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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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Human rights and unilateral coercive measures, para. 39 | Sep 17, 2019 | Paragraph | 7. Also expresses its grave concern that, in some countries, the socioeconomic conditions of family members, particularly women and children, are adversely affected by unilateral coercive measures, imposed and maintained contrary to international law and the Charter, that create obstacles to trade relations among States, restrict movement through various means of transport, impede the full realization of social and economic development and hinder the well-being of the population in the affected countries, with particular consequences for women, children, including adolescents, the elderly and persons with disabilities; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2018 | ||
Right to work, para. 31 | Sep 17, 2019 | Paragraph | 15. Stresses the fundamental importance of equal opportunities, education, technical and vocational training, and that lifelong learning opportunities and guidance for all, including for women, young people and persons with disabilities, are necessary for the realization of the right to work; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2018 | ||
Right to work, para. 26 | Sep 17, 2019 | Paragraph | 10. Recognizes that progress has been made, yet is deeply concerned that many persons with disabilities continue to face multiple and intersecting forms of inequality and discrimination, including the lack of reasonable accommodation, which represent significant obstacles in exercising their right to work on an equal basis with others, and that they are frequently subject to less favourable conditions of pay, precarious, often informal working conditions and poor career prospects in a context of environmental, social and economic barriers in their access to work and within work, and in education and training, which results on many occasions in neglect of their potential and restrictions on opportunities to earn a living through their capabilities; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2018 | ||
Right to work, para. 21 | Sep 17, 2019 | Paragraph | whose freedom is frequently compromised by discriminatory legal provisions or forced labour, in particular women and persons with disabilities; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2018 | ||
The work and employment of persons with disabilities 2013, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Welcomes the thematic study on the work and employment of persons with disabilities prepared by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and calls upon all stakeholders to consider the findings and recommendations of the study; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2013 | ||
The rights of the child 2011, para. 36 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizes that the majority of children with disabilities live in poverty and that equitable access to economic opportunities and social services, as close as possible to children's own communities, is an important part of relevant strategies for sustainable development; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2011 | ||
Policies and programmes involving youth 2017, para. 12 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalling that Member States have an important role in promoting and protecting the rights and in meeting the needs and aspirations of youth, including youth with disabilities, and recognizing that the ways in which young people are able to fulfil their potential as agents of change will influence social and economic conditions and the well-being and livelihood of future generations, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2017 | ||
The work and employment of persons with disabilities 2013, para. 7 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls upon States parties, and urges private sector employers and workers’ organizations to ensure that measures to assist persons with disabilities in their access to and maintaining employment are consistent with the Convention, including the general principles of inclusion in society, individual autonomy, including the freedom to make one’s own choices, and independence of persons; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2013 | ||
The work and employment of persons with disabilities 2013, para. 5k | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Also calls upon States parties to adopt and implement appropriate measures, including legislative measures, to ensure that persons with disabilities enjoy the right to work on an equal basis with others, including by, inter alia:] Promoting public awareness campaigns to address negative attitudes, stigma and stereotypes of persons with disabilities, including women with disabilities, that hinder their opportunity to participate in work and employment on an equal basis with others; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2013 | ||
The work and employment of persons with disabilities 2013, para. 5g | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Also calls upon States parties to adopt and implement appropriate measures, including legislative measures, to ensure that persons with disabilities enjoy the right to work on an equal basis with others, including by, inter alia:] Ensuring reasonable accommodation is provided in both public and private sector employment; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2013 | ||
The work and employment of persons with disabilities 2013, para. 5f | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Also calls upon States parties to adopt and implement appropriate measures, including legislative measures, to ensure that persons with disabilities enjoy the right to work on an equal basis with others, including by, inter alia:] Establishing accessibility requirements for all employers to eliminate barriers that hinder job seekers and employees with disabilities from access to the workplace on an equal basis with others; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2013 | ||
The work and employment of persons with disabilities 2013, para. 5e | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Also calls upon States parties to adopt and implement appropriate measures, including legislative measures, to ensure that persons with disabilities enjoy the right to work on an equal basis with others, including by, inter alia:] Promoting inclusive and non-discriminatory opportunities for self-employment, entrepreneurship, the development of cooperatives and starting one’s own business, including through microfinance schemes; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2013 | ||
The work and employment of persons with disabilities 2013, para. 5d | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Also calls upon States parties to adopt and implement appropriate measures, including legislative measures, to ensure that persons with disabilities enjoy the right to work on an equal basis with others, including by, inter alia:] Employing persons with disabilities in the public sector and considering setting targets for such employment; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2013 | ||
Rights of the child 2000, para. 36c | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Calls upon States:] Also to take appropriate steps to ensure that no child in detention is sentenced to forced labour or deprived of access to and provision of health-care services, hygiene and environmental sanitation, education and basic instruction, taking into consideration the special needs of children with disabilities in detention, in accordance with their obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child; | United Nations Commission on Human Rights | Resolution |
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| 2000 | ||
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 175d | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [By Governments:] Support programmes that enhance the self-reliance of special groups of women, such as young women, women with disabilities, elderly women and women belonging to racial and ethnic minorities; | Fourth World Conference on Women | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 1995 | ||
Child and dependant care, including sharing of work and family responsibilities 1996, para. 11 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reconciliation of work-related and family responsibilities and the development of a legislative framework for ensuring child and dependant care (particularly of the elderly and disabled) must be promoted by society as a whole, including social partners, and by Governments. The latter must be the main agents of change. | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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| 1996 | ||
