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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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Protection of the human rights of migrants: the global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration 2017, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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The right to development 2007, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Welcomes the report of the eighth session of the Working Group on the Right to Development (A/HRC/4/47); | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2007 | ||
The right to development 2007, para. 2c | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Decides:] That the above criteria, as endorsed by the Working Group, should be used, as appropriate, in the elaboration of a comprehensive and coherent set of standards for the implementation of the right to development; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2007 | ||
The right to development 2007, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Decides also to review the progress of the implementation of the present resolution as a matter of priority in its future sessions. | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2007 | ||
Human rights and arbitrary deprivation of nationality 2008, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Guided by the purposes, principles and provisions of the Charter of the United Nations, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2008 | ||
Human rights and access to safe drinking water and sanitation 2008, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirming the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2008 | ||
Human rights and access to safe drinking water and sanitation 2008, para. 2a | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Decides to appoint, for a period of three years, an independent expert on the issue of human rights obligations related to access to safe drinking water and sanitation, whose tasks will be:] To develop a dialogue with Governments, the relevant United Nations bodies, the private sector, local authorities, national human rights institutions, civil society organizations and academic institutions, to identify, promote and exchange views on best practices related to access to safe drinking water and sanitation, and, in that regard, to prepare a compendium of best practices; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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Human rights and access to safe drinking water and sanitation 2008, para. 2b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Decides to appoint, for a period of three years, an independent expert on the issue of human rights obligations related to access to safe drinking water and sanitation, whose tasks will be:] To advance the work by undertaking a study, in cooperation with and reflecting the views of Governments and relevant United Nations bodies, and in further cooperation with the private sector, local authorities, national human rights institutions, civil society organizations and academic institutions, on the further clarification of the content of human rights obligations, including non-discrimination obligations, in relation to access to safe drinking water and sanitation; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2008 | ||
Human rights and access to safe drinking water and sanitation 2008, para. 2e | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Decides to appoint, for a period of three years, an independent expert on the issue of human rights obligations related to access to safe drinking water and sanitation, whose tasks will be:] To work in close coordination, while avoiding unnecessary duplication, with other special procedures and subsidiary organs of the Council, relevant United Nations bodies and the treaty bodies, and taking into account the views of other stakeholders, including relevant regional human rights mechanisms, national human rights institutions, civil society organizations and academic institutions; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2008 | ||
The right to food 2008, para. 19 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalls the importance of the New York Declaration on Action against Hunger and Poverty, and recommends the continuation of efforts aimed at identifying additional sources of financing for the fight against hunger and poverty; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2008 | ||
The right to food 2008, para. 36 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Welcomes the continued cooperation of the High Commissioner, the Committee and the Special Rapporteur, and encourages them to continue their cooperation in this regard; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2008 | ||
The right to education 2008, para. 9d | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Decides to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the right to education for a period of three years:] To integrate a gender perspective throughout all of his work; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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The right to education 2008, para. 9e | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Decides to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the right to education for a period of three years:] To review the interdependence and interrelatedness of the right to education with other human rights; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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Mandate of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent 2008, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Bearing in mind paragraph 6 of General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2008 | ||
Access to medicines in the context of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health 2009, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizes that the Doha Ministerial Declaration on the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights and Public Health confirms that the Agreement does not and should not prevent States Members of the World Trade Organization from taking measures to protect public health and that the Declaration, while reiterating the commitment to the Agreement, affirms that it can and should be interpreted and implemented in a manner supportive of the rights of States Members of the World Trade Organization to protect public health and, in particular, to promote access to medicines for all; and further recognizes, in this connection, the right of States Members of the World Trade Organization to use, to the full, the provisions of the above-mentioned Agreement, which provide flexibility for this purpose; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2009 | ||
Access to medicines in the context of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health 2009, para. 7 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Invites the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to convene an expert consultation, within existing resources, open to the participation of Governments, regional and international organizations, relevant United Nations bodies and civil society organizations, for an exchange of views on human rights considerations relating to the realization of access to medicines as one of the fundamental elements in achieving progressively the full realization of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, and invites the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health to present a summary of the discussions held during the expert consultation to the Council; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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The protection of human rights in the context of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) 2009, para. 13 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Emphasizing, in view of the increasing challenges presented by HIV/AIDS, including apparent trends to enact criminal and other laws that are counterproductive to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support efforts, and the ongoing application of HIV-specific restrictions on the entry, stay and residence of HIV-positive people, the need for intensified efforts to ensure universal respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms for all in order to reduce vulnerability to HIV, prevent HIV/AIDS-related discrimination and stigma and reduce the impact of AIDS; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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The protection of human rights in the context of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) 2009, para. 16 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Welcoming also the positive steps taken to implement previous resolutions, including the enactment of legislation in some countries to promote human rights in the context of HIV/AIDS and to prohibit discrimination against all persons infected or presumed to be infected, living with and affected by HIV/AIDS, and members of all populations vulnerable to and affected