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Traffic in women and girls 1997, para. 5
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- Also invites Governments, with the support of the United Nations, to formulate manuals for the training of personnel who receive and/or hold in temporary custody victims of gender-based violence, including trafficking, with a view to sensitizing them to the special needs of victims;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1997
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Traffic in women and girls 1998, para. 5
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- Invites Governments, with the support of the United Nations, to formulate manuals for the training of personnel who receive and/or hold in temporary custody victims of genderbased violence, including trafficking, with a view to sensitizing them to the special needs of the victims;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1998
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Traffic in women and girls 1999, para. 11
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- Invites Governments, with the support of the United Nations, to formulate manuals for the training of personnel who receive and/or hold in temporary custody victims of gender-based violence, including trafficking, taking into account current research and data on traumatic stress and gender-sensitive counselling techniques, with a view to sensitizing them to the special needs of the victims;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Health
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1999
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Trafficking in women and girls (2015), para. 55
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 21. Encourages the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the World Tourism Organization and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to promote their global campaign urging travellers to support the fight against trafficking in persons, especially women and girls;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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The right to a nationality: women’s equal nationality rights in law and in practice (2016), para. 11
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Noting the pledge made in the political declaration of the fifty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women to take further concrete action to ensure the full, effective and accelerated implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome documents of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly, including through strengthened implementation of laws, policies, strategies and programme activities for all women and girls, and the agreed conclusions of the Commission on the Status of Women at its sixtieth session, in which it further urged States to eliminate all forms of discrimination against women and girls through the removal, where they exist, of discriminatory provisions in legal frameworks, including punitive provisions, and setting up legal, policy, administrative and other comprehensive measures, including temporary special measures as appropriate, to ensure women’s and girls’ equal and effective access to justice and accountability for violations of human rights of women and girls, 1
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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The girl child (2016), para. 40
- Original document
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- 18. Also calls upon States to strengthen research, data collection and analysis on the girl child, disaggregated by household structure, sex, age, disability status, economic situation, marital status and geographical location, and improve gender statistics on time use, unpaid care work and water and sanitation in order to provide a better understanding of the situations of girls, especially of the multiple forms of discrimination that they face, and to inform the development of necessary policies and programme responses, which should take a holistic age-appropriate approach to addressing the full range of the forms of discrimination that girls may face, in order to protect their rights effectively;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto: situation of women and girls with disabilities (2018), para. 33
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- 14. Calls upon States to take effective action to prevent and eliminate all forms of violence, exploitation and abuse, including sexual violence and abuse, against women and girls with disabilities without delay, including by:
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Accelerating efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women: violence against women as a barrier to women’s political and economic empowerment (2014), para. 14
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- Recognizing that poverty and lack of empowerment of women, as well as their marginalization resulting from their exclusion from social policies and from the benefits of education, health and sustainable development, can place them at increased risk of violence, and that all forms of violence against women and girls, including sexual violence, are impediments to the development of their full potential as equal partners in all aspects of life, as well as obstacles to the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals,
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Gender
- Poverty
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Elimination of discrimination against women and girls in sport (2019), para. 15
- Paragraph text
- 4. Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to prepare a report on the intersection of race and gender discrimination in sports, including in policies, regulations and practices of sporting bodies, and elaborating on relevant international human rights norms and standards, and to present the report to the Human Rights Council at its forty-fourth session;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Trafficking in women and girls (2015), para. 80
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 46. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its seventy-first session a report that compiles information on successful interventions and strategies, as well as the gaps, in addressing the gender dimensions of the problem of trafficking in persons and provides recommendations on the strengthening of human rights-based, gender- and age-sensitive approaches within comprehensive and balanced efforts to address trafficking in persons.
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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The girl child (2018), para. 06
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Reaffirming all relevant outcomes of major United Nations summits and conferences relevant to the girl child, including the outcome document of the twenty - seventh special session of the General Assembly on children, entitled “A world fit for children”, 7 the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly, entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century”, 10 the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, 11 the Programme of Action of the World Summit for Social Development, 12 the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS adopted at the twenty-sixth special session of the General Assembly on HIV/AIDS, entitled “Global Crisis – Global Action”, 13 and the political declarations on HIV and AIDS adopted by the high-level meetings of the General Assembly held in 2006, 14 2011 and 2016, and reiterating that their full and effective implementation is essential to achieving the internationally agreed development goals, including the Sustainable Development Goals,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Accelerating efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls: preventing and responding to violence against women and girls in the world of work (2019), para. 37
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- 5. Recognizes the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health and the right to the enjoyment of just and favourable conditions of work, which includes, inter alia, having access to safe and healthy working conditions;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Accelerating efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls: preventing and responding to violence against women and girls in the world of work (2019), para. 57
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- (f) Providing victims and survivors of violence in the world of work with effective remedies, including relief support and legal, medical, psychological and confidential counselling services and access to reasonable and necessary leave to participate in legal processes, receive medical treatment or make arrangements for their safety, and relevant, comprehensive and victim/survivor-centred legal protection in a gender-responsive manner, including protection of victims and survivors from secondary victimization and protection of victims, survivors, witnesses and whistle-blowers from reprisals for reporting violence in the world of work;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Gender
- Health
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Taking action against gender-related killing of women and girls (2016), para. 28
- Paragraph text
- 11. Urges Member States to ensure that victims and victims’ survivors are informed of their rights and can participate, as appropriate, in the criminal proceedings, taking into account their dignity, well-being and safety, and that victims are supported through appropriate services;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Elimination of discrimination against women and girls (2017), para. 48
