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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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Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence 2011, para. k | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognising, with grave concern, that women and girls are often exposed to serious forms of violence such as domestic violence, sexual harassment, rape, forced marriage, crimes committed in the name of so-called "honour" and genital mutilation, which constitute a serious violation of the human rights of women and girls and a major obstacle to the achievement of equality between women and men; | Council of Europe | Regional treaty |
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| 2011 | ||
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa 2003, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | FIRMLY CONVINCED that any practice that hinders or endangers the normal growth and affects the physical and psychological development of women and girls should be condemned and eliminated; | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2003 | ||
Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence 2011, para. m | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognising that women and girls are exposed to a higher risk of gender-based violence than men; | Council of Europe | Regional treaty |
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| 2011 | ||
African Youth Charter 2006, para. l | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | RECALLING the United Nations World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and beyond and the ten priority areas identified for youth (education, employment, hunger and poverty, health, environment, drug abuse, juvenile delinquency, leisure-time activities, girls and young women and youth participating in decision-making), and the five additional areas (HIV/AIDS, ICT, Inter- generational dialogue,..) adopted at the 2005 UN General assembly; | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2006 | ||
African Youth Charter 2006, para. g | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | BEARING IN MIND the international Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (1979) and the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights relating to the Rights of Women in Africa (2003) and the progress achieved in eliminating gender discrimination, but ever cognisant of the obstacles that still prevent girls and women from fully participating in African society; | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2006 | ||
Fertility, reproductive health and development 2011, para. 17 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing also the right of women and girls to education at all levels as well as access to life skills and sex education based on full and accurate information and, with respect to girls and boys, in a manner consistent with their evolving capacities, and with appropriate direction and guidance from parents and legal guardians, in order to help women and girls, men and boys, to develop knowledge to enable them to make informed and responsible decisions to reduce early childbearing and maternal mortality, to promote access to prenatal and post-natal care and to combat sexual harassment and gender-based violence, | Commission on Population and Development | Resolution |
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| 2011 | ||
Conclusion On Children At Risk 2007, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalling its Conclusions Nos. 47 (XXXVIII), 59 (XL) and 84 (XLVIII), specifically on refugee children and/or adolescents, Conclusion No. 105 (LVI) on Women and Girls at Risk, Conclusion No. 106 (LVI) on Identification, Prevention and Reduction of Statelessness and Protection of Stateless Persons, Conclusion No. 94 (LIII) on the Civilian and Humanitarian Character of Asylum, Conclusion No. 98 (LIV) on Protection from Sexual Abuse and Exploitation, Conclusion No. 100 (LV) on International Cooperation and Burden and Responsibility Sharing in Mass Influx Situations as well as all provisions of relevance to the protection of refugee children set out in other Conclusions, many of which are relevant for other children of concern to UNHCR, | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | ExCom Conclusion |
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| 2007 | ||
Health, morbidity, mortality and development 2010, para. 15 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Expressing deep concern that hundreds of thousands of women die every year from largely preventable complications related to pregnancy or childbirth; that, for every death, an estimated twenty additional women and girls suffer from pregnancy-related and childbirth-related injury, disability, infection and disease; that more than 200 million women worldwide lack access to safe, affordable and effective forms of contraception, and that complications from pregnancy and childbirth are one of the leading causes of death for women between the ages of 15 and 19, in particular in many developing countries, | Commission on Population and Development | Resolution |
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| 2010 | ||
Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 13 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirming the need to promote gender equality and the empowerment of girls and young women in all aspects of youth development, recognizing the vulnerability of adolescent girls and young women and the need to eliminate discrimination against them, and the critical role of boys and young men in ensuring gender equality, | Commission on Population and Development | Resolution |
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| 2012 | ||
The contribution of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development to the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals 2009, para. 15 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing that under-age and forced marriage and early sexual relationships have adverse psychological effects on girls and that early pregnancy and early motherhood entail complications during pregnancy and delivery and a risk of maternal mortality and morbidity that is much greater than average, and deeply concerned that early childbearing and limited access to the highest attainable standard of health, including sexual and reproductive health, including in the area of emergency obstetric care, cause high levels of obstetric fistula and maternal mortality and morbidity, | Commission on Population and Development | Resolution |
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| 2009 | ||
Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 20 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Emphasizing that the full implementation of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons will contribute to address all factors and root factors that foster demand and make adolescents and youth, especially young women and girls, vulnerable to trafficking, as well as the protection and rehabilitation of victims and will, inter alia, promote, as appropriate, increased ratification and full implementation of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its Protocol to Prevent, Suppress, and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, | Commission on Population and Development | Resolution |
