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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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Technical assistance and capacity-building to improve human rights in Libya, para. 29 | Sep 17, 2019 | Paragraph | 13. Strongly condemns all acts of violence in Libya and all violations and abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law that have been committed, in particular against civilians and migrants, including women and children, as well as those involving unlawful detentions, abductions, enforced disappearances, torture and unlawful killings; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2018 | ||
Technical assistance and capacity-building to improve human rights in Libya, para. 9 | Sep 17, 2019 | Paragraph | Expressing deep concern at the impact of the security, economic and humanitarian situation in Libya on its people, and at the continued human rights violations and abuses committed in Libya and continued mass displacement, and its particular impact on women and children, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2018 | ||
The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic, para. 63 | Sep 17, 2019 | Paragraph | 40. Expresses deep concern for the more than 6 million internally displaced persons and 5 million refugees in the region fleeing the violence in the Syrian Arab Republic, welcomes the efforts of neighbouring countries to host Syrian refugees, acknowledges the socioeconomic consequences of the presence of large-scale refugee populations in those countries, and urges the international community to provide urgent financial support to enable the host countries to respond to the growing humanitarian needs of Syrian refugees, including the particular needs of women and girls, while emphasizing the principle of burden-sharing; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2018 | ||
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures, para. 39 | Sep 17, 2019 | Paragraph | 7. Also expresses its grave concern that, in some countries, the socioeconomic conditions of family members, particularly women and children, are adversely affected by unilateral coercive measures, imposed and maintained contrary to international law and the Charter, that create obstacles to trade relations among States, restrict movement through various means of transport, impede the full realization of social and economic development and hinder the well-being of the population in the affected countries, with particular consequences for women, children, including adolescents, the elderly and persons with disabilities; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2018 | ||
Protection of the human rights of migrants: the global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration 2017, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalling the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the protocols thereto, in particular the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, and the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2017 | ||
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 | ||
Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights 2017, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalling the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Optional Protocol thereto on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, the Convention against Discrimination in Education, the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the Protocol thereto, and the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182) of the International Labour Organization, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2017 | ||
Promotion of the right of migrants to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health 2014, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirms the duty of States to effectively promote and protect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all migrants, especially those of women and children, regardless of their immigration status, in conformity with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the international instruments to which they are party; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2014 | ||
Promotion of the right of migrants to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health 2014, para. 7 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Deeply concerned at the large and growing number of migrants, including women and children, who have lost their lives or have been injured in attempting to cross international borders, including those without the required travel documents, and recognizing the obligation of States to protect and respect the human rights of those crossing their borders, regardless of their immigration status, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2014 | ||
Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children 2017, para. 5 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Underlines the importance that the Special Rapporteur continue to participate in relevant international forums and events on migration with a view to combating trafficking and upholding the human rights of victims of trafficking in persons, especially women and children; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2017 | ||
Protection of the human rights of migrants: the global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration 2017, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls upon all States to promote the mainstreaming of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of migrants, including women and children, regardless of their migration status, and the specific needs of migrants in vulnerable situations, including the identification and protection of victims of human trafficking, in the context of the preparatory process leading to the adoption of the global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2017 | ||
Protection of the human rights of migrants: the global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration 2017, para. 21 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Deeply concerned about the large and growing number of migrants, including women and children, who have lost their lives or have been injured in attempting to cross international borders, recognizing the obligation of States to protect and respect the human rights of those migrants, regardless of their migration status, and reaffirming the commitment to take action to avoid the loss of life of migrants, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2017 | ||
Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights 2016, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalling the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Optional Protocol thereto on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, the Convention against Discrimination in Education, the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol thereto, and the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182) of the International Labour Organization, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2016 | ||
Protection of the human rights of migrants: strengthening the promotion and protection of the human rights of migrants, including in large movements 2016, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalling the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the protocols thereto, in particular the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, and the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2016 | ||
The right to a nationality: Women’s Equal Nationality Rights in Law and in Practice 2016, para. 16 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Noting recent regional initiatives to reform nationality laws that discriminate against women and girls, such as the 2015 Abidjan Declaration of Ministers of Member States of the Economic Community of West African States on the eradication of statelessness, the 2014 Brazil Declaration and Plan of Action on strengthening the international protection of refugees, displaced and stateless persons in Latin America and the Caribbean, and other regional initiatives, including the resolution on legal identity for children, adopted in 2016 in Lusaka by the 134th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly, the first conclusions on statelessness adopted by the Council of the European Union in 2015, the African Union initiative to develop a draft protocol on the right to a nationality in Africa, the seven-point plan of action that resulted from the meeting of Parliamentarians held on 26 and 27 November 2015 in Cape Town, South Africa, which focused on the role of parliaments in preventing and ending statelessness, and the Bali Declaration on People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons and Related Transnational Crime, which underscored the importance of regional and international cooperation, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2016 | ||
