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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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African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. a (i) | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The functions of the Committee shall be: To promote and protect the rights enshrined in this Charter and in particular to: collect and document information, commission inter-disciplinary assessment of situations on African problems in the fields of the rights and welfare of the child, organize meetings, encourage national and local institutions concerned with the rights and welfare of the child, and where necessary give its views and make recommendations to Governments; | Organization of African Unity | Regional treaty |
| 1990 | |||
The impact of housing finance policies on the right to adequate housing of those living in poverty 2012, para. 71d | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [The Special Rapporteur calls for a paradigm shift from housing policies based on the financialization of housing to a human rights-based approach to housing policies. In this context, she makes the following recommendations:] Housing policies should redress discrimination in access to adequate housing and promote the realization of the right to adequate housing for the most disadvantaged groups; | Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living | Special Procedures' report |
| 2012 | |||
Racial discrimination against people of African descent 2011, para. 4a | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Formulates the following recommendations addressed to States parties:] [People of African descent live in many countries of the world, either dispersed among the local population or in communities, where they are entitled to exercise, without discrimination, individually or in community with other members of their group, as appropriate, the following specific rights:] The right to property and to the use, conservation and protection of lands traditionally occupied by them and to natural resources in cases where their ways of life and culture are linked to their utilization of lands and resources; | Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination | General Comment / Recommendation |
| 2011 | |||
Activities of the Working Group 2014, para. 84g | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [In recognition of the contribution of the continent of Africa and people of African descent to the development, diversity and richness of world civilizations and cultures that constitute the common heritage of humankind, States should, in collaboration with relevant United Nations bodies and agencies, particularly the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and international donors:] Put in place measures and procedures to prevent the media from perpetuating negative stereotypes. | Working Group of experts on people of African descent | Special Procedures' report |
| 2014 | |||
Activities of the Working Group 2016, para. 45 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The Working Group recognizes that without the essential contribution of civil society, non-governmental organizations and academics, the fight against racism, racial discrimination, Afrophobia, xenophobia, Islamophobia and related intolerance will remain invisible. The link between their work, States and various United Nations mechanisms must be strengthened and made visible by joint equitable partnerships. There must be increased support for civil society engagement with States and the United Nations. | Working Group of experts on people of African descent | Special Procedures' report |
| 2016 | |||
Access to land and the right to food 2010, para. 41b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [In order to protect the right to food, States should:] Adopt tenancy laws, and effectively implement existing laws against the pressure to free land for private investors. The adoption of tenancy laws can protect tenants from eviction and from excessive levels of rent. Such laws can also allow a tenant's heirs to occupy the land if the tenant dies, and provide the tenant with the right to pre-emption if the landowner wishes to sell (ideally, at a below-market price); they can provide for the joint titling of husband and wife as tenants, in order to protect widows from the risk of eviction; and they can ensure that the tenant will be allowed to remain on the land if the property changes hands; | Special Rapporteur on the right to food | Special Procedures' report |
| 2010 | |||
Centrality of the right to adequate housing for the development and implementation of the New Urban Agenda to be adopted at Habitat III in October 2016 2015, para. 76j (i) | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [The Special Rapporteur recommends that the urban rights agenda should:] The implementation of an urban rights agenda must include the following baseline human rights requirements:
(i) A commitment to realize the right to adequate housing with clear goals and timelines for:
a. Reducing and ultimately eliminating homelessness;
b. Ensuring security of tenure and prevention of all forced evictions;
c. Providing the full protection of law for residents of informal settlements;
d. Ensuring access to adequate housing for all, including for residents of informal settlements; | Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living | Special Procedures' report |
| 2015 | |||
Racial discrimination against people of African descent 2011, para. 66 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Formulates the following recommendations addressed to States parties:] Include in textbooks, at all appropriate levels, chapters about the history and cultures of peoples of African descent and preserve this knowledge in museums and other forums for future generations, encourage and support the publication and distribution of books and other print materials, as well as the broadcasting of television and radio programmes about their history and cultures. | Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination | General Comment / Recommendation |
| 2011 | |||
Servile marriage 2012, para. 98 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Violations relating to servile marriage such as domestic servitude and sexual slavery should be criminalized. Governments should also denounce and strengthen laws regarding crimes committed in the name of honour. Victims or survivors of honour crimes should not be placed in protective custody but instead provided with long-term safe housing. Psychosocial services should be provided for victims, such as community-based support mechanisms and services, including mobilizing the community and raising its awareness of the consequences of the crimes, to help to prevent future crimes and to assist with the reintegration of victims. | Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences | Special Procedures' report |
| 2012 | |||
Discussion on "Recognition through Education, Cultural Rights and Data Collection" 2013, para. 50 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognition of people of African descent is related to the recognition of their existence, recognition of their contribution in the world development and recognition of their specific culture, history and heritage. It entails recognizing that people of African Descent are particularly vulnerable to racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance across the world, while also recognizing the specific, common history, culture and heritage of people of African descent globally. | Working Group of experts on people of African descent | Special Procedures' report |
