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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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Child, early and forced marriage in humanitarian settings 2017, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls upon States to promote and protect the right of women and girls to equal access to education through enhanced emphasis on free and quality primary and secondary education, including catch-up and literacy education for those who have not received formal education or have left school early, including because of marriage and/or childbearing, which empowers young women and girls to make informed decisions about their lives, employment, economic opportunities and health, including through scientifically accurate, age-appropriate comprehensive education, relevant to cultural contexts, that provides adolescent girls and boys and young women and men, in and out of school, consistent with their evolving capacities, with information on sexual and reproductive health, gender equality and the empowerment of women, human rights, physical, psychological and pubertal development and power in relationships between women and men, to enable them to build self-esteem and informed decision-making, communication and risk reduction skills and to develop respectful relationships, in full partnership with young persons, parents, legal guardians, caregivers, educators and health-care providers, in order to contribute to ending child, early and forced marriage; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2017 | ||
Elimination of violence against women 2005, para. 13 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Urges Governments to design and implement programmes to encourage and enable men and adolescent boys to adopt safe, informed and responsible sexual and reproductive behaviour, and to use effectively methods to prevent unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS; | United Nations Commission on Human Rights | Resolution |
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| 2005 | ||
Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 2016, para. 8 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing that children and adolescents are more likely to be lost to care and that those on antiretroviral medication are less likely than adults to reach viral load suppression and that there are many challenges in diagnosing and treating infants, children and adolescents, | Commission on the Status of Women | Resolution |
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| 2016 | ||
The rights of the child 1998, para. I.7 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Welcomes the increased attention given by the Committee to the realization of the highest attainable standards of health and access to health care, and also welcomes World Health Assembly resolution WHA51.22 of 16 May 1998 on the health of children and adolescents; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 1998 | ||
The girl child 2017, para. 20 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Emphasizing that increased and equal access to quality education for young people, especially adolescent girls, including in the areas of sexual and reproductive health, as well as health care, hygiene and sanitation, dramatically lowers their vulnerability to preventable diseases and infections, in particular HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2017 | ||
Elimination of discrimination against women and girls 2017, para. 12 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Urges States to ensure the promotion, protection and the fulfilment of all human rights and the full and effective implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action and the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the outcome documents of their review conferences and of sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights in this context, and to promote, protect and fulfil the right of all women to have full control over and decide freely and responsibly on matters related to their sexuality and sexual and reproductive health, free from discrimination, coercion and violence, including through the removal of legal barriers and the development and enforcement of policies, good practices and legal frameworks that respect the right to decide autonomously in matters regarding their own lives and health, including their bodies, and to ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health, services, information and education, including for family planning, safe and effective methods of modern contraception, emergency contraception, prevention programmes for adolescent pregnancy, maternal health care, such as skilled birth attendance and emergency obstetric care, safe abortion where not against national law and the prevention and treatment of reproductive tract infections, sexually transmitted infections, HIV and reproductive cancers and the integration of sexual and reproductive health into national strategies and programmes; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2017 | ||
Accelerating efforts to eliminate violence against women: engaging men and boys in preventing and responding to violence against all women and girls 2017, para. 8 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Taking note of the work of the High-level Working Group on the Health and Human Rights of Women, Children and Adolescents, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2017 | ||
A world fit for children 2002, para. 47.4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [To achieve these goals, we will implement the following strategies and actions:] By 2005, implement measures to increase capacities of women and adolescent girls to protect themselves from the risk of HIV infection, principally through the provision of health care and health services, including for sexual and reproductive health, and through prevention education that promotes gender equality within a culturally and gender-sensitive framework. | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2002 | ||
A world fit for children 2002, para. 37.21 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [To achieve these goals and targets, taking into account the best interests of the child, consistent with national laws, religious and ethical values and cultural backgrounds of the people, and in conformity with all human rights and fundamental freedoms, we will carry out the following strategies and actions:] Develop policies and programmes aimed at children, including adolescents, for the reduction of violence and suicide. | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2002 | ||
A world fit for children 2002, para. 37.19 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [To achieve these goals and targets, taking into account the best interests of the child, consistent with national laws, religious and ethical values and cultural backgrounds of the people, and in conformity with all human rights and fundamental freedoms, we will carry out the following strategies and actions:] Promote physical, mental and emotional health among children, including adolescents, through play, sports, recreation, artistic and cultural expression. | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2002 | ||
A world fit for children 2002, para. 37.13 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [To achieve these goals and targets, taking into account the best interests of the child, consistent with national laws, religious and ethical values and cultural backgrounds of the people, and in conformity with all human rights and fundamental freedoms, we will carry out the following strategies and actions:] Improve the nutrition of mothers and children, including adolescents, through household food security, access to basic social services and adequate caring practices. | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2002 | ||
Elimination of violence against women 2005, para. 10 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Urges Governments to strengthen initiatives that would increase the capacities of women and adolescent girls to protect themselves from the risk of HIV infection, principally through the provision of health care and health services, including for sexual and reproductive health, and through prevention education and campaigns that promote gender equality within a culturally and gender sensitive framework, taking into account the recommendations made by the Special Rapporteur; | United Nations Commission on Human Rights | Resolution |
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| 2005 | ||
Elimination of violence against women 2004, para. 10 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Urges Governments to strengthen initiatives that would increase the capacities of women and adolescent girls to protect themselves from the risk of HIV infection, principally through the provision of health care and health services, including for sexual and reproductive health, and through prevention education that promotes gender equality within a culturally and gender sensitive framework; | United Nations Commission on Human Rights | Resolution |
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| 2004 | ||
Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 2016, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing the need to intensify efforts to end the AIDS epidemic through fast-tracking the HIV response across the prevention and treatment continuum, including in the context of the 90-90-90 targets of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and acknowledging the specific vulnerabilities of adolescent and young girls and women owing to, inter alia, unequal power relations in society between women and men, boys and girls, | Commission on the Status of Women | Resolution |
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| 2016 | ||
Gender equality and the empowerment of women in natural disasters 2014, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Noting that, during a natural disaster, pregnant or lactating women and adolescent girls, who constitute an average of 18 to 20 per cent of the female population, are more vulnerable to disasters because of their limited physical mobility and their increased needs for food and water and for access to reproductive health care and safe birthing facilities, | Commission on the Status of Women | Resolution |
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| 2014 | ||
Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 2007, para. 9 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Concerned that the vulnerability of women, girls and adolescents to HIV/AIDS is increased by their unequal legal, economic and social status, including poverty as well as other cultural and physiological factors, violence against women and girls and adolescents, early marriage, forced marriage, premature and early sexual relations, commercial sexual exploitation and female genital mutilation, | Commission on the Status of Women | Resolution |
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| 2007 | ||
Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 2006, para. 9 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Concerned that the vulnerability of women, girls and adolescents to HIV/AIDS is increased by their unequal legal, economic and social status, including poverty as well as other cultural and physiological factors, violence against women and girls and adolescents, early marriage, forced marriage, premature and early sexual relations, commercial sexual exploitation and female genital mutilation, | Commission on the Status of Women | Resolution |
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| 2006 | ||
Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 2005, para. 5 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Also urges Governments to strengthen initiatives that would increase the capacities of women and adolescent girls to protect themselves from the risk of HIV infection, principally through the provision of health care and health services, including for sexual and reproductive health and through prevention education that promotes gender equality within a culturally and gender-sensitive framework; | Commission on the Status of Women | Resolution |
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| 2005 | ||
Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 2004, para. 5 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Also urges Governments to strengthen initiatives that would increase the capacities of women and adolescent girls to protect themselves from the risk of HIV infection, principally through the provision of health care and health services, including for sexual and reproductive health and through prevention education that promotes gender equality within a culturally and gender sensitive framework; | Commission on the Status of Women | Resolution |
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| 2004 | ||
Rights of the child: protection of the rights of the child in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 2017, para. 20 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Noting global initiatives and partnerships to assist countries in the implementation of the commitments of the 2030 Agenda, inter alia, the Global Strategy for Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health (2016-2030), the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, the Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children, the Global Programme to Accelerate Action to End Child Marriage, the Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting, the High Time to End Violence against Children initiative, Alliance 8.7 to eradicate forced labour, modern slavery, human trafficking and child labour, the Global Partnership for Education, the Global Education First Initiative, the Global Alliance for reporting progress on promoting peaceful, just and inclusive societies, the We Protect Global Alliance to End Child Sexual Abuse Online, and the Fast-Track strategy to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030, and tools such as the technical guidance on the application of a human rights-based approach to the implementation of policies and programmes to reduce and eliminate preventable mortality and morbidity of children under 5 years of age, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2017 | ||
Preventable maternal mortality and morbidity and human rights 2016, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Taking note of the Secretary-General’s renewed Global Strategy on Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health, and recognizing the important role it may play in reducing preventable maternal mortality and morbidity, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2016 | ||
Rights of the child: The right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health 2013, para. 17c | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Urges States:] To ensure confidentiality and informed consent in the provision of health care and services, in particular with regard to sexual and reproductive health, to children and adolescents according to their evolving capacities; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2013 | ||
Rights of the child: Omnibus resolution 2012, para. 37c | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Calls upon all States:] To ensure confidentiality and informed consent in the provision of health care and services, in particular with regard to sexual and reproductive health, to children and adolescents, according to their evolving capacities; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2012 | ||
Intensification of efforts to end obstetric fistula 2016, para. 13 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing the need to raise awareness among men and adolescent boys and, in this context, to fully engage men and community leaders as strategic partners and allies in the efforts to address and eliminate obstetric fistula, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2016 | ||
The girl child 2015, para. 21 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Emphasizing that increased and equal access to quality education for young people, especially adolescent girls, including in the areas of sexual and reproductive health, as well as health care, hygiene and sanitation, dramatically lowers their vulnerability to preventable diseases and infections, in particular HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2015 | ||
Migrant children and adolescents 2014, para. 10 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Encourages States to protect and provide assistance to migrant children, including adolescents, within their jurisdiction, including victims of national and transnational organized crime, including through the implementation of gender-responsive programmes and policies that provide for protection and access to medical, psychosocial and legal assistance, as necessary, and urges them to prosecute perpetrators and abusers; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2014 | ||
Intensification of efforts to end obstetric fistula 2014, para. 12 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing the need to raise awareness among men and adolescent boys and, in this context, to fully engage men and community leaders as strategic partners and allies in the efforts to address and eliminate obstetric fistula, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2014 | ||
The rights of the child 2013, para. 25b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Calls upon States:] To adopt strategies to prevent and address the harmful use of alcohol and illicit substances with a holistic and human rights perspective, and to provide information, education and counselling on the effects of substance abuse and on the importance of family and school support for its prevention and the treatment, rehabilitation and reintegration of children and adolescents with substance abuse issues; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2013 | ||
The girl child 2013, para. 32 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Emphasizing that increased access to education for young people, especially adolescent girls, including in the areas of sexual and reproductive health, as well as health care, hygiene and sanitation, dramatically lowers their vulnerability to preventable diseases and infections, in particular HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2013 | ||
The rights of the child 2011, para. 41 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirms that States should take effective and appropriate measures to ensure, on an equal basis with others, that children with disabilities retain their fertility, and that adolescent boys and girls with disabilities have access to information and education, including on reproductive and family planning, that is age-appropriate and in an accessible format; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2011 |