high return on investment for the growing working-age population;
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- Commission on Population and Development
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
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- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Infants
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2014
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 19
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- Also urges Member States to address the high rates of youth unemployment, underemployment, vulnerable employment and informal employment by developing and implementing targeted and integrated national youth employment policies for inclusive job creation, improved employability, skill development and vocational training to meet specific labour market needs of youth, including young migrants, and increased entrepreneurship, including the development of networks of young entrepreneurs at the international, regional, national and local levels, which foster knowledge among young people about their rights and responsibilities in society, and in this regard request donors, specialized United National entities and the private sector to continue to provide assistance, including technical and funding support, as required;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 3
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- Recalling further the outcomes of relevant United Nations high-level meetings, conferences and summits, including the United Nations Millennium Declaration, the 2005 World Summit Outcome, the Beijing Platform for Action and Five-year Review of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration, the World Programme of Action for Youth, and the outcome document of the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on Youth: Dialogue and Mutual Understanding, the Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS: Intensifying Our Efforts to Eliminate HIV and AIDS, and the Political Declaration of the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non communicable Diseases, as well as the outcome document of the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals entitled "Keeping the promise: united to achieve the Millennium Development Goals", and the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals,
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
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- Person(s) affected
- Youth
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- 2012
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 4
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- Reaffirming that development is a central goal in itself and that sustainable development in its economic, social and environmental aspects constitutes a key element of the overarching framework of United Nations activities,
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- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Youth
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- 2012
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Assessment of the status of implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development 2014, para. 11
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- Reaffirming the need to promote gender equality and the empowerment of girls and young women in all aspects of youth development, and recognizing the vulnerability of adolescent girls and young women, the need to eliminate discrimination against them and the critical role of boys and young men in ensuring gender equality,
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- Commission on Population and Development
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Boys
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2014
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The contribution of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development to the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals 2009, para. 6
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- Recognizing further that population dynamics, development, human rights and sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, which contribute to the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the Beijing Platform for Action, empowerment of young people and women, gender equality, rights for women and men to have control over and decide freely and responsibly on matters related to their sexuality and reproduction, free of coercion, discrimination and violence, based on mutual consent, equal relationships between women and men, full respect of the integrity of the person and shared responsibility for sexual behaviour and its consequences, are important for achieving the goals of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development,
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- Commission on Population and Development
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- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2009
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 14
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- Concerned that early and forced marriage and forced sexual relationships have adverse physical, social and psychological effects on adolescent and young girls and violate their human rights, and that early childbearing and early and forced marriage reduce opportunities for adolescent and young girls to complete their education, develop employable skills and participate in community development,
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- Commission on Population and Development
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- Harmful Practices
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Girls
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 17
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- Deeply concerned that young women living with HIV would like to space or limit pregnancy but are not using an effective modern method of contraception owing to limited access to voluntary family planning services and that addressing reproductive health and HIV together would better serve the needs of clients and health-care providers in a more comprehensive, cost-effective and efficient manner,
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- Commission on Population and Development
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 8
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- Recognizing further that adolescents and youth in all countries are a major resource for development and key agents for social change, economic development and technological innovation, and that further progress for development requires the full and effective participation of young people and youth-led organizations at the international, regional, national and local levels,
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- Commission on Population and Development
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- Equality & Inclusion
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- Adolescents
- Youth
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- 2012
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 35
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- Underlines the central role of the global partnership for development and the importance of goal 8 in achieving the Millennium Development Goals, and recognizes that without substantial international support, several of the goals are likely to be missed in many developing countries;
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- Commission on Population and Development
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Youth
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- 2012
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 21
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- Recognizing the contributions of adolescents and young migrants to countries of origin and destination, their particular vulnerabilities, circumstances and needs, and their potential to build social, economic and cultural bridges of cooperation and understanding across societies, and in that regard encouraging States to consider the socioeconomic circumstances and specific needs of young migrants,
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- Commission on Population and Development
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Persons on the move
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 22
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- Recognizing also that malaria-related ill health and deaths throughout the world, particularly among children, adolescents and youth, can be substantially reduced with political commitment and commensurate resources if the public is educated and sensitized about malaria and appropriate health services are made available, particularly in countries where the disease is endemic,