The right to a nationality: Women’s Equal Nationality Rights in Law and in Practice 2016, para. 11 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Welcoming the global 10-year campaign to end statelessness by 2024 of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, which calls for the removal of gender-based discrimination from nationality laws worldwide as a crucial step to eradicating statelessness, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2016 | ||
The right to a nationality: Women’s Equal Nationality Rights in Law and in Practice 2016, para. 7 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Noting that, in its general recommendation No. 32 (2014) on the gender-related dimensions of refugee status, asylum, nationality and statelessness of women, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women seeks to ensure equality between men and women in the ability to confer their nationality on their spouse, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2016 | ||
Protection of the human rights of migrants: migrants in transit 2015, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirms the duty of States to effectively promote and protect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all migrants, especially those of women and children, regardless of their immigration status, in conformity with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the international instruments to which they are party; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2015 | ||
Protection of the human rights of migrants: migrants in transit 2015, para. 17 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing the need to address the special situation and vulnerability of migrant women and girls by, inter alia, incorporating a gender perspective into policies and strengthening national laws, institutions and programmes to combat gender-based violence, including trafficking in persons and discrimination against women and girls, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2015 | ||
Protection of the human rights of migrants: migrants in transit 2015, para. 8 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Deeply concerned at the large and growing number of migrants, including women and children, who have lost their lives or have been injured in attempting to cross international borders, and recognizing the obligation of States to protect and respect the human rights of those migrants, regardless of their immigration status, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2015 | ||
Protection of the human rights of migrants: migrants in transit 2015, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalling the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the protocols thereto, in particular the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, and the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2015 | ||
Human rights of migrants: mandate of the Special Rapporteur 2014, para. 1f | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Decides to extend for a period of three years the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, with the following functions:] To take into account a gender perspective when requesting and analysing information, and to give special attention to the occurrence of multiple forms of discrimination and violence against migrant women; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2014 | ||
Human rights of migrants 2013, para. 9 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Deeply concerned at the large and growing number of migrants, including women and children, who have lost their lives in attempting to cross international borders without the required travel documents, and recognizing the obligation of States to protect and respect the human rights of those crossing their borders, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2013 | ||
Trafficking in persons, especially women and children: efforts to combat human trafficking in supply chains of businesses 2013, para. 13 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Taking note of the Global Report on Trafficking in Persons of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the Global Report on Forced Labour of the International Labour Organization, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2013 | ||
Trafficking in persons, especially women and children: efforts to combat human trafficking in supply chains of businesses 2013, para. 11 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Noting also that the availability of regular labour migration opportunities can be a way to reduce the risk of people being trafficked, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2013 | ||
Human rights of migrants 2012, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirms the duty of States to effectively promote and protect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all migrants, especially those of women and children, regardless of their immigration status, in conformity with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the international instruments to which they are party; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2012 | ||
Human rights of migrants 2012, para. 8 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Concerned about the large and growing number of migrants, especially women and children, who place themselves in a vulnerable situation by attempting to cross international borders without the required travel documents, and recognizing the obligation of States to respect the human rights of those migrants, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2012 | ||
Human rights of internally displaced persons 2012, para. 25 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Acknowledges the important contribution of age, gender and diversity mainstreaming in identifying, through a participatory approach, the protection risks faced by the different members of communities of internally displaced persons, in particular the non-discriminatory treatment and protection of women, children, persons with disabilities and the elderly; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2012 | ||
Trafficking in persons, especially women and children: access to effective remedies for trafficked persons and their right to an effective remedy for human rights violations 2012, para. 4i | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Encourages States, guided by their human rights obligations and with a view to respect, protect and fulfil the human rights of trafficked persons, including their right to an effective remedy for human rights violations, to implement the following measures, inter alia:] Providing and/or intensifying training, including human rights education and training, for relevant authorities and officials, such as police, border guards, consular officers and labour inspectors, as well as immigration officials, in the identification of trafficked persons to allow rapid and accurate identification of trafficked persons with their consent, and training for the judiciary, prosecutors and lawyers on laws and issues pertaining to the rights of trafficking in persons and relevant legal procedures, and by adopting system-wide approaches, including case management support and multidisciplinary teams in countries of both destination and origin; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2012 | ||
The human rights of migrants 2011, para. 12 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Expressing concern that female migrant workers engaged in domestic services are among the most vulnerable groups of migrant workers, some of whom are subject to a widespread pattern of physical, sexual and psychological abuse and exposure to health and safety threats without adequate information about associated risks and precautions, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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