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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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Diversity in humanity, humanity in diversity 2017, para. 62 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The present report is the first report of the Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, and its theme is “diversity in humanity, humanity in diversity”. The phenomenon of violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity is both local and global, requiring strong national and international countermeasures to promote respect for sexual and gender diversity under the umbrella of international human rights law. In recognizing that everyone has some form of sexual orientation and gender identity, there is the regrettable reality that some groups and persons are affected by violence and discrimination, precisely because they are viewed as having a sexual orientation and gender identity that is different from a particular societal norm. This is enmeshed in the political, social, cultural and economic setting of each country, which invites a context-specific analysis and understanding of each scenario. While human rights are inherent to all persons without distinction, the situation facing those groups and persons may vary; it is not necessarily homogeneous. | Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity | Special Procedures' report |
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| 2017 | ||
Access to justice for people living in poverty 2012, para. 96 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [States should:] Actively disseminate legal and judicial information, for example about laws, legal decisions and policy decisions, to all without charge and in multiple formats and languages | Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights | Special Procedures' report |
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Access to justice for people living in poverty 2012, para. 96 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [States should:] Take positive measures to raise the capacity of poor and disadvantaged groups to ensure that they have full understanding of their rights and the means through which they can enforce them | Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights | Special Procedures' report |
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The right to life and the right to adequate housing: the indivisibility and interdependence between these rights 2016, para. 73 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | States must address issues of inadequate housing and homelessness and name them as core human rights issues linked to the right to life - in domestic law and policy and in international initiatives, including the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the New Urban Agenda. States must also conduct a thorough examination of legislation, court practice and public policies to ensure that the right to life is not restricted to a negative rights framework. States must formally recognize that the right to life includes the right to a place to live in dignity and security, free of violence, and ensure access to justice for all victims of violations of the right to life, including those linked to homelessness and inadequate housing. Governments must ensure the effective integration of housing policy and social protection with human rights frameworks, mechanisms and institutions, so that housing policy is properly framed around the implementation of core human rights obligations, and access to effective remedies is incorporated in programme design and implementation. | Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living | Special Procedures' report |
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Extreme poverty and human rights on universal basic income 2017, para. 70 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Second, the right to work, the right to social security, and above all the right to an adequate standard of living need to be given a prominent place on the human rights community’s agenda. If these rights are marginalized, the overall agenda will become increasingly less relevant to the most pressing and urgent questions of the day. | Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights | Special Procedures' report |
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| 2017 | ||
Affordability of water and sanitation services 2015, para. 87d | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [The Special Rapporteur offers the following recommendations. States should take the following measures:] Set affordability standards at the national and/or local level, based on a participatory process, involving in particular people living in poverty and other marginalized and disadvantaged individuals and groups, that consider all costs associated with water, sanitation and hygiene; | Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation | Special Procedures' report |
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| 2015 | ||
Different levels and types of services and the human rights to water and sanitation 2015, para. 99a | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [The Special Rapporteur recommends that States:] Use the human rights framework for water, sanitation and hygiene to identify appropriate types of services and to ensure that services are available, safe, acceptable, accessible and affordable to all; | Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation | Special Procedures' report |
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| 2015 | ||
Sustainability and non-retrogression in the realisation of the rights to water and sanitation 2013, para. 86i | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [In line with the above, the Special Rapporteur recommends that States:] Ensure meaningful participation in order to make sure that water, sanitation and hygiene solutions are socially and culturally acceptable, as well as sustainably used and practiced; | Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation | Special Procedures' report |
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| 2013 | ||
Sustainability and non-retrogression in the realisation of the rights to water and sanitation 2013, para. 86g | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [In line with the above, the Special Rapporteur recommends that States:] Carefully assess and justify any retrogression that might occur in the context of adopting austerity measures. This should be done in a manner that ensures that those already disadvantaged do not suffer the greatest impact and according to the criteria developed by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; | Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation | Special Procedures' report |
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Sustainability and non-retrogression in the realisation of the rights to water and sanitation 2013, para. 86e | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [In line with the above, the Special Rapporteur recommends that States:] Carefully balance obligations to ensure non-discrimination and sustainability (for everyone and forever) as well as economic and social sustainability in access to water and sanitation; | Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation | Special Procedures' report |
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The right to an effective remedy for trafficked persons 2011, para. 73 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | States should develop guidelines on the appropriate form, content and language of the information to be provided to trafficked persons and ensure that they properly apply the guidelines. In such guidelines, States should ensure that information is easily accessible in a variety of forms and available in a language that trafficked persons understand, not only from a linguistic perspective but also cultural and socio-economic perspectives. | Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children | Special Procedures' report |
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Manifestations and causes of domestic servitude 2010, para. 99 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Domestic servitude is rooted in entrenched patterns of gender discrimination and discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity and caste. At the heart of the problem is the fact that work in or for the household, whether paid or unpaid, is undervalued:] Senior Government officials, religious and community leaders should publicly acknowledge the value of domestic work to society and emphasize the equal dignity and autonomy of domestic workers. | Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences | Special Procedures' report |
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The World Bank and human rights 2015, para. 85 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The Bank should adopt a policy addressing economic, social and cultural rights as human rights. Its frequent claims to be almost inadvertently doing this already are not persuasive, but there is much that it could do to promote a basic programme in this area, which would add enormous value to what the international community has so far been able to achieve. | Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights | Special Procedures' report |