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- Commission on Population and Development
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Youth
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- 2012
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 2
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- Also reaffirms its strong commitment to the full implementation of the Programme of Action and the key actions for its further implementation agreed at the five-year review of the Programme of Action, and the Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development and its Programme of Action;
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- Commission on Population and Development
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- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 16
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- Calls upon Governments to take all necessary measures to eliminate all forms of discrimination against girls and young women, to remove all obstacles to gender equality, to promote the empowerment of girls and young women in all aspects of youth development, and to encourage boys and young men to participate fully in all actions towards gender equality;
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- Commission on Population and Development
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Boys
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 22
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- Urges Member States to increase efforts to improve the quality of education and to promote universal access to education, without discrimination on any basis, to ensure that adolescents and youth can acquire the knowledge, capacities, skills and ethical values needed, including through appropriate access to scholarships and other mobility programmes;
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- Commission on Population and Development
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 29
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- Calls upon Governments to pay particular attention to adolescents and youth, especially young women and adolescent girls, in significantly scaling up efforts to meet the goal of ensuring universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support, free of stigma and discrimination and with a gender perspective, and to provide comprehensive information, voluntary counselling and testing to adolescents and youth living with HIV as they transition into adulthood;
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- Commission on Population and Development
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 5
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- Also calls upon Governments, considering the development situation in each country, to promote both intergenerational equity and solidarity by taking into account the implications of the changing age structures of the population in medium- and long-term development planning and by considering the age-related consequences of social and economic policies, and further calls upon Governments and development partners to make youth development a priority across all sectors;
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- Commission on Population and Development
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 12
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- Noting with concern that for millions of people throughout the world, the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, including access to medicines, still remains a distant goal and that in many cases, especially for children, youth and people living in poverty, the likelihood of achieving this goal is becoming increasingly remote,
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- Commission on Population and Development
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
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Fertility, reproductive health and development 2011, para. 21
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- Calls upon Governments, with the full involvement of young people and with the support of the international community, to give full attention to meeting the reproductive health-care service, information and education needs of adolescents, to enable them to deal in a positive and responsible way with their sexuality;
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- Commission on Population and Development
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Youth
- Year
- 2011
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 33
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- Invites a wide range of relevant stakeholders, including families, teachers, religious, traditional and community leaders, and community-based organizations, to play positive roles to promote adolescent and youth development, maximize the impact of information, education and communication activities and social media, and mobilize public opinion in support of actions to improve the well-being of young people and their ability to exercise their human rights;
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- Commission on Population and Development
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 34
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- Encourages the United Nations agencies, the international community and civil society, as well as the private sector, to promote and support the implementation of the adolescent and youth development agenda and to strengthen international cooperation and the exchange of information on effective policies, programmes and activities as a matter of priority;
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- Commission on Population and Development
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- Resolution
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
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Fertility, reproductive health and development 2011, para. 19
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- Reiterates the need for Governments to ensure that all women and men and young people have information about and access to the widest possible range of safe, effective, affordable and acceptable methods of family planning, including male and female condoms, and to the requisite supplies, so that they are able to exercise free and informed reproductive choices;
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- Commission on Population and Development
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2011
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Assessment of the status of implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development 2014, para. 11
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- Urges Governments, the international community and all other relevant stakeholders to give particular attention to the areas of shortfall in the implementation of the Programme of Action, including, the elimination of preventable maternal morbidity and mortality through strengthening health systems, equitable and universal access to quality, integrated and comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services, and by ensuring the access of adolescents and youth to full and accurate information and education on sexual and reproductive health, including evidence-based comprehensive education on human sexuality, and promotion, respect, protection and fulfilment of all human rights, especially the human rights of women and girls, including sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, and by addressing the persistence of discriminatory laws and the unfair and discriminatory application of laws;
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- Commission on Population and Development
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2014
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Assessment of the status of implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development 2014, para. 12
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- Acknowledging that the current generation of adolescents and youth is the largest one ever, and recognizing that adolescents and youth in all countries are a major resource for development and key agents for social change, economic development and technological innovation, and recognizing also that further progress for development requires the realization of their rights, gender equality, and the full participation of young people and youth-led organizations at the international, regional, national and local levels,
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- Commission on Population and Development
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Youth
- Year
- 2014