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| 2012 | ||
The contribution of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development to the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals 2009, para. 18 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing the need to address the social and economic inequities that increase vulnerability and contribute to the spread of HIV/AIDS, that the global HIV/AIDS pandemic disproportionately affects women and girls, and that the majority of new HIV infections occur among young people, | Commission on Population and Development | Resolution |
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| 2009 | ||
Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 10 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirming its commitment to realizing the right of everyone to education, and emphasizing that education shall be directed to the full development of the human person and his or her dignity and shall strengthen respect for all human rights and fundamental freedoms, and recalling that commitments made at the international level emphasize inclusive quality learning, including early childhood education, and universal access to complete, free and compulsory primary education as well as access to secondary, tertiary and vocational education and training and lifelong learning, as well as equal access to education and successful schooling for girls and women, | Commission on Population and Development | Resolution |
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| 2012 | ||
General Conclusion On International Protection 2000, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Welcoming the continued grant of asylum to large numbers of refugees by many States but deeply disturbed by violations of internationally recognized rights of refugees which include refoulement of refugees, militarization of refugee camps, participation of refugee children in military activities, gender-related violence and discrimination directed against refugees, particularly female refugees, and arbitrary detention of asylum-seekers and refugees; also concerned about the less than full application of international refugee instruments by some States Parties; | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | ExCom Conclusion |
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| 2000 | ||
Fertility, reproductive health and development 2011, para. 20 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing that under-age and forced marriage and early sexual relationships have adverse psychological effects on girls and that early pregnancy and early motherhood entail complications during pregnancy and delivery and a risk of maternal mortality and morbidity that is much greater than average, and deeply concerned that early childbearing and limited access to the highest attainable standard of health, including sexual and reproductive health, including in the area of emergency obstetric care, cause high levels of obstetric fistula and maternal mortality and morbidity, | Commission on Population and Development | Resolution |
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| 2011 | ||
Conclusion On Women And Girls At Risk 2006, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalling that Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) on women and peace and security and the subsequent Action Plan (S/2005/636) provide an integrated framework for a consolidated international and UN-wide response to this challenge, that Security Council resolution 1261 (1999) and five subsequent resolutions on children and armed conflict, call on governments, parties to a conflict and other organizations, including UN bodies, to take wide-ranging action to protect children in armed conflict and afterwards, and that Security Council resolutions 1265 (1999), 1296 (2000) and 1674 (2006), similarly call on parties to armed conflict to ensure the protection of affected civilians, including women and children, | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | ExCom Conclusion |
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| 2006 | ||
Conclusion On Women And Girls At Risk 2006, para. 5 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Bearing in mind Conclusion No. 75 (XLV) on internally displaced persons and noting that the protection challenges for internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees may differ, that the normative legal frameworks for their protection are different, that humanitarian access to internally displaced persons can be more difficult, that internally displaced women and girls are more likely to be caught in armed conflict and may face specific protection risks as a result and that the responses and solutions available to refugee and internally displaced women and girls may be different, | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | ExCom Conclusion |
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| 2006 | ||
Assessment of the status of implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development 2014, para. 11 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirming the need to promote gender equality and the empowerment of girls and young women in all aspects of youth development, and recognizing the vulnerability of adolescent girls and young women, the need to eliminate discrimination against them and the critical role of boys and young men in ensuring gender equality, | Commission on Population and Development | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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Conclusion On Women And Girls At Risk 2006, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Acknowledging that, while forcibly displaced men and boys also face protection problems, women and girls can be exposed to particular protection problems related to their gender, their cultural and socio-economic position, and their legal status, which mean they may be less likely than men and boys to be able to exercise their rights and therefore that specific action in favour of women and girls may be necessary to ensure they can enjoy protection and assistance on an equal basis with men and boys, | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | ExCom Conclusion |
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 14 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Concerned that early and forced marriage and forced sexual relationships have adverse physical, social and psychological effects on adolescent and young girls and violate their human rights, and that early childbearing and early and forced marriage reduce opportunities for adolescent and young girls to complete their education, develop employable skills and participate in community development, | Commission on Population and Development | Resolution |
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| 2012 | ||
