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The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic 2018, para. undefined
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- Art. 15. At all times, and particularly after an engagement, Parties to the conflict shall, without delay, take all possible measures to search for and collect the wounded and sick, to protect them against pillage and ill-treatment, to ensure their adequate care, and to search for the dead and prevent their being despoiled. Whenever circumstances permit, an armistice or a suspension of fire shall be arranged, or local arrangements made, to permit the removal, exchange and transport of the wounded left on the battlefield. Likewise, local arrangements may be concluded between Parties to the conflict for the removal or exchange of wounded and sick from a besieged or encircled area, and for the passage of medical and religious personnel and equipment on their way to that area.
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Year
- 2018
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The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic 2018, para. undefined
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- Art. 16. Parties to the conflict shall record as soon as possible, in respect of each wounded, sick or dead person of the adverse Party falling into their hands, any particulars which may assist in his identification. These records should if possible include: (a) designation of the Power on which he depends; (b) army, regimental, personal or serial number; (c) surname; (d) first name or names; (e) date of birth; (f) any other particulars shown on his identity card or disc; (g) date and place of capture or death; (h) particulars concerning wounds or illness, or cause of death. As soon as possible the above mentioned information shall be forwarded to the Information Bureau described in Article 122 of the Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War of 12 August 1949, which shall transmit this information to the Power on which these persons depend through the intermediary of the Protecting Power and of the Central Prisoners of War Agency. Parties to the conflict shall prepare and forward to each other through the same bureau, certificates of death or duly authenticated lists of the dead. They shall likewise collect and forward through the same bureau one half of a double identity disc, last wills or other documents of importance to the next of kin, money and in general all articles of an intrinsic or sentimental value, which are found on the dead. These articles, together with unidentified articles, shall be sent in sealed packets, accompanied by statements giving all particulars necessary for the identification of the deceased owners, as well as by a complete list of the contents of the parcel.
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Year
- 2018
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The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic 2018, para. 6
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- Art. 13. The present Convention shall apply to the wounded and sick belonging to the following categories: (6) Inhabitants of a non-occupied territory, who on the approach of the enemy, spontaneously take up arms to resist the invading forces, without having had time to form themselves into regular armed units, provided they carry arms openly and respect the laws and customs of war.
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Year
- 2018
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The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic 2018, para. 4
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- Art. 13. The present Convention shall apply to the wounded and sick belonging to the following categories: (4) Persons who accompany the armed forces without actually being members thereof, such as civil members of military aircraft crews, war correspondents, supply contractors, members of labour units or of services responsible for the welfare of the armed forces, provided that they have received authorization from the armed forces which they accompany.
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Year
- 2018
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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas 2018, para. 7. (3)
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- Chiefs who are duly recognised and who do not receive adequate remuneration in other forms may have the enjoyment of personal services, subject to due regulation and provided that all necessary measures are taken to prevent abuses.
