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Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War 1949, para. undefined

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Art. 14. In time of peace, the High Contracting Parties and, after the outbreak of hostilities, the Parties thereto, may establish in their own territory and, if the need arises, in occupied areas, hospital and safety zones and localities so organized as to protect from the effects of war, wounded, sick and aged persons, children under fifteen, expectant mothers and mothers of children under seven. Upon the outbreak and during the course of hostilities, the Parties concerned may conclude agreements on mutual recognition of the zones and localities they have created. They may for this purpose implement the provisions of the Draft Agreement annexed to the present Convention, with such amendments as they may consider necessary. The Protecting Powers and the International Committee of the Red Cross are invited to lend their good offices in order to facilitate the institution and recognition of these hospital and safety zones and localities.
Body
International Committee of the Red Cross
Document type
International treaty
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Infants
Year
1949
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War 1949, para. undefined

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Art. 132. Each interned person shall be released by the Detaining Power as soon as the reasons which necessitated his internment no longer exist. The Parties to the conflict shall, moreover, endeavour during the course of hostilities, to conclude agreements for the release, the repatriation, the return to places of residence or the accommodation in a neutral country of certain classes of internees, in particular children, pregnant women and mothers with infants and young children, wounded and sick, and internees who have been detained for a long time.
Body
International Committee of the Red Cross
Document type
International treaty
Topic(s)
  • Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Infants
  • Women
Year
1949
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness 1961, para. 1a

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1. A Contracting State shall grant its nationality to a person, not born in the territory of a Contracting State, who would otherwise be stateless, if the nationality of one of his parents at the time of the person's birth was that of that State. If his parents did not possess the same nationality at the time of his birth, the question whether the nationality of the person concerned should follow that of the father or that of the mother shall be determined by the national law of such Contracting State. Nationality granted in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph shall be granted: (a) At birth, by operation of law, or
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
International treaty
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • Families
  • Infants
  • Women
Year
1961
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness 1961, para. 1b

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1. A Contracting State shall grant its nationality to a person, not born in the territory of a Contracting State, who would otherwise be stateless, if the nationality of one of his parents at the time of the person's birth was that of that State. If his parents did not possess the same nationality at the time of his birth, the question whether the nationality of the person concerned should follow that of the father or that of the mother shall be determined by the national law of such Contracting State. Nationality granted in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph shall be granted: (b) Upon an application being lodged with the appropriate authority, by or on behalf of the person concerned, in the manner prescribed by the national law. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 2 of this article, no such application may be rejected.
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
International treaty
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • Families
  • Infants
  • Women
Year
1961
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

ICCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966, para. 2

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2. Every child shall be registered immediately after birth and shall have a name.
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
International treaty
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Infants
Year
1966
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

CRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989, para. 2a

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[2. States Parties shall pursue full implementation of this right and, in particular, shall take appropriate measures:] (a) To diminish infant and child mortality;
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
International treaty
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Infants
Year
1989
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Inter-American Convention on International Traffic in Minors 1994, para. undefined

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AWARE that the international traffic in minors is a universal concern;
Body
Organization of American States
Document type
Regional treaty
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Children
  • Infants
Year
1994
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

Inter-American Convention on International Traffic in Minors 1994, para. undefined

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The purpose of the present Convention, with a view to protection of the fundamental rights of minors and their best interests, is the prevention and punishment of the international traffic in minors as well as the regulation of its civil and penal aspects. Accordingly, the States Parties to this Convention undertake to: a) ensure the protection of minors in consideration of their best interests; b) institute a system of mutual legal assistance among the States Parties, dedicated to the prevention and punishment of the international traffic in minors, as well as adopt related administrative and legal provisions to that effect; and c) ensure the prompt return of minors who are victims of international traffic to the State of their habitual residence, bearing in mind the best interests of the minors.
Body
Organization of American States
Document type
Regional treaty
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Children
  • Infants
Year
1994
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

Inter-American Convention on International Traffic in Minors 1994, para. undefined

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The following shall have competence in cases of crimes involving international traffic in minors: a) the State Party where the wrongful conduct occurred; b) the State Party that is the habitual residence of the minor; c) the State Party in which the alleged offender is located if said offender has not been extradited. d) the State Party in which the minor who is a victim of said traffic is located. For the purposes of the preceding paragraph, the State Party that first conducted formal proceedings concerning the wrongful act shall have preference.
Body
Organization of American States
Document type
Regional treaty
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Children
  • Infants
Year
1994
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

Inter-American Convention on International Traffic in Minors 1994, para. undefined

