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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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Inter-American Convention on International Traffic in Minors 1994, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | A request for locating and returning a minor may be lodged without prejudice to the annulment and revocation actions provided for in Articles 18 and 19. | Organization of American States | Regional treaty |
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| 1994 | ||
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | State Parties to the present Charter shall take appropriate measures to prevent: the use of children in all forms of begging. | Organization of African Unity | Regional treaty |
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| 1990 | ||
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | There shall be a minimum age below which children shall be presumed not to have the capacity to infringe the penal law. | Organization of African Unity | Regional treaty |
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| 1990 | ||
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 3d | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | State Parties shall in particular: promote the dissemination of information on the hazards of child labour to all sectors of the community. | Organization of African Unity | Regional treaty |
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| 1990 | ||
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 3c | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | State Parties shall in particular: provide for appropriate penalties or other sanctions to ensure the effective enforcement of this Article; | Organization of African Unity | Regional