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Assessment of the status of implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development 2014, para. 5 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Urges Governments to develop, strengthen and implement effective strategies aimed at eradicating poverty and at promoting inclusive growth and sustainable development that address the needs of children, adolescents and youth, older persons, unemployed persons and persons with disabilities, as well as other disadvantaged and marginalized groups in both urban and rural areas; | Commission on Population and Development | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 2014 | ||
Non-discrimination in economic, social and cultural rights (Art. 2, para. 2) 2009, para. 29 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Age is a prohibited ground of discrimination in several contexts. The Committee has highlighted the need to address discrimination against unemployed older persons in finding work, or accessing professional training or retraining, and against older persons living in poverty with unequal access to universal old-age pensions due to their place of residence. In relation to young persons, unequal access by adolescents to sexual and reproductive health information and services amounts to discrimination. | Committee on Social, Economic and Cultural Rights | General Comment / Recommendation |
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| 2009 | ||
The right to work (Art. 6) 2005, para. 14 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Access to a first job constitutes an opportunity for economic self reliance and in many cases a means to escape poverty. Young persons, particularly young women, generally have great difficulties in finding initial employment. National policies relating to adequate education and vocational training should be adopted and implemented to promote and support access to employment opportunities for young persons, in particular young women. | Committee on Social, Economic and Cultural Rights | General Comment / Recommendation |
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| 2005 | ||
Implementing child rights in early childhood 2006, para. 2f | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [The objectives of the general comment are:] To emphasize the vulnerability of young children to poverty, discrimination, family breakdown and multiple other adversities that violate their rights and undermine their well being; | Committee on the Rights of the Child | General Comment / Recommendation |
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Violence against women 1992, para. 15 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Poverty and unemployment force many women, including young girls, into prostitution. Prostitutes are especially vulnerable to violence because their status, which may be unlawful, tends to marginalize them. They need the equal protection of laws against rape and other forms of violence. | Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women | General Comment / Recommendation |
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| 1992 | ||
Implementing child rights in early childhood 2006, para. 26 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Standard of living and social security. Young children are entitled to a standard of living adequate for their physical, mental, spiritual, moral and social development (art. 27). The Committee notes with concern that even the most basic standard of living is not assured for millions of young children, despite widespread recognition of the adverse consequences of deprivation. Growing up in relative poverty undermines children's well being, social inclusion and self esteem and reduces opportunities for learning and development. Growing up in conditions of absolute poverty has even more serious consequences, threatening children's survival and their health, as well as undermining the basic quality of life. States parties are urged to implement systematic strategies to reduce poverty in early childhood as well as combat its negative effects on children's well being. All possible means should be employed, including "material assistance and support programmes" for children and families (art. 27.3), in order to assure to young children a basic standard of living consistent with rights. Implementing children's right to benefit from social security, including social insurance, is an important element of any strategy (art. 26). | Committee on the Rights of the Child | General Comment / Recommendation |
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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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African Youth Charter 2006, para. k | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | NOTING with concern the situation of African youth, many of whom are marginalized from mainstream society through inequalities in income, wealth and power, unemployment and underemployment, infected and affected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic, living in situations of poverty and hunger, experiencing illiteracy and poor quality educational systems, restricted access to health services and to information, exposure to violence including gender violence, engaging in armed conflicts and experiencing various forms of discrimination; | African Union | Regional treaty |
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African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2a | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 2. Recognise the right of young people to be free from hunger and shall take individual or collective measures to: a) Enhance the attractiveness of rural areas to young people by improving access to services and facilities such as educational and cultural services; | African Union | Regional treaty |
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African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 2. Recognise the right of young people to be free from hunger and shall take individual or collective measures to: b) Train young people to take up agricultural, mineral, commercial and industrial production using contemporary systems and promote the benefits of modern information and communication technology to gain access to existing and new markets; | African Union | Regional treaty |
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African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2e | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 2. Recognise the right of young people to be free from hunger and shall take individual or collective measures to: e) Facilitate the participation of young people in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of national development plans, policies and poverty reduction strategies. | African Union | Regional treaty |
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African Youth Charter 2006, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 3. Recognise the right of every young person to benefit from social security, including social insurance.
