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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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New York Declaration For Refugees and Migrants 2016, para. 29 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | We recognize and will take steps to address the particular vulnerabilities of women and children during the journey from country of origin to country of arrival. This includes their potential exposure to discrimination and exploitation, as well as to sexual, physical and psychological abuse, violence, human trafficking and contemporary forms of slavery. | United Nations General Assembly | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 2016 | ||
Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development 1994, para. 4.23 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Governments are urged to take the necessary measures to prevent infanticide, prenatal sex selection, trafficking in girl children and use of girls in prostitution and pornography. | International Conference on Population and Development | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 1994 | ||
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 283b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [By Governments and, as appropriate, international and non-governmental organizations:] Take appropriate legislative, administrative, social and educational measures to protect the girl child, in the household and in society, from all forms of physical or mental violence, injury or abuse, neglect or negligent treatment, maltreatment or exploitation, including sexual abuse; | Fourth World Conference on Women | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 1995 | ||
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 283a | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [By Governments and, as appropriate, international and non-governmental organizations:] Take effective actions and measures to enact and enforce legislation to protect the safety and security of girls from all forms of violence at work, including training programmes and support programmes, and take measures to eliminate incidents of sexual harassment of girls in educational and other institutions; | Fourth World Conference on Women | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 1995 | ||
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 243e | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [By Governments and international organizations, to the extent consistent with freedom of expression:] Take effective measures or institute such measures, including appropriate legislation against pornography and the projection of violence against women and children in the media. | Fourth World Conference on Women | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 1995 | ||
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 144b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [By Governments:] Respect fully the norms of international humanitarian law in armed conflicts and take all measures required for the protection of women and children, in particular against rape, forced prostitution and any other form of indecent assault; | Fourth World Conference on Women | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 1995 | ||
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 130e | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [By Governments of countries of origin, transit and destination, regional and international organizations, as appropriate:] Develop educational and training programmes and policies and consider enacting legislation aimed at preventing sex tourism and trafficking, giving special emphasis to the protection of young women and children | Fourth World Conference on Women | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 1995 | ||
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 129c | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [By Governments, regional organizations, the United Nations, other international organizations, research institutions, women's and youth organizations and non-governmental organizations, as appropriate:] Support and initiate research on the impact of violence, such as rape, on women and girl children, and make the resulting information and statistics available to the public; | Fourth World Conference on Women | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 1995 | ||
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 282a | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [By Governments:] In conformity with article 32 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, protect children from economic exploitation and from performing any work that is likely to be hazardous or to interfere with the child's education, or to be harmful to the child's health or physical, mental, spiritual, moral or social development; | Fourth World Conference on Women | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 1995 | ||
Further actions and initiatives to implement the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 2000, para. 97b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Support the ongoing negotiations on a draft protocol to prevent, suppress and punish trafficking in persons, especially women and children, to supplement the draft United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime; | United Nations General Assembly | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 2000 | ||
Further actions and initiatives to implement the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 2000, para. 97a | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Intensify cooperation between States of origin, transit and destination to prevent, suppress and punish trafficking in persons, especially women and children; | United Nations General Assembly | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 2000 | ||
Sustainable Development Summit: Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 2015, para. 16.2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | End abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence against and torture of children | United Nations General Assembly | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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Sustainable Development Summit: Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 2015, para. 16.2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | End abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence against and torture of children | United Nations General Assembly | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 2015 | ||
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 2007, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Indigenous peoples have the collective right to live in freedom, peace and security as distinct peoples and shall not be subjected to any act of genocide or any other act of violence, including forcibly removing children of the group to another group. | United Nations General Assembly | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women 1993, para. 7 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Concerned that some groups of women, such as women belonging to minority groups, indigenous women, refugee women, migrant women, women living in rural or remote communities, destitute women, women in institutions or in detention, female children, women with disabilities, elderly women and women in situations of armed conflict, are especially vulnerable to violence, | United Nations General Assembly | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women 1993, para. 2a | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Violence against women shall be understood to encompass, but not be limited to, the following:] Physical, sexual and psychological violence occurring in the family, including battering, sexual abuse of female children in the household, dowry-related violence, marital rape, female genital mutilation and other traditional practices harmful to women, non-spousal violence and violence related to exploitation; | United Nations General Assembly | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 1993 | ||