Human rights and indigenous peoples 2016, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Requests the Expert Mechanism to prepare a study, to be finalized by its tenth session, on good practices and challenges, including discrimination, in business and in access to financial services by indigenous peoples, in particular indigenous women and indigenous persons with disabilities, and to present it to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-sixth session; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2016 | ||
Policies and programmes involving youth 2015, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalling that Member States have an important role in meeting the needs and aspirations of youth, including youth with disabilities, and recognizing that the ways in which young people are able to fulfil their potential will influence social and economic conditions and the well-being and livelihood of future generations, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2015 | ||
Policies and programmes involving youth 2013, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalling that Member States have an important role in meeting the needs and aspirations of youth, and recognizing that the ways in which young people are able to fulfil their potential will influence social and economic conditions and the well-being and livelihood of future generations, and that States have an important role in addressing the needs of youth, including youth with disabilities, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2013 | ||
The rights of the child 2006, para. 38b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Calls upon:] All States to ensure that no child in detention is sentenced to forced labour or corporal punishment or deprived of access to and provision of health-care services, hygiene and environmental sanitation, education, basic instruction and vocational training, taking into consideration the special needs of children with disabilities in detention, in accordance with their obligations under the Convention; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2006 | ||
The rights of the child 2004, para. 38b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Calls upon:] All States to ensure that no child in detention is sentenced to forced labour or corporal punishment or deprived of access to and provision of health-care services, hygiene and environmental sanitation, education, basic instruction and vocational training, taking into consideration the special needs of children with disabilities in detention, in accordance with their obligations under the Convention; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2004 | ||
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 2007, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | States shall take effective measures and, where appropriate, special measures to ensure continuing improvement of their economic and social conditions. Particular attention shall be paid to the rights and special needs of indigenous elders, women, youth, children and persons with disabilities. | United Nations General Assembly | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 2007 | ||
Rio+20 – Conference on Sustainable Development: The future we want 2012, para. 58k | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [We affirm that green economy policies in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication should:] Enhance the welfare of women, children, youth, persons with disabilities, smallholder and subsistence farmers, fisherfolk and those working in small and medium-sized enterprises, and improve the livelihoods and empowerment of the poor and vulnerable groups, in particular in developing countries; | United Nations General Assembly | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 2012 | ||
Women in development 2017, para. 43 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Encourages Governments and all sectors of society to take sustainable measures to ensure equal access to full and productive employment and decent work on an equal basis and ensure that labour markets and work environments are open, inclusive and accessible to persons with disabilities, and to take positive measures to increase the employment of women with disabilities and to eliminate discrimination on the basis of disability with regard to all matters concerning all forms of employment, including recruitment, retention and promotion, and the provision of safe, secure and healthy working conditions, in consultation with relevant national mechanisms and organizations of persons with disabilities, including by promoting access to inclusive education systems, skills development and vocational and entrepreneurial training, in order to enable persons with disabilities to attain and maintain maximum independence, as noted in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and notes the need to strengthen efforts aimed at addressing the rights and needs of women and children with disabilities; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2017 | ||
Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto: situation of women and girls with disabilities 2017, para. 13 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Further calls upon States to implement effective measures to protect the right of women with disabilities to work on an equal basis with others in the public and private sectors, to ensure that labour markets and work environments are open, inclusive and accessible to persons with disabilities, and in this regard to take positive measures to increase the employment opportunities of women with disabilities and eliminate discrimination on the basis of disability with regard to all matters concerning all forms of employment, including recruitment, retention and promotion, and the provision of accessible, safe, secure and healthy working conditions, in consultation with relevant national mechanisms and organizations of persons with disabilities; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2017 | ||
The work and employment of persons with disabilities 2013, para. 5c | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Also calls upon States parties to adopt and implement appropriate measures, including legislative measures, to ensure that persons with disabilities enjoy the right to work on an equal basis with others, including by, inter alia:] Adopting positive measures, as appropriate, to increase employment of persons with disabilities in the public and private sectors, in particular for women and youth with disabilities, persons with intellectual or psychosocial disabilities, and ensuring that such positive measures are designed and promoted in a way that recognizes the value of diversity in the workplace and of equal career development for all; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2013 | ||
The work and employment of persons with disabilities 2013, para. 9 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing the need to build awareness among persons with disabilities, their families, communities and all those working in education systems of the right of persons with disabilities to work and to enjoy equal employment opportunities, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2013 | ||
The work and employment of persons with disabilities 2013, para. 8 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Emphasizing that the right to work is a key factor in ensuring the full and effective participation and inclusion, as well as equality of opportunity, of persons with disabilities in society, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2013 | ||
Women’s economic empowerment in the changing world of work 2017, para. 40 (t) | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Optimize fiscal expenditures for gender-responsive social protection and care infrastructure, such as equitable, quality, accessible and affordable early childhood education, childcare, elder care, health-care, and care and social services for persons with disabilities and persons living with HIV and AIDS, which meet the needs of both caregivers and those in need of care, bearing in mind that social protection policies also play a critical role in reducing poverty and inequality and supporting inclusive growth and gender equality; | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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| 2017 | ||
Women's empowerment and the link to sustainable development 2016, para. 23g | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [The Commission [...] urges Governments, at all levels [...] to take the following actions:] [Strengthening normative, legal and policy frameworks]: Undertake all appropriate measures to recognize, reduce and redistribute unpaid care work by prioritizing social protection policies, including accessible and affordable quality social services, and care services for children, persons with disabilities, older persons, persons living with HIV and AIDS and all others in need of care, and promote the equal sharing of responsibilities between women and men; | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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