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 18
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- Urges Member States to improve and actively support opportunities for young people to gain access to productive employment and decent work, including through investment in youth employment programmes, youth-adult partnerships entrepreneurship and other income generation strategies, active labour markets, public-private partnerships and other measures to facilitate the participation of young people in labour markets, in accordance with States' respective national laws and international obligations and commitments, and to reinforce links between national development strategies and policies on education, training, social integration and mobility, taking into account gender equality and the empowerment of women;
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- Commission on Population and Development
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 25
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- Recognizes the rights, duties and responsibilities of parents and other persons legally responsible for adolescents to provide, in a manner consistent with the evolving capacities of the adolescent, appropriate direction and guidance on sexual and reproductive matters, and that countries must ensure that the programmes and attitudes of health-care providers do not restrict the access by adolescents to appropriate services and the information they need, including on sexually transmitted infections and sexual abuse, and recognizes that in doing so, and in order to, inter alia, address sexual abuse, these services must safeguard the right of adolescents to privacy, confidentiality, respect and informed consent, respecting cultural values and religious beliefs, and that in this context, countries should, where appropriate, remove legal, regulatory and social barriers to reproductive health information and care for adolescents;
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- Commission on Population and Development
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 7
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- Urges Governments to protect and promote human rights and fundamental freedoms regardless of age and marital status, including, inter alia, by eliminating all forms of discrimination against girls and women, by working more effectively to achieve equality between women and men in all areas of family responsibility, in sexual and reproductive life, and in education at all levels, and by protecting the human rights of adolescents and youth to have control over and decide freely and responsibly on matters related to their sexuality, including sexual and reproductive health;
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- Commission on Population and Development
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 17
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- Also calls upon Governments to support and encourage men in their important role as fathers and in helping their children transition successfully to adulthood, including by providing adequate financial support for their children and families, to promote positive male role models and programmes for boys to become gender-sensitive adults and to enable men to support, promote and respect women's sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, recognizing the inherent dignity of all human beings;
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- Commission on Population and Development
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Boys
- Children
- Men
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 32
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- Encourages Governments to improve information in order to enable young people to make better use of their opportunities to participate in decision-making, to develop and strengthen opportunities for young people to learn their rights and responsibilities, promoting their social and political participation and removing obstacles that affect their full contribution to society, and to promote and support youth associations, volunteer groups and entrepreneurship;
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- Commission on Population and Development
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 19
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- Recognizing also the importance of preventing and addressing youth crime, including drug-related crime, and its impact on youth and the socioeconomic development of societies, and of protecting young victims, witnesses and their respective families, as well as supporting the rehabilitation, reintegration and inclusion of young offenders in society with a view to their assuming constructive roles,
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- Commission on Population and Development
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 24
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- Taking note of the reports of the Secretary-General on adolescents and youth and on monitoring of population programmes, focusing on adolescents and youth, and taking note also of the report of the Secretary-General on the flow of financial resources for assisting in the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development,
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- Commission on Population and Development
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 3
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- Further reaffirms the sovereign right of each country to implement recommendations of the Programme of Action or other proposals in the present resolution, consistent with national laws and development priorities, with full respect for the various religious and ethical values and cultural backgrounds of its people, and in conformity with universally recognized international human rights;
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- Commission on Population and Development
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 6
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- Urges Member States to promote equal opportunities for all, to combat all forms of discrimination against young people, including that based on race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth, or other status, and to foster social integration for marginalized groups, such as young persons with disabilities, young migrants and indigenous youth, on an equal basis with others;
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- Commission on Population and Development
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Persons with disabilities
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 8
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- Urges Member States to enact and strictly enforce laws to ensure that marriage is entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses and to enact and strictly enforce laws concerning the minimum legal age of consent and the minimum age for marriage, and to raise the minimum age for marriage, where necessary;
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- Commission on Population and Development
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
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Fertility, reproductive health and development 2011, para. 15
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- Noting that, owing to declining mortality levels and the persistence of high fertility levels, a large number of developing countries continue to have very large proportions of children and young people in their populations and that these young populations have health, education and employment needs to be met by families, local communities, countries and the international community,
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- Commission on Population and Development
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Youth
- Year
- 2011
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Elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls 2013, para. 34ll
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- [The Commission urges governments, at all levels[...] to take the following actions:] [Addressing structural and underlying causes and risk factors so as to prevent violence against women and girls]: Carry out awareness-raising and education campaigns, in cooperation with civil society organizations, especially women's organizations, through different means of communication, targeting the general public, young people, men and boys, to address the structural and underlying causes of violence and abuse against women and girls; to overcome gender stereotypes and promote zero tolerance for such violence; to remove the stigma of being a victim and survivor of violence; and to create an enabling environment where women and girls can easily report incidences of violence and make use of the services available and of protection and assistance programmes;
