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The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic 2018, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Art. 15. At all times, and particularly after an engagement, Parties to the conflict shall, without delay, take all possible measures to search for and collect the wounded and sick, to protect them against pillage and ill-treatment, to ensure their adequate care, and to search for the dead and prevent their being despoiled. Whenever circumstances permit, an armistice or a suspension of fire shall be arranged, or local arrangements made, to permit the removal, exchange and transport of the wounded left on the battlefield. Likewise, local arrangements may be concluded between Parties to the conflict for the removal or exchange of wounded and sick from a besieged or encircled area, and for the passage of medical and religious personnel and equipment on their way to that area. | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
| 2018 | |||
The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic 2018, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Art. 16. Parties to the conflict shall record as soon as possible, in respect of each wounded, sick or dead person of the adverse Party falling into their hands, any particulars which may assist in his identification. These records should if possible include: (a) designation of the Power on which he depends; (b) army, regimental, personal or serial number; (c) surname; (d) first name or names; (e) date of birth; (f) any other particulars shown on his identity card or disc; (g) date and place of capture or death; (h) particulars concerning wounds or illness, or cause of death. As soon as possible the above mentioned information shall be forwarded to the Information Bureau described in Article 122 of the Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War of 12 August 1949, which shall transmit this information to the Power on which these persons depend through the intermediary of the Protecting Power and of the Central Prisoners of War Agency. Parties to the conflict shall prepare and forward to each other through the same bureau, certificates of death or duly authenticated lists of the dead. They shall likewise collect and forward through the same bureau one half of a double identity disc, last wills or other documents of importance to the next of kin, money and in general all articles of an intrinsic or sentimental value, which are found on the dead. These articles, together with unidentified articles, shall be sent in sealed packets, accompanied by statements giving all particulars necessary for the identification of the deceased owners, as well as by a complete list of the contents of the parcel. | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
| 2018 | |||
The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic 2018, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Art. 13. The present Convention shall apply to the wounded and sick belonging to the following categories: (6) Inhabitants of a non-occupied territory, who on the approach of the enemy, spontaneously take up arms to resist the invading forces, without having had time to form themselves into regular armed units, provided they carry arms openly and respect the laws and customs of war. | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
| 2018 | |||
The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic 2018, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Art. 25. Members of the armed forces specially trained for employment, should the need arise, as hospital orderlies, nurses or auxiliary stretcher-bearers, in the search for or the collection, transport or treatment of the wounded and sick shall likewise be respected and protected if they are carrying out these duties at the time when they come into contact with the enemy or fall into his hands. | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
| 2018 | |||
The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic 2018, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Art. 13. The present Convention shall apply to the wounded and sick belonging to the following categories: (4) Persons who accompany the armed forces without actually being members thereof, such as civil members of military aircraft crews, war correspondents, supply contractors, members of labour units or of services responsible for the welfare of the armed forces, provided that they have received authorization from the armed forces which they accompany. | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
| 2018 | |||
The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic 2018, para. 2 (b) | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Art. 13. The present Convention shall apply to the wounded and sick belonging to the following categories: (2) Members of other militias and members of other volunteer corps, including those of organized resistance movements, belonging to a Party to the conflict and operating in or outside their own territory, even if this territory is occupied, provided that such militias or volunteer corps, including such organized resistance movements, fulfil the following conditions: (b) that of having a fixed distinctive sign recognizable at a distance; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
| 2018 | |||
The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic 2018, para. 2 (c) | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Art. 13. The present Convention shall apply to the wounded and sick belonging to the following categories: (2) Members of other militias and members of other volunteer corps, including those of organized resistance movements, belonging to a Party to the conflict and operating in or outside their own territory, even if this territory is occupied, provided that such militias or volunteer corps, including such organized resistance movements, fulfil the following conditions: (c) that of carrying arms openly; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
| 2018 | |||
The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic 2018, para. 2 (d) | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Art. 13. The present Convention shall apply to the wounded and sick belonging to the following categories: (2) Members of other militias and members of other volunteer corps, including those of organized resistance movements, belonging to a Party to the conflict and operating in or outside their own territory, even if this territory is occupied, provided that such militias or volunteer corps, including such organized resistance movements, fulfil the following conditions: (d) that of conducting their operations in accordance with the laws and customs of war. | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
| 2018 | |||
The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic 2018, para. 2 (a) | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Art. 13. The present Convention shall apply to the wounded and sick belonging to the following categories: (2) Members of other militias and members of other volunteer corps, including those of organized resistance movements, belonging to a Party to the conflict and operating in or outside their own territory, even if this territory is occupied, provided that such militias or volunteer corps, including such organized resistance movements, fulfil the following conditions: (a) that of being commanded by a person responsible for his subordinates; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
| 2018 | |||
