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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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The right to development 1993, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Takes note with interest of the comprehensive report of the Secretary-General prepared in accordance with General Assembly resolution 47/123; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 1993 | ||
Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 1998, para. 19 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Requests the Secretary-General to assist the Board of Trustees of the Fund in its appeal for contributions and its efforts to make better known the existence of the Fund and the financial means currently available to it, as well as in its assessment of the global need for international funding of rehabilitation services for torture victims and, in this effort, to make use of all existing possibilities, including the preparation, production and dissemination of information materials; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 1998 | ||
The right to development 1999, para. 3c | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Also reaffirms that democracy, development and respect for all human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the right to development, are interdependent and mutually reinforcing, and in this context affirms that:] The full realization of the right to development must be addressed within a global context through a constructive, dialogue-based approach, with objectivity, respect for national sovereignty and territorial integrity, impartiality, non-selectivity and transparency as the guiding principles, taking into account the political, historical, social, religious and cultural characteristics of each country; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 1999 | ||
The right to development 1999, para. 14 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Stresses the need for the Secretary-General to continue to give high priority to the right to development, and urges all States to promote further the right to development, as a vital element in a balanced human rights programme; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 1999 | ||
Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2000, para. 25 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Also requests the Secretary-General to assist the Board of Trustees of the Fund in its appeal for contributions and in its efforts to make better known the existence of the Fund and the financial means currently available to it, as well as in its assessment of the global need for international funding of rehabilitation services for victims of torture and, in this effort, to make use of all existing possibilities, including the preparation, production and dissemination of information materials; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2000 | ||
Vienna Declaration on Crime and Justice: Meeting the Challenges of the Twenty-first Century 2000, para. 21 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | We affirm our determination to combat violence stemming from intolerance on the basis of ethnicity, and we resolve to make a strong contribution, in the area of crime prevention and criminal justice, to the planned World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance. | United Nations General Assembly | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 2000 | ||
Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2001, para. 20 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls upon Governments to cooperate with and assist the Special Rapporteur in the performance of his or her task, to provide all necessary information requested by the Special Rapporteur, to respond appropriately and expeditiously to the urgent appeals of the Special Rapporteur and to give serious consideration to requests by the Special Rapporteur to visit their countries, and urges them to enter into a constructive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur in following up his or her recommendations; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2001 | ||
The right to development 2002, para. 21 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizes also the important link between the international economic, commercial and financial spheres and the realization of the right to development and, in this regard, stresses the need to broaden the base of decision-making at the international level on issues of development concern and to fill organizational gaps, as well as strengthen the United Nations system and other multilateral institutions, and also stresses the need to broaden and strengthen the participation of developing countries and economies in transition in international economic decision-making and norm-setting; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2002 | ||
The right to development 2002, para. 23 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 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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| 2002 | ||
The right to development 2002, para. 27 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizes also the need at the national level for strong partnerships with civil society organizations, including the private sector, in pursuit of poverty eradication and development, as well as for good corporate governance; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2002 | ||
Right to food 2012, para. 23 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls for the early conclusion and a successful, development-oriented outcome of the Doha Round of trade negotiations of the World Trade Organization as a contribution to creating international conditions that permit the full realization of the right to food; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2012 | ||
Right to food 2012, para. 26 | 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, as well as the relevant United Nations agencies and funds, to give priority to and provide the necessary funding to realize the aim of halving by 2015 the proportion of people who suffer from hunger, as well as the right to food as set out in the Rome Declaration on World Food Security and the United Nations Millennium Declaration;3 | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2012 | ||
Human rights in the administration of justice 2003, para. 17 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Stresses the special need for national capacity building in the field of the administration of justice, in particular through reform of the judiciary, the police and the penal system, as well as juvenile justice reform, in order to establish and maintain stable societies and the rule of law in post conflict situations, and in this context welcomes the role of the Office of the High Commissioner in supporting the establishment and functioning of transitional justice mechanisms in post conflict situations; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2003 | ||
