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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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Protecting human rights defenders, whether individuals, groups or organs of society, addressing economic, social and cultural rights 2016, para. 21 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Invites the Secretary-General to draw attention to the present resolution in the United Nations system and to continue to include alleged cases of reprisal and intimidation against human rights defenders addressing economic, social and cultural rights, and their family members, associates and legal representatives, in the annual report on cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2016 | ||
Protecting human rights defenders, whether individuals, groups or organs of society, addressing economic, social and cultural rights 2016, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls upon all States to combat impunity by investigating and pursuing accountability for all attacks and threats by State and non-State actors against any individual, group or organ of society that is defending human rights, including against family members, associates and legal representatives, and by condemning publically all cases of violence, discrimination, intimidation and reprisals against them; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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Protecting human rights defenders, whether individuals, groups or organs of society, addressing economic, social and cultural rights 2016, para. 21 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Expressing grave concern at the serious nature of risks faced by human rights defenders, their family members, associates and legal representatives, including threats, attacks and acts of intimidation and reprisal against them in different parts of the world, and gravely concerned about the resulting negative impact on the realization of economic, social and cultural rights, including violations and abuses in this regard, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2016 | ||
Human rights defenders in the context of the Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 2015, para. 10b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Calls upon all States to create and maintain a safe and enabling environment for the realization of human rights and specifically to ensure that:] Human rights defenders, their family members, associates and legal representatives are not prevented from enjoying universal human rights owing to their work, including by ensuring that all legal provisions, administrative measures and policies affecting them, including those aimed at preserving public safety, public order and public morals, are minimally restrictive, clearly defined, determinable, non-retroactive and compatible with the obligations and commitments of States under international human rights law; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2015 | ||
Human rights defenders in the context of the Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 2015, para. 5 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Strongly condemns the violence against and the targeting, criminalization, intimidation, torture, disappearance and killing of any individuals, including human rights defenders, for reporting and seeking information on human rights violations and abuses, and stresses the need to combat impunity by ensuring that those responsible for violations and abuses against human rights defenders, including against their legal representatives, associates and family members, are promptly brought to justice through impartial investigations; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2015 | ||
Human rights defenders in the context of the Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 2015, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Condemns all acts of intimidation and reprisal by State and non-State actors against individuals, groups and organs of society, including against human rights defenders and their legal representatives, associates and family members, who seek to cooperate, are cooperating or have cooperated with subregional, regional and international bodies, including the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms, in the field of human rights; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2015 | ||
The rights of the child 2008, para. 12 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Once again urges all States parties to intensify their efforts to comply with their obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child to preserve the child's identity, including nationality, name and family relations, as recognized by law, to allow for the registration of the child immediately after birth, to ensure that registration procedures are simple, expeditious and effective and provided at minimal or no cost and to raise awareness of the importance of birth registration at the national, regional and local levels; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2008 | ||
The rights of the child 2008, para. 45 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Urges States to take special measures to protect juvenile offenders, including the provision of adequate legal assistance, the training in juvenile justice of judges, police officers and prosecutors, as well as specialized defenders or other representatives who provide legal or other appropriate assistance, such as social workers, the establishment of specialized courts, the promotion of universal birth registration and age documentation and the protection of the right of juvenile offenders to maintain contact with their families through correspondence and visits, save in exceptional circumstances; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2008 | ||
The rights of the child 2007, para. 15 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Once again urges all States parties to intensify their efforts to comply with their obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child to preserve the child's identity, including nationality, name and family relations, as recognized by law, to allow for the registration of the child immediately after birth, to ensure that registration procedures are simple, expeditious and effective and provided at minimal or no cost and to raise awareness of the importance of birth registration at the national, regional and local levels; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2007 | ||
