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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2016, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirms that States have the primary responsibility to ensure the full realization of all human rights and must take steps, nationally and through international assistance and cooperation, especially economic and technical, to the maximum of their available resources, to achieve progressively the full realization of the rights to safe drinking water and sanitation by all appropriate means, including in particular the adoption of legislative measures in the implementation of their human rights obligations; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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The right to food 2017, para. 16 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls upon States parties to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to fulfil their obligations under articles 2 (1) and 11 (2), in particular with regard to the right to adequate food; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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The right to food 2017, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirms that hunger constitutes an outrage and a violation of human dignity, and therefore requires the adoption of urgent measures at the national, regional and international levels for its elimination; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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The right to food 2017, para. 23 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Encourages all relevant international organizations and agencies to bring a human rights perspective and the need for the realization of the right to food for all to their studies, research, reports and resolutions on the issue of food security; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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The right to food 2017, para. 25 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Notes with appreciation the growing movement, in different regions of the world, towards the adoption of framework laws, national strategies and measures in support of the full realization of the right to food for all; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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The right to food 2017, para. 40 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Underlines the importance of effective remedies for violations of the right to food; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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The right to food 2017, para. 29 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Stresses that all States should make every effort to ensure that their international policies of a political and economic nature, including international trade agreements, do not have a negative impact on the right to food in other countries; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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The right to food 2017, para. 35 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Stresses the importance of international cooperation and development assistance as an effective contribution to both the expansion and improvement of agriculture and its environmental sustainability, and the provision of humanitarian food assistance in activities relating to emergency situations for the realization of the right to food and the achievement of sustainable food security, while recognizing that each State has the primary responsibility for ensuring the implementation of national programmes and strategies in this regard; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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The right to food 2017, para. 32 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizes that the promises made at the World Food Summit in 1996 to halve the number of persons who are undernourished are not being fulfilled, while recognizing the efforts of Member States in this regard, and once again invites all international financial and development institutions, and the relevant United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, to give priority to and provide the funding necessary to realize the right to food, as set out in the Rome Declaration on World Food Security, and to achieve the aims of Sustainable Development Goal 2 and other food and nutrition-related targets; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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The right to food 2017, para. 44 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Supports the fulfilment of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur, as established by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 6/2 of 27 September 2007; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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The right to food 2017, para. 39 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Encourages the Special Rapporteur to continue her collaboration with relevant international organizations and United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, in particular the Rome-based ones, including the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the International Fund for Agricultural Development and the World Food Programme, in order to contribute to ensuring that the right to food is promoted further within these organizations, in accordance with their respective mandates, including for the advancement of smallholders and agricultural workers in both developing and least developed countries; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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The right to food 2017, para. 26 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizes the importance of giving due consideration to the adverse impact of climate change on the full realization of the right to food; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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Civil society space 2016, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Also emphasizes the important role of artistic expression and creativity in the development of society and, accordingly, the importance of a safe and enabling environment for civil society in that regard, in line with article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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Civil society space 2016, para. 10 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Emphasizes the essential role of civil society in subregional, regional and international organizations, including in support of the organizations’ work, and in sharing experience and expertise through effective participation in meetings in accordance with relevant rules and modalities, and in this regard reaffirms the right of everyone, individually and in association with others, to unhindered access to and communication with subregional, regional and international bodies, and their representatives and mechanisms; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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The promotion and protection of human rights in the context of peaceful protests 2016, para. 5 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirms that all States must ensure that their domestic legislation and procedures relating to the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly, of expression and of association and to the use of force in the context of law enforcement are in conformity with their international obligations and commitments and effectively implemented, and must provide proper training for officials exercising law enforcement duties, including in the use of protective equipment and of less-lethal weapons; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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The right to development 2015, para. 18 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Encourages relevant bodies of the United Nations system, within their respective mandates, including United Nations funds, programmes and specialized agencies, relevant international organizations, including the World Trade Organization and relevant stakeholders, including civil society organizations, to give due consideration to the right to development in the implementation of 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, to contribute further to the work of the Working Group, and to cooperate with the High Commissioner in the fulfilment of his mandate with regard to the implementation of the right to development; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2015 | ||
