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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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Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War 1949, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Art. 94. The Detaining Power shall encourage intellectual, educational and recreational pursuits, sports and games amongst internees, whilst leaving them free to take part in them or not. It shall take all practicable measures to ensure the exercise thereof, in particular by providing suitable premises. All possible facilities shall be granted to internees to continue their studies or to take up new subjects. The education of children and young people shall be ensured; they shall be allowed to attend schools either within the place of internment or outside. Internees shall be given opportunities for physical exercise, sports and outdoor games. For this purpose, sufficient open spaces shall be set aside in all places of internment. Special playgrounds shall be reserved for children and young people. | International Committee of the Red Cross | International treaty |
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| 1949 | ||
Minimum Age Convention 1973, para. 6. (b) | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [This Convention does not apply to work done by children and young persons in schools for general, vocational or technical education or in other training institutions, or to work done by persons at least 14 years of age in undertakings, where such work is carried out in accordance with conditions prescribed by the competent authority, after consultation with the organizations of employers and workers concerned, where such exist, and is an integral part of:] a programme of training mainly or entirely in an undertaking, which programme has been approved by the competent authority; or | International Labour Organization | International treaty |
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| 1973 | ||
Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction 1980, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Any other State may accede to the Convention.
The instrument of accession shall be deposited with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
The Convention shall enter into force for a State acceding to it on the first day of the third calendar month after the deposit of its instrument of accession.
The accession will have effect only as regards the relations between the acceding State and such Contracting States as will have declared their acceptance of the accession. Such a declaration will also have to be made by any Member State ratifying, accepting or approving the Convention after an accession. Such declaration shall be deposited at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; this Ministry shall forward, through diplomatic channels, a certified copy to each of the Contracting States.
The Convention will enter into force as between the acceding State and the State that has declared its acceptance of the accession on the first day of the third calendar month after the deposit of the declaration of acceptance. | 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 | If a Contracting State has two or more territorial units in which different systems of law are applicable in relation to matters dealt with in this Convention, it may at the time of signature, ratification, acceptance, approval or accession declare that this Convention shall extend to all its territorial units or only to one or more of them and may modify this declaration by submitting another declaration at any time.
Any such declaration shall be notified to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and shall state expressly the territorial units to which the Convention applies. | Hague Conference on Private International Law | International treaty |
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| 1980 | ||
Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention 2014, para. 12 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Noting other relevant international instruments, in particular the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966), the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966), the Slavery Convention (1926), the Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery (1956), the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (2000), the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children (2000), the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air (2000), the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (1990), the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1984), the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (1979), and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006), and | International Labour Organization | International treaty |
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| 2014 | ||
Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention 1999, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Considering the need to adopt new instruments for the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour, as the main priority for national and international action, including international cooperation and assistance, to complement the Convention and the Recommendation concerning Minimum Age for Admission to Employment, 1973, which remain fundamental instruments on child labour, and | International Labour Organization | International treaty |
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| 1999 | ||
Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction 1980, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | A Central Authority may require that the application be accompanied by a written authorisation empowering it to act on behalf of the applicant, or to designate a representative so to act. | 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 | The objects of the present Convention are:
a) to secure the prompt return of children wrongfully removed to or retained in any Contracting State; and
b) to ensure that rights of custody and of access under the law of one Contracting State are effectively respected in the other Contracting States. | 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 | Contracting States shall take all appropriate measures to secure within their territories the implementation of the objects of the Convention. For this purpose they shall use the most expeditious procedures available. | 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 | The Convention shall apply to any child who was habitually resident in a Contracting State immediately before any breach of custody or access rights. The Convention shall cease to apply when the child attains the age of 16 years. | Hague Conference on Private International Law | International treaty |
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| 1980 | ||
Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention 1999, para. 8 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalling the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and its Follow-up, adopted by the International Labour Conference at its 86th Session in 1998, and | International Labour Organization | International treaty |
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| 1999 | ||
Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention 1999, para. 4 (2) | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The competent authority, after consultation with the organizations of employers and workers concerned, shall identify where the types of work so determined exist. | International Labour Organization | International treaty |
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| 1999 | ||
Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention 1999, para. 6. (1) | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Each Member shall design and implement programmes of action to eliminate as a priority the worst forms of child labour. | International Labour Organization | International treaty |
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| 1999 | ||
Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction 1980, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The States signatory to the present Convention, | 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 | This Convention shall take priority in matters within its scope over the Convention of 5 October 1961 concerning the powers of authorities and the law applicable in respect of the protection of minors, as between Parties to both Conventions. Otherwise the present Convention shall not restrict the application of an international instrument in force between the State of origin and the State addressed or other law of the State addressed for the purposes of obtaining the return of a child who has been wrongfully removed or retained or of organising access rights. | 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 | The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands shall notify the States Members of the Conference, and the States which have acceded in accordance with Article 38, of the following:
(1) the signatures and ratifications, acceptances and approvals referred to in Article 37;
(2) the accessions referred to in Article 38;
(3) the date on which the Convention enters into force in accordance with Article 43;
(4) the extensions referred to in Article 39;
(5) the declarations referred to in Articles 38 and 40;
(6) the reservations referred to in Article 24 and Article 26, third paragraph, and the withdrawals referred to in Article 42;
(7) the denunciations referred to in Article 44. | Hague Conference on Private International Law | International treaty |
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| 1980 | ||
Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention 1999, para. 7. (2) (b) | 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:] (b) provide the necessary and appropriate direct assistance for the removal of children from the worst forms of child labour and for their rehabilitation and social integration; | International Labour Organization | International treaty |
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| 1999 | ||
Minimum Age Convention 1973, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Each Member for which this Convention is in force undertakes to pursue a national policy designed to ensure the effective abolition of child labour and to raise progressively the minimum age for admission to employment or work to a level consistent with the fullest physical and mental development of young persons. | International Labour Organization | International treaty |
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| 1973 | ||
Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction 1980, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | When it is manifest that the requirements of this Convention are not fulfilled or that the application is otherwise not well founded, a Central Authority is not bound to accept the application. In that case, the Central Authority shall forthwith inform the applicant or the Central Authority through which the application was submitted, as the case may be, of its reasons. | 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 | The Convention shall be open for signature by the States which were Members of the Hague Conference on Private International Law at the time of its Fourteenth Session.
