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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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Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa 2003, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS: | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2003 | ||
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 | ||
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. 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 | ||
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa 2003, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | DETERMINED to ensure that the rights of women are promoted, realised and protected in order to enable them to enjoy fully all their human rights; | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2003 | ||
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa 2003, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | CONSIDERING that Article 2 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights enshrines the principle of non-discrimination on the grounds of race, ethnic group, colour, sex, language, religion, political or any other opinion, national and social origin, fortune, birth or other status; | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2003 | ||
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa 2003, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | FURTHER CONSIDERING that Article 18 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights calls on all States Parties to eliminate every discrimination against women and to ensure the protection of the rights of women as stipulated in international declarations and conventions; | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2003 | ||
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa 2003, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | RECALLING ALSO United Nations Security Council’s Resolution1325 (2000) on the role of Women in promoting peace and security; | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2003 | ||
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa 2003, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The States Parties to this Protocol, | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2003 | ||
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa 2003, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | FURTHER NOTING that the African Platform for Action and the Dakar Declaration of 1994 and the Beijing Platform for Action of 1995 call on all Member States of the United Nations, which have made a solemn commitment to implement them, to take concrete steps to give greater attention to the human rights of women in order to eliminate all forms of discrimination and of gender-based violence against women; | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2003 | ||
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa 2003, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | REAFFIRMING the principle of promoting gender equality as enshrined in the Constitutive Act of the African Union as well as the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, relevant Declarations, Resolutions and Decisions, which underline the commitment of the African States to ensure the full participation of African women as equal partners in Africa’s development; | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2003 | ||
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa 2003, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | CONCERNED that despite the ratification of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights and other international human rights instruments by the majority of States Parties, and their solemn commitment to eliminate all forms of discrimination and harmful practices against women, women in Africa still continue to be victims of discrimination and harmful practices; | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2003 | ||
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa 2003, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | BEARING IN MIND related Resolutions, Declarations, Recommendations, Decisions, Conventions and other Regional and Sub-Regional Instruments aimed at eliminating all forms of discrimination and at promoting equality between women and men; | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2003 | ||
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa 2003, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | RECALLING that women's rights have been recognised and guaranteed in all international human rights instruments, notably the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and its Optional Protocol, the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, and all other international and regional conventions and covenants relating to the rights of women as being inalienable, interdependent and indivisible human rights; | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2003 | ||
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa 2003, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | RECOGNISING the crucial role of women in the preservation of African values based on the principles of equality, peace, freedom, dignity, justice, solidarity and democracy; | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2003 | ||
Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development 1994, para. 1.7 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The Conference outcomes are closely related to and will make significant contributions to other major conferences in 1995 and 1996, such as the World Summit for Social Development, the Fourth World Conference on Women: Action for Equality, Development and Peace, the Second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II), the elaboration of the Agenda for Development, as well as the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations. These events are expected to highlight further the call of the 1994 Conference for greater investment in people, and for a new action agenda for the empowerment of women to ensure their full participation at all levels in the social, economic and political lives of their communities. | International Conference on Population and Development | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 1994 | ||
Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Political Rights to Women 1948, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | THE GOVERNMENTS REPRESENTED AT THE NINTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF AMERICAN STATES, | Organization of American States | Regional treaty |
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Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Political Rights to Women 1948, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | That the principle of equality of human rights for men and women is contained in the Charter of the United Nations, | Organization of American States | Regional treaty |
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| 1948 | ||
Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Political Rights to Women 1948, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | That women have the right to political treatment on the basis of equality with men; | Organization of American States | Regional treaty |
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| 1948 | ||
Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Political Rights to Women 1948, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | That Resolution XX of the Eighth International Conference of American States expressly declares: | Organization of American States | Regional treaty |
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| 1948 | ||
Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Civil Rights to Women 1948, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | To authorize their respective Representatives, whose Full Powers have been found to be in good and due form, to sign the following articles: | Organization of American States | Regional treaty |
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| 1948 | ||
Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Civil Rights to Women 1948, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | That Resolution XX of the Eighth International Conference of American States expressly declares: That long before the women of America demanded their rights they were able to carry out nobly all their responsibilities side by side with men; | Organization of American States | Regional treaty |
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| 1948 | ||
Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Civil Rights to Women 1948, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | That Resolution XX of the Eighth International Conference of American States expressly declares: That the principle of equality of human rights for men and women is contained in the Charter of the United Nations, | Organization of American States | Regional treaty |
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| 1948 | ||
Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Civil Rights to Women 1948, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | That it has been a constant aspiration of the American community of nations to equalize the status for men and women in the enjoyment and exercise of civil rights; | Organization of American States | Regional treaty |
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| 1948 | ||
Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Political Rights to Women 1948, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | That it has been a constant aspiration of the American community of nations to equalize the status of men and women in the enjoyment and exercise of political rights; | Organization of American States | Regional treaty |
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| 1948 | ||
Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Civil Rights to Women 1948, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | That Resolution XX of the Eighth International Conference of American States expressly declares: That women have the right to the enjoyment of equality as to civil status; | Organization of American States | Regional treaty |
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| 1948 | ||
Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Political Rights to Women 1948, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | That long before the women of America demanded their rights they were able to carry out nobly all their responsibilities side by side with men; | Organization of American States | Regional treaty |
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| 1948 | ||
Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Political Rights to Women 1948, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | To authorize their respective Representatives, whose Full Powers have been found to be in good and due form, to sign the following articles: | Organization of American States | Regional treaty |
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| 1948 | ||
CEDAW - Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 1979, para. k | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Affirming that the strengthening of international peace and security, the relaxation of international tension, mutual co-operation among all States irrespective of their social and economic systems, general and complete disarmament, in particular nuclear disarmament under strict and effective international control, the affirmation of the principles of justice, equality and mutual benefit in relations among countries and the realization of the right of peoples under alien and colonial domination and foreign occupation to self-determination and independence, as well as respect for national sovereignty and territorial integrity, will promote social progress and development and as a consequence will contribute to the attainment of full equality between men and women, | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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CEDAW - Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 1979, para. g | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalling that discrimination against women violates the principles of equality of rights and respect for human dignity, is an obstacle to the participation of women, on equal terms with men, in the political, social, economic and cultural life of their countries, hampers the growth of the prosperity of society and the family and makes more difficult the full development of the potentialities of women in the service of their countries and of humanity, | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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