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Title | Date added | Template | Original document | Paragraph text | Body | Document type | Thematics | Topic(s) | Person(s) affected | Year |
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Situation of human rights in Myanmar, para. 35 | Sep 17, 2019 | Paragraph | 18. Strongly encourages the Government of Myanmar to take the measures necessary to address discrimination and prejudice against women, children and members of ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities across the country, and to take further action to publicly condemn and speak out against national, racial or religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence, and to adopt measures against incitement to imminent violence based on nationality, race or religion or belief, while upholding freedom of expression, and to increase efforts further to promote inclusion, respect for diversity and peaceful coexistence in all sectors of society, in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 16/18 of 24 March 2011 and the Rabat Plan of Action on the prohibition of advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence by, inter alia, further facilitating interfaith and intercommunal dialogue; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2018 | ||
Adequate housing as a component of the rights to an adequate standard of living, and the right to non-discrimination in this context, para. 14 | Sep 17, 2019 | Paragraph | Deeply concerned that inadequate housing, homelessness and forced eviction disproportionately affect women, children and persons with disabilities, and other persons who are marginalized and most vulnerable, each in different ways but with common structural causes, and that homelessness and tenure insecurity per se might result in discrimination, criminalization and further exclusion, particularly social and economic exclusion, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2018 | ||
Human rights and arbitrary deprivation of nationality 2016, para. 19 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Stresses that the arbitrary deprivation of nationality places children in a situation of increased vulnerability to human rights violations; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2016 | ||
Rights of the child: Access to justice for children 2014, para. 13 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalling further the relevant United Nations rules and guidelines for the treatment of children in contact with the justice system, such as the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (the Beijing Rules), the United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty (the Havana Rules), the United Nations Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency (the Riyadh Guidelines), the Guidelines for Action on Children in the Criminal Justice System (the Vienna Guidelines), the Guidelines on Justice in Matters involving Child Victims and Witnesses of Crime, the Guidelines for the Appropriate Use and Conditions of Alternative Care for Children, the United Nations Principles and Guidelines on Access to Legal Aid in Criminal Justice Systems, the United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (the Bangkok Rules) and the basic principles on the use of restorative justice programmes in criminal matters, and taking note of the guidance note of the Secretary-General on the approach of the United Nations to justice for children of September 2008, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2014 | ||
Rights of the child: Access to justice for children 2014, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirming relevant resolutions on the rights of the child of the Commission on Human Rights, the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2014 | ||
Human rights in the administration of justice, including juvenile justice 2017, para. 26 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls upon States to consider establishing or strengthening existing independent and child-friendly national monitoring and complaints mechanisms so as to contribute to safeguarding the rights of children deprived of their liberty; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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Human rights in the administration of justice, including juvenile justice 2017, para. 21 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirming also that the best interests of the child are an important consideration in all matters concerning the child and related to the sentencing of his or her parents or, where applicable, legal guardians or primary caregivers, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2017 | ||
The right of the child to engage in play and recreational activities 2014, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Emphasizing that the Convention on the Rights of the Child constitutes the standard in the promotion and protection of the rights of the child, and bearing in mind the importance of the Optional Protocols thereto, as well as other human rights standards, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2014 | ||
Human rights and arbitrary deprivation of nationality 2016, para. 9 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirms that every child has the right to acquire a nationality, and recognizes the special needs of children for protection against arbitrary deprivation of nationality; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2016 | ||
The right to work 2016, para. 12 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Underscores the responsibility of the State to protect children from economic exploitation and from performing any work that is likely to be hazardous or to interfere with their education or to be harmful to their health or physical, mental, spiritual, moral or social development; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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Human rights and arbitrary deprivation of nationality 2014, para. 8 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirms that every child has the right to acquire a nationality, and recognizes the special needs of children for protection against arbitrary deprivation of nationality; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2014 | ||
Human rights and arbitrary deprivation of nationality 2014, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalling articles 7 and 8 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which guarantee the right of the child to be registered immediately after birth and to acquire nationality, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2014 | ||
Rights of the child: Access to justice for children 2014, para. 12 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalling also the study by the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples on access to justice in the promotion and protection of the rights of indigenous peoples, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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Rights of the child: Access to justice for children 2014, para. 8 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Noting with appreciation the work of the Committee on the Rights of the Child and of other United Nations treaty bodies regarding children’s access to justice, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2014 | ||
Rights of the child: Access to justice for children 2014, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Welcoming also the expected entry into force on 14 April 2014 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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Human rights and arbitrary deprivation of nationality 2012, para. 8 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirms that every child has the right to acquire a nationality, and recognizes the special needs of children for protection against the arbitrary deprivation of nationality; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2012 | ||
