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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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CRPD - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2006, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 2. In all actions concerning children with disabilities, the best interests of the child shall be a primary consideration. | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 2006 | ||
CRC - OPSC - Optional Protocol to the CRC on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography 2000, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Have agreed as follows: | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 2000 | ||
CRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 1. States Parties undertake to respect and to ensure respect for rules of international humanitarian law applicable to them in armed conflicts which are relevant to the child. | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 1989 | ||
CRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | States Parties shall take all appropriate national, bilateral and multilateral measures to prevent the abduction of, the sale of or traffic in children for any purpose or in any form. | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 1989 | ||
CRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 1. No child shall be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with his or her privacy, family, or correspondence, nor to unlawful attacks on his or her honour and reputation. | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 1989 | ||
CRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | For the purposes of the present Convention, a child means every human being below the age of eighteen years unless under the law applicable to the child, majority is attained earlier. | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 1989 | ||
Minimum Age Convention 1973, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Considering that the time has come to establish a general instrument on the subject, which would gradually replace the existing ones applicable to limited economic sectors, with a view to achieving the total abolition of child labour, and | International Labour Organization | International treaty |
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| 1973 | ||
Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War 1949, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Art. 38. With the exception of special measures authorized by the present Convention, in particularly by Article 27 and 41 thereof, the situation of protected persons shall continue to be regulated, in principle, by the provisions concerning aliens in time of peace. In any case, the following rights shall be granted to them:
(1) they shall be enabled to receive the individual or collective relief that may be sent to them.
(2) they shall, if their state of health so requires, receive medical attention and hospital treatment to the same extent as the nationals of the State concerned.
(3) they shall be allowed to practise their religion and to receive spiritual assistance from ministers of their faith.
(4) if they reside in an area particularly exposed to the dangers of war, they shall be authorized to move from that area to the same extent as the nationals of the State concerned.
(5) children under fifteen years, pregnant women and mothers of children under seven years shall benefit by any preferential treatment to the same extent as the nationals of the State concerned. | International Committee of the Red Cross | International treaty |
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| 1949 | ||
Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention 1999, para. 7. (2) (e) | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Each Member shall, taking into account the importance of education in eliminating child labour, take effective and time-bound measures to:] (e) take account of the special situation of girls. | International Labour Organization | International treaty |
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| 1999 | ||
Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention 1999, para. 5 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Each Member shall, after consultation with employers' and workers' organizations, establish or designate appropriate mechanisms to monitor the implementation of the provisions giving effect to this Convention. | International Labour Organization | International treaty |
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| 1999 | ||
Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention 1999, para. 4 (3) | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The list of the types of work determined under paragraph 1 of this Article shall be periodically examined and revised as necessary, in consultation with the organizations of employers and workers concerned. | International Labour Organization | International treaty |
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| 1999 | ||
CRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 2. In any proceedings pursuant to paragraph 1 of the present article, all interested parties shall be given an opportunity to participate in the proceedings and make their views known. | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 1989 | ||
ICCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966, para. 5 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 5. Sentence of death shall not be imposed for crimes committed by persons below eighteen years of age and shall not be carried out on pregnant women. | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 1966 | ||
Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention 1999, para. 7. (2) (d) | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Each Member shall, taking into account the importance of education in eliminating child labour, take effective and time-bound measures to:] (d) identify and reach out to children at special risk; and | International Labour Organization | International treaty |
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| 1999 | ||
CRC - OPSC - Optional Protocol to the CRC on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography 2000, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The States Parties to the present Protocol, | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 2000 | ||
CRC - OPAC - Optional Protocol to the CRC on the involvement of children in armed conflict 2000, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 3. The application of the present article shall not affect the legal status of any party to an armed conflict. | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 2000 | ||
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 1998, para. 9 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 9. The Prosecutor shall appoint advisers with legal expertise on specific issues, including, but not limited to, sexual and gender violence and violence against children. | United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court | International treaty |
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| 1998 | ||
CRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989, para. a | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Nothing in the present Convention shall affect any provisions which are more conducive to the realization of the rights of the child and which may be contained in:] (a) The law of a State party; or | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 1989 | ||
CRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 1. States Parties recognize the right of the child to rest and leisure, to engage in play and recreational activities appropriate to the age of the child and to participate freely in cultural life and the arts. | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 1989 | ||
CRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989, para. 1b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [1. States Parties agree that the education of the child shall be directed to:] (b) The development of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, and for the principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations; | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 1989 | ||
CRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989, para. 1a | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [1. States Parties agree that the education of the child shall be directed to:] (a) The development of the child's personality, talents and mental and physical abilities to their fullest potential; | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 1989 | ||
CRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 2. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that school discipline is administered in a manner consistent with the child's human dignity and in conformity with the present Convention. | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 1989 | ||
CRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 2. The parent(s) or others responsible for the child have the primary responsibility to secure, within their abilities and financial capacities, the conditions of living necessary for the child's development. | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 1989 | ||
CRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989, para. 2d | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [2. States Parties shall pursue full implementation of this right and, in particular, shall take appropriate measures:] (d) To ensure appropriate pre-natal and post-natal health care for mothers; | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 1989 | ||
CRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 3. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that children of working parents have the right to benefit from child-care services and facilities for which they are eligible. | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 1989 | ||
CRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 2. Where a child is illegally deprived of some or all of the elements of his or her identity, States Parties shall provide appropriate assistance and protection, with a view to re-establishing speedily his or her identity. | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 1989 | ||
CRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 1. States Parties undertake to respect the right of the child to preserve his or her identity, including nationality, name and family relations as recognized by law without unlawful interference. | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 1989 | ||
CRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989, para. i | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Bearing in mind that, as indicated in the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, "the child, by reason of his physical and mental immaturity, needs special safeguards and care, including appropriate legal protection, before as well as after birth", | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 1989 | ||
Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction 1980, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | A decision under this Convention concerning the return of the child shall not be taken to be a determination on the merits of any custody issue. | Hague Conference on Private International Law | International treaty |
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| 1980 | ||
Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction 1980, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding Article, the judicial or administrative authority of the requested State is not bound to order the return of the child if the person, institution or other body which opposes its return establishes that:
a) the person, institution or other body having the care of the person of the child was not actually exercising the custody rights at the time of removal or retention, or had consented to or subsequently acquiesced in the removal or retention; or
b) there is a grave risk that his or her return would expose the child to physical or psychological harm or otherwise place the child in an intolerable situation.
The judicial or administrative authority may also refuse to order the return of the child if it finds that the child objects to being returned and has attained an age and degree of maturity at which it is appropriate to take account of its views.
In considering the circumstances referred to in this Article, the judicial and administrative authorities shall take into account the information relating to the social background of the child provided by the Central Authority or other competent authority of the child's habitual residence. | Hague Conference on Private International Law | International treaty |
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| 1980 |