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The request for locating and returning shall not require authentication and shall be processed through the Central Authorities or directly through the competent authorities referred to in Article 13 of the present Convention. The requested authorities shall decide upon the most expeditious procedures for effecting it. After receiving the request, the requested authorities shall order the necessary steps taken in accordance with their domestic laws to initiate, facilitate, and assist the judicial and administrative procedures involved in locating and returning the minor. In addition, steps shall be taken to ensure the immediate return of the minor, and where necessary, to ensure his or her care, custody or provisional guardianship, depending on the circumstances, and, as a preventive measure, to bar the minor from being wrongfully removed to another State. The request, stating grounds for location and return of the minor, shall be lodged within one hundred and twenty days after the wrongful removal or retention of the minor has been detected. If the request for location and return is lodged by a State Party, the latter shall do so within one hundred and eighty days. When it is necessary to take action before locating the minor, the above-mentioned period shall run from the day on which a person or authority entitled to file the request is informed that the minor has been located. Irrespective of the above, the authorities of the State Party where the minor is retained may at any time order his or her return if it is in the minor's best interests.
Body
Organization of American States
Document type
Regional treaty
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Movement
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Children
  • Infants
Year
1994
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

Inter-American Convention on International Traffic in Minors 1994, para. undefined

Paragraph text
The authentication or similar formalities otherwise required shall be unnecessary when requests for cooperation encompassed by this Convention are transmitted via consular or diplomatic channels or via the Central Authorities, and when conveyed directly from one tribunal to another in the border area of the States Parties. No authentication in the requesting State Party shall be required in the case of related documents returned via the same channels. Where necessary, the requests shall be translated into the official language or languages of the State Party to which they are addressed. With respect to attachments, a translation of the summary of the essential information shall suffice.
Body
Organization of American States
Document type
Regional treaty
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Movement
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Children
  • Infants
Year
1994
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

Inter-American Convention on International Traffic in Minors 1994, para. undefined

Paragraph text
Having confirmed that a victim of traffic in minors is present within their jurisdiction, the competent authorities of a State Party shall take such immediate measures as may be necessary for the minor's protection, including those of a preventive nature to ensure that the minor is not improperly removed to another State. The Central Authorities shall inform the competent authorities of the State of the minor's previous habitual residence of all such measures. The intervening authorities shall take such steps as may be necessary to keep the persons or authorities seeking the minor's location and return duly informed of the measures adopted.
Body
Organization of American States
Document type
Regional treaty
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Movement
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Children
  • Infants
Year
1994
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

Inter-American Convention on International Traffic in Minors 1994, para. undefined

Paragraph text
In any proceeding provided for under this chapter, the competent authority may order the person or organization responsible for international traffic in minors to pay the costs and expenses of locating and returning the minor if such person or organization is a party to the proceeding. A person or authority lodging a request for the return or, where applicable, the competent authority may bring a civil action to recover costs, including legal fees and the expenses of locating and returning the minor, unless said costs were already assessed in a criminal proceeding or a proceeding under this chapter. The competent authority or any injured person or authority may bring a civil action for damages against the persons or organizations responsible for the international traffic in minors involving the minor.
Body
Organization of American States
Document type
Regional treaty
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Movement
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Children
  • Infants
Year
1994
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

Inter-American Convention on International Traffic in Minors 1994, para. undefined

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The original instrument of this Convention, the English, French, Portuguese and Spanish texts of which are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States, which shall forward an authenticated copy of its text to the Secretariat of the United Nations for registration and publication in accordance with Article 102 of its Charter. The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States shall notify the Member States of the Organization and the States that have acceded to the Convention of the signatures, deposits of instruments of ratification, accession and denunciation, as well as of reservations, if any, and of their withdrawal. IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned Plenipotentiaries, being duly authorized thereto by their respective Governments, do hereby sign the present Convention. DONE AT MEXICO, D.F., MEXICO, this eighteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-four.
Body
Organization of American States
Document type
Regional treaty
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Children
  • Infants
Year
1994
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia 2002, para. 3c

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States Parties shall ensure that appropriate legal and administrative mechanisms and social safety nets and defenses are always in place to: (c) Administer juvenile justice in a manner consistent with the promotion of the child's sense of dignity and worth, and with the primary objective of promoting the child's reintegration in the family and society. In doing so, States Parties shall provide special care and treatment to children in a country other than the country of domicile and expectant women and mothers who are detained along with infants or very young children, and shall promote, to the best possible extent, alternative measures to institutional correction, keeping in mind the best interest of the child.
Body
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
Document type
Regional treaty
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Families
  • Infants
  • Women
Year
2002
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

Children and armed conflict 2015, para. 13

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Urges concerned Member States, when undertaking security sector reforms, to mainstream child protection, such as the inclusion of child protection in military training and standard operating procedures, including on the handover of children to relevant civilian child protection actors, the establishment of child protection units in national security forces, and the strengthening of effective age assessment mechanisms to prevent underage recruitment, while stressing in the latter regard the importance of ensuring universal birth registration, including late birth registration which should remain an exception;
Body
United Nations Security Council
Document type
Resolution
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Infants
Year
2015
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

Women in development 1997, para. 12

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Calls upon Governments to promote, inter alia, through legislation, family-friendly and gender-sensitive work environments and also to promote the facilitation of breastfeeding for working mothers;
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Topic(s)
  • Gender
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Families
  • Infants
  • Women
Year
1997
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

