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Title | Date added | Template | Body | Legal status | Document type | Year | Document code | Original document | Paragraph text | Thematics | Topic(s) | Person(s) affected | Year |
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SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia 2002, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | Recognising basic services such as education, health care, with special attention to the prevention of diseases and malnutrition, as the cornerstone of child survival and development, States Parties shall pursue a policy of development and a National Programme of Action that facilitate the development of the child. The policy shall focus on accelerating the progressive universalization of the child's access to the basic services and conditions. |
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SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating the Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution 2002, para. 1c | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | The State Parties to the Convention shall grant to each other the widest measure of mutual legal assistance in respect of investigations, inquiries, trials or other proceedings in the requesting State in respect of offences under this Convention. Such assistance shall include: (c) location of persons and objects including their identification; |
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SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating the Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution 2002, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | Recalling also the relevant international legal instruments relating to prevention of trafficking in women and children, including the Convention for the Suppression of Trafficking in Persons and of the Exploitation of Prostitution of Others, 1949; Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women, 1979; International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966; and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989; |
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SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating the Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution 2002, para. 5 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | The State Parties to the Convention shall encourage recognised non-governmental organisations in efforts aimed at prevention, intervention and rehabilitation, including through the establishment of such protective homes or shelters for providing suitable care and maintenance for the victims of trafficking. |
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SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia 2002, para. 1a | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | For the establishment of regional arrangements, States Parties shall be guided by the following principles: States Parties to this Convention shall consider survival, protection, development and participatory rights of the child as a vital pre-requisite for: (a) Accelerating the process of their peoples' realization of human rights and fundamental freedoms, and |
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SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia 2002, para. 5 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | For the establishment of regional arrangements, States Parties shall be guided by the following principles: States Parties, while recognising that the primary responsibility of looking after the well-being of the child rests with the parents and family, shall uphold the principle that the State has the right and authority to ensure the protection of the best interests of the child. |
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SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia 2002, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | Without prejudice to the indivisibility of the rights enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and other international and national instruments and law, States Parties shall place special emphasis on the important areas for child development and well being as regional priorities that can benefit immensely from bilateral and regional cooperation. |
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SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia 2002, para. 3d | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | States Parties shall ensure that appropriate legal and administrative mechanisms and social safety nets and defenses are always in place to: (d) States Parties shall make civil registration of births, marriages and deaths, in an official registry, compulsory in order to facilitate the effective enforcement of national laws, including the minimum age for employment and marriage. |
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SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating the Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution 2002, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | The State Parties to the Convention may also, by mutual agreement, set up bilateral mechanisms to effectively implement the provisions of the Convention, including appropriate mechanisms for cooperation to interdict trafficking in women and children for prostitution. |
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SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating the Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution 2002, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | The State Parties to the Convention shall establish protective homes or shelters for rehabilitation of victims of trafficking. Suitable provisions shall also be made for granting legal advice, counselling, job training and health care facilities for the victims. |
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SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia 2002, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | For the establishment of regional arrangements, States Parties shall be guided by the following principles: States Parties consider the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child as a comprehensive international instrument concerning the rights and well being of the child and shall, therefore, reiterate their commitment to implement it. |
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SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating the Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution 2002, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | For the purpose of this Convention: Prostitution means the sexual exploitation or abuse of persons for commercial purposes; |
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SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating the Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution 2002, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | For the purpose of this Convention: Traffickers means persons, agencies or institutions engaged in any form of trafficking; |
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SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating the Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution 2002, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | The Member States of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), Parties to the present Convention |
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SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia 2002, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | Acknowledging that regional solidarity and cooperation through sharing of experience, expertise, information and resources are eminently useful in galvanizing the efforts of the South Asian nations to fulfill and protect the rights of children; |
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SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia 2002, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | States Parties shall encourage and support bilateral and multilateral agreements and cooperation that would have positive impact on regional and national efforts in facilitating, fulfilling and protecting the rights and well being of the child. |
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SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia 2002, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | The States Parties to the Convention shall adopt, in accordance with their respective Constitutions, the legislative and other measures necessary to ensure the implementation of the Convention. |
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SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia 2002, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | Nothing in this Convention shall affect any provisions which are more conducive to the realization of the rights of the South Asian child and which may be contained in national laws or international agreements that are in force. |
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SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia 2002, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | The Convention shall be open for signature by the Member States of SAARC at the Eleventh SAARC Summit in Kathmandu, and thereafter, at the SAARC Secretariat in Kathmandu. It shall be subject to ratification. The Instruments of Ratification shall be deposited with the SAARC Secretary General. |
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SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia 2002, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | The Convention shall enter into force on the fifteenth day following the date of deposit of the Seventh Instrument of Ratification with the Secretary General of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). |
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SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating the Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution 2002, para. 5 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | The State Parties to the Convention shall exchange, on a regular basis, information in respect of agencies, institutions and individuals who are involved in trafficking in the region and also identify methods and routes used by the traffickers through land, water or air. The information so furnished shall include information of the offenders, their fingerprints, photographs, methods of operation, police records and records of conviction. |
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SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating the Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution 2002, para. 1a | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | The State Parties to the Convention shall grant to each other the widest measure of mutual legal assistance in respect of investigations, inquiries, trials or other proceedings in the requesting State in respect of offences under this Convention. Such assistance shall include: (a) taking of evidence and obtaining of statements of persons; |
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SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating the Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution 2002, para. 1b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | The State Parties to the Convention shall grant to each other the widest measure of mutual legal assistance in respect of investigations, inquiries, trials or other proceedings in the requesting State in respect of offences under this Convention. Such assistance shall include: (b) provision of information, documents and other records including criminal and judicial records; |
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SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating the Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution 2002, para. 1e | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | The State Parties to the Convention shall grant to each other the widest measure of mutual legal assistance in respect of investigations, inquiries, trials or other proceedings in the requesting State in respect of offences under this Convention. Such assistance shall include: (e) delivery of property including lending of exhibits; |
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SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating the Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution 2002, para. 1f | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | The State Parties to the Convention shall grant to each other the widest measure of mutual legal assistance in respect of investigations, inquiries, trials or other proceedings in the requesting State in respect of offences under this Convention. Such assistance shall include: (f) making detained persons and others available to give evidence or assist investigations; |
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SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating the Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution 2002, para. 1g | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | The State Parties to the Convention shall grant to each other the widest measure of mutual legal assistance in respect of investigations, inquiries, trials or other proceedings in the requesting State in respect of offences under this Convention. Such assistance shall include: (g) service of documents including documents seeking attendance of persons; and |
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SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating the Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution 2002, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | Giving due regard to the implementation of the recommendations of the various pertinent International Bodies and Conferences including the Fourth World Conference on Women at Beijing (1995); |
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SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating the Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution 2002, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | Noting with concern the increasing exploitation by traffickers of women and children from SAARC countries and their increasing use of these countries as sending, receiving and transit points; |
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SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating the Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution 2002, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | Emphasising the need to strengthen cooperation in providing assistance, rehabilitation and repatriation to victims of trafficking for prostitution; |
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SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating the Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution 2002, para. 5 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | For the purpose of this Convention: Persons subjected to trafficking means women and children victimised or forced into prostitution by the traffickers by deception, threat, coercion, kidnapping, sale, fraudulent marriage, child marriage, or any other unlawful means; |
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