The rights of the child 2006, para. 12c | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Urges all States to intensify their efforts in order to ensure the implementation of the right of the child to birth registration, preservation of identity, including nationality, and family relations, as recognized by law, by:] Guaranteeing, to the extent consistent with each State's obligations, the right of a child whose parents reside in different States to maintain, on a regular basis, save in exceptional circumstances, personal relations and direct contact with both parents by providing means of access and visitation in both States and by respecting the principle that both parents have common responsibilities for the upbringing and development of their children; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 1998, para. 1b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 1. The convicted person or, after death, spouses, children, parents or one person alive at the time of the accused's death who has been given express written instructions from the accused to bring such a claim, or the Prosecutor on the person's behalf, may apply to the Appeals Chamber to revise the final judgement of conviction or sentence on the grounds that: (b) It has been newly discovered that decisive evidence, taken into account at trial and upon which the conviction depends, was false, forged or falsified; | United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court | International treaty |
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Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 1998, para. 1a | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 1. The convicted person or, after death, spouses, children, parents or one person alive at the time of the accused's death who has been given express written instructions from the accused to bring such a claim, or the Prosecutor on the person's behalf, may apply to the Appeals Chamber to revise the final judgement of conviction or sentence on the grounds that: (a) New evidence has been discovered that:
(i) Was not available at the time of trial, and such unavailability was not wholly or partially attributable to the party making application; and
(ii) Is sufficiently important that had it been proved at trial it would have been likely to have resulted in a different verdict; | United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court | International treaty |
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| 1998 | ||
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 1998, para. 5 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 5. Where the disclosure of evidence or information pursuant to this Statute may lead to the grave endangerment of the security of a witness or his or her family, the Prosecutor may, for the purposes of any proceedings conducted prior to the commencement of the trial, withhold such evidence or information and instead submit a summary thereof. Such measures shall be exercised in a manner which is not prejudicial to or inconsistent with the rights of the accused and a fair and impartial trial. | United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court | International treaty |
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| 1998 | ||
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 1998, para. 1c | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 1. The convicted person or, after death, spouses, children, parents or one person alive at the time of the accused's death who has been given express written instructions from the accused to bring such a claim, or the Prosecutor on the person's behalf, may apply to the Appeals Chamber to revise the final judgement of conviction or sentence on the grounds that: (c) One or more of the judges who participated in conviction or confirmation of the charges has committed, in that case, an act of serious misconduct or serious breach of duty of sufficient gravity to justify the removal of that judge or those judges from office under article 46. | United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court | International treaty |
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| 1998 | ||
Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness 1961, para. 1b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 1. A Contracting State shall grant its nationality to a person, not born in the territory of a Contracting State, who would otherwise be stateless, if the nationality of one of his parents at the time of the person's birth was that of that State. If his parents did not possess the same nationality at the time of his birth, the question whether the nationality of the person concerned should follow that of the father or that of the mother shall be determined by the national law of such Contracting State. Nationality granted in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph shall be granted: (b) Upon an application being lodged with the appropriate authority, by or on behalf of the person concerned, in the manner prescribed by the national law. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 2 of this article, no such application may be rejected. | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 1961 | ||
Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness 1961, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 4. A Contracting State shall grant its nationality to a person who would otherwise be stateless and who is unable to acquire the nationality of the Contracting State in whose territory he was born because he has passed the age for lodging his application or has not fulfilled the required residence conditions, if the nationality of one of his parents at the time of the person's birth was that of the Contracting State first above-mentioned. If his parents did not possess the same nationality at the time of his birth, the question whether the nationality of the person concerned should follow that of the father or that of the mother shall be determined by the national law of such Contracting State. If application for such nationality is required, the application shall be made to the appropriate authority by or on behalf of the applicant in the manner prescribed by the national law. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 5 of this article, such application shall not be refused. | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 1961 | ||
Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness 1961, para. 1a | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 1. A Contracting State shall grant its nationality to a person, not born in the territory of a Contracting State, who would otherwise be stateless, if the nationality of one of his parents at the time of the person's birth was that of that State. If his parents did not possess the same nationality at the time of his birth, the question whether the nationality of the person concerned should follow that of the father or that of the mother shall be determined by the national law of such Contracting State. Nationality granted in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph shall be granted: (a) At birth, by operation of law, or | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan, para. 22 | Sep 17, 2019 | Paragraph | Deploring in particular the construction and expansion of settlements by Israel in and around occupied East Jerusalem, including its so-called E-1 plan, which aims to connect its illegal settlements around and further isolate occupied East Jerusalem, the continuing demolition of Palestinian homes and eviction of Palestinian families from the city, the revocation of Palestinian residency rights in the city, and ongoing settlement activities in the Jordan Valley, all of which further fragment and undermine the contiguity of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2018 | ||
Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan, para. 18 | Sep 17, 2019 | Paragraph | Aware that Israeli settlement activities involve, inter alia, the transfer of nationals of the occupying Power into the occupied territories, the confiscation of land, the destruction of property, including homes and projects funded by the international community, the forcible displacement of Palestinian civilians, including Bedouin families, the exploitation of natural resources, the conduct of economic activity for the benefit of the occupying Power, disruption to the livelihood of protected persons, the de facto annexation of land and other actions against the Palestinian civilian population and the civilian population in the occupied Syrian Golan that are contrary to international law, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2018 | ||
Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, para. 21 | Sep 17, 2019 | Paragraph | Expressing deep concern that thousands of Palestinians, including many children and women and elected members of the Palestinian Legislative Council, continue to be detained and held in Israeli prisons or detention centres under harsh conditions, including unhygienic conditions, solitary confinement, lack of proper medical care, denial of family visits and denial of due process, that impair their well-being, and expressing deep concern also at the ill-treatment and harassment of Palestinian prisoners and all reports of torture, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2018 | ||
Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, para. 42 | Sep 17, 2019 | Paragraph | 13. Expresses concern at the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law adopted by the Knesset, which suspends the possibility, with certain rare exceptions, of family reunification between Israeli citizens and persons residing in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, thus adversely affecting the lives of many families; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2018 | ||
Human rights in the occupied Syrian Golan, para. 18 | Sep 17, 2019 | Paragraph | 4. Calls upon Israel to allow the Syrian population of the occupied Syrian Golan to visit their families and relatives in the Syrian motherland through the Quneitra checkpoint and under the supervision of the International Committee of the Red Cross, and to rescind its decision to prohibit these visits, as it is in flagrant violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2018 | ||
Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness 1961, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | A foundling found in the territory of a Contracting State shall, in the absence of proof to the contrary, be considered to have been born within that territory of parents possessing the nationality of that State. | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 1961 | ||
ICCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 2. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks. | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 1966 | ||
Rights of the child 2005, para. 16j | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Urges all States to continue to intensify efforts in order to ensure the implementation of the right of the child, irrespective of the child's status, to birth registration, preservation of identity, including nationality, and family relations, as recognized by law;] Taking all appropriate measures, especially educational measures, and promoting further the responsibility of both parents in the education, development and raising of children; | United Nations Commission on Human Rights | Resolution |
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| 2005 | ||
Rights of the child 2005, para. 16b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Urges all States to continue to intensify efforts in order to ensure the implementation of the right of the child, irrespective of the child's status, to birth registration, preservation of identity, including nationality, and family relations, as recognized by law;] Raising awareness at the national, regional and local levels, whenever necessary, of the importance of the birth registration of all children, irrespective of their status, immediately after birth; | United Nations Commission on Human Rights | Resolution |
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Rights of the child 2005, para. 16a | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Urges all States to continue to intensify efforts in order to ensure the implementation of the right of the child, irrespective of the child's status, to birth registration, preservation of identity, including nationality, and family relations, as recognized by law;] Providing, at a minimal cost, simplified, expeditious, effective procedures for birth registration; | United Nations Commission on Human Rights | Resolution |
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| 2005 | ||
Rights of the child 2005, para. 16g | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Urges all States to continue to intensify efforts in order to ensure the implementation of the right of the child, irrespective of the child's status, to birth registration, preservation of identity, including nationality, and family relations, as recognized by law;] Establishing policy, legislation and effective supervision for the protection of children involved in intercountry adoption, bearing in mind the best interest of the child; | United Nations Commission on Human Rights | Resolution |
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| 2005 | ||
Rights of the child 2005, para. 16i | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Urges all States to continue to intensify efforts in order to ensure the implementation of the right of the child, irrespective of the child's status, to birth registration, preservation of identity, including nationality, and family relations, as recognized by law;] Where a child is illegally deprived of some or all of the elements of his or her identity, providing appropriate assistance and protection with a view to re-establishing speedily his or her identity; | United Nations Commission on Human Rights | Resolution |
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| 2005 | ||
Rights of the child 2005, para. 16h | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Urges all States to continue to intensify efforts in order to ensure the implementation of the right of the child, irrespective of the child's status, to birth registration, preservation of identity, including nationality, and family relations, as recognized by law;] Taking all necessary measures to prevent and combat illegal adoptions; | United Nations Commission on Human Rights | Resolution |
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