Women in development 1999, para. 13

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Calls upon Governments to promote, inter alia, through legislation, family-friendly and gender-sensitive work environments and also to promote the facilitation of breastfeeding for working mothers;
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Topic(s)
  • Gender
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Families
  • Infants
  • Women
Year
1999
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

The rights of the child 2000, para. II.1

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Calls upon all States to intensify efforts to ensure the registration of all children immediately after birth, including through the consideration of simplified, expeditious and effective procedures;
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Infants
Year
2000
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

The rights of the child 2000, para. II.10

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Urges States to give particular emphasis to the prevention of HIV infection in young children and strengthen efforts to prevent adolescents and women from becoming HIV-infected, inter alia, by including HIV/AIDS prevention in educational curricula and educational programmes consistent with the epidemiology of the diseases in each State, and by supporting wide-scale voluntary HIV testing and counselling programmes for pregnant women, together with services for HIV-infected pregnant women to reduce the risk of transmitting the virus from HIV/AIDS-infected pregnant women to their children;
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Topic(s)
  • Education
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Children
  • Infants
  • Women
  • Youth
Year
2000
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

The rights of the child 2002, para. II.1

Paragraph text
Calls upon all States to intensify efforts to ensure the registration of all children immediately after birth, including through the consideration of simplified, expeditious and effective procedures;
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Infants
Year
2002
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

The rights of the child 2002, para. II.12

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Urges States to give particular emphasis to the prevention of HIV infection in young children and strengthen efforts to prevent adolescents and women from becoming HIV-infected, inter alia, by including HIV/AIDS prevention in educational curricula and educational programmes consistent with the epidemiology of the diseases in each State, and by supporting wide-scale voluntary HIV testing and counselling programmes for pregnant women, together with services for HIV- infected pregnant women to reduce the risk of transmitting the virus from infected pregnant women to their children;
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Topic(s)
  • Education
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Children
  • Infants
  • Women
  • Youth
Year
2002
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

The rights of the child 2013, para. 15

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Once again urges all States parties to intensify their efforts to comply with their obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child to preserve the child's identity, including nationality, name and family relations, as recognized by law, reminding States of their obligation to register the birth of all children without discrimination of any kind, including late birth registration, and to ensure that registration procedures are universal, accessible, simple, expeditious and effective and provided at minimal or no cost;
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Families
  • Infants
Year
2013
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

The rights of the child 2003, para. 12

Paragraph text
Calls upon all States to intensify efforts to ensure the registration of all children immediately after birth, including through the consideration of simplified, expeditious and effective procedures;
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Infants
Year
2003
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

The rights of the child 2003, para. 25c

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[Also calls upon all States:] To design and implement programmes to provide social services and support to pregnant adolescents and adolescent mothers, in particular to enable them to continue and complete their education;
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Topic(s)
  • Education
  • Equality & Inclusion
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Children
  • Infants
Year
2003
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

The rights of the child 2003, para. 25d

Paragraph text
[Also calls upon all States:] To promote an educational setting that eliminates all barriers that impede the schooling of pregnant adolescents and adolescent mothers;
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Topic(s)
  • Education
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Children
  • Infants
Year
2003
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

The rights of the child 2004, para. 21b

Paragraph text
[Also calls upon all States:] To design and implement programmes to provide social services and support to pregnant adolescents and adolescent mothers, in particular by enabling them to continue and complete their education;
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Topic(s)
  • Education
  • Equality & Inclusion
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Children
  • Infants
Year
2004
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS 2006, para. 27

Paragraph text
Commit ourselves also to ensuring that pregnant women have access to antenatal care, information, counselling and other HIV services and to increasing the availability of and access to effective treatment to women living with HIV and infants in order to reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV, as well as to ensuring effective interventions for women living with HIV, including voluntary and confidential counselling and testing, with informed consent, access to treatment, especially life-long antiretroviral therapy and, where appropriate, breast-milk substitutes and the provision of a continuum of care;
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Declaration / Confererence outcome document
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Infants
  • Women
Year
2006
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

The rights of the child 2005, para. 12b

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[Calls upon States and the international community to create an environment in which the well-being of the child is ensured, inter alia, by:] Taking all necessary measures to ensure the right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health and developing sustainable health systems and social services, ensuring access to such systems and services without discrimination, paying particular attention to adequate food and nutrition and assigning priority to activities and programmes aimed at preventing addictions, in particular addiction to alcohol and tobacco, and the abuse of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and inhalants and by, inter alia, securing appropriate prenatal and post-natal care for mothers;
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Infants
Year
2005
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

The rights of the child 2006, para. 21b

Paragraph text
[Also calls upon all States:] To design and implement programmes to provide social services and support to pregnant adolescents and adolescent mothers, in particular by enabling them to continue and complete their education;
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Topic(s)
  • Education
  • Equality & Inclusion
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Children
  • Infants
Year
2006
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

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