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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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Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | (3) The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State. | United Nations General Assembly | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 1948 | ||
ICCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 1. The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State. | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 1966 | ||
Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness 1961, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | A foundling found in the territory of a Contracting State shall, in the absence of proof to the contrary, be considered to have been born within that territory of parents possessing the nationality of that State. | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 1961 | ||
ICCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 2. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks. | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 1966 | ||
Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | (2) Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection. | United Nations General Assembly | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 1948 | ||
The rights of the child 2008, para. 67 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Further recognizes that, given the role of the family environment in the full and harmonious development of the child and in preventing and eradicating child labour, children and their families should be entitled to receive comprehensive protection and support; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2008 | ||
The rights of the child 2015, para. 26 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Expresses the commitment to protect the human rights of migrant children, given their vulnerability, particularly unaccompanied migrant children, and to provide for their health, education and psychosocial development, ensuring that the best interests of the child are a primary consideration in policies of integration, return and family reunification; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2015 | ||
The rights of the child 2015, para. 21 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Strongly condemns the abduction of children, and calls upon all States to take all appropriate measures to secure their unconditional release, rehabilitation and reintegration and their reunification with their families or legal guardians, in accordance with the best interests of the child; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2015 | ||
The rights of the child 2015, para. 19 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing also the large and growing number of migrant children, including those unaccompanied or separated from their parents or primary caregivers, and especially those who find themselves in a vulnerable situation by attempting to cross international borders without the required travel documents, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2015 | ||
The rights of the child 2015, para. 11 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing that the family has the primary responsibility for the nurturing and protection of children, in the best interests of the child, and that children, for the full and harmonious development of their personality, should grow up in a family environment and in an atmosphere of happiness, love and understanding, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2015 | ||
The rights of the child 2015, para. 10 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Acknowledging the important role played by national governmental structures for children, including, where they exist, ministries and institutions in charge of child, family and youth issues and independent ombudspersons for children or other national institutions for the promotion and protection of the rights of the child, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2015 | ||
Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | (1) Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution. | United Nations General Assembly | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 1948 | ||
Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks. | United Nations General Assembly | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 1948 | ||
The rights of the child 2008, para. 74f | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Also calls upon all States:] To promote policies and legislation aimed at addressing national priorities relating to the prevention and eradication of child labour through family-centred components of policies and programmes as part of an integrated comprehensive approach to development, bearing in mind equality between women and men; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2008 | ||
The rights of the child 2008, para. 50h | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Expresses deep concern about the persistence of the practices of the sale of children, child slavery, commercial sexual exploitation of children, child prostitution and child pornography in many parts of the world, and calls upon all States:] To mobilize public awareness, involving families and communities, with the participation of children, concerning the protection of children against all forms of sexual exploitation and abuse; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2008 | ||
The rights of the child 2008, para. 42 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizes that the mass media and their organizations have a key role to play in raising awareness about the situation of children and the challenges facing them and that they should also play a more active role in informing children, parents, families and the general public about initiatives that promote and protect the rights of children and should also contribute to educational programmes for children; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2008 | ||
The rights of the child 2008, para. 29 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Condemns all kinds of abduction of children, in particular extortive abduction and abduction of children in situations of armed conflict, including for their recruitment and use in armed conflict, and urges States to take all appropriate measures to secure their unconditional release, rehabilitation and reintegration and their reunification with their families; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2008 | ||
Right to food 2007, para. 5 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Encourages all States to take action to address gender inequality and discrimination against women, in particular where it contributes to the malnutrition of women and girls, including measures to ensure the full and equal realization of the right to food and ensuring that women have equal access to resources, including income, land and water, to enable them to feed themselves and their families; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2007 | ||
The rights of the child 2007, para. 53 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Also condemns all kinds of abduction of children, in particular extortive abduction and abduction of children in situations of armed conflict, including for the recruitment and use of children in armed conflicts, and urges States to take all appropriate measures to secure their unconditional release, rehabilitation, reintegration and reunification with their families; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2007 | ||
Right to food 2006, para. 5 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Encourages all States to take action to address gender inequality and discrimination against women, in particular where it contributes to the malnutrition of women and girls, including measures to ensure the full and equal realization of the right to food and ensuring that women have equal access to resources, including income, land and water, to enable them to feed themselves and their families; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2006 | ||
The rights of the child 2006, para. 16 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls upon all States to address cases of international abduction of children, and encourages States to engage in multilateral and bilateral cooperation so as to facilitate, inter alia, the return of the child to the country in which he or she resided immediately before the removal or retention and, in this respect, to pay particular attention to cases of international abduction of children by a parent or by other relatives; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2006 | ||
The rights of the child 2006, para. 12d | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Urges all States to intensify their efforts in order to ensure the implementation of the right of the child to birth registration, preservation of identity, including nationality, and family relations, as recognized by law, by:] Where alternative care is necessary, promoting family and community-based care in preference to placement in institutions; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2006 | ||
The rights of the child 2006, para. 12b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Urges all States to intensify their efforts in order to ensure the implementation of the right of the child to birth registration, preservation of identity, including nationality, and family relations, as recognized by law, by:] Raising awareness at the national, regional and local levels, whenever necessary, of the importance of birth registration; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2006 | ||
The rights of the child 2006, para. 12a | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Urges all States to intensify their efforts in order to ensure the implementation of the right of the child to birth registration, preservation of identity, including nationality, and family relations, as recognized by law, by:] Providing, at minimal cost, simplified, expeditious and effective procedures for birth registration; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2006 | ||
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 2007, para. 13 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing in particular the right of indigenous families and communities to retain shared responsibility for the upbringing, training, education and well-being of their children, consistent with the rights of the child, | United Nations General Assembly | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 2007 | ||
Right to food 2005, para. 5 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Encourages all States to take action to address gender inequality and discrimination against women, in particular where it contributes to the malnutrition of women and girls, including measures to ensure the full and equal realization of the right to food and ensuring that women have equal access to resources, including income, land and water, to enable them to feed themselves and their families; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2005 | ||
Protection of migrants 2000, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Welcomes the renewed commitment made in the United Nations Millennium Declaration to take measures to ensure respect for and protection of human rights of migrants, migrant workers and their families, to eliminate the increasing acts of racism and xenophobia in many societies and to promote greater harmony and tolerance in all societies; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2000 | ||
CEDAW - Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 1979, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 2. The betrothal and the marriage of a child shall have no legal effect, and all necessary action, including legislation, shall be taken to specify a minimum age for marriage and to make the registration of marriages in an official registry compulsory. | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 1979 | ||
CEDAW - Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 1979, para. 1c | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 1. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to eliminate discrimination against women in all matters relating to marriage and family relations and in particular shall ensure, on a basis of equality of men and women: (c) The same rights and responsibilities during marriage and at its dissolution; | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 1979 | ||
CEDAW - Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 1979, para. 1a | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 1. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to eliminate discrimination against women in all matters relating to marriage and family relations and in particular shall ensure, on a basis of equality of men and women: (a) The same right to enter into marriage; | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 1979 |