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 14. Calls upon all States to continue to develop and enhance standards and methodologies at the national and international levels to improve the collection, analysis and dissemination of gender statistics and sex- and age-disaggregated data by strengthening national statistical capacity, including by enhancing the mobilization, from all sources, of financial and technical assistance for enabling developing countries to systematically design, collect and ensure access to high-quality, reliable and timely data disaggregated by sex, age, income and other characteristics relevant in national contexts;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Selected groups of defenders at risk: journalists and media workers, defenders working on land and environment issues; and youth and student defenders 2012, para. 29
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- The right to freedom of expression and the right to seek, receive and impart information are contained in article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This right is also enshrined in article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights as well as in several regional conventions and charters.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2012
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Protecting children from bullying (2015), para. 20
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (d) To raise public awareness, involving family members, legal guardians, caregivers, youth, schools, communities, community leaders and the media as well as civil society organizations, with the participation of children, regarding the protection of children from bullying;
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2016), para. 02
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recalling the World Programme of Action for Youth, adopted by the General Assembly in its resolutions 50/81 of 14 December 1995 and 62/126 of 18 December 2007,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Strengthening the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity (2019), para. 083
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 17. Recommends that Member States adopt multisectoral crime prevention policies and programmes for youth, taking into consideration their varying needs, and safeguard their well-being, recognizing that youth may face specific challenges and risk factors that make them particularly vulnerable to crime, all forms of viol ence, terrorism and victimization;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Cooperatives in social development (2016), para. 03
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recognizing that cooperatives, in their various forms, promote the fullest possible participation in the economic and social development of all people, including women, youth, older persons, persons with disabilities and indigenous peoples, are becoming a significant factor of economic and social development and contribute to the eradication of poverty and hunger,
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Poverty
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Older persons
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Youth
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Violence against women migrant workers (1995), para. 26
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 15. Invites the World Summit for Social Development, the Fourth World Conference on Women: Action for Equality, Development and Peace and the Ninth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders to consider including in their respective programmes of action the subject of the traffic in women and girls, as well as youth;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Implementation of the recommendations contained in the report of the Secretary-General on the causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa (2016), para. 23
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- Encouraging the United Nations system, the African Union and subregional organizations to enhance their interaction with civil society, including women’s and youth associations, academia and research institutions on issues relevant to the promotion of peace, security and sustainable development in Africa, and welcoming the ongoing efforts in this regard, including by the Office of the Special Adviser on Africa,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Youth
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Youth, disarmament and non-proliferation (2019), para. 10
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Mindful of the initiatives and activities undertaken by Member States, the United Nations entities and relevant civil society organizations for the implementation of the World Programme of Action for Youth 1 and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, 2
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Organization of the High-level Meeting on Youth (2011), para. 18
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 7. Invites the Holy See, in its capacity as observer State, and Palestine, in its capacity as observer, to participate in the preparatory activities and in the High- level Meeting;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2010), para. 27
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (c) Promoting, where appropriate, the physical and legal separation of juvenile from adult judicial and penal systems;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Youth
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Policies and programmes involving youth: youth in the global economy – promoting youth participation in social and economic development (2008), para. 111
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 48. Governments should take all feasible measures to ensure that members of their armed forces who have not attained the age of 18 years do not take direct part in hostilities and that those who have not attained the age of 18 years are not compulsorily recruited into their armed forces.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Right to health and criminalization of same-sex conduct and sexual orientation, sex-work and HIV transmission 2010, para. 34
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- Globally, there have been periods where sex work has been highly regulated or decriminalized, generally to manage certain aspects of sex work or to achieve control of disease, particularly within the military. However, prohibitions against sex work are regarded as "notoriously difficult to enforce" and of questionable utility where enforcement is accompanied by extortion and brutality. In recent times, significant opposition has arisen to the imposition of criminal sanctions against sex workers, and certain nations have amended laws to decriminalize sex work.
- Body
- 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
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2010
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Right to health and criminalization of same-sex conduct and sexual orientation, sex-work and HIV transmission 2010, para. 39
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- Stigmatization has been cited as the major factor preventing sex workers from accessing their rights. Laws criminalizing or onerously regulating sex work compound the stigmatization experienced by sex workers, adversely affecting health outcomes, often without justification on the grounds of public health. The Geschlechtskrankheitengesetz, a law in Germany designed to combat venereal disease, required prostitutes to undergo mandatory medical examinations. This law legally stigmatized sex workers as being almost solely responsible for the spread of venereal disease, despite the absence of epidemiological studies to support this. The law has since been amended to provide for voluntary, anonymous testing.
- Body
- 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
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2010
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Right to health and criminalization of same-sex conduct and sexual orientation, sex-work and HIV transmission 2010, para. 44
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- Moreover, the criminalization of practices related to sex work can create barriers to the realization of safe working conditions. For instance, where laws exist prohibiting the running of a brothel, those who invariably subvert the law and run such a business can impose unsafe working conditions without difficulty, as sex workers themselves have no recourse to legal mechanisms through which they can demand safer working conditions. Where criminalization in any form exists, the protection offered by a brothel or a manager may become increasingly desirable or necessary, but this also comes at a price: fiscally, through the opportunities created for extortion, and in terms of health.
- Body
- 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
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2010
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Right to health and criminalization of same-sex conduct and sexual orientation, sex-work and HIV transmission 2010, para. 35
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- For example, New Zealand decriminalized sex work in 2003, with the express aim of safeguarding the human rights of sex workers. Prior to decriminalization, sex workers were less willing to disclose their occupation to health workers or to carry condoms. Since decriminalization, sex workers have reported feeling that they have enforceable rights, including the rights to health and security of person, and are increasingly able to refuse particular clients and practices, and negotiate safer sex.
- Body
- 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
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2010
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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