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World Week of Peace (1995), para. 09
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- Concerned that recent conflicts between States have brought with them deplorable ethnic strife, destruction and displacement of individuals and communities,
- Topic(s)
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
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Working group of the Commission on Human Rights to elaborate a draft declaration in accordance with paragraph 5 of General Assembly resolution 49/214 of 23 December 1994 (2007), para. 051
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- (d) Any form of forced assimilation or integration by other cultures or ways of life imposed on them by legislative, administrative or other measures;
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- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
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Working group of the Commission on Human Rights to elaborate a draft declaration in accordance with paragraph 5 of General Assembly resolution 49/214 of 23 December 1994 (2007), para. 050
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- (c) Any form of forced population transfer which has the aim or effect of violating or undermining any of their rights;
- Topic(s)
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
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Violence against women migrant workers 2002, para. 5
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- Urges States to seek full respect for, and compliance with, the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 1963, especially as it relates to the right of foreign nationals, regardless of their legal and immigration status, to communicate with a consular officer of their own State in the case of arrest or detention and to be informed without delay of this right;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2002
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948, para. 2
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- (2) Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1948
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948, para. 1
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- (1) Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1948
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Universal Congress on the Panama Canal (1996), para. 09
- Original document
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- Reaffirming the utility of the Panama Canal for international maritime transport and the growth of the world economy, and the need to tackle the problems of interoceanic communication in the twenty-first century,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
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United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (2019), para. 10
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- Recalling also the call by the Secretary-General for continued financial and in-kind support from Member States, which would enable the Regional Centre to discharge its mandate in full and to respond more effectively to requests for assistance from African States,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
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United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (2018), para. 10
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- Recalling also the call by the Secretary-General for continued financial and in-kind support from Member States, which would enable the Regional Centre to discharge its mandate in full and to respond more effectively to requests for assistance from African States,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
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United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (2017), para. 10
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- Recalling also the call by the Secretary-General for continued financial and in-kind support from Member States, which would enable the Regional Centre to discharge its mandate in full and to respond more effectively to requests for assistance from African States,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
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United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (2014), para. 09
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- Recalling also the call by the Secretary-General for continued financial and in-kind support from Member States, which would enable the Regional Centre to discharge its mandate in full and to respond more effectively to requests for assistance from African States,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
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United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (2013), para. 09
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- Recalling also the call by the Secretary-General for continued financial and in-kind support from Member States, which would enable the Regional Centre to discharge its mandate in full and to respond more effectively to requests for assistance from African States,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
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United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons (2010), para. 67
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- 34. Ensure that countries of origin accept back their nationals who are victims of trafficking in persons and guarantee that such return is conducted with due regard for safety and shall preferably be voluntary, consistent with the Convention and the Trafficking Protocol;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
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United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons (2010), para. 65
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- 32. Provide assistance and services for the physical, psychological and social recovery and rehabilitation of trafficked persons, in cooperation with non-governmental organizations and other relevant organizations and sectors of civil society;
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- All
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United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons (2010), para. 62
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- 29. Strengthen or continue to strengthen the capacity of relevant officials likely to encounter and identify possible victims of trafficking in persons, such as law enforcement personnel, border control officers, labour inspectors, consular or embassy officials, judges and prosecutors and peacekeepers, and ensure the availability of needed resources to the relevant sectors and institutions, including those of civil society;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
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United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons (2010), para. 56
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- 24. Encourage the United Nations to intensify its work with Member States and relevant international, regional and subregional organizations to identify and share best practices to prevent trafficking in persons;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
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United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons (2010), para. 53
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- 21. Increase and support prevention efforts in countries of origin, transit and destination by focusing on the demand that fosters all forms of trafficking and the goods and services produced as a result of trafficking in persons;
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- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
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United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons (2010), para. 46
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- 14. Mainstream the issue of trafficking in persons into the broader policies and programmes of the United Nations aimed at addressing economic and social development, human rights, the rule of law, good governance, education and natural disaster and post-conflict reconstruction;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
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United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons (2010), para. 41
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- 10. Reaffirm the important work of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Labour Organization and the International Organization for Migration in the global fight against trafficking in persons;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Persons on the move
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United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons (2010), para. 12
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- Recognizing that the launching in March 2007 of the United Nations Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, in partnership with the International Labour Organization, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and the International Organization for Migration, and the Vienna Forum to Fight Human Trafficking, held from 13 to 15 February 2008, provided all anti-trafficking actors, including the United Nations, Governments and civil society organizations, with a global forum to share their respective experiences and further highlighted the need collectively to address human trafficking in a multifaceted and holistic manner,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
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United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons (2010), para. 04
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- Recognizing that poverty, unemployment, lack of socio-economic opportunities, gender-based violence, discrimination and marginalization are some of the contributing factors that make persons vulnerable to trafficking in persons,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Movement
- Poverty
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (2019), para. 107
- Original document
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- 5. States shall provide peasants and other people working in rural areas with effective mechanisms for the prevention of and redress for any action that has the aim or effect of violating their human rights, arbitrarily dispossessing them of their land and natural resources or of depriving them of their means of subsistence and integrity, and for any form of forced sedentarization or population displacement.
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
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United Nations Declaration on Crime and Public Security (1997), para. 26
- Original document
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- (d) Coordinating measures and exchanging information to combat the organized criminal smuggling of persons across national borders.
- Topic(s)
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
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United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration (2014), para. 80
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- 1. A Party may denounce this Convention at any time by means of a formal notification addressed to the depositary. The denunciation shall take effect twelve months after the notification is received by the depositary.
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
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United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration (2014), para. 57
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- 6. Any Party that makes a reservation under this Convention may withdraw it at any time. Such withdrawals are to be deposited with the depositary, and shall take effect upon deposit.
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
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United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration (2014), para. 49
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- shall constitute a separate reservation capable of separate withdrawal under article 4(6).
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
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United Nations common system: report of the International Civil Service Commission (2011), para. 40
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- 13. Recognizes the importance of mobility as a means of developing a more versatile, multi-skilled and experienced international civil service that is capable of fulfilling complex mandates;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
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United Nations common system: report of the International Civil Service Commission (2000), para. 32
- Original document
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- Takes note of the decision of the Commission, set out in paragraph 99 of its report, 1 not to pursue further the issue of the separation of housing from post adjustment at small field duty stations;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
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- N.A.
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United Nations common system: report of the International Civil Service Commission (2000), para. 30
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- E. Separation of housing from post adjustment
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
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United Nations common system: report of the International Civil Service Commission (1998), para. 29
- Original document
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- Recalling also section I.E of its resolution 51/216, in which it reiterated its request to the Commission urgently to complete its study regarding the methodology for establishing a single post adjustment index for Geneva and to complete the study needed to implement the single post adjustment at the earliest date, and no later than 1 January 1998,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
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