by the epidemic, but noting with concern that one third of countries still do not have laws protecting people living with HIV/AIDS from discrimination, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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The protection of human rights in the context of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) 2009, para. 17 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Welcoming further the significant role played by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and its co-sponsor agencies in cooperation with relevant bodies of the United Nations system, including the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, national and international non-governmental organizations, in particular organizations of people living with HIV/AIDS, in promoting and protecting human rights in the context of HIV/AIDS, including fighting discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS and in the full range of prevention, treatment, care and support activities, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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Elimination of discrimination against women 2010, para. 24 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Decides to continue consideration of this question in conformity with the annual programme of work of the Council. | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2010 | ||
Preventable maternal mortality and morbidity and human rights: follow-up to Council resolution 11/8 2010, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirming also the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and its review conferences, including the outcome document of the 15-year review of the Programme of Action contained in Commission on Population and Development resolution 2009/1 of 3 April 2009, Commission on the Status of Women resolution 54/5 of 12 March 2010, and the targets and commitments regarding the reduction of maternal mortality and universal access to reproductive health, including those contained in the 2000 Millennium Declaration (General Assembly resolution 55/2 of 8 September 2000) and the 2005 World Summit Outcome (General Assembly resolution 60/1 of 16 September 2005), | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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The rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association: Mandate of the Special Rapporteur 2010, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls upon the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to assist States to promote and protect the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, including through the technical assistance programmes of the Office, at the request of States, and to cooperate with relevant bodies of the United Nations system and other intergovernmental organizations to assist States to promote and protect the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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The rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association: Mandate of the Special Rapporteur 2010, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalls that, in accordance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the exercise of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association can be subject to certain restrictions, which are prescribed by law and which are necessary in a democratic society in the interests of national security or public safety, public order (ordre public), the protection of public health or morals or the protection of the rights and freedoms of others; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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The rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association: Mandate of the Special Rapporteur 2010, para. 5(a) | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Decides to appoint, for a period of three years, a special rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association whose tasks will include:] To gather all relevant information, including national practices and experiences, relating to the promotion and protection of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, to study trends, developments and challenges in relation to the exercise of these rights, and to make recommendations on ways and means to ensure the promotion and protection of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in all their manifestations; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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Right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health 2010, para. 12 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Decides to address the thematic study requested in paragraph 11 above, within existing resources, at a panel discussion within the programme of work of its eighteenth session, and to consider taking further possible action on the issue, and invites the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, members of the Advisory Committee and other relevant United Nations bodies and agencies to participate in an interactive dialogue on the study in the Council; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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Human rights and access to safe drinking water and sanitation 2010, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalling also relevant provisions of declarations and programmes with regard to access to safe drinking water and sanitation adopted by major United Nations conferences and summits, and by the General Assembly at its special sessions and during follow-up meetings, inter alia, the Mar del Plata Action Plan on Water and Development and Administration, adopted at the United Nations Water Conference in March 1977, Agenda 21 and the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, adopted at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in June 1992, and the Habitat Agenda, adopted at the second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements in 1996, Assembly resolutions 54/175 of 17 December 1999 on the right to development, and 58/271 of 23 December 2003 proclaiming the International Decade for Action, “Water for Life” (2005-2015), | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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Human rights and access to safe drinking water and sanitation 2010, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Noting with interest regional commitments and initiatives promoting the further realization of human rights obligations related to access to safe drinking water and sanitation, including the Protocol on Water and Health, adopted by the Economic Commission for Europe in 1999, the European Charter on Water Resources, adopted by the Council of Europe in 2001, the Abuja Declaration, adopted at the first Africa-South America summit in 2006, the message from Beppu, adopted at the first Asian-Pacific Water Summit in 2007, the Delhi Declaration, adopted at the third South Asian Conference on Sanitation in 2008, and the Sharm el-Sheikh Final Document, adopted at the Fifteenth Summit Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries in 2009, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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Freedom of opinion and expression: Mandate of the Special Rapporteur 2011, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Decides to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur for a further period of three years; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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The right to food 2011, para. 12 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Convinced that each State should adopt a strategy consistent with its resources and capacities to achieve its individual goals in implementing the recommendations contained in the Rome Declaration on World Food Security and the World Food Summit Plan of Action and, at the same time, cooperate regionally and internationally in order to organize collective solutions to global issues of food security in a world of increasingly interlinked institutions, societies and economies, where coordinated efforts and shared responsibilities are essential, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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The protection of human rights in the context of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiencysyndrome (AIDS) 2011, para. 20 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Urges all States to consider taking steps towards the elimination of criminal and other laws that are counterproductive to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support efforts, including laws directly mandating disclosure of HIV status or that violate the human rights of people living with HIV and members of key populations, and also urges States to consider the enactment of laws protecting these persons from discrimination, abuse and violence in HIV prevention, treatment, care and support efforts; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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