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Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing (2020), para. 15 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Concerned about the multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination that may create additional vulnerabilities for older persons and affect their enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms, and recognizing that, in particular, older women often face multiple forms of discrimination resulting from gender inequality and are at greater risk of physical and psychological abuse and violence, |
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Assistance to refugees, returnees and displaced persons in Africa (2020), para. 06 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Recognizing the particular vulnerability of women and children, as well as older persons and persons with disabilities, among refugees and displaced persons, including exposure to discrimination, sexual exploitation and abuse, physical abuse, violence and exploitation and the recruitment and use of children by parties to armed conflict in violation of applicable international law, and in this regard acknowledging the importance of preventing, responding to and addressing sexual and gender-based violence as well as violations and abuses committed against refugee, returnee and displaced children, |
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Declaration on the Occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the United Nations (1995), para. 42 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | - Ensure that the rights of persons who can be particularly vulnerable to abuse or neglect, including youth, persons with disabilities, the elderly and migrant workers, are protected; |
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Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing (2019), para. 51 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 35. Calls upon Member States to address the issue of the well-being of and adequate health-care services for older persons, as well as any cases of neglect, abuse and violence against older persons, in particular older women, by designing and implementing more effective prevention strategies and stronger laws and by developing coherent and comprehensive policy frameworks to address these problems and their underlying factors; |
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New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants (2016), para. 113 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | (e) Use the registration process to identify specific assistance needs and protection arrangements, where possible, including but not exclusively for refugees with special protection concerns, such as women at risk, children, especially unaccompanied children and children separated from their families, child-headed and single-parent households, victims of trafficking, victims of trauma and survivors of sexual violence, as well as refugees with disabilities and older persons; |
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Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons (2010), para. 13 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 7. Expresses particular concern at the grave problems faced by many internally displaced women and children, including violence and abuse, sexual and labour exploitation, trafficking in persons, forced recruitment and abduction, and notes the need to continue to pay more systematic and in-depth attention to their special assistance, protection and development needs, as well as those of other groups with special needs, such as older persons, persons with disabilities and severely traumatized individuals affected by internal displacement, taking into account the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly; |
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The human rights of older persons (2016), para. 16 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 3. Recalls the need to combat the various forms of violence against older persons, a widespread phenomenon that includes discrimination in the public sphere, linguistic and employment discrimination, lack of access, isolation, neglect, financial exploitation, physical and psychological violence and the withholding of basic needs, and physical attacks; |
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Protection of the family: role of the family in supporting the protection and promotion of human rights of older persons (2017), para. 24 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 10. Further recognizes that older women face a greater risk of physical and psychological abuse due to discriminatory societal attitudes and the non-realization of their human rights, and that some harmful traditional and customary practices result in abuse and violence directed at older women, often exacerbated by poverty and lack of access to legal protection; |
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Protection of the family: role of the family in supporting the protection and promotion of human rights of older persons (2017), para. 23 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 9. Also recognizes that neglect, abuse and violence against older persons takes many forms – physical, psychological, emotional, financial – and occurs in every social, economic, ethnic and geographic sphere, including within the family, and calls upon States to, inter alia, enact legislation and strengthen legal efforts to eliminate elder abuse; and educate and sensitize professionals and the general public on violence and abuse of older persons, its various characteristics and causes, and protection of and respect for their human rights and needs; |
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Human rights of internally displaced persons (2012), para. 28 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 13. Expresses particular concern at the grave problems faced by many internally displaced women and children, including violence and abuse, sexual exploitation, trafficking in persons, forced recruitment and abduction, and encourages the continued commitment of the Special Rapporteur to promote action to address their particular assistance, protection and development needs, as well as those of other groups with special needs, such as severely traumatized individuals, older persons and persons with disabilities, taking into account all relevant United Nations resolutions; |
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Protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons (2006), para. 20 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 5. Expresses particular concern at the grave problems faced by many internally displaced women and children, including violence and abuse, sexual exploitation, forced recruitment and abduction, and welcomes the commitment of the Representative of the Secretary-General to pay more systematic and in-depth attention to their particular assistance, protection and development needs, as well as to other groups with special needs, such as severely traumatized individuals, older persons and persons with disabilities, taking into account the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and bearing in mind Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) of 31 October 2000; |