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Year
- 2018
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Promoting human rights through sport and the Olympic ideal, para. 46
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- 7. Welcomes the cooperation among Member States, the United Nations and its specialized agencies, funds and programmes, the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee to maximize the potential of sport to make a meaningful and sustainable contribution to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and encourages the
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Year
- 2018
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Technical assistance and capacity-building for Mali in the field of human rights, para. 8
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- Reaffirming also its commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of Mali,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Year
- 2018
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Cooperation with Georgia, para. 13
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- Expressing serious concern at the discrimination based on ethnic grounds, restrictions on education in one’s native language in both Georgian regions, and the reported mass demolition of houses of ethnic Georgians in the Tskhinvali region,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Year
- 2018
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Adequate housing as a component of the rights to an adequate standard of living, and the right to non-discrimination in this context, para. 23
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- 2 (c) To take positive measures with a view to prevent and eliminate homelessness by adopting and implementing cross-sectoral strategies that are gender-, age- and disability-responsive and based on international human rights law;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Year
- 2018
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Situation of human rights in the People's Democratic Republic of Korea, para. 23
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- Welcoming the momentum of inter-Korean dialogue created on the occasion of the participation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in the Olympic Winter Games held in PyeongChang, and the recent progress in inter-Korean relations,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Year
- 2018
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Situation of human rights in the People's Democratic Republic of Korea, para. 16
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- in the report of the Special Rapporteur on her visit to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, submitted to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-seventh session,4 and noting the participation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in the Paralympic Winter
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Year
- 2018
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High-level intersessional discussion celebrating the centenary of Nelson Mandela, para. 10
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- 1. Decides to convene a high-level intersessional discussion celebrating the centenary of Nelson Mandela, on his life and legacy, in the context of promoting and protecting human rights through social justice, reconciliation and democratic ideals, on 27 April 2018, the day that, in 1994, Mandela and millions of South Africans cast their votes for the first time in a fully representative democratic election;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Year
- 2018
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High-level intersessional discussion celebrating the centenary of Nelson Mandela, para. 11
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- 2. Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to invite to that discussion, for their participation, eminent persons who worked with Nelson
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Year
- 2018
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High-level intersessional discussion celebrating the centenary of Nelson Mandela, para. 12
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- Mandela and other persons who embody his virtues on various global platforms for the advancement of human rights;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Year
- 2018
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Technical assistance and capacity-building for Mali in the field of human rights, para. 42
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- 20. Requests friendly countries and partner organizations that have pledged contributions at conferences on the development of Mali to honour those pledges in order to assist the Government to expedite the effective and comprehensive implementation of the Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in Mali;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Year
- 2018
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Cultural rights and the protection of cultural heritage, para. 22
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- Reaffirming the importance of the Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and its implementation, and in the context of its twentieth anniversary, highlighting in particular the important contribution made by cultural rights defenders involved in the protection of the cultural heritage of all humankind,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Year
- 2018
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Technical assistance and capacity-building for Mali in the field of human rights, para. 34
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- 12. Supports the measures taken by the Government to transfer pupils from some insecure localities in the northern and central regions to other schools and to organize special assessments for them;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Year
- 2018
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Promoting human rights through sport and the Olympic ideal, para. 44
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- 5. Encourages States and national, regional and international sports organizations to enhance human rights awareness and education, including the values of sport, of athletes, coaches and other sports officials;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Year
- 2018
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Terrorism and human rights, para. 13
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- Deploring attacks on religious places and shrines and cultural sites in violation of international law, in particular international human rights law and international humanitarian law, as applicable, including all deliberate destruction of relics, monuments or religious sites,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Year
- 2018
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Technical assistance and capacity-building for Mali in the field of human rights, para. 1
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- The Human Rights Council,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Year
- 2018
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Rights of the child: protection of the rights of the child in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 2017, para. 1
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- Takes note with appreciation of the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the protection of the rights of the child in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Year
- 2017
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Embrace diversity and energize humanity 2017, para. 10
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- Fourth, precisely because so many issues under the mandate reach out to an array of sectors and professions, it is essential to broaden the discourse and vistas for cooperation. For example, change in the medical and scientific sector is pivotal in helping to prevent violence and discrimination relating to health concerns. Where the situation was once pathologized, giving rise to potential or actual abuse and stigma, there is now momentum towards depathologizing and destigmatizing in relation to sexual orientation and gender identity, with due regard to ensuring access to comprehensive and quality health care for all. If the issue is interrelated with employment, there is now a call to interlink increasingly with the business sector. Where there are issues of faith and religion, it is important to reach out to spiritual leaders and actors and seek interfaith cooperation to complement international standards. Where there is a quest to shun hate speech and incitement to violence, a key catalyst is the ever-growing presence of social media and its responsiveness to human rights.
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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
- Health
- Year
- 2017
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Diversity in humanity, humanity in diversity 2017, para. 42
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- The Independent Expert looks forward to interlinking more closely with United Nations agencies and other actors to support activities, while commending the programmes already undertaken. For instance, UNESCO is involved in addressing the issue of bullying in the educational setting; this is visible through its Teaching Respect for All initiative. It has helped to create lesson plans for teachers to discuss homophobia and transphobia in primary and secondary schools.
