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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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Assessment of the status of implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development 2014, para. 11 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirming the need to promote gender equality and the empowerment of girls and young women in all aspects of youth development, and recognizing the vulnerability of adolescent girls and young women, the need to eliminate discrimination against them and the critical role of boys and young men in ensuring gender equality, | Commission on Population and Development | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 2014 | ||
Conclusion On Children At Risk 2007, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalling its Conclusions Nos. 47 (XXXVIII), 59 (XL) and 84 (XLVIII), specifically on refugee children and/or adolescents, Conclusion No. 105 (LVI) on Women and Girls at Risk, Conclusion No. 106 (LVI) on Identification, Prevention and Reduction of Statelessness and Protection of Stateless Persons, Conclusion No. 94 (LIII) on the Civilian and Humanitarian Character of Asylum, Conclusion No. 98 (LIV) on Protection from Sexual Abuse and Exploitation, Conclusion No. 100 (LV) on International Cooperation and Burden and Responsibility Sharing in Mass Influx Situations as well as all provisions of relevance to the protection of refugee children set out in other Conclusions, many of which are relevant for other children of concern to UNHCR, | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | ExCom Conclusion |
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| 2007 | ||
General Conclusion On International Protection 2000, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Welcoming the continued grant of asylum to large numbers of refugees by many States but deeply disturbed by violations of internationally recognized rights of refugees which include refoulement of refugees, militarization of refugee camps, participation of refugee children in military activities, gender-related violence and discrimination directed against refugees, particularly female refugees, and arbitrary detention of asylum-seekers and refugees; also concerned about the less than full application of international refugee instruments by some States Parties; | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | ExCom Conclusion |
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| 2000 | ||
Conclusion On Women And Girls At Risk 2006, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalling that Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) on women and peace and security and the subsequent Action Plan (S/2005/636) provide an integrated framework for a consolidated international and UN-wide response to this challenge, that Security Council resolution 1261 (1999) and five subsequent resolutions on children and armed conflict, call on governments, parties to a conflict and other organizations, including UN bodies, to take wide-ranging action to protect children in armed conflict and afterwards, and that Security Council resolutions 1265 (1999), 1296 (2000) and 1674 (2006), similarly call on parties to armed conflict to ensure the protection of affected civilians, including women and children, | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | ExCom Conclusion |
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| 2006 | ||
Conclusion On Women And Girls At Risk 2006, para. 5 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Bearing in mind Conclusion No. 75 (XLV) on internally displaced persons and noting that the protection challenges for internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees may differ, that the normative legal frameworks for their protection are different, that humanitarian access to internally displaced persons can be more difficult, that internally displaced women and girls are more likely to be caught in armed conflict and may face specific protection risks as a result and that the responses and solutions available to refugee and internally displaced women and girls may be different, | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | ExCom Conclusion |
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| 2006 | ||
Conclusion On Women And Girls At Risk 2006, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Acknowledging that, while forcibly displaced men and boys also face protection problems, women and girls can be exposed to particular protection problems related to their gender, their cultural and socio-economic position, and their legal status, which mean they may be less likely than men and boys to be able to exercise their rights and therefore that specific action in favour of women and girls may be necessary to ensure they can enjoy protection and assistance on an equal basis with men and boys, | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | ExCom Conclusion |
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| 2006 | ||
Conclusion On Women And Girls At Risk 2006, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalling its Conclusions Nos. 39 (XXXVI), 54 (XXXIX), 60 (XL) and 64 (XLI) on refugee women; Nos. 47 (XXXVIII), 59 (XL) and 84 (XLVIII) on refugee children and/or adolescents; Nos. 73 (XLIV) and 98 (LIV) on refugee protection and sexual violence and protection from sexual abuse and exploitation respectively, and No. 94 (LIII) on the civilian and humanitarian character of asylum, | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | ExCom Conclusion |
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| 2006 | ||
Conclusion On Women And Girls At Risk 2006, para. 7 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Acknowledging that the challenges involved in securing the protection of women and girls at risk must be addressed in a holistic manner and that protection partnerships with governments, UNHCR, other UN agencies, other international organizations and non-governmental organizations, together with displaced and host communities, are integral to effective identification, responses, monitoring and solutions, | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | ExCom Conclusion |
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| 2006 | ||
Conclusion On Women And Girls At Risk 2006, para. 8 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Acknowledging that each community is different and that an in-depth understanding of religious and cultural beliefs and practices is required to address the protection risks women and girls face in a sensitive manner while bearing in mind obligations under international refugee, human rights and humanitarian law, | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | ExCom Conclusion |
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| 2006 | ||
Conclusion On Women And Girls At Risk 2006, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing that, while women and girls may be exposed to certain risks, such as trafficking, in any location, the different nature of camp and urban environments can expose women and girls to different protection risks and that in camps, for example, their freedom of movement and capacity to earn a livelihood may be more restricted and they may be more exposed there to sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), whereas in urban situations, they may be less able to exercise their rights effectively, to access protection and services or reach UNHCR or implementing partner offices, | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | ExCom Conclusion |
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| 2006 | ||
Conclusion On Women And Girls At Risk 2006, para. 9 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirming its call to the international community, in cooperation with UNHCR and other international organizations, to mobilize the financial and other resources necessary, including in support of host communities, to ensure the provision of protection and material assistance, and of durable solutions, based on international solidarity, cooperation, burden and responsibility sharing and the understanding that inadequate protection, or inadequate, inappropriate or poorly distributed assistance can increase the risks women and girls face, | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | ExCom Conclusion |
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| 2006 | ||