Rights of the child: A holistic approach to the protection and promotion of the rights of children working and/or living on the street 2011, para. 3c | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Calls on States to give priority attention to the prevention of the phenomenon of children working and/or living on the street by addressing its diverse causes through economic, social, educational and empowerment strategies, including by:] Ensuring the full enjoyment of their right to education on the basis of equal opportunity and non-discrimination by making primary education compulsory, available and free to all children, ensuring that all children have access to education of good quality, as well as by making secondary education generally available and accessible to all, in particular through the progressive introduction of free education and by ensuring school attendance, in particular for girls and children from low-income families and children living and/or working on the street, including, where appropriate, through the implementation of incentives relating to school attendance in the context of social policies; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2011 | ||
Human rights and arbitrary deprivation of nationality 2010, para. 8 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalls that every child has the right to acquire a nationality, and recognizes the special needs of children for protection against arbitrary deprivation of nationality; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2010 | ||
The human rights of migrants 2008, para. 9 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Deeply concerned at the manifestations of violence, racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance and inhuman and degrading treatment against migrants, especially women and children, in different parts of the world, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2008 | ||
Rights of the child: Omnibus resolution 2008, para. 47b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Decides:] To request the Secretary-General to submit to the Council at its tenth session a report on the rights of the child, with information on the status of the Convention on the Rights of the Child; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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Rights of the child: Omnibus resolution 2008, para. 14 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Taking note with appreciation of the attention paid to children in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and in the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2008 | ||
Human rights in the administration of justice, including juvenile justice 2017, para. 28 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Invites States to provide for human rights training on the administration of justice and juvenile justice, including anti-racist, anti-discrimination, multicultural, gender-sensitive and child rights training, for all judges, lawyers, prosecutors, social workers, immigration, correction and police officers, and other professionals working in the administration of justice; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2017 | ||
Human rights in the administration of justice, including juvenile justice 2017, para. 23 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Urges States to systematically integrate children’s access to justice into justice sector reforms, rule of law initiatives and national planning processes, such as national development plans and justice sector-wide approaches, and to support it through the national budget; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2017 | ||
Human rights in the administration of justice, including juvenile justice 2017, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Bearing in mind the numerous other international standards and norms in the field of the administration of justice, in particular of juvenile justice, including the revised United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules), the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (the Beijing Rules), the Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners, the Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment, the United Nations Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency (the Riyadh Guidelines), the United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty, the Guidelines for Action on Children in the Criminal Justice System, the Guidelines on Justice in Matters involving Child Victims and Witnesses of Crime, the Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power, the United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (the Bangkok Rules), the Bangalore Principles of Judicial Conduct, the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-custodial Measures (the Tokyo Rules) and the United Nations Principles and Guidelines on Access to Legal Aid in Criminal Justice Systems, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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Human rights and indigenous peoples 2017, para. 8 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Stressing the need to pay particular attention to the rights and special needs of indigenous women, children, young people, elderly persons and persons with disabilities and to intensify efforts to prevent and eliminate violence and multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination in this regard, as set out in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the outcome document of the World Conference, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights 2017, para. 17 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing that, for the full and harmonious development of a child’s personality, he or she should grow up in a family environment and in an atmosphere of happiness, love and understanding, and, therefore, that States of origin, destination and, where appropriate, transit should, as applicable under national law, facilitate family reunification as an important objective in order to promote the welfare and the best interests of migrant children, including adolescents, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2017 | ||
Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights 2017, para. 15 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirming that the general principles of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, including the best interests of the child, non-discrimination, participation, survival and development, provide the framework for all actions concerning children and should guide legislation, policies and practices relating to children, regardless of their status, including in the context of migration, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2017 | ||
The right of the child to engage in play and recreational activities 2014, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Encourages international cooperation in the realization of the right of the child to engage in play and recreational activities through the active engagement of States, United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, civil society organizations and other international, national and local partners; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2014 | ||
The right of the child to engage in play and recreational activities 2014, para. 1k | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Encourages States to take specific measures to respect, protect, promote and fulfil the right of the child to engage in play and recreational activities, and in particular:] To work to ensure the provision of adequate space to facilitate safe and inclusive play and recreational activities, including in schools and communities; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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The right of the child to engage in play and recreational activities 2014, para. 1i | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Encourages States to take specific measures to respect, protect, promote and fulfil the right of the child to engage in play and recreational activities, and in particular:] To provide guidance and support to parents and caregivers on how to create safe and inclusive environments that facilitate children’s play and recreational activities, including on their responsible use of digital technology; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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