The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic 2018, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Art. 10. The High Contracting Parties may at any time agree to entrust to an organization which offers all guarantees of impartiality and efficacy the duties incumbent on the Protecting Powers by virtue of the present Convention. When wounded and sick, or medical personnel and chaplains do not benefit or cease to benefit, no matter for what reason, by the activities of a Protecting Power or of an organization provided for in the first paragraph above, the Detaining Power shall request a neutral State, or such an organization, to undertake the functions performed under the present Convention by a Protecting Power designated by the Parties to a conflict. If protection cannot be arranged accordingly, the Detaining Power shall request or shall accept, subject to the provisions of this Article, the offer of the services of a humanitarian organization, such as the International Committee of the Red Cross, to assume the humanitarian functions performed by Protecting Powers under the present Convention. Any neutral Power, or any organization invited by the Power concerned or offering itself for these purposes, shall be required to act with a sense of responsibility towards the Party to the conflict on which persons protected by the present Convention depend, and shall be required to furnish sufficient assurances that it is in a position to undertake the appropriate functions and to discharge them impartially. No derogation from the preceding provisions shall be made by special agreements between Powers one of which is restricted, even temporarily, in its freedom to negotiate with the other Power or its allies by reason of military events, more particularly where the whole, or a substantial part, of the territory of the said Power is occupied. Whenever, in the present Convention, mention is made of a Protecting Power, such mention also applies to substitute organizations in the sense of the present Article. | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
| 2018 | |||
The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic 2018, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Art. 43. The medical units belonging to neutral countries, which may have been authorized to lend their services to a belligerent under the conditions laid down in Article 27, shall fly, along with the flag of the Convention, the national flag of that belligerent, wherever the latter makes use of the faculty conferred on him by Article 42. Subject to orders to the contrary by the responsible military authorities, they may on all occasions fly their national flag, even if they fall into the hands of the adverse Party. | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
| 2018 | |||
The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic 2018, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Art. 28. Personnel designated in Articles 24 and 26 who fall into the hands of the adverse Party, shall be retained only in so far as the state of health, the spiritual needs and the number of prisoners of war require. Personnel thus retained shall not be deemed prisoners of war. Nevertheless they shall at least benefit by all the provisions of the Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War of 12 August 1949. Within the framework of the military laws and regulations of the Detaining Power, and under the authority of its competent service, they shall continue to carry out, in accordance with their professional ethics, their medical and spiritual duties on behalf of prisoners of war, preferably those of the armed forces to which they themselves belong. They shall further enjoy the following facilities for carrying out their medical or spiritual duties: (a) They shall be authorized to visit periodically the prisoners of war in labour units or hospitals outside the camp. The Detaining Power shall put at their disposal the means of transport required. (b) In each camp the senior medical officer of the highest rank shall be responsible to the military authorities of the camp for the professional activity of the retained medical personnel. For this purpose, from the outbreak of hostilities, the Parties to the conflict shall agree regarding the corresponding seniority of the ranks of their medical personnel, including those of the societies designated in Article 26. In all questions arising out of their duties, this medical officer, and the chaplains, shall have direct access to the military and medical authorities of the camp who shall grant them the facilities they may require for correspondence relating to these questions. (c) Although retained personnel in a camp shall be subject to its internal discipline, they shall not, however, be required to perform any work outside their medical or religious duties.
During hostilities the Parties to the conflict shall make arrangements for relieving where possible retained personnel, and shall settle the procedure of such relief. None of the preceding provisions shall relieve the Detaining Power of the obligations imposed upon it with regard to the medical and spiritual welfare of the prisoners of war. | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
| 2018 | |||
The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic 2018, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Art. 35. Transports of wounded and sick or of medical equipment shall be respected and protected in the same way as mobile medical units. Should such transports or vehicles fall into the hands of the adverse Party, they shall be subject to the laws of war, on condition that the Party to the conflict who captures them shall in all cases ensure the care of the wounded and sick they contain. The civilian personnel and all means of transport obtained by requisition shall be subject to the general rules of international law. | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
| 2018 | |||
The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic 2018, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Art. 13. The present Convention shall apply to the wounded and sick belonging to the following categories: (3) Members of regular armed forces who profess allegiance to a Government or an authority not recognized by the Detaining Power. | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
| 2018 | |||
The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic 2018, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Art. 23. In time of peace, the High Contracting Parties and, after the outbreak of hostilities, the Parties thereto, may establish in their own territory and, if the need arises, in occupied areas, hospital zones and localities so organized as to protect the wounded and sick from the effects of war, as well as the personnel entrusted with the organization and administration of these zones and localities and with the care of the persons therein assembled. Upon the outbreak and during the course of hostilities, the Parties concerned may conclude agreements on mutual recognition of the hospital zones and localities they have created. They may for this purpose implement the provisions of the Draft Agreement annexed to the present Convention, with such amendments as they may consider necessary. The Protecting Powers and the International Committee of the Red Cross are invited to lend their good offices in order to facilitate the institution and recognition of these hospital zones and localities. | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
| 2018 | |||
The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic 2018, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Art. 30. Personnel whose retention is not indispensable by virtue of the provisions of Article 28 shall be returned to the Party to the conflict to whom they belong, as soon as a road is open for their return and military requirements permit. Pending their return, they shall not be deemed prisoners of war. Nevertheless they shall at least benefit by all the provisions of the Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War of 12 August 1949. They shall continue to fulfil their duties under the orders of the adverse Party and shall preferably be engaged in the care of the wounded and sick of the Party to the conflict to which they themselves belong. On their departure, they shall take with them the effects, personal belongings, valuables and instruments belonging to them. | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
| 2018 | |||