| 2013 | |||
Discussion on "Recognition through Education, Cultural Rights and Data Collection" 2013, para. 75g | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [In recognition of the contribution of the continent of Africa and people of African descent to the development, diversity and richness of world civilizations and cultures which constitute the common heritage of humankind, States should, in collaboration with relevant United Nations bodies and agencies, particularly the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and international donors:] Put in place measures and procedures to prevent the media from perpetuating negative stereotypes; | Working Group of experts on people of African descent | Special Procedures' report |
| 2013 | |||
Access to land and the right to food 2010, para. 40b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [In order to respect the right to food, States should:] Refrain from criminalizing legitimate social protest. Where insufficient progress has been made on the implementation of the commitments set out in the Final Declaration of the International Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development, and where deep land inequalities remain, the non-violent occupation of land by landless movements should not be criminalized. Human rights defenders who protest evictions and defend or promote land rights should be protected; | Special Rapporteur on the right to food | Special Procedures' report |
| 2010 | |||
Hate speech and incitement to hatred 2012, para. 78 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Given that blasphemy laws do not comply with the above-mentioned criteria, the Special Rapporteur urges States to repeal them and to replace them with laws protecting individuals' right to freedom of religion or belief in accordance with international human rights standards. In addition, any law that provides for disproportionate sanctions for the expression of opinions, such as the death penalty, should be repealed immediately. Similarly, the Special Rapporteur calls upon States to repeal laws that prohibit discussion of historic events. Just as religion, history should always be open to discussion and debate. | Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression | Special Procedures' report |
| 2012 | |||
Discrimination against Roma 2000, para. 26 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Recommends that the States parties to the Convention, taking into account their specific situations, adopt for the benefit of members of the Roma communities, inter alia, all or part of the following measures, as appropriate.] To include in textbooks, at all appropriate levels, chapters about the history and culture of Roma, and encourage and support the publication and distribution of books and other print materials as well as the broadcasting of television and radio programmes, as appropriate, about their history and culture, including in languages spoken by them. | Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination | General Comment / Recommendation |
| 2000 | |||
Activities of the Working Group 2016, para. 41 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The Working Group country visits and allegations received under the communication procedure show how structures based on racial bias or discrimination, including, racial phenotypes, still have a lasting and detrimental effect on Africans and people of African descent in the diaspora. This legacy must be addressed in an open dialogue in order to understand and address the roots of racial tensions and discrimination in society. In certain societies, the invisibility of people of African descent on account of policy assimilation prevents different forms of intolerance from being addressed appropriately. The collection of disaggregated data along ethnic lines based on voluntary self-identification is an important starting point in the conversation of identifying the disparities between, and addressing the human rights of, people of African descent. | Working Group of experts on people of African descent | Special Procedures' report |
| 2016 | |||
Discrimination against Roma 2000, para. 49 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [The Committee further recommends that:] The World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance give due consideration to the above recommendations, taking into account the place of the Roma communities among those most disadvantaged and most subject to discrimination in the contemporary world. | Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination | General Comment / Recommendation |
| 2000 | |||
Development and people of African descent 2015, para. 51 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The segregation or ghettoization of people of African descent into low standards of housing and the lack of measures to support the development and improvement of poor housing conditions faced by people of African descent is a matter of grave concern to the Working Group. | Working Group of experts on people of African descent | Special Procedures' report |
| 2015 | |||
The human rights situation of Roma worldwide, with a particular focus on the phenomenon of anti-Gypsyism 2015, para. 106 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Successful Roma-controlled programmes that address issues of health, education and other areas of concern in ways that are culturally appropriate and adapted to local needs should be supported and replicated. | Special Rapporteur on minority issues | Special Procedures' report |
| 2015 | |||
The human rights situation of Roma worldwide, with a particular focus on the phenomenon of anti-Gypsyism 2015, para. 107 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Traditional and new media have the potential to promote intercultural dialogue between Roma and non-Roma communities. The media should promote non-stereotypical portrayals of Roma, including through providing greater visibility to Roma self-representation, history and culture. | Special Rapporteur on minority issues | Special Procedures' report |
| 2015 | |||
Activities of the Working Group 2014, para. 78 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Good practices of other countries and regions that have been able to address the negative heritage of enslavement and to build inclusive, multicultural and multi-ethnic societies shall be shared and exchanged. | Working Group of experts on people of African descent | Special Procedures' report |
| 2014 | |||
Discussion on "Recognition through Education, Cultural Rights and Data Collection" 2013, para. 74 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The historical acknowledgement of people of African descent in global development has been characterized by the iconic status of some of the heroes and heroines and the development of tangible sites of memory to represent the other side of the intangible heritage of people of African descent. However, there are varying views and a gap in terms of the identification of many such heroes and, more importantly, heroines that have also contributed to the recognition of people of African descent. | Working Group of experts on people of African descent | Special Procedures' report |
| 2013 | |||
