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CRC - OPSC - Optional Protocol to the CRC on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography 2000, para. g
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- Believing that the elimination of the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography will be facilitated by adopting a holistic approach, addressing the contributing factors, including underdevelopment, poverty, economic disparities, inequitable socio-economic structure, dysfunctioning families, lack of education, urban-rural migration, gender discrimination, irresponsible adult sexual behaviour, harmful traditional practices, armed conflicts and trafficking in children,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 2000
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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European Social Charter (Revised) 1996, para. a
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- With a view to ensuring the effective exercise of the right to protection against poverty and social exclusion, the Parties undertake: a. to take measures within the framework of an overall and co-ordinated approach to promote the effective access of persons who live or risk living in a situation of social exclusion or poverty, as well as their families, to, in particular, employment, housing, training, education, culture and social and medical assistance;
- Body
- Council of Europe
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Poverty
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Year
- 1996
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1
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- 1. States Parties shall: Recognise the right of young people to a standard of living adequate for their holistic development.
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2c
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- 2. Recognise the right of young people to be free from hunger and shall take individual or collective measures to: c) Provide grants of land to youth and youth organisations for socio- economic development purposes;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance 2007, para. 7
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- State Parties shall institutionalize good economic and corporate governance through, inter alia: Poverty alleviation;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2007
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Women in development 1995, para. 5
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- Recognizing that the difficult socio-economic conditions that exist in many developing countries have resulted in the rapid feminization of poverty, especially in rural areas and in female-headed households,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 1995
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Women in development 1995, para. 5
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- Also stresses the importance of developing national strategies for promoting sustainable and productive entrepreneurial activities to generate income among disadvantaged women and women living in poverty;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 1995
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The girl child 1997, para. 8
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- Deeply concerned also that, in situations of poverty, war and armed conflict, girl children are among the victims most affected and that thus their potential for full development is limited,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Year
- 1997
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
The rights of the child 1997, para. 5
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- Inviting Member States to promote the values of peace, understanding and dialogue in the education of children, as well as awareness of the urgent need to combat poverty, malnutrition and illiteracy worldwide,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 1997
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Women in development 1997, para. 16
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- Stressing also that neglecting a gender perspective in policy formulation and implementation exacerbates the feminization of poverty and economic inefficiency and has a high social cost,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 1997
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Women in development 1997, para. 5
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- Stresses the importance of developing national strategies for promoting sustainable and productive entrepreneurial activities to generate income among disadvantaged women and women living in poverty;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 1997
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
The girl child 1998, para. 6
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- Deeply concerned that, in situations of poverty, war and armed conflict, girl children are among the victims most affected and that thus their potential for full development is limited,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Year
- 1998
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Human rights and extreme poverty 1998, para. 3
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- Recalling its resolutions 47/196 of 22 December 1992, by which it declared 17 October International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, 48/183 of 21 December 1993, by which it proclaimed 1996 International Year for the Eradication of Poverty, 50/107 of 20 December 1995, by which it proclaimed the first United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997–2006), 51/97 of 12 December 1996 on human rights and extreme poverty and 52/193 of 18 December 1997, in which it emphasized the follow-up of the Decade,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 1998
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Human rights and extreme poverty 1998, para. 7
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- Recognizing that the eradication of extreme poverty is a major challenge within the process of globalization and requires coordinated and continued policies,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 1998
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Human rights and extreme poverty 1998, para. 1
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- Reaffirms that extreme poverty and exclusion from society constitute a violation of human dignity and that urgent national and international action is therefore required to eliminate them;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 1998
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Human rights and extreme poverty 1998, para. 4
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- Emphasizes that extreme poverty is a major issue to be addressed by Governments, civil society and the United Nations system, including international financial institutions;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 1998
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The right to development 1998, para. 8
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- Reiterates that the existence of widespread absolute poverty inhibits the full and effective enjoyment of human rights and renders democracy and popular participation fragile;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 1998
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The girl child 1999, para. 5
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- Deeply concerned that, in situations of poverty, war and armed conflict, girl children are among the victims most affected and that thus their potential for full development is limited,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Year
- 1999
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Women in development 1999, para. 5
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- Stresses the importance of developing national strategies for promoting sustainable and productive entrepreneurial activities to generate income among disadvantaged women and women living in poverty;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 1999
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas 1999, para. 2d
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- [Invites Member States, in collaboration with United Nations organizations and civil society, to continue their efforts to implement the outcome of and to ensure an integrated and coordinated follow-up to United Nations conferences and summits, including their five-year reviews, and to attach greater importance to the improvement of the situation of rural women in their national, regional and global development strategies by, inter alia:] Providing microcredit and other financial and business services to a greater number of women in rural areas for generating self-employment among them and eradicating poverty;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 1999
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The girl child 2000, para. 5
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- Deeply concerned that, in situations of poverty, war and armed conflict, girl children are among the victims most affected and that thus their potential for full development is limited,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Year
- 2000
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights of the child 2000, para. 5
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- Profoundly concerned that the situation of girls and boys in many parts of the world remains critical as a result of the persistence of poverty, social inequality, inadequate social and economic conditions in an increasingly globalized world economy, pandemics, in particular human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, natural disasters, armed conflict, displacement, exploitation, illiteracy, hunger, intolerance, discrimination and inadequate legal protection, and convinced that urgent and effective national and international action is called for,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Girls
- Year
- 2000
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Human rights and extreme poverty 2000, para. 10
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- Recalling the United Nations Millennium Declaration,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2000
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Human rights and extreme poverty 2000, para. 1
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- Reaffirms that extreme poverty and exclusion from society constitute a violation of human dignity and that urgent national and international action is therefore required to eliminate them;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2000
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Human rights and extreme poverty 2000, para. 2
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- Also reaffirms that it is essential for States to foster participation by the poorest people in the decision-making process in the societies in which they live, in the promotion of human rights and in efforts to combat extreme poverty, and for people living in poverty and vulnerable groups to be empowered to organize themselves and to participate in all aspects of political, economic and social life, in particular the planning and implementation of policies that affect them, thus enabling them to become genuine partners in development;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2000
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Human rights and extreme poverty 2000, para. 5
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- Reaffirms that the existence of widespread absolute poverty inhibits the full and effective enjoyment of human rights and renders democracy and popular participation fragile;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2000
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Human rights and extreme poverty 2000, para. 6
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- Also reaffirms the commitments on development and poverty eradication contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2000
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Human rights and extreme poverty 2000, para. 2
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- Considering the relevant provisions of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights on 25 June 1993, and of the Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development and Programme of Action of the World Summit for Social Development, adopted by the World Summit on 12 March 1995, and the outcome document of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly entitled “World Summit for Social Development and beyond: achieving social development for all in a globalizing world”, adopted at Geneva on 1 July 2000,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2000
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Human rights and extreme poverty 2000, para. 3
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- Recalling its resolutions 47/196 of 22 December 1992, by which it declared 17 October the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, 48/183 of 21 December 1993, by which it proclaimed 1996 the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty, 50/107 of 20 December 1995, by which it proclaimed the first United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997–2006), 51/97 of 12 December 1996 on human rights and extreme poverty, 52/193 of 18 December 1997, in which it emphasized the follow-up to the Decade, and 53/146 of 9 December 1998 on human rights and extreme poverty,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2000
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The right to development 2000, para. 3b
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- [Reiterates that:] The existence of widespread absolute poverty inhibits the full and effective enjoyment of human rights and renders democracy and popular participation fragile;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2000
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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