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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)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Year
- 2017
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Report of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent on its nineteenth and twentieth sessions 2017, para. 62
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- The Working Group concludes that enslavement, colonial and post-colonial injustices as well as constant struggles with structural racism, intolerance and Afrophobia have had a direct influence on the health and well-being of people of African Descent. Among many pivotal issues, special attention was given during the session to challenges faced by people of African descent in the area of mental health and the urgent need for adequate health care and support policies for people of African descent.
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- Working Group of experts on people of African descent
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Year
- 2017
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Diversity in humanity, humanity in diversity 2017, para. 66c
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- States are encouraged to ratify the core international human rights treaties (if they have not yet done so) and to implement them fully, including in regard to respect for sexual orientation and gender identity, in cooperation with partners. This requires a range of human rights-sensitive measures, such as laws, policies, programmes, practices, case enforcement, mechanisms and personnel, resources (material and non-material), information and monitoring, education and capacity-building, accountability and remedies, and a participatory process and broad mobilization and networking open to civil society, with space for dialogue and reforms.
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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
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Year
- 2017
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Report of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent on its nineteenth and twentieth sessions 2017, para. 65
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- The International Decade for People of African Descent aims at raising the issue of the historical, economic, political and cultural non-recognition of the people of African descent who were victims of the transatlantic trade in enslaved Africans, enslavement and colonialism. It also aims to deconstruct racism. The Decade offers the possibility of bringing together States, civil society and multilateral institutions to elaborate ways to effectively address the fundamental basis of knowledge and rights of people of African descent. Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want, adopted by the African Union and rooted in pan-Africanism and African renaissance, is also an important reference in this regard.
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- Working Group of experts on people of African descent
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Year
- 2017
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The right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 2017, para. 23
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- Regretting the high number of people still without access to affordable, safe, efficacious and quality medicines, vaccines, diagnostics and medical devices, underscoring that improving such access could save millions of lives every year, and noting with deep concern that, according to the World Health Organization in its World Medicines Situations Report of 2011, at least one third of the world’s population has no regular access to medicines, while recognizing that the lack of access to medicines is a global challenge that affects people not only in developing countries but also in developed countries, even though the disease burden is disproportionately high in developing countries,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Year
- 2017
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Embrace diversity and energize humanity 2017, para. 14
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- The right to be free from discrimination is enshrined in article 2 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and all human rights treaties. Issues relating to sexual orientation and gender identity have been dealt with by the monitoring bodies under the human rights treaties in their relationship with States, and a number of those bodies, including those created under 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 against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, have adopted general comments that refer expressly to sexual orientation and gender identity. The mandate of the Independent Expert is founded on this bedrock of international human rights law.
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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
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Year
- 2017
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Embrace diversity and energize humanity 2017, para. 53q
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- As reported by the Australian Human Rights Commission, the country’s Sex Discrimination Act 1984 was amended by Act. No. 98 of 2013 to include protections against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, intersex status and relationship status in the areas of employment, education and goods, and services and facilities, but it provided for some exceptions where the conduct is committed by voluntary bodies, religious bodies, educational institutions established for religious purposes and in sport. Despite the Government’s commitment to remove those exemptions, the Commission noted that a number of significant and concerning inconsistencies remain between the Sex Discrimination Act and state and territory laws; particularly with respect to anti-discrimination and equal opportunity laws;
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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
- Year
- 2017
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Report of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent on its nineteenth and twentieth sessions 2017, para. 81
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- The challenges and specific risks faced by people of African descent in regard to health should be adequately addressed by States through, inter alia, efficient health insurance schemes, targeted programmes to reduce maternal mortality and improved pre- and post-birth medical care, providing adequate health services in all areas, including mental health and psychological support, and raising awareness of specific and culture-related health issues of people of African descent among the public as well as among medical professionals.
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- Working Group of experts on people of African descent
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Year
- 2017
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