Conclusion On Women And Girls At Risk 2006, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalling its Conclusions Nos. 39 (XXXVI), 54 (XXXIX), 60 (XL) and 64 (XLI) on refugee women; Nos. 47 (XXXVIII), 59 (XL) and 84 (XLVIII) on refugee children and/or adolescents; Nos. 73 (XLIV) and 98 (LIV) on refugee protection and sexual violence and protection from sexual abuse and exploitation respectively, and No. 94 (LIII) on the civilian and humanitarian character of asylum, | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | ExCom Conclusion |
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| 2006 | ||
Conclusion On Women And Girls At Risk 2006, para. 7 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Acknowledging that the challenges involved in securing the protection of women and girls at risk must be addressed in a holistic manner and that protection partnerships with governments, UNHCR, other UN agencies, other international organizations and non-governmental organizations, together with displaced and host communities, are integral to effective identification, responses, monitoring and solutions, | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | ExCom Conclusion |
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Conclusion On Women And Girls At Risk 2006, para. 8 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Acknowledging that each community is different and that an in-depth understanding of religious and cultural beliefs and practices is required to address the protection risks women and girls face in a sensitive manner while bearing in mind obligations under international refugee, human rights and humanitarian law, | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | ExCom Conclusion |
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Conclusion On Women And Girls At Risk 2006, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing that, while women and girls may be exposed to certain risks, such as trafficking, in any location, the different nature of camp and urban environments can expose women and girls to different protection risks and that in camps, for example, their freedom of movement and capacity to earn a livelihood may be more restricted and they may be more exposed there to sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), whereas in urban situations, they may be less able to exercise their rights effectively, to access protection and services or reach UNHCR or implementing partner offices, | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | ExCom Conclusion |
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Conclusion On Women And Girls At Risk 2006, para. 9 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirming its call to the international community, in cooperation with UNHCR and other international organizations, to mobilize the financial and other resources necessary, including in support of host communities, to ensure the provision of protection and material assistance, and of durable solutions, based on international solidarity, cooperation, burden and responsibility sharing and the understanding that inadequate protection, or inadequate, inappropriate or poorly distributed assistance can increase the risks women and girls face, | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | ExCom Conclusion |
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Conclusion On Women And Girls At Risk 2006, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalling that the protection of women and girls is primarily the responsibility of States, whose full and effective cooperation, action and political resolve are required to enable UNHCR to fulfil its mandated functions; and that all action on behalf of women and girls must be guided by obligations under relevant international law, including, as applicable, international refugee law, international human rights law and international humanitarian law, | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | ExCom Conclusion |
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Conclusion On Women And Girls At Risk 2006, para. 10 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Acknowledging that forced displacement tends to expose individuals to particular risks, recognizing the specific needs of women and girls, noting that this Conclusion applies to women and girls who are refugees, asylum-seekers or IDPs assisted and protected by UNHCR, who find themselves in situations of heightened risk, and further that it could also be applied, as appropriate, to returnees of concern to UNHCR, | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | ExCom Conclusion |
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Conclusion On Children At Risk 2007, para. 5 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Acknowledging that, while both girls and boys face many of the same protection risks, they also experience protection challenges specific to their gender, and reaffirming that, while many risks may be prevalent in all settings, camp and urban environments may generate different protection needs, | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | ExCom Conclusion |
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Elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls 2013, para. 34dd | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [The Commission urges governments, at all levels[...] to take the following actions:] [Addressing structural and underlying causes and risk factors so as to prevent violence against women and girls]: Promote women's full participation in the formal economy, in particular in economic decision-making, and their equal access to full employment and decent work; empower women in the informal sector; and ensure that women and men enjoy equal treatment in the workplace, as well as equal pay for equal work or work of equal value, and equal access to power and decision-making, and promote sharing of paid and unpaid work; | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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Elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls 2013, para. 34yy | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [The Commission urges governments, at all levels[...] to take the following actions:] [Addressing structural and underlying causes and risk factors so as to prevent violence against women and girls]: Take measures to ensure that all workplaces are free from discrimination and exploitation, violence, and sexual harassment and bullying, and that they address discrimination and violence against women and girls, as appropriate, through measures such as regulatory and oversight frameworks and reforms, collective agreements, codes of conduct, including appropriate disciplinary measures, protocols and procedures, referral of cases of violence to health services for treatment and police for investigation; as well as through awareness-raising and capacity-building, in collaboration with employers, unions and workers, including workplace services and flexibility for victims and survivors; | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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