In this regard, States Parties shall take the necessary measures to achieve the full realisation of these rights in accordance with their national law especially when the security of food tenure, clothing, housing and other basic needs are compromised. | African Union | Regional treaty |
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African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 1. States Parties shall: Recognise the right of young people to a standard of living adequate for their holistic development. | African Union | Regional treaty |
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African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2c | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 2. Recognise the right of young people to be free from hunger and shall take individual or collective measures to: c) Provide grants of land to youth and youth organisations for socio- economic development purposes; | African Union | Regional treaty |
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African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2d | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 2. Recognise the right of young people to be free from hunger and shall take individual or collective measures to: d) Facilitate access to credit to promote youth participation in agricultural and other sustainable livelihood projects; | African Union | Regional treaty |
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 38 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Requests the Secretary-General to continue, within the framework of the implementation of the Programme of Action, the substantive work on adolescents and youth, including integrating gender and age perspectives, and other relevant perspectives, into analyses and recommendations, in collaboration and coordination with relevant United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, and other relevant international organizations, and giving due consideration to their implications for development and poverty eradication, and sustained, equitable and inclusive economic growth. | Commission on Population and Development | Resolution |
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| 2012 | ||
Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 21 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls upon Member States to ensure the right to education of good quality for women and girls, on an equal basis with men and boys, and that they complete a full course of primary education, and to renew their efforts to improve and expand the education of girls and women at all levels, including at the secondary and higher levels, as well as vocational education and technical training, in order to, inter alia, achieve gender equality, the empowerment of women and poverty eradication; | Commission on Population and Development | Resolution |
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 7 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing also that the full implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the key actions for its further implementation, including those related to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, which would also contribute to the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action, as well as those on population and development, education and gender equality, is integrally linked to global efforts to eradicate poverty and achieve sustainable development, and that population dynamics are all-important for development, | Commission on Population and Development | Resolution |
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls upon Governments, in formulating and implementing national development plans, budgets and poverty eradication strategies, to prioritize actions to address challenges relating to the impact of population dynamics on poverty and sustainable development, keeping in mind that universal reproductive health-care services, commodities and supplies, as well as information, education, skill development, national capacity-building for population and development, and transfer of appropriate technology and know-how to developing countries are essential for achieving the Programme of Action, the Beijing Platform for Action and the Millennium Development Goals; | Commission on Population and Development | Resolution |
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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 12 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Noting with concern that for millions of people throughout the world, the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, including access to medicines, still remains a distant goal and that in many cases, especially for children, youth and people living in poverty, the likelihood of achieving this goal is becoming increasingly remote, | Commission on Population and Development | Resolution |
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| 2012 | ||
Overview of the activities carried during the first three-year term of the mandate 2011, para. 62 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | We encourage each country to consider the implementation of green economy policies in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication, in a manner that endeavours to drive sustained, inclusive and equitable economic growth and job creation, particularly for women, youth and the poor. In this respect, we note the importance of ensuring that workers are equipped with the necessary skills, including through education and capacity-building, and are provided with the necessary social and health protections. In this regard, we encourage all stakeholders, including business and industry, to contribute, as appropriate. We invite governments to improve knowledge and statistical capacity on job trends, developments and constraints and integrate relevant data into national statistics, with the support of relevant United Nations agencies within their mandates. | Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples | Special Procedures' report |
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The right of persons with disabilities to social protection 2015, para. 27 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Discrimination and stigma, unequal opportunities, and physical and attitudinal barriers are also causes for the social exclusion and poverty of persons with disabilities. Lack of education, in particular, has a significant impact on poverty in adulthood of persons with disabilities. As research shows, persons with disabilities with higher educational attainments have considerably higher employment and income rates. Nonetheless, children and youth with disabilities are less likely to attend school or to be promoted in school, which affects their opportunities for future employment. Furthermore, measures such as the arrest of homeless persons have a disproportionate impact on persons with psychosocial disabilities and may criminalize persons in need of support. | Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities | Special Procedures' report |