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- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2013
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Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 2000, para. 6
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- Also recognizing that women, in particular young girls, are physiologically and biologically more vulnerable than men to sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV, and yet receive minimal health care and support when infected,
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- Commission on the Status of Women
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2000
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Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 2006, para. 10
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- Concerned also that HIV infection rates are at least twice as high among young people, especially young and married women, who do not finish primary school as among those who do,
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- Commission on the Status of Women
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
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Eliminating maternal mortality and morbidity through the empowerment of women 2012, para. 16
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- Deeply concerned that early marriage leads to early pregnancy and early childbearing, which presents a much higher risk of complications during pregnancy and delivery leading to maternal mortality and morbidity, increases the risk of disability, stillbirth and maternal death, exposes young married girls to a greater risk of domestic violence, as well as HIV and sexually transmitted infections, reduces their opportunities to complete their education, gain comprehensive knowledge and participate in the community or develop employable skills, and violates or impairs the full enjoyment of all their human rights, and recognizing with concern that limited access to the highest attainable standard of health, including sexual and reproductive health, causes high levels of obstetric fistula and other maternal morbidities, as well as maternal mortality,
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- Commission on the Status of Women
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
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Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 2014, para. 41
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- Calls upon Governments, the international community, relevant agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations system and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to intensify their support of national efforts against HIV/AIDS, particularly with respect to women and young girls, including efforts to provide affordable antiretroviral drugs, diagnostics and drugs to treat tuberculosis and other opportunistic infections, strengthening of health systems and training of medical personnel, including reliable distribution and delivery systems, implementation of a strong generic drug policy, bulk purchasing, negotiating with pharmaceutical companies to reduce prices, appropriate financing systems, and encouraging local manufacturing and import practices consistent with national laws and international agreements, particularly in the worst-hit regions in Africa and where the epidemic is severely setting back national development gains;
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- Commission on the Status of Women
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2014
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Women and health 1999, para. 4d
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- [Actions to be taken by Governments, the United Nations system and civil society, as appropriate:] (d) Design, implement and strengthen prevention programmes aimed at reducing tobacco use by women and girls; investigate the exploitation and targeting of young women by the tobacco industry; support action to prohibit tobacco advertising and access by minors to tobacco products; and support smoke-free spaces, gender- sensitive cessation programmes, and product labelling to warn of the dangers of tobacco use, noting the Tobacco Free Initiative proposed by the World Health Organization in July 1998;
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- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 1999
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Women, the girl child and human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome 2001, para. 1c
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- [Actions to be taken by Governments, the United Nations system and civil society, as appropriate]: Ensure that the sexual health and reproductive rights of women of all ages as defined in paragraphs 94, 95 and 96 of the Beijing Platform for Action is seen as an essential part in efforts to promote women's empowerment, bearing in mind that women and girls are disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS and in this context, further promote the advancement and empowerment of women and women's full enjoyment of all human rights, including the right to development and their right to have control over and decide freely and responsibly on matters related to their sexuality, in order to protect themselves from high risk and irresponsible behaviour leading to sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS as well as access to health information and education, health care and health services which are critical to increasing the ability of women and young girls to protect themselves from HIV infection;
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- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2001
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Gender and all forms of discrimination, in particular racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance 2001, para. 1c
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- [Actions to be taken by Governments, the United Nations and civil society, as appropriate]: Acknowledge the need to address the issues of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance as and where they affect young women and men, boys and girls and recognize the role they play in the fight against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, including particular forms of racism experienced by young women and girls, and support the fundamental role played by youth non-governmental organizations in educating young people and children to build a society based on respect and solidarity;
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- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Children
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2001
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Elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child 2007, para. 14.2.j
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- [The Commission [...] urges Governments [...] to:] [14.2. Education and training] (j) Ensure that young women and men have access to information and education, including peer education, youth-specific HIV education and sexual education and services necessary for behavioural change, to develop the life skills required to reduce their vulnerability to HIV infection and reproductive ill health, in full partnership with young persons, parents, families, educators and health-care providers;
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- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Gender
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Girls
- Men
- Youth
- Year
- 2007
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Access and participation of women and girls in education, training and science and technology, including for the promotion of women's equal access to full employment and decent work 2011, para. 22v
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- [The Commission urges Governments, at all levels [...] to take the following actions, as appropriate:] [Strengthening gender-sensitive quality education and training, including in the field of science and technology]: Develop gender-sensitive curricula for educational programmes at all levels and take concrete measures to ensure that educational materials portray women and men, youth, girls and boys in positive and non-stereotypical roles, particularly in the teaching of scientific and technological subjects, in order to address the root causes of segregation in working life;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2011
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