Conclusion On Women And Girls At Risk 2006, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalling that the protection of women and girls is primarily the responsibility of States, whose full and effective cooperation, action and political resolve are required to enable UNHCR to fulfil its mandated functions; and that all action on behalf of women and girls must be guided by obligations under relevant international law, including, as applicable, international refugee law, international human rights law and international humanitarian law, | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | ExCom Conclusion |
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| 2006 | ||
Conclusion On Women And Girls At Risk 2006, para. 10 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Acknowledging that forced displacement tends to expose individuals to particular risks, recognizing the specific needs of women and girls, noting that this Conclusion applies to women and girls who are refugees, asylum-seekers or IDPs assisted and protected by UNHCR, who find themselves in situations of heightened risk, and further that it could also be applied, as appropriate, to returnees of concern to UNHCR, | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | ExCom Conclusion |
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| 2006 | ||
Conclusion On Children At Risk 2007, para. 5 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Acknowledging that, while both girls and boys face many of the same protection risks, they also experience protection challenges specific to their gender, and reaffirming that, while many risks may be prevalent in all settings, camp and urban environments may generate different protection needs, | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | ExCom Conclusion |
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| 2007 | ||
The girl child 1996, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Deeply concerned about discrimination against the girl child and the violation of the rights of the girl child, which often result in less access for girls to education, nutrition, physical and mental health care and to girls enjoying fewer rights, opportunities and benefits of childhood and adolescence than boys and often being subjected to various forms of cultural, social, sexual and economic exploitation and to violence and harmful practices such as incest, early marriage, female infanticide, prenatal sex selection and female genital mutilation, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 1996 | ||
Traffic in women and girls 1996, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalling also all previous resolutions on the problem of the traffic in women and girls, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 1996 | ||
Traffic in women and girls 1996, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Affirming the provisions of the outcome of the World Conference on Human Rights, held at Vienna from 14 to 25 June 1993, the International Conference on Population and Development, held at Cairo from 5 to 13 September 1994, the World Summit for Social Development, held at Copenhagen from 6 to 12 March 1995, the Fourth World Conference on Women, held at Beijing from 4 to 15 September 1995, and the Ninth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, held at Cairo from 29 April to 8 May 1995, pertaining to the traffic in women and children, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 1996 | ||
The girl child 1998, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Deeply concerned about discrimination against the girl child and the violation of the rights of the girl child, which often result in less access for girls to education, nutrition, physical and mental health care and in girls enjoying fewer of the rights, opportunities and benefits of childhood and adolescence than boys and often being subjected to various forms of cultural, social, sexual and economic exploitation and to violence and harmful practices such as incest, early marriage, female infanticide, prenatal sex selection and female genital mutilation, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 1998 | ||
The girl child 1998, para. 5 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Stressing that discrimination and neglect of the girl child can initiate a lifelong downward spiral of deprivation and exclusion from the social mainstream, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 1998 | ||
Traffic in women and girls 1998, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalling the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 1998 | ||
The girl child 1999, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing the need to achieve gender equality so as to ensure a just and equitable world for girls, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 1999 | ||
Traditional or customary practices affecting the health of women and girls 1999, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalling also general recommendation 14 concerning female circumcision adopted by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women at its ninth session, as well as paragraphs 11, 20 and 24 (l) of general recommendation 19 concerning violence against women adopted by the Committee at its eleventh session and paragraphs 15 (d) and 18 of general recommendation 24 concerning article 12 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women on women and health adopted by the Committee at its twentieth session, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 1999 | ||
Traditional or customary practices affecting the health of women and girls 1999, para. 10 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Expressing concern at the continuing large-scale existence of these practices, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 1999 | ||
The girl child 2000, para. 9 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirming further the Dakar Framework for Action adopted at the World Education Forum, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2000 | ||
The girl child 2001, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Deeply concerned about discrimination against the girl child and the violation of the rights of the girl child, which often result in less access for girls to education, nutrition and physical and mental health care and in girls enjoying fewer of the rights, opportunities and benefits of childhood and adolescence than boys and often being subjected to various forms of cultural, social, sexual and economic exploitation and to violence and harmful practices, such as female infanticide, incest, early marriage, prenatal sex selection and female genital mutilation, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2001 | ||
The girl child 2002, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Welcoming the entry into force of the Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict and on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2002 | ||
The girl child 2002, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalling the United Nations Millennium Declaration adopted on 8 September 2000, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2002 | ||
Trafficking in women and girls 2002, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalling all previous resolutions on the problem of trafficking in women and girls adopted by the General Assembly, the Commission on the Status of Women, the Commission on Human Rights and the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, as well as the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others, the conclusions on violence against women adopted on 13 March 1998 by the Commission on the Status of Women at its forty-second session and the recommendations of the Working Group on Contemporary Forms of Slavery adopted on 21 August 1998 by the Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities at its fiftieth session, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2002 | ||
Trafficking in women and girls 2002, para. 7 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Acknowledging the inclusion of gender-related crimes in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, which entered into force on 1 July 2002, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2002 | ||
Trafficking in women and girls 2002, para. 15 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Welcoming the efforts of Governments and intergovernmental and non- governmental organizations in developing programmes to combat trafficking in human beings, in particular women and girls, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2002 |