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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 type
- Article
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African Youth Charter 2006, para. b
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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: 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 type
- Article
Paragraph
European Social Charter (Revised) 1996, para. 1b
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- With a view to ensuring the effective exercise of the right of children and young persons to grow up in an environment which encourages the full development of their personality and of their physical and mental capacities, the Parties undertake, either directly or in co-operation with public and private organisations, to take all appropriate and necessary measures designed: 1b. to protect children and young persons against negligence, violence or exploitation;
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- Council of Europe
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 1996
- Paragraph type
- Article
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1m
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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: 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;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
- Paragraph type
- Article
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1l
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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: 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;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Harmful Practices
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
- Paragraph type
- Article
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. d
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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: d) Condemn armed conflict and prevent the participation, involvement, recruitment and sexual slavery of young people in armed conflict;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
- Paragraph type
- Article
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. e
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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: e) Take all feasible measures to protect the civilian population, including youth, who are affected and displaced by armed conflict;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
- Paragraph type
- Article
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2
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- 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.
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
- Paragraph type
- Article
Paragraph
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;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
- Paragraph type
- Article
Paragraph
SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2017, para. 100
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- The mandate of the Special Representative also honours the best of humankind; this comes, not surprisingly, from children themselves. Time and time again, the Special Representative has met children who have emerged from the most terrible nightmares and who yet remain resilient, confident, generous and eager to show the way ahead. In all regions of the world, young advocates join hands with national authorities, civil society and many other allies in raising awareness about the detrimental impact of violence, empowering young people to be the first line of protection from abuse and exploitation, and inspiring many others to build a world where children can grow up respected, nurtured and supported to achieve their ambitions and dreams. Even in the most desperate of situations, children demonstrate hope for a better world and determination to achieve lasting change. This is much more than positive thinking; this is about achieving positive change.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2017
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Child participation 2012, para. 101i
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- [A mapping and assessment of child participation must be carried out, in accordance with the relevant principles and standards, with a view to identifying the remaining achievements and gaps. The mapping process must involve all the principal stakeholders in child protection (public and private sectors, national human rights institutions, non-governmental organizations), including children and communities, with a view to ensuring effective and sustainable child participation. If necessary, legislative changes should be introduced to protect and promote child participation rights in order:] To strengthen the involvement of children and young people in child safety online by providing child-sensitive information and peer-to-peer support with regard to reporting new or recurrent threats of exploitation through the Internet;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Child participation 2012, para. 103b
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- [Because of the transnational and complex dimension of the sale and sexual exploitation of children, strong cooperation and coordination requires the full participation of all stakeholders, including children and young people, at the regional and international levels. This can be brought about by:] Implementing the recommendation of the Rio de Janeiro Declaration and Call for Action to Prevent and Stop Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents regarding the establishment by 2013 of a comprehensive framework to harmonize and facilitate coordination and cooperation at the national, regional and international levels among all relevant stakeholders, including child-led organizations, to enable and support specific actions to prevent and stop the sexual exploitation of children and adolescents;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Child participation 2012, para. 103c
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- [Because of the transnational and complex dimension of the sale and sexual exploitation of children, strong cooperation and coordination requires the full participation of all stakeholders, including children and young people, at the regional and international levels. This can be brought about by:] If necessary, extending technical assistance to States by United Nations agencies and human rights mechanisms, with a view to providing support for child participation as a key and cross-cutting component of comprehensive and rights-based child protection systems.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 107
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- Future initiatives need to be gender-sensitive, informed by children's perspectives and experience, and tailored to children's evolving stages of development. To prevent violence against them in their early years, investment in positive parenting, home visitation and early childhood care and development programmes will remain essential. To capitalize on young people's agency and potential, and prevent their stigmatization and manipulation in violent incidents and criminal activities it will be imperative to empower them with life skills and quality education, and to support their active contribution to a violence-free society.
- Body
- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Prevention of trafficking in persons 2010, para. 76
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- Appropriate messages about the risks of trafficking and what people should do to avoid or minimize them should be institutionalized at all levels of education so as to reach young people before they fall prey to unscrupulous traffickers.
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- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2010
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Child participation 2012, para. 97
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- Child participation continues, however, to be used for a wide range of activities (because of a lack of common definition) and is limited in scope (dominated by one-off processes). There is no clear set of commitments and actions for children's rights so that children are properly informed and listened to/heard and can have their views taken into consideration. Consequently, child participation has not been translated into practical approaches that make genuine differences to the lives of many children (in particular younger and disadvantaged children), who remain excluded from public decision-making and disempowered. This in turn further exacerbates the risks of abuse, exploitation and marginalization in society.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 120
- Paragraph text
- Future initiatives need to be gender-sensitive, informed by children's perspectives and experience and tailored to children's evolving stages of development. To prevent violence against them in early years, investment in positive parenting, home visitation and early childhood care and development programmes remains essential. To capitalize on young people's agency and potential and prevent their stigmatization and manipulation in violent incidents and criminal activities, it will be imperative to empower them with life skills and quality education and support their active contribution to a violence-free society.
- Body
- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2013
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Diversity in humanity, humanity in diversity 2017, para. 63
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- The present report endeavours to set the scene for more monitoring and advocacy to protect people from violence and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. It is also important to comprehend the multi-layered nature of the violence and discrimination — it starts at home, extends into the educational spectrum, influences the community environment, and continues into the State setting and beyond. It has a longitudinal trajectory, with intergenerational implications. It is also concurrently personal/personalized, family-based, community-influenced and systemic, and at times is linked with institutional violence and discrimination. To overcome these impediments, it is necessary to “start young” with promoting mutual respect and tolerance.