The rights of the child 1997, para. I.1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Welcomes the unprecedented number of one hundred and ninety-one States that have ratified or acceded to the Convention on the Rights of the Child as a universal commitment to the rights of the child; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
| 1997 | |||
Supporting efforts to end obstetric fistula 2010, para. 9b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Calls upon States and/or the relevant funds and programmes, organs and specialized agencies of the United Nations system, within their respective mandates, and invites the international financial institutions and all relevant actors of civil society, including non-governmental organizations, and the private sector:] To develop, implement and support national and international prevention, care and treatment and socio-economic reintegration and support strategies, as appropriate, to address effectively the condition of obstetric fistula and to develop further a multisectoral, multidisciplinary, comprehensive and integrated approach in order to bring about lasting solutions and put an end to obstetric fistula, maternal mortality and related morbidities, including through ensuring access to affordable, comprehensive, quality maternal health-care services, including skilled birth attendance and emergency obstetric care; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
| 2010 | |||
Intensification of efforts to end obstetric fistula 2014, para. 12f | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Calls upon States and/or the relevant funds and programmes, organs and the specialized agencies of the United Nations system, within their respective mandates, and invites the international financial institutions and all relevant actors of civil society, including non-governmental organizations, and the private sector:] To establish or strengthen, as appropriate, a national task force for obstetric fistula, led by the Ministry of Health, to enhance national coordination and improve partner collaboration to end obstetric fistula; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
| 2014 | |||
United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules) 2015, para. 12 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recommends that Member States continue to endeavour to reduce prison overcrowding and, where appropriate, resort to non-custodial measures as alternatives to pretrial detention, to promote increased access to justice and legal defence mechanisms, to reinforce alternatives to imprisonment and to support rehabilitation and social reintegration programmes, in accordance with the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-custodial Measures (the Tokyo Rules); | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
| 2015 | |||
The right to education 2008, para. 7j | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Urges all States:] To adopt effective measures to encourage regular attendance at school and reduce school dropout rates; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
| 2008 | |||
The promotion and protection of human rights in the context of peaceful protests 2013, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalls that States have the responsibility, including in the context of peaceful protests, to promote and protect human rights and to prevent human rights violations, in particular extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, arbitrary arrest and detention, enforced disappearances, and torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and calls upon States to avoid the abuse of criminal and civil proceedings or threats of such acts at all times; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
| 2013 | |||
Human rights in the administration of justice, in particular juvenile justice 2013, para. 29 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Invites States, upon their request, to benefit from technical advice and assistance in juvenile justice provided by the relevant United Nations agencies and programmes, in particular the Interagency Panel on Juvenile Justice, in order to strengthen national capacities and infrastructures in the field of the administration of justice, in particular juvenile justice, encouraging States to provide adequate resources to the secretariat of the Panel and to its members; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
| 2013 | |||
Protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (Mandate) 2016, para. 3c | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Decides to appoint, for a period of three years, an Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, with the following mandate:] To engage in dialogue and to consult with States and other relevant stakeholders, including United Nations agencies, programmes and funds, regional human rights mechanisms, national human rights institutions, civil society organizations and academic institutions; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
| 2016 | |||
Protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (Mandate) 2016, para. 3f | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Decides to appoint, for a period of three years, an Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, with the following mandate:] To conduct, facilitate and support the provision of advisory services, technical assistance, capacity-building and international cooperation in support of national efforts to combat violence and discrimination against persons on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
| 2016 | |||
Rights of the child: protection of the rights of the child in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 2017, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Takes note with appreciation of the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the protection of the rights of the child in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
| 2017 | |||
The contribution of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development to the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals 2009, para. 25 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirms strongly that population distribution policies should be consistent with such international instruments, when applicable, as the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, including article 49 thereof; | Commission on Population and Development | Resolution |
| 2009 | |||
Supporting efforts to end obstetric fistula 2007, para. 8 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls upon the international community to support the activities of the United Nations Population Fund and other partners in the global Campaign to End Fistula, including the World Health Organization, in establishing and financing regional fistula treatment and training centres through identifying and supporting health facilities that have the potential to serve as centres for treatment, training and convalescent care; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
| 2007 | |||
The right to education: follow-up to Human Rights Council resolution 8/4 2011, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Urges all relevant stakeholders to increase their efforts so that the goals of the Education for All agenda can be achieved by 2015 by, inter alia, tackling persistent economic and social inequalities, including on the basis of such factors as income, gender, location, ethnicity, language and disability, and notes the role that good governance can play in this regard; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
| 2011 | |||
Human rights in the administration of justice 2003, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Invites Governments to provide training, including anti racist, multicultural and gender sensitive training, in human rights in the administration of justice, including juvenile justice, to all judges, lawyers, prosecutors, social workers, immigration and police officers and other professionals concerned, including personnel deployed in international field presences; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
| 2003 |