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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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Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 9 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Urges all States to develop, adopt and fully implement laws and to take other measures, such as policies and educational programmes, as appropriate, to eradicate harmful practices, including female genital mutilation and early and forced marriage, which are violations of the human rights of women and girls, and to intensify efforts, in cooperation with local women's and youth groups, to raise collective and individual awareness on how such harmful practices violate the human rights of women and girls; | Commission on Population and Development | Resolution |
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| 2012 | ||
Strengthening efforts to prevent and eliminate child, early and forced marriage 2015, para. 20 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Encourages relevant United Nations entities, regional and subregional organizations, civil society and other relevant actors and human rights mechanisms to continue to collaborate with and support Member States in developing and implementing strategies and policies at the national, regional and international levels to prevent and eliminate child, early and forced marriage, and to support already married girls, adolescents and women; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2015 | ||
Child, early and forced marriage in humanitarian settings 2017, para. 10 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls upon States to promote the meaningful participation of and active consultation with children and adolescents affected by humanitarian settings, especially girls, on all issues affecting them, and to raise awareness about their rights, including the negative impact of child, early and forced marriage, through safe spaces, forums and support networks that provide girls and boys with information, life skills and leadership skills training and opportunities to be empowered, to express themselves, to participate meaningfully in all decisions that affect them and to become agents of change within their communities; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2017 | ||
Preventable maternal mortality and morbidity and human rights 2016, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Urges States and encourages other relevant stakeholders, including national human rights institutions and non-governmental organizations, to take action at all levels, utilizing a human rights-based approach to address the interlinked causes of maternal mortality and morbidity, such as lack of accessible, affordable and appropriate health-care services for all, and of information and education, poverty, all types of malnutrition, harmful practices, including child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation, early childbearing, gender inequalities and all forms of discrimination and violence against women, and to pay particular attention to eliminating all forms of violence against women and girls, especially adolescent girls, while ensuring the meaningful and effective participation of women and girls in the relevant processes; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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Child, early and forced marriage 2016, para. 5 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Also calls upon States to promote the meaningful participation of and active consultation with children and adolescents, especially girls, on all issues affecting them and to raise awareness about their rights, including the negative impact of child, early and forced marriage, through safe spaces, forums and support networks that provide girls and boys with information, life skills and leadership skills training and opportunities to be empowered, to express themselves, to participate meaningfully in all decisions that affect them and to become agents of change within their communities; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2016 | ||
Child, early and forced marriage 2014, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Encourages relevant United Nations entities and agencies to continue to collaborate with and support Member States in developing and implementing strategies and policies at the national, regional and international levels to prevent and eliminate child, early and forced marriage, as well as to support already married girls, adolescents and women; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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