It shall be ratified, accepted or approved and the instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval shall be deposited with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. | Hague Conference on Private International Law | International treaty |
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| 1980 | ||
Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention 1999, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Each Member which ratifies this Convention shall take immediate and effective measures to secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour as a matter of urgency. | International Labour Organization | International treaty |
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| 1999 | ||
Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention 1999, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | For the purposes of this Convention, the term child shall apply to all persons under the age of 18. | International Labour Organization | International treaty |
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Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention 1999, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Having been convened at Geneva by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office, and having met in its 87th Session on 1 June 1999, and | International Labour Organization | International treaty |
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| 1999 | ||
Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War 1949, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Art. 89. Daily food rations for internees shall be sufficient in quantity, quality and variety to keep internees in a good state of health and prevent the development of nutritional deficiencies. Account shall also be taken of the customary diet of the internees. Internees shall also be given the means by which they can prepare for themselves any additional food in their possession. Sufficient drinking water shall be supplied to internees. The use of tobacco shall be permitted. Internees who work shall receive additional rations in proportion to the kind of labour which they perform. Expectant and nursing mothers and children under fifteen years of age, shall be given additional food, in proportion to their physiological needs. | International Committee of the Red Cross | International treaty |
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| 1949 | ||
Minimum Age Convention 1973, para. 6. (a) | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [This Convention does not apply to work done by children and young persons in schools for general, vocational or technical education or in other training institutions, or to work done by persons at least 14 years of age in undertakings, where such work is carried out in accordance with conditions prescribed by the competent authority, after consultation with the organizations of employers and workers concerned, where such exist, and is an integral part of:] a course of education or training for which a school or training institution is primarily responsible; | 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. 50. The Occupying Power shall, with the cooperation of the national and local authorities, facilitate the proper working of all institutions devoted to the care and education of children. The Occupying Power shall take all necessary steps to facilitate the identification of children and the registration of their parentage. It may not, in any case, change their personal status, nor enlist them in formations or organizations subordinate to it. Should the local institutions be inadequate for the purpose, the Occupying Power shall make arrangements for the maintenance and education, if possible by persons of their own nationality, language and religion, of children who are orphaned or separated from their parents as a result of the war and who cannot be adequately cared for by a near relative or friend. A special section of the Bureau set up in accordance with Article 136 shall be responsible for taking all necessary steps to identify children whose identity is in doubt. Particulars of their parents or other near relatives should always be recorded if available. The Occupying Power shall not hinder the application of any preferential measures in regard to food, medical care and protection against the effects of war which may have been adopted prior to the occupation in favour of children under fifteen years, expectant mothers, and mothers of children under seven years. | International Committee of the Red Cross | International treaty |
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| 1949 | ||
Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction 1980, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Each Central Authority shall bear its own costs in applying this Convention.
Central Authorities and other public services of Contracting States shall not impose any charges in relation to applications submitted under this Convention. In particular, they may not require any payment from the applicant towards the costs and expenses of the proceedings or, where applicable, those arising from the participation of legal counsel or advisers. However, they may require the payment of the expenses incurred or to be incurred in implementing the return of the child.
However, a Contracting State may, by making a reservation in accordance with Article 42, declare that it shall not be bound to assume any costs referred to in the preceding paragraph resulting from the participation of legal counsel or advisers or from court proceedings, except insofar as those costs may be covered by its system of legal aid and advice.
Upon ordering the return of a child or issuing an order concerning rights of access under this Convention, the judicial or administrative authorities may, where appropriate, direct the person who removed or retained the child, or who prevented the exercise of rights of access, to pay necessary expenses incurred by or on behalf of the applicant, including travel expenses, any costs incurred or payments made for locating the child, the costs of legal representation of the applicant, and those of returning the child. | 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 | This Convention shall apply as between Contracting States only to wrongful removals or retentions occurring after its entry into force in those States.
Where a declaration has been made under Article 39 or 40, the reference in the preceding paragraph to a Contracting State shall be taken to refer to the territorial unit or units in relation to which this Convention applies. | 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 | No security, bond or deposit, however described, shall be required to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in the judicial or administrative proceedings falling within the scope of this Convention. | 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 | Nothing in this Convention shall prevent two or more Contracting States, in order to limit the restrictions to which the return of the child may be subject, from agreeing among themselves to derogate from any provisions of this Convention which may imply such a restriction. | Hague Conference on Private International Law | International treaty |
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