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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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Article 9: Liberty and security of person 2014, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Liberty of person concerns freedom from confinement of the body, not a general freedom of action. Security of person concerns freedom from injury to the body and the mind, or bodily and mental integrity, as further discussed in paragraph 9 below. Article 9 guarantees those rights to everyone. "Everyone" includes, among others, girls and boys, soldiers, persons with disabilities, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons, aliens, refugees and asylum seekers, stateless persons, migrant workers, persons convicted of crime, and persons who have engaged in terrorist activity. | Human Rights Committee
| General Comment / Recommendation |
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| 2014 | ||
Article 3: The equality of rights between men and women - replaces GC No. 4 2000, para. 28 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The obligation of States parties to protect children (art. 24) should be carried out equally for boys and girls. States parties should report on measures taken to ensure that girls are treated equally to boys in education, in feeding and in health care, and provide the Committee with disaggregated data in this respect. States parties should eradicate, both through legislation and any other appropriate measures, all cultural or religious practices which jeopardize the freedom and well-being of female children. | Human Rights Committee
| General Comment / Recommendation |
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| 2000 | ||
Article 3: The equality of rights between men and women - replaces GC No. 4 2000, para. 22 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | In relation to article 19, States parties should inform the Committee of any laws or other factors which may impede women from exercising the rights protected under this provision on an equal basis. As the publication and dissemination of obscene and pornographic material which portrays women and girls as objects of violence or degrading or inhuman treatment is likely to promote these kinds of treatment of women and girls, States parties should provide information about legal measures to restrict the publication or dissemination of such material. | Human Rights Committee
| General Comment / Recommendation |
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| 2000 |
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