Sustainable Development Summit: Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 2015, para. 8.7 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Take immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labour, end modern slavery and human trafficking and secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour, including recruitment and use of child soldiers, and by 2025 end child labour in all its forms | United Nations General Assembly | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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Sustainable Development Summit: Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 2015, para. 8.7 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Take immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labour, end modern slavery and human trafficking and secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour, including recruitment and use of child soldiers, and by 2025 end child labour in all its forms | United Nations General Assembly | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 2015 | ||
Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development 1994, para. 6.9 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Countries should take effective steps to address the neglect, as well as all types of exploitation and abuse, of children, adolescents and youth, such as abduction, rape and incest, pornography, trafficking, abandonment and prostitution. In particular, countries should take appropriate action to eliminate sexual abuse of children both within and outside their borders. | International Conference on Population and Development | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 1994 | ||
Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development 1994, para. 5.1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | All levels of Government, non-governmental organizations and concerned community organizations should develop innovative ways to provide more effective assistance to families and the individuals within them who may be affected by specific problems, such as extreme poverty, chronic unemployment, illness, domestic and sexual violence, dowry payments, drug or alcohol dependence, incest, and child abuse, neglect or abandonment. | International Conference on Population and Development | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 1994 | ||
Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development 1994, para. 6.1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | All countries must enact and strictly enforce laws against economic exploitation, physical and mental abuse or neglect of children in keeping with commitments made under the Convention on the Rights of the Child and other relevant United Nations instruments. Countries should provide support and rehabilitation services to those who fall victims to such abuses. | International Conference on Population and Development | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 1994 | ||
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 283d | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [By Governments and, as appropriate, international and non-governmental organizations:] Enact and enforce legislation protecting girls from all forms of violence, including female infanticide and prenatal sex selection, genital mutilation, incest, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, child prostitution and child pornography, and develop age-appropriate safe and confidential programmes and medical, social and psychological support services to assist girls who are subjected to violence. | Fourth World Conference on Women | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 1995 | ||
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 245a | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [By the media, non-governmental organizations and the private sector, in collaboration, as appropriate, with national machinery for the advancement of women:] Promote the equal sharing of family responsibilities through media campaigns that emphasize gender equality and non-stereotyped gender roles of women and men within the family and that disseminate information aimed at eliminating spousal and child abuse and all forms of violence against women, including domestic violence; | Fourth World Conference on Women | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 107q | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [By Governments, in cooperation with non-governmental organizations, the mass media, the private sector and relevant international organizations, including United Nations bodies, as appropriate:] Adopt specific preventive measures to protect women, youth and children from any abuse - sexual abuse, exploitation, trafficking and violence, for example - including the formulation and enforcement of laws, and provide legal protection and medical and other assistance. | Fourth World Conference on Women | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 1995 | ||
New York Declaration For Refugees and Migrants 2016, para. 23 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | We recognize and will address, in accordance with our obligations under international law, the special needs of all people in vulnerable situations who are travelling within large movements of refugees and migrants, including women at risk, children, especially those who are unaccompanied or separated from their families, members of ethnic and religious minorities, victims of violence, older persons, persons with disabilities, persons who are discriminated against on any basis, indigenous peoples, victims of human trafficking, and victims of exploitation and abuse in the context of the smuggling of migrants. | United Nations General Assembly | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 12 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The maintenance of peace and security at the global, regional and local levels, together with the prevention of policies of aggression and ethnic cleansing and the resolution of armed conflict, is crucial for the protection of the human rights of women and girl children, as well as for the elimination of all forms of violence against them and of their use as a weapon of war. | Fourth World Conference on Women | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development 1994, para. 7.39 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Active and open discussion of the need to protect women, youth and children from any abuse, including sexual abuse, exploitation, trafficking and violence, must be encouraged and supported by educational programmes at both national and community levels. Governments should set the necessary conditions and procedures to encourage victims to report violations of their rights. Laws addressing those concerns should be enacted where they do not exist, made explicit, strengthened and enforced, and appropriate rehabilitation services provided. Governments should also prohibit the production and the trade of child pornography. | International Conference on Population and Development | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 1994 | ||
Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development 1994, para. 4.9 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Countries should take full measures to eliminate all forms of exploitation, abuse, harassment and violence against women, adolescents and children. This implies both preventive actions and rehabilitation of victims. Countries should prohibit degrading practices, such as trafficking in women, adolescents and children and exploitation through prostitution, and pay special attention to protecting the rights and safety of those who suffer from these crimes and those in potentially exploitable situations, such as migrant women, women in domestic service and schoolgirls. In this regard, international safeguards and mechanisms for cooperation should be put in place to ensure that these measures are implemented. | International Conference on Population and Development | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development 1994, para. 11 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | All States and families should give the highest possible priority to children. The child has the right to standards of living adequate for its well-being and the right to the highest attainable standards of health, and the right to education. The child has the right to be cared for, guided and supported by parents, families and society and to be protected by appropriate legislative, administrative, social and educational measures from all forms of physical or mental violence, injury or abuse, neglect or negligent treatment, maltreatment or exploitation, including sale, trafficking, sexual abuse, and trafficking in its organs. | International Conference on Population and Development | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 1994 | ||
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. Objective L7 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Eradicate violence against the girl child | Fourth World Conference on Women | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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