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Protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (Mandate) 2016, para. 2
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- Recalling that the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action affirms that all human rights are universal, indivisible and interdependent and interrelated, that the international community must treat human rights globally in a fair and equal manner, on the same footing, and with the same emphasis, and that while the significance of national and regional particularities and various historical, cultural and religious backgrounds must be borne in mind, it is the duty of States, regardless of their political, economic and cultural systems, to promote and protect all human rights and fundamental freedoms,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
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- 2016
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Protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (Mandate) 2016, para. 3
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- Recalling also General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006, in which the Assembly stated that the Human Rights Council should be responsible for promoting universal respect for the protection of all human rights and fundamental freedoms for all, without distinction of any kind and in a fair and equal manner,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Means of adoption
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- All
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- 2016
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Human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity 2014, para. 3
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- Recalling further that the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action affirms that all human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated, that the international community must treat human rights globally in a fair and equal manner, on the same footing and with the same emphasis, and that while the significance of national and regional particularities and various historical, cultural and religious backgrounds must be borne in mind, it is the duty of States, regardless of their political, economic and cultural systems, to promote and protect all human rights and fundamental freedoms,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Means of adoption
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- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2014
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Women, disarmament, non-proliferation and arms control 2014, para. 8
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- Noting the imminent entry into force of the Arms Trade Treaty, and therefore encouraging States parties to fully implement all the provisions of the Treaty, including the provision on serious acts of gender-based violence,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
- Means of adoption
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- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2014
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Human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity 2014, para. 1
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- Recalling the universality, interdependence, indivisibility and interrelatedness of human rights as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and consequently elaborated in other human rights instruments, such as the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and other relevant core human rights instruments,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
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- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
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- 2014
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Human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity 2014, para. 2
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- Recalling also that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights affirms that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights, and that everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in the Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Means of adoption
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- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- All
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- 2014
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Human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity 2011, para. 1
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- Recalling the universality, interdependence, indivisibility and interrelatedness of human rights as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and consequently elaborated in other human rights instruments, such as the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and other relevant core human rights instruments,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Means of adoption
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- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
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- 2011
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Human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity 2011, para. 2
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- Recalling also that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights affirms that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights and that everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in the Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Means of adoption
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- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- All
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- 2011
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Protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (Mandate) 2016, para. 1
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- Reaffirms that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights, and that everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
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- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
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- 2016
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Protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (Mandate) 2016, para. 9
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- Deploring the use of external pressure and coercive measures against States, particularly developing countries, including through the use and threat of use of economic sanctions and/or the application of conditionality to official development assistance, with the aim of influencing the relevant domestic debates and decision-making processes at the national level,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Means of adoption
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- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
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- 2016
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Protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (Mandate) 2016, para. 10
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- Concerned by any attempt to undermine the international human rights system by seeking to impose concepts or notions pertaining to social matters, including private individual conduct, that fall outside the internationally agreed human rights legal framework, and taking into account that such attempts constitute an expression of disregard for the universality of human rights,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Means of adoption
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- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
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- 2016
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Protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (Mandate) 2016, para. 11
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- Underlining that the present resolution should be implemented while ensuring respect for the sovereign right of each country as well as its national laws, development priorities, the various religious and ethical values and cultural backgrounds of its people, and should also be in full conformity with universally recognized international human rights,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Means of adoption
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- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2016
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Human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity 2014, para. 2
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- Requests the High Commissioner to update the report (A/HRC/19/41) with a view to sharing good practices and ways to overcome violence and discrimination, in application of existing international human rights law and standards, and to present it to the Human Rights Council at its twenty-ninth session;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Vote
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2014
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Situation of human rights in Myanmar, para. 25
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- 9. Strongly urges the Government of Myanmar to lift the curfew order in Rakhine State, to ensure freedom of movement and the safety and security of all persons without discrimination, to grant and facilitate immediate, safe and unhindered and sustained humanitarian access to United Nations agencies and their partners, and other domestic and international non-governmental organizations, to provide gender-responsive humanitarian assistance to all people in need of assistance in order to save lives and preserve human dignity throughout the country, to grant cooperation partners access without delay to permit the full resumption of aid programmes, to grant access to independent observers and representatives of the media, without fear of reprisals, and to safeguard those who report abuses;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Vote
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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The right to food 2017, para. 10
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- Encourages the Special Rapporteur on the right to food to continue to mainstream a gender perspective in the fulfilment of her mandate, and encourages the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and all other United Nations bodies and mechanisms that address the right to food and food insecurity to integrate and effectively implement a gender perspective in their relevant policies, programmes and activities regarding access to food;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
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- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
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- 2017
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Human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity 2011, para. 3
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- Recalling further General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006, in which the Assembly stated that the Human Rights Council should be responsible for promoting universal respect for the protection of all human rights and fundamental freedoms for all, without distinction of any kind and in a fair and equal manner,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Vote
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2011
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Human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity 2014, para. 4
