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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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Homelessness as a global human rights crisis that demands an urgent global response 2016, para. 87 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Homelessness disproportionately affects particular groups, including women, young people, children, indigenous peoples, people with disabilities, migrants and refugees, the working poor, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, each in different ways, but with common structural causes. These include: (a) the retreat by all levels of government from social protection and social housing and the privatization of services, infrastructure, housing and public space; (b) the abandonment of the social function of land and housing; (c) the failure to address growing inequalities in income, wealth and access to land and property; (d) the adoption of fiscal and development policies that support deregulation and real estate speculation and prevent the development of affordable housing options; and (e), in the face of urbanization, the marginalization and mistreatment of those who are most precariously housed in informal settlements, living in temporary overcrowded structures, without access to water, sanitation or other basic services and living under the constant threat of eviction. | Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living | Special Procedures' report |
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Sexual and reproductive health and rights of girls and young women with disabilities 2017, para. 62m | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [The Special Rapporteur makes the following recommendations to States:] Mobilize resources within the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals and invest in inclusive programmes that increase the access of girls and young women with disabilities to sexual and reproductive health and rights. | Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities | Special Procedures' report |
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Sexual and reproductive health and rights of girls and young women with disabilities 2017, para. 62l | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [The Special Rapporteur makes the following recommendations to States:] Collect information, including statistical and research data, on the sexual and reproductive health and rights of girls and young women with disabilities, including with regard to harmful practices and all forms of violence, disaggregated by sex, age and disability; | Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities | Special Procedures' report |
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Sexual and reproductive health and rights of girls and young women with disabilities 2017, para. 62j | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [The Special Rapporteur makes the following recommendations to States:] Support families, including through the provision of information, education and services, in strengthening their ability to understand and address the sexual and reproductive health and rights of girls and young women with disabilities, free from stigma and stereotypes; | Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities | Special Procedures' report |
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Sexual and reproductive health and rights of girls and young women with disabilities 2017, para. 62f | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [The Special Rapporteur makes the following recommendations to States:] Ensure that services and programmes aimed at protecting women and girls from violence, including police stations, shelters and courts, are inclusive of and accessible to girls and young women with disabilities; | Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities | Special Procedures' report |
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Sexual and reproductive health and rights of girls and young women with disabilities 2017, para. 62 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [The Special Rapporteur makes the following recommendations to States:] Design and implement comprehensive inclusive and accessible sexuality education programmes and materials for girls and young women with disabilities within and outside the school system; | Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities | Special Procedures' report |
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Sexual and reproductive health and rights of girls and young women with disabilities 2017, para. 62d | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [The Special Rapporteur makes the following recommendations to States:] Ensure that sexual and reproductive health services are respectful of the rights of girls and young women with disabilities, including their right to non-discrimination, informed consent prior to being subjected to any medical treatment, privacy and freedom from torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment; | Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities | Special Procedures' report |
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Sexual and reproductive health and rights of girls and young women with disabilities 2017, para. 62c | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [The Special Rapporteur makes the following recommendations to States:] Mainstream the rights of girls and young women with disabilities in all sexual and reproductive health and rights strategies and action plans to ensure that all sexual and reproductive health information, goods and services are accessible and age-, gender- and disability-sensitive; | Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities | Special Procedures' report |
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 139 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The Special Representative will continue to mobilize support for these important efforts and for the identification of goals and targets to accelerate progress in the protection of children from all forms of violence. We need to measure what we treasure. And if we are to succeed, it is critical that children and young people enjoy genuine participation in this process - not as accidental partners, but as real agents of change. | Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children | SRSG report |
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 109 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The Special Representative will continue to mobilize support for these important efforts and for the identification of specific goals and indicators so as to accelerate progress in children's protection from violence. Indeed, it is high time to measure what we treasure! And if we are to succeed, it is critical that children and young people enjoy genuine participation in this process - not as accidental partners, but as real agents of change. | Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children | SRSG report |
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Information and communication technologies and the sale and sexual exploitation of children 2015, para. 87j | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to:] Involve and empower children and youth through the use of new technologies and social media, encouraging them to share ideas and knowledge of exploitative behaviours and ways to stop them, and to report suspicious behaviour, and taking their proposals into consideration in prevention and protection strategies. | Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material | Special Procedures' report |
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Comprehensive prevention strategies against sale and sexual exploitation of children 2013, para. 122f | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [To that end, the Special Rapporteur recommends the following actions:] Involve and empower children and youth, giving them the opportunity to have their views heard and their proposals taken into consideration in the prevention strategies; | Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material | Special Procedures' report |
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Hate speech and incitement to hatred against minorities in the media 2015, para. 116 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Media literacy is essential to providing youth and adults with adequate tools and resources to develop critical thinking in order to question the accuracy, bias and impact of the information provided by the media. The Special Rapporteur recommends that States include key functions of media literacy in school curricula at all stages with special focus on the online environment. | Special Rapporteur on minority issues | Special Procedures' report |
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Internally displaced women: progress, challenges and the way ahead 2013, para. 76f | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Redouble efforts to prevent and respond effectively to SGBV at all stages of displacement, including by:] Increasing targeted support for young women and girls, including those with disabilities, at risk of or subjected to SGBV; | Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons
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Selected groups of defenders at risk: journalists and media workers, defenders working on land and environment issues; and youth and student defenders 2012, para. 132 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | NGOs should try to be youth friendly and cater to youth's needs; they should try to look at ways in which youth are mobilized, what sort of change youth expect, etc. | Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders | Special Procedures' report |