Study on illegal adoptions 2017, para. 92 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | States have been reluctant to react adequately to illegal adoptions. The lack of accountability and redress for victims of illegal adoptions, in part due to a lack of comprehensive national legislation criminalizing illegal adoption as a separate offence, is a major concern. In addition, investigations and prosecutions are rarely targeted at criminal structures involved in the commission of systematic illegal adoptions, often with State complicity. Sanctions for acts related to illegal adoptions rarely reflect the gravity of the crimes. | Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material | Special Procedures' report |
| 2017 | |||
Activities of the Working Group 2015, para. 44 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The Working Group recognizes that, without the essential contribution of civil society and non-governmental organizations, efforts to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, Afrophobia, Islamophobia and related intolerance remain invisible. The link between their work, States' work and the work of various United Nations mechanisms must be strengthened and made visible by equitable partnerships and developed jointly. | Working Group of experts on people of African descent | Special Procedures' report |
| 2015 | |||
Report of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent on its nineteenth and twentieth sessions 2017, para. 55 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The Working Group concludes that inequalities are deeply entrenched in structural barriers that intersect and reinforce each other. Given their cross-cutting nature, the goals and targets will not be met if we do not acknowledge that racism, racial discrimination, Afrophobia, xenophobia and related intolerance will continue to function as structural and systemic barriers to sustainable development for people of African descent. | Working Group of experts on people of African descent | Special Procedures' report |
| 2017 | |||
The right to adequate housing in disaster relief efforts 2011, para. 64.5 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [The Special Rapporteur makes the following recommendations:] Communities and settlements, not just houses, should be rebuilt or resettled: Community structures and networks, to the extent that they respect international human rights standards including on gender equality, should be deliberately preserved and supported. | Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living | Special Procedures' report |
| 2011 | |||
Access to land and the right to food 2010, para. 25 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The protection of land-users' rights should not be limited to improving farmers' security of tenure. Fisherfolk need access to fishing grounds and may be severely affected by the fencing-off of land that provides access to the sea or to rivers. Pastoralists need grazing grounds for the animals that they raise. For these groups, as well as those practicing itinerant forms of agriculture, the formalization of property rights and the establishment of land registries may be the problem, not the solution: it may cause them to be fenced off from the resources on which they depend, making them victims of the vast enclosure movement that may result from titling. In Kenya, pastoralists whose rights were ignored in the formalization process have reportedly been the victims of violent land-grabbing by ranchers and others seeking scarce resources. Since they have no legal claim to the land, they cannot seek redress. In the United Republic of Tanzania, five years after a major titling effort had begun, pastoralists reported their eviction from multiple common grazing areas and were under threat of losing other grazing lands because those lands had been classified as "unused". | Special Rapporteur on the right to food | Special Procedures' report |
| 2010 | |||
Responsibilities of local and other subnational governments in relation to the right to adequate housing 2015, para. 22 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Viewed through a human rights lens, from the perspective of those whose right to housing is at stake, those common challenges facing local governments or housing providers can be seen as barriers to the realization of rights. Those who are disproportionately affected by the challenges identified tend to be the most marginalized groups - those whose right to housing is most at risk. It is those groups who suffer most when local governments lack capacity or resources, when there is an absence of local human rights accountability, when local government becomes protectionist and exclusionary, and it is those groups who often confront the most complex web of governmental decision-making and authority, with the least information available to them. | Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living | Special Procedures' report |
| 2015 | |||
Responsibilities of local and other subnational governments in relation to the right to adequate housing 2015, para. 23 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The situation of residents of informal settlements in many cities around the world illustrates how allocation of responsibilities among different levels of government plays out in peoples' lives. For example, a recent study considers the situation of residents of the Mukuru settlement in Nairobi. They live in windowless shacks on privately held land without sewage or water infrastructure. They have been unable to determine title through local governments and therefore lack security of tenure, rendering them ineligible to apply for basic water, sewers or electricity. With the Kenyan Constitution now recognizing "the right to accessible and adequate housing and to reasonable standards of sanitation", the challenge for local residents is to claim their rights within a complex web of regulatory schemes and decisions applied by an array of governmental actors. | Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living | Special Procedures' report |
| 2015 | |||
Financialization of housing and the right to adequate housing 2017, para. 37 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Financialized housing markets create and thrive on gentrification and the appropriation of public value for private wealth. Improved services, schools or parks in an impoverished neighbourhood attract investment, which then drives residents out. The transformation of an old railway line in West Chelsea in Manhattan into a public walkway and park has attracted wealthy investors to a mixed income neighbourhood, radically transforming it with luxury housing units costing in the multimillions, and displacing longer term residents. In Vancouver, the opening of new public transport facilities in Burnaby, one of the few remaining areas of affordable rental housing, has quickly led to the development of expensive condominium towers, displacing residents who have not only lived there for decades, but also invested in developing their community. | Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living | Special Procedures' report |
| 2017 | |||
Mapping and framing security of tenure 2013, para. 85 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Some innovative planning regulations exist to secure tenure for the most marginalized. A significant example is the Brazilian "Special Zones of Social Interest" (ZEIS). ZEIS is a planning instrument, based on the constitutional recognition of the social function of property, regulating the use and occupation, for social housing purposes, of public or private properties. It is used to recognize existing informal settlements as well as to define unoccupied areas of the city as areas for social housing. | Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living | Special Procedures' report |
| 2013 |