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Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons (2013), para. 12 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 6. Expresses particular concern at the grave problems faced by many internally displaced women and children, including violence and abuse, sexual and labour exploitation, trafficking in persons, forced recruitment and abduction, and notes the need to continue to pay more systematic and in-depth attention to their special assistance, protection and development needs, as well as those of other groups with special needs, such as older persons, persons with disabilities and severely traumatized individuals affected by internal displacement, taking into account the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and the Human Rights Council; |
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Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly (2010), para. 34 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 20. Reaffirms that violence, in its many manifestations, including domestic violence, particularly against women, children, older persons and persons with disabilities, and especially against persons belonging to more than one of these groups, is a growing threat to the security of individuals, families and communities everywhere; total social breakdown is an all too real contemporary experience; organized crime, illegal drugs, the illicit arms trade, trafficking in human beings, particularly women and children, ethnic and religious conflict, civil war, terrorism, all forms of extremist violence, xenophobia, and politically motivated killing and genocide present fundamental threats to societies and the global social order; they also present compelling and urgent reasons for action by Governments individually and, as appropriate, jointly to foster social cohesion while recognizing, protecting and valuing diversity; |
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Operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (2016), para. 22 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Deploring the conflict in and around the Gaza Strip in July and August 2014, and the civilian casualties caused, including the killing and injury of thousands of Palestinian civilians, including children, women and older persons, as well as the widespread destruction of or damage to thousands of homes and civilian infrastructure, including schools, hospitals, water, sanitation and electricity networks, economic, industrial and agricultural properties, public institutions, religious sites and United Nations schools and facilities, as well as the internal displacement of hundreds of thousands of civilians, and any violations of international law, including humanitarian and human rights law, in this regard, |
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The human rights of older persons (2012), para. 09 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 1. Recognizes the challenges related to the enjoyment of all human rights that older persons face in areas such as prevention and protection against violence and abuse, social protection, food and housing, employment, legal capacity, access to justice, health support, long-term and palliative care, and that those challenges require in-depth analysis and action to address protection gaps; |
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Assistance to refugees, returnees and displaced persons in Africa (2018), para. 05 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Recognizing the particular vulnerability of women and children, as well as older persons and persons with disabilities, among refugees and displaced persons, including exposure to discrimination and sexual and physical abuse, violence and exploitation and the recruitment and use of children by parties to armed conflict in violation of applicable international law, and in this regard acknowledging the importance of preventing, responding to and addressing sexual and gender-based violence as well as violations and abuses committed against refugee, returnee and displaced children, |
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The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic (2019), para. 08 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Expressing deep concern at the situation of women, children, older persons and persons with disabilities, especially those who are internally displaced, who remain among the most vulnerable to violence and abuse, |
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Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing (2013), para. 27 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 19. Further calls upon Member States to address the well-being and adequate health care of older persons, as well as any cases of neglect, abuse and violence against older persons, by designing and implementing more effective prevention strategies and stronger laws and policies to address these problems and their underlying factors; |
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Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing (2018), para. 49 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 36. Calls upon Member States to address the issue of the well-being of and adequate health care for older persons, as well as any cases of neglect, abuse and violence against older persons, in particular older women, by designing and implementing more effective prevention strategies and stronger laws and by developing coherent and comprehensive policy frameworks to address these problems and their underlying factors; |
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Protection of and assistance to internallydisplaced persons (2010), para. 25 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 6. Expresses particular concern at the grave problems faced by many internally displaced women and children, including violence and abuse, sexual exploitation, trafficking in persons, forced recruitment and abduction, and encourages the continued commitment of the Representative of the Secretary-General to promote action to address their particular assistance, protection and development needs, as well as those of other groups with special needs, such as severely traumatized individuals, older persons and persons with disabilities, taking into account the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and of the Security Council and giving appropriate consideration to annex I to the report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, entitled “Rights and guarantees for internally displaced children”; 9F 10 |
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Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing (2014), para. 42 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 30. Calls upon Member States to address the issue of the well-being and adequate health care of older persons, as well as any cases of neglect, abuse and violence against older persons, by designing and implementing more effective prevention strategies and stronger laws and policies to address these problems and their underlying factors; |