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| 2015 | ||
Human rights based approach to recovery from the global economic and financial crises, with a focus on those living in poverty 2011, para. 68 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Social protection systems must also incorporate effective and meaningful participatory mechanisms that ensure the effectiveness and sustainability of the programmes and compliance with the fundamental right to participate. | Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights | Special Procedures' report |
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Penalization of people living in poverty 2011, para. 82b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [In this context, the Special Rapporteur wishes to present the following recommendations:] In order to deter future discrimination, comprehensive anti discrimination legislation in relation to persons living in poverty must be adopted. States shall ensure that discrimination on the basis of economic and social status is prohibited by law and the law applied by courts; | Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights | Special Procedures' report |
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| 2011 | ||
Penalization of people living in poverty 2011, para. 76 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Rather than penalizing the poorest for their situation, States must take positive measures to bring down the legal, economic, social and administrative barriers that persons living in poverty face in gaining access to food, shelter, employment, education and health services, and which prevent them from enjoying their economic, social and cultural rights on an equal footing with the rest of the population and as part of an inclusive community. | Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights | Special Procedures' report |
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Penalization of people living in poverty 2011, para. 75 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Measures that result in the penalization of those living in poverty do nothing to tackle the root causes of poverty and social exclusion. They serve only to entrench further the multiple deprivations faced by those living in poverty and create barriers to poverty reduction and social inclusion. Consequently, they greatly undermine the ability of States to comply with their obligations to respect, protect and fulfil human rights. | Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights | Special Procedures' report |
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Social protection and old age poverty 2010, para. 116 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | States must enhance international cooperation efforts related to social security. They must devote particular attention to ensuring the sustainability and coordination of the different initiatives supported by international cooperation and their integration within a national system of social security. | Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights | Special Procedures' report |
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Social protection and old age poverty 2010, para. 114 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | States must ensure social security schemes are complemented by other social policies, in particular the provision of health care. States must ensure access to adequate health-care services and address other underlying determinants of health, such as access to safe drinking water and food. | Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights | Special Procedures' report |
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The role of minority rights protection in promoting stability and conflict prevention 2011, para. 91 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Public proclamations regarding national identity, for example in the constitution, and key national symbols should be fully inclusive, and should not exclude segments of a country's population nor deny, explicitly or implicitly, the full diversity of the population. | Special Rapporteur on minority issues | Special Procedures' report |
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| 2011 | ||
Protection of minority rights in conflict prevention 2010, para. 99 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Public proclamations regarding national identity, for example in the constitution, and key national symbols should be fully inclusive, and should not exclude segments of a country's population nor deny, explicitly or implicitly, the full diversity of the population. | Special Rapporteur on minority issues | Special Procedures' report |
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The right to life and the right to adequate housing: the indivisibility and interdependence between these rights 2016, para. 72 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The true reunification of the right to life and the right to adequate housing, however, can only be accomplished by a global response, led by States, including their legislatures and courts, by human rights institutions and by civil society. | Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living | Special Procedures' report |
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Guiding Principles on security of tenure for the urban poor 2014, para. 5g | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Non-discrimination on the basis of tenure status must be guaranteed in the context of, inter alia:] Land acquisition and use for public purposes; | Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living | Special Procedures' report |
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Guiding Principles on security of tenure for the urban poor 2014, para. 5d | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Non-discrimination on the basis of tenure status must be guaranteed in the context of, inter alia:] Land administration programmes; | Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living | Special Procedures' report |
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Guiding Principles on security of tenure for the urban poor 2014, para. 5b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Non-discrimination on the basis of tenure status must be guaranteed in the context of, inter alia:] Access to social security; | Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living | Special Procedures' report |
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Guiding Principles on security of tenure for the urban poor 2014, para. 5a | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Non-discrimination on the basis of tenure status must be guaranteed in the context of, inter alia:] Access to basic services and facilities; | Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living | Special Procedures' report |
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The right to adequate housing in disaster relief efforts 2011, para. B. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Further work should be conducted on:] The access to use and control over land in situations of natural disasters, including conditions for land requisition and acquisition for shelter/settlement. | Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living | Special Procedures' report |
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The right to adequate housing in disaster relief efforts 2011, para. 64.2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [The Special Rapporteur makes the following recommendations:] No harm should be caused by or to others in respecting and protecting the right to adequate housing, including tenure security: States must prohibit and sanction forced evictions by Government and private actors alike. | Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living | Special Procedures' report |
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The right to adequate housing in disaster relief efforts 2011, para. 64.2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [The Special Rapporteur makes the following recommendations:] No harm should be caused by or to others in respecting and protecting the right to adequate housing, including tenure security: Housing, land and property should be protected from further damage or destruction. | Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living | Special Procedures' report |
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The right to adequate housing in disaster relief efforts 2011, para. 64.2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [The Special Rapporteur makes the following recommendations:] No harm should be caused by or to others in respecting and protecting the right to adequate housing, including tenure security: Existing land, housing and identity records should be protected. | Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living | Special Procedures' report |
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