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- Recalling General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006, in which the Assembly stated that the Human Rights Council should be responsible for promoting universal respect for the protection of all human rights and fundamental freedoms for all, without distinction of any kind and in a fair and equal manner,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Vote
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2014
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Human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity 2014, para. 5
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- Recalling also all relevant Human Rights Council and General Assembly resolutions on combating all forms of discrimination and violence exercised due to discrimination of any kind, particularly Council resolution 17/19 of 17 June 2011,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Means of adoption
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- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2014
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Human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity 2014, para. 8
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- Welcoming also the efforts of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in the fight against violence and discrimination based on race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Means of adoption
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- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2014
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Protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (Mandate) 2016, para. 8
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- Underlining the fundamental importance of respecting relevant domestic debates at the national level on matters associated with historical, cultural, social and religious sensitivities,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Vote
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2016
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Human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity 2014, para. 7
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- Welcoming positive developments at the international, regional and national levels in the fight against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Means of adoption
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- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2014
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Right to food 2008, para. 11
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- Recognizes that 80 per cent of hungry people live in rural areas and 50 per cent are small-scale farm-holders, and that these people are especially vulnerable to food insecurity, given the increasing cost of inputs and the fall in farm incomes; that access to land, water, seeds and other natural resources is an increasing challenge for poor producers; that sustainable and gender-sensitive agricultural policies are important tools for promoting land and agrarian reform, rural credit and insurance, technical assistance and other associated measures to achieve food security and rural development; and that support by States for small farmers, fishing communities and local enterprises is a key element for food security and the provision of the right to food;
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Vote
- Topic(s)
- Food & Nutrition
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2008
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From rhetoric to reality: a global call for concrete action against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance 2017, para. 2
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- Underlines the imperative need for the full and effective implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action as the only instructive outcome document of the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance for the combating of all the scourges of racism, including its contemporary and resurgent forms, some of which have regrettably taken violent forms;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
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- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2017
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The right to food, para. 38
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- 9. Encourages the Special Rapporteur on the right to food to continue to mainstream a gender perspective in the fulfilment of her mandate, and encourages the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and all other United Nations bodies and mechanisms that address the right to food and food insecurity to integrate and effectively implement a gender perspective in their relevant policies, programmes and activities regarding access to food;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Vote
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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Implementation of article 2 by States parties 2008, para. 18
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- The Committee has made clear that where State authorities or others acting in official capacity or under colour of law, know or have reasonable grounds to believe that acts of torture or ill-treatment are being committed by non-State officials or private actors and they fail to exercise due diligence to prevent, investigate, prosecute and punish such non-State officials or private actors consistently with the Convention, the State bears responsibility and its officials should be considered as authors, complicit or otherwise responsible under the Convention for consenting to or acquiescing in such impermissible acts. Since the failure of the State to exercise due diligence to intervene to stop, sanction and provide remedies to victims of torture facilitates and enables non-State actors to commit acts impermissible under the Convention with impunity, the State's indifference or inaction provides a form of encouragement and/or de facto permission. The Committee has applied this principle to States parties' failure to prevent and protect victims from gender-based violence, such as rape, domestic violence, female genital mutilation, and trafficking.
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- Committee against Torture
- Document type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Harmful Practices
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
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- Year
- 2008
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Right of everyone to take part in cultural life (Art. 15, para. 1(a)) 2009, para. 55a
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- [In its general comment No. 3 (1990), the Committee stressed that States parties have a minimum core obligation to ensure the satisfaction of, at the very least, minimum essential levels of each of the rights set out in the Covenant. Thus, in accordance with the Covenant and other international instruments dealing with human rights and the protection of cultural diversity, the Committee considers that article 15, paragraph 1 (a), of the Covenant entails at least the obligation to create and promote an environment within which a person individually, or in association with others, or within a community or group, can participate in the culture of their choice, which includes the following core obligations applicable with immediate effect:]To take legislative and any other necessary steps to guarantee non-discrimination and gender equality in the enjoyment of the right of everyone to take part in cultural life;
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- Committee on Social, Economic and Cultural Rights
- Document type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2009
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Equality of opportunity in education 2011, para. 13
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- The experience of human rights monitoring mechanisms has identified many forms of discrimination and inequality that affect the enjoyment of the right to education. These range from clear legal inequalities in status and entitlements to policies that neglect the specific conditions of certain groups. The work of human rights treaty bodies over the last years has indicated areas of action at national and international levels to ensure equality of opportunity in education. Similarly, recommendations to States undergoing the universal periodic review process also address aspects such as guaranteeing the right to education to marginalized and under privileged groups, combating poverty, ensuring the right to education for all, removing gender-based imbalances in education, strengthening efforts to expand opportunities for (basic) education, etc.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2011
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Challenges faced by groups most at risk when exercising or seeking to exercise the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and/or of association 2014, para. 17
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- The Human Rights Committee understands "discrimination" to imply "any distinction, exclusion, restriction or preference which is based on any ground such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status, and which has the purpose or effect of nullifying or impairing the recognition, enjoyment or exercise by all persons, on an equal footing, of all rights and freedoms". The Committee has established that sexual orientation and gender identity also constitute prohibited grounds for discrimination under article 2 of the Covenant. Discrimination results from legislation and practices that explicitly exclude or target groups or individuals in those groups.
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- Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2014
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Criminalisation of sexual and reproductive health 2011, para. 58
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- The International Guidelines on Sexuality Education of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) describe optimal sexual education as "an age-appropriate, culturally sensitive and comprehensive approach … that include programmes providing scientifically accurate, realistic, non-judgmental information". Moreover, comprehensive sexual and reproductive health education and information should provide "opportunities to explore one's own values and attitudes and to build decision-making, communication, and risk reduction skills about all aspects of sexuality". The Special Rapporteur on the right to education has further emphasized that a comprehensive curriculum requires sensitivity to sexual diversity and a gendered perspective (see A/65/162, para. 23).
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2011
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Women and their right to adequate housing 2012, para. 54
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- The existing gaps are complex and difficult to overcome as they are deeply rooted in culture, discriminatory social attitudes and practices, as well as weak or gender-blind systems which delay progress in the realization of the right, and fail to effectively make visible the existing barriers. Those challenges require more than ordinary efforts to enforce laws and put policies into practice; additional actions directed to provoke those changes in cultural patterns are required, and this can be obtained particularly through the combination of awareness-raising and public education, as well as through legal enforcement and legal aid, and provision of appropriate resources through the adoption of specific budgetary measures.
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- Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2012
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