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Protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons (2014), para. 31 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 11. Expresses particular concern about the grave problems faced by many internally displaced women and children, especially violence, exploitation and abuse, including sexual and gender-based violence and sexual exploitation and abuse, trafficking in persons, forced recruitment and abduction, and encourages the continued commitment of the Special Rapporteur to promote action to address their particular assistance, protection and development needs, as well as those of other groups with special needs, such as severely traumatized individuals, older persons and persons with disabilities, taking into account all relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and the Security Council; |
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Situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (2019), para. 12 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Recognizing that particular risk factors affect women, children, persons with disabilities and the elderly, and the need to ensure the full enjoyment of all their human rights and fundamental freedoms by them against neglect, abuse, exploitation and violence, and taking note in this regard of the concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on the combined second to fourth periodic reports of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 2 and the concluding observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child on the fifth periodic report of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, 3 |
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Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly (2015), para. 45 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 21. Reaffirms the need to address all forms of violence in its many manifestations, including domestic violence, particularly against women, children, older persons and persons with disabilities, and discrimination, including xenophobia, recognizes that violence increases challenges to States and societies in the achievement of poverty eradication, full and productive employment and decent work for all and social integration, and further recognizes that terrorism, trafficking in arms, organized crime, trafficking in persons, money-laundering, ethnic and religious conflict, civil war, politically motivated killing and genocide present fundamental threats to societies and pose increasing challenges to States and societies in the attainment of conditions conducive to social development and that they also present urgent and compelling reasons for action by Governments individually and, as appropriate, jointly to foster social cohesion while recognizing, protecting and valuing diversity; |
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Protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons (2018), para. 50 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 17. Also expresses particular concern about the full range of threats, violations and abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law experienced by many internally displaced persons, including women and children, who are particularly vulnerable or specifically targeted especially for sexual and gender-based violence and sexual exploitation and abuse, trafficking in persons, forced recruitment and abduction, encourages the continued commitment of the Special Rapporteur to promote action to address their particular assistance and protection needs, and calls upon States, in cooperation with international agencies and other stakeholders, to provide protection and assistance to internally displaced persons who are victims of the above-mentioned threats, violations and abuses, as well as other groups of internally displaced persons with special needs, such as severely traumatized individuals, older persons and persons with disabilities, taking into account all relevant resolutions of the General Asse mbly and the Security Council; |
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Mandate of the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism (2018), para. 10 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Expressing grave concern at the fact that attacks and widespread violence perpetuated against persons with albinism, including women and children, persons with disabilities and the elderly continue, |
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Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly (2011), para. 38 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 22. Reaffirms the need to address all forms of violence in its many manifestations, including domestic violence, particularly against women, children, older persons and persons with disabilities, and discrimination, including xenophobia, recognizing that violence increases challenges to States and societies in the achievement of poverty eradication, full and productive employment and decent work for all and social integration, and further recognizes that terrorism, trafficking in arms, organized crime, trafficking in persons, money-laundering, ethnic and religious conflict, civil war, politically motivated killing and genocide present fundamental threats to societies and pose increasing challenges to States and societies in the attainment of conditions conducive to social development, and that they further present urgent and compelling reasons for action by Governments individually and, as appropriate, jointly to foster social cohesion while recognizing, protecting and valuing diversity; |
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Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing (2020), para. 56 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 37. Calls upon Member States to address the issue of the well-being of and adequate health-care services for older persons, as well as any cases of neglect, abuse and violence against older persons, in particular older women, by designing an d implementing more effective prevention strategies and stronger laws and by developing coherent and comprehensive policy frameworks to address these problems and their underlying factors; |
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Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly (2009), para. 31 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 18. Reaffirms that violence, in its many manifestations, including domestic violence, especially against women, children, older persons and persons with disabilities, is a growing threat to the security of individuals, families and communities everywhere; total social breakdown is an all too real contemporary experience; organized crime, illegal drugs, the illicit arms trade, trafficking in women and children, ethnic and religious conflict, civil war, terrorism, all forms of extremist violence, xenophobia, and politically motivated killing and even genocide present fundamental threats to societies and the global social order; they also present compelling and urgent reasons for action by Governments individually and, as appropriate, jointly to foster social cohesion while recognizing, protecting and valuing diversity; |
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Situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (2017), para. 12 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Recognizing that particular risk factors affect women, children, persons with disabilities and the elderly, and the need to ensure the full enjoyment of all their human rights and fundamental freedoms by them against neglect, abuse, exploitation and violence, |
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