The right to development 2010, para. 3j | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Decides:] To request the Office of the High Commissioner to continue to take all necessary measures and to allocate adequate resources for the effective implementation of the present resolution; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment: the role and responsibility of medical and other health personnel 2009, para. 14 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Welcomes the designation or establishment of independent national preventive mechanisms to prevent torture, with the participation of relevant medical and other health personnel, encourages all States that have not yet established such mechanisms to do so and calls upon States parties to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment to fulfil their obligation to designate or establish truly independent and effective national preventive mechanisms; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment: the role and responsibility of medical and other health personnel 2009, para. 11 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizes that forensic investigation can play an important role in combating impunity by providing the evidentiary basis on which prosecutions can successfully be brought against persons responsible for violations of human rights and, where applicable, international humanitarian law and encourages further coordination concerning, inter alia, the planning and realization of such investigations, as well as the protection of forensic and related experts, between Governments, intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizations; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment: the role and responsibility of medical and other health personnel 2009, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Stresses that all allegations of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment must be examined promptly and impartially by the competent domestic authority, including where relevant through examination by forensic experts and other relevant medical personnel, in order for those who encourage, order, tolerate or perpetrate such acts to be held responsible, brought to justice and punished commensurate with the severity of the offence; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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The right to development 2015, para. 13c | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Also stresses that it is important that the Chair-Rapporteur and the Working Group, in the discharge of their mandates, take into account the need:] To strive for greater acceptance, operationalization and realization of the right to development at the international level, while urging all States to undertake at the national level the necessary policy formulation and to institute the measures required for the implementation of the right to development as an integral part of all human rights and fundamental freedoms, and also while urging all States to expand and deepen mutually beneficial cooperation in ensuring development and eliminating obstacles to development in the context of promoting effective international cooperation for the realization of the right to development, bearing in mind that lasting progress towards the implementation of the right to development requires effective development policies at the national level and a favourable economic environment at the international level; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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The right to development 2015, para. 23 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Affirms that, while globalization offers both opportunities and challenges, the process of globalization remains deficient in achieving the objectives of integrating all countries into a globalized world, stresses the need for policies and measures at the national and global levels to respond to the challenges and opportunities of globalization if this process is to be made fully inclusive and equitable, recognizes that globalization has brought disparities between and within countries and that issues such as trade and trade liberalization, transfer of technology, infrastructure development and market access should be managed effectively in order to mitigate the challenges of poverty and underdevelopment and to make the right to development a reality for everyone; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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The right to development 2015, para. 31 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Also recognizes that good governance and the rule of law at the national level assist all States in the promotion and protection of human rights, including the right to development, and agrees on the value of the ongoing efforts being made by States to identify and strengthen good governance practices, including transparent, responsible, accountable and participatory government, that are responsive and appropriate to their needs and aspirations, including in the context of agreed partnership approaches to development, capacity-building and technical assistance; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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The right to development 2015, para. 20 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirms the need for an international environment that is conducive to the realization of the right to development; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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The right to development 2015, para. 22 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Emphasizes the critical importance of identifying and analysing obstacles impeding the full realization of the right to development at both the national and international levels; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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The right to development 2015, para. 30 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizes the important link between the international economic, commercial and financial spheres and the realization of the right to development, stresses in this regard the need for good governance and for broadening the base of decision-making at the international level on issues of development concern and the need to fill organizational gaps, as well as to strengthen the United Nations system and other multilateral institutions, and also stresses the need to broaden and strengthen the participation of developing countries and countries with economies in transition in international economic decision-making and norm-setting; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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The right to development 2015, para. 25 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Expresses its deep concern, in this regard, about the negative impact on the realization of the right to development due to the further aggravation of the economic and social situation, in particular of developing countries, as a result of the ongoing international energy, food and financial crises, as well as the increasing challenges posed by global climate change and the loss of biodiversity, which have increased vulnerabilities and inequalities and have adversely affected development gains, in particular in developing countries; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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The right to development 2015, para. 40 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Emphasizes the urgent need to take concrete and effective measures to prevent, combat and criminalize all forms of corruption at all levels, to prevent, detect and deter in a more effective manner international transfers of illicitly acquired assets and to strengthen international cooperation in asset recovery, consistent with the principles of the United Nations Convention against Corruption, particularly chapter V thereof, stresses the importance of a genuine political commitment on the part of all Governments through a firm legal framework, and in this context urges States to sign and ratify the Convention as soon as possible and States parties to implement it effectively; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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The right to development 2015, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Takes note of the consolidated report of the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights concerning the promotion and realization of the right to development; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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The right to development 2016, para. 24 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Affirms that, while globalization offers both opportunities and challenges, the process of globalization remains deficient in achieving the objectives of integrating all countries into a globalized world, stresses the need for policies and measures at the national and global levels to respond to the challenges and opportunities of globalization if this process is to be made fully inclusive and equitable, recognizes that globalization has brought disparities between and within countries and that issues such as trade and trade liberalization, the transfer of technology, infrastructure development and market access should be managed effectively in order to mitigate the challenges of poverty and underdevelopment and to make the right to development a reality for everyone; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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