Right to food 2004, para. 17 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Welcomes the work already done by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in promoting the right to adequate food, in particular its general comment No. 12 (1999) on the right to adequate food (article 11 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights), in which the Committee affirmed, inter alia, that the right to adequate food is indivisibly linked to the inherent dignity of the human person and is indispensable for the fulfilment of other human rights enshrined in the International Bill of Human Rights, and is also inseparable from social justice, requiring the adoption of appropriate economic, environmental and social policies, at both the national and the international levels, oriented to the eradication of poverty and the fulfilment of all human rights for all; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2004 | ||
Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2006, para. 19 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls upon the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in conformity with her mandate established by the General Assembly in its resolution 48/141 of 20 December 1993, to continue to provide, at the request of States, advisory services for the prevention of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, including for the preparation of national reports to the Committee against Torture and for the establishment and operation of national preventive mechanisms, as well as technical assistance for the development, production and distribution of teaching material for this purpose; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2006 | ||
Right to food 2007, para. 19 | 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, and invites once again all international financial and development institutions, as well as the relevant United Nations agencies and funds, to give priority to and provide the necessary funding to realize the aim of halving by 2015 the proportion of people who suffer from hunger, as well as the right to food as set out in the Rome Declaration on World Food Security6 and the United Nations Millennium Declaration;4 | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2007 | ||
Right to food 2007, para. 8 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Encourages all States to take steps with a view to achieving progressively the full realization of the right to food, including steps to promote the conditions for everyone to be free from hunger and, as soon as possible, to enjoy fully the right to food, and to create and adopt national plans to combat hunger, and recognizes in this regard the great efforts and positive developments with respect to the right to food in some developing countries and regions, including those highlighted in the interim report of the Special Rapporteur; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2007 | ||
The right to development 2007, para. 17 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Also 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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| 2007 | ||
The right to development 2007, para. 19 | 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 the international levels; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2007 | ||
Right to food 2008, 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 General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2008 | ||
Right to food 2008, para. 21 | 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, and invites once again all international financial and development institutions, as well as the relevant United Nations agencies and funds, to give priority to and provide the necessary funding to realize the aim of halving by 2015 the proportion of people who suffer from hunger, as well as the right to food as set out in the Rome Declaration on World Food Security5 and the United Nations Millennium Declaration;3 | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2008 | ||
Right to food 2008, para. 30 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Requests the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to provide all the necessary human and financial resources for the effective fulfilment of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2008 | ||
Right to food 2008, para. 31 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Welcomes the work already done by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in promoting the right to adequate food, in particular its General Comment No. 12 (1999) on the right to adequate food (article 11 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights), in which the Committee affirmed, inter alia, that the right to adequate food is indivisibly linked to the inherent dignity of the human person and is indispensable for the fulfilment of other human rights enshrined in the International Bill of Human Rights, and is also inseparable from social justice, requiring the adoption of appropriate economic, environmental and social policies, at both the national and the international levels, oriented to the eradication of poverty and the fulfilment of all human rights for all; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2008 | ||
Right to food 2008, para. 38 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Decides to continue the consideration of the question at its sixty-fourth session under the item entitled “Promotion and protection of human rights”. | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2008 | ||
Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2008, para. 31 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls upon all States to cooperate with and assist the Special Rapporteur in the performance of his task, to supply all necessary information requested by the Special Rapporteur, to fully and expeditiously respond to and follow up his urgent appeals, to give serious consideration to responding favourably to requests by the Special Rapporteur to visit their countries and to enter into a constructive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on requested visits to their countries as well as with respect to the follow-up to his recommendations; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2008 | ||
Right to food 2009, 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 General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2009 | ||
Right to food 2009, para. 20 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Stresses that all States should make all efforts 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 General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2009 | ||
The right to development 2009, para. 17 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Also 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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| 2009 | ||
The right to development 2009, para. 19 | 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 the international levels; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2009 | ||
The right to development 2009, para. 10c | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Also stresses that it is important that the high-level task force 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 fundamental human rights, and also 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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