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The right to adequate housing of persons with disabilities 2017, para. 23 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Persons with disabilities living in poverty in cities commonly live in informal settlements or homeless encampments. The Special Rapporteur has been shocked by the deplorable conditions endured by persons with disabilities in those contexts. Many, including young children and older persons, are left to languish in isolation, sometimes in dark rooms without electricity, hidden from view at the back of the home, without access to community centres, social opportunities or health clinics. | Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living | Special Procedures' report |
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The human rights situation of Roma worldwide, with a particular focus on the phenomenon of anti-Gypsyism 2015, para. 98 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The Special Rapporteur thus urges all relevant stakeholders to think outside the "poverty paradigm" and incorporate all aspects of minority rights into strategies that address Roma disadvantage, including the protection and promotion of Roma identity, language and culture and the guarantee of dignity and equality. Such programmes should guarantee that the specific needs of Roma women, as well as Roma with disabilities, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons, young people and older persons are heard and addressed. | Special Rapporteur on minority issues | Special Procedures' report |
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The right to adequate housing of persons with disabilities 2017, para. 82a (v) | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [In that regard, the Special Rapporteur offers the following recommendations:] [In consultation with persons with disabilities and their organizations, States should:] Adopt a clear policy framework for the inclusion of all persons with disabilities in all areas of housing policy and design, ensuring that those living in poverty or homelessness, women, ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities, indigenous peoples, migrants and both young and older persons are fully included; | Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living | Special Procedures' report |
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Preventing and addressing violence and atrocities against minorities 2014, para. 61 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Special attention should be given to the situation and perspectives of youth. Young people living in marginalized environments in which there are high levels of unemployment and poverty and education dropout rates, may be vulnerable to recruitment by violent and radical groups. Some community projects working with young adults have been successful in locations where violence has taken place, including in Jos in Nigeria and Srebrenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Such projects help to build understanding between young people from different or conflict-affected communities and reduce the risk of their becoming part of the circle of violence. | Special Rapporteur on minority issues | Special Procedures' report |
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| 2014 | ||
Child slavery in the artisanal mining and quarrying sector 2011, para. 52 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Children working in the mines and quarries are vulnerable to physical, sexual, moral and social harm. Artisanal mining and quarrying is inherently informal and illegal -as either it costs too much to get the legal permit to mine or there is no need to get a permit as the law is not enforced. These "frontier communities" are riddled with violence, crime, trafficking in young girls and women for sexual exploitation, prostitution, drug and alcohol use (ibid.). There have been reports that children are given drugs so that they are able to fearlessly extract minerals underground or underwater. Children also take drugs and alcohol in the belief that it makes them stronger and as a result of peer pressure. The drug abuse (particularly amphetamines and marijuana) and alcohol (commercial and/or local brew) destroy their health and keep them in the vicious circle of poverty. Children who arrive alone to work in this sector are even more vulnerable to abuses (see A/HRC/18/30/Add.2). | Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences | Special Procedures' report |
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Homelessness as a global human rights crisis that demands an urgent global response 2016, para. 34 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The causes of homelessness vary among particular groups. Street-connected children come from families with a wide range of experiences, including death, dislocation, disease, isolation, poverty, mental illness, domestic violence, child abuse and drug use. Women are forced into homelessness because of violence, unequal access to land and property, unequal wages and other forms of discrimination. Persons with disabilities are made homeless by lack of work, livelihoods and accessible housing. Young people are often denied access to housing and services in cities if they do not have appropriate government-issued documentation or identity cards. Conflict results in massive displacement and migration, as has been evidenced clearly by the waves of refugees from countries such as Afghanistan, Eritrea, Iraq, Somalia and the Syrian Arab Republic escaping from conflict, widespread violence and insecurity. | Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living | Special Procedures' report |
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Homelessness as a global human rights crisis that demands an urgent global response 2016, para. 43 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Homelessness among children and young people has reached critical proportions. Factors that push children into leaving home include parents' unemployment and poverty; family disintegration and parental abuse; parental drug and alcohol addictions; and being orphaned owing to HIV/AIDS, Ebola, armed conflict or natural disaster. Some families, unable to support children because of extreme poverty, abandon or send them to urban areas to work. Children raised in residential institutions often find themselves homeless when they reach the age at which institutional care ceases. Identified "pull" factors include "spatial freedom, financial independence, adventure, city glamour and street-based friendships or gangs". | Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living | Special Procedures' report |
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Overview of the activities carried during the first three-year term of the mandate 2011, para. 148 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | We are concerned about labour market conditions and widespread deficits of available decent work opportunities, especially for young women and men. We urge all governments to address the global challenge of youth employment by developing and implementing strategies and policies that provide young people everywhere access to decent and productive work, as over the coming decades, decent jobs will need to be created to be able to ensure sustainable and inclusive development and reduce poverty. | Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples | Special Procedures' report |
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