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- Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Youth
- Year
- 2017
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Strengthening voluntary standards for businesses on preventing and combating trafficking in persons and labour exploitation, especially in supply chains 2017, para. 96
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- Companies should establish a remediation plan in cooperation with the supplier and local and national authorities when a case of trafficking in persons is detected, in order to ensure that workers have effective access to remedies, including compensation, and to appropriate assistance. Any measure adopted should have a human rights-centred approach and be based on the rights of the trafficked person, whose participation in the determination of a solution for their case should be ensured throughout the process. Companies should ensure that, with regard to access to the grievance mechanism and the remediation plan, they consider the specific barriers faced by, and the vulnerabilities of, migrant workers, contract workers, young people and women.
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- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2017
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Sexual and reproductive health and rights of girls and young women with disabilities 2017, para. 62b
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- [The Special Rapporteur makes the following recommendations to States:] Prohibit by law the forced sterilization of girls and young women with disabilities, as well as other compulsory or involuntary practices affecting their sexual and reproductive health and rights, and ensure adequate procedural safeguards to protect their right to free and informed consent;
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- Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2017
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Child slavery in the artisanal mining and quarrying sector 2011, para. 98
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- In order to develop national policies against child labour, most States have created multisectoral insitutions to prevent and eradicate child labour, made up of governmental authorities, representatives of the workers' union, representatives of the employers' union, NGOs and international organizations, the main task of which is to articulate national action plan for the prevention and eradication of child labour. These institutions should have specific programmes to prevent and eradicate child slavery in the mining and quarrying sector. They should also develop and implement policies and social programmes targeting children working in the mines and quarries. Such policies and programmes need to be translated for use at the local levels. In countries most advanced in terms of decentralization, the regional, municipal and local governments have an increasing role with regard to the education, health and protection of children and youth services. Local governments, policies and programmes, because of their proximity to the reality of children and their families, are essential for the development of sustainable and effective actions for the eradication of child working in the mining and quarrying sector. These plans should have sufficient human and financial resources to ensure that they are fully implemented.
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- Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2011
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Sexual and reproductive health and rights of girls and young women with disabilities 2017, para. 62g
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- [The Special Rapporteur makes the following recommendations to States:] Provide adequate training to law enforcement officials, prosecutors and judges on how to protect girls and young women with disabilities from violence;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2017
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Sexual and reproductive health and rights of girls and young women with disabilities 2017, para. 62i
- Paragraph text
- [The Special Rapporteur makes the following recommendations to States:] Implement awareness-raising programmes designed to change the societal perception of the sexual and reproductive health and rights of girls and young women with disabilities and end all forms of violence against them, including forced sterilization, forced abortion and forced contraception;
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- Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2017
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Sexual and reproductive health and rights of girls and young women with disabilities 2017, para. 62f
- Paragraph text
- [The Special Rapporteur makes the following recommendations to States:] Ensure that services and programmes aimed at protecting women and girls from violence, including police stations, shelters and courts, are inclusive of and accessible to girls and young women with disabilities;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2017
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Child participation 2012, para. 103a
- Paragraph text
- [Because of the transnational and complex dimension of the sale and sexual exploitation of children, strong cooperation and coordination requires the full participation of all stakeholders, including children and young people, at the regional and international levels. This can be brought about by:] Assessing child participation processes, mechanisms and practices and drawing on promising practices with a view to capitalizing on them and increasing their impact;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Information and communication technologies and the sale and sexual exploitation of children 2015, para. 87j
- Paragraph text
- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to:] Involve and empower children and youth through the use of new technologies and social media, encouraging them to share ideas and knowledge of exploitative behaviours and ways to stop them, and to report suspicious behaviour, and taking their proposals into consideration in prevention and protection strategies.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2015
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 109
- Paragraph text
- The Special Representative will continue to mobilize support for these important efforts and for the identification of specific goals and indicators so as to accelerate progress in children's protection from violence. Indeed, it is high time to measure what we treasure! And if we are to succeed, it is critical that children and young people enjoy genuine participation in this process - not as accidental partners, but as real agents of change.
- Body
- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2013
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
The girl child 2013, para. 35
- Paragraph text
- Calls upon Member States to devise, enforce and strengthen effective child- and youth-sensitive measures to combat, eliminate and prosecute all forms of trafficking in women and girls, including for sexual and economic exploitation, as part of a comprehensive anti-trafficking strategy within wider efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls, including by taking effective measures against the criminalization of girls who are victims of exploitation and ensuring that girls who have been exploited receive access to the necessary psychosocial support;
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2013
- Paragraph type
- OP
Paragraph
Accelerating efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women: Ensuring due diligence in protection 2011, para. 3
- Paragraph text
- Recognizes that effective protection requires comprehensive, integrated, coordinated multisectoral approaches involving multiple stakeholders, including women’s organizations, religious and community leaders, youth, men and boys, victim service workers and advocates, law enforcement personnel, the judiciary, corrections officials and forensic scientists, as well as legal, health and education professionals, and that such responses should avoid re-victimization, be empowering to the victim, be evidence-based and culturally sensitive, and integrate the specific and differentiated needs of women and girls who face multiple, intersecting and aggravated forms of discrimination;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2011
- Paragraph type
- OP
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;
- Body
- 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 type
- OP
Paragraph