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Selected groups of defenders at risk: journalists and media workers, defenders working on land and environment issues; and youth and student defenders 2012, para. 130 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | States should facilitate and simplify notification/registration procedures for the participation of youth and students in public assemblies, including by removing prohibitions preventing youth, and in some cases children, from participating. | Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders | Special Procedures' report |
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Selected groups of defenders at risk: journalists and media workers, defenders working on land and environment issues; and youth and student defenders 2012, para. 129 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | States are encouraged to invest more in youth development and facilitate participation of youth in public affairs, e.g. through simplification of registration procedures for NGOs or providing support to youth organizations in the registration process. | Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders | Special Procedures' report |
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Right to health in early childhood - Right to survival and development 2015, para. 112l | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [In this connection, the Special Rapporteur urges Governments:] To comply fully with the standards contained in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and eliminate outdated practices based on institutional care and excessive medication of young children with developmental and other disabilities; | Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health | Special Procedures' report |
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Right to health in early childhood - Right to survival and development 2015, para. 112k | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [In this connection, the Special Rapporteur urges Governments:] To eliminate institutional care for children during the first five years of life and promote investments in community-based services for families at risk, including for families living in poverty and those with young children with developmental and other disabilities; | Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health | Special Procedures' report |
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Right to health in early childhood - Right to survival and development 2015, para. 112c | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [In this connection, the Special Rapporteur urges Governments:] To introduce legal and policy measures that promote effective interventions to improve the quality of relationships between young children and parents, to promote the competence of parents and to equip and support them with skills for bringing up young children in a non-violent way; | Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health | Special Procedures' report |
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Fundamentalism and its impact on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association 2016, para. 94 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The Special Rapporteur encourages States and civil society groups to create and expand initiatives to educate people, particularly youth, on the importance of pluralism, tolerance and diversity in democratic societies. | Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association | Special Procedures' report |
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Right to food and nutrition 2016, para. 99m | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [With a view to respecting, protecting and fulfilling the right to adequate food and nutrition, the Special Rapporteur recommends that:] The Human Rights Council endorse the WHO guidance on ending the inappropriate promotion of foods for infants and young children, presented at the World Health Assembly in May 2016. | Special Rapporteur on the right to food | Special Procedures' report |
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Gender perspectives on torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment
or punishment 2016, para. 70i | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [With regard to women, girls, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons in detention, the Special Rapporteur calls on all States to:] Absolutely prohibit the use of solitary confinement on pregnant and breastfeeding women, mothers with young children, women suffering from mental or physical disabilities and girls under 18 years of age and as a measure of "protection"; | Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment | Special Procedures' report |
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Development and people of African descent 2015, para. 69 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The Working Group urges States to recognize the unique situation of youth of African descent and to implement targeted opportunities and specific measures that promote and advance the development of leadership and active participation in all sectors of society. | Working Group of experts on people of African descent | Special Procedures' report |
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Activities of the Working Group 2014, para. 60t | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [In order to provide equal access to justice for people of African descent and as a part of the duty of States to protect human rights, the Working Group calls upon States to guarantee that:] The rights of children and youth of African descent are specifically protected with regard to their identity, culture and language, particularly by promoting culturally and linguistically sensitive education policies and programmes. Measures should be adopted to combat the indirect discrimination faced by children in education systems by removing the negative stereotypes and imagery often used in teaching materials, ensuring the inclusion in curricula of the histories and cultures of people of African descent, and the history of the transatlantic slave trade, and ensuring the cultural or linguistic relevance of teaching for children of African descent. Formal education at the early childhood, primary, secondary, post-secondary and adult levels must incorporate knowledge about the history of transatlantic slavery, the role of people of African descent in global development, and the diversity and richness of civilizations and cultures which constitute the common heritage of humankind. Comprehensive curricula reform should also tackle all forms of stereotypes; | Working Group of experts on people of African descent | Special Procedures' report |
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Activities of the Working Group 2014, para. 60f | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [In order to provide equal access to justice for people of African descent and as a part of the duty of States to protect human rights, the Working Group calls upon States to guarantee that:] Appropriate education and training are provided for youth of African descent in order to prevent unemployment, social stigmatization, police profiling and brutality; | Working Group of experts on people of African descent | Special Procedures' report |
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Activities of the Working Group 2014, para. 60d | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [In order to provide equal access to justice for people of African descent and as a part of the duty of States to protect human rights, the Working Group calls upon States to guarantee that:] Institutionalizing young people is used as a last resort; | Working Group of experts on people of African descent | Special Procedures' report |
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Activities of the Working Group 2014, para. 49 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The Working Group recognizes that the failure to provide appropriate education and training for youth of African descent often results in their aimlessness and unemployment and leaves them vulnerable to social and police profiling, consequently resulting in their overrepresentation in the criminal justice system. | Working Group of experts on people of African descent | Special Procedures' report |
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Activities of the Working Group 2014, para. 82n | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [States should also:] Promote access to new technologies that would offer people of African descent, particularly women, children and young people, adequate resources for education, technological development and long-distance learning in local communities; | Working Group of experts on people of African descent | Special Procedures' report |
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Activities of the Working Group 2014, para. 82k | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [States should also:] Ensure that curriculums adequately reflect the diversity and plurality of societies. Education should be culturally relevant for children and young people of African descent, including in their own language where necessary; | Working Group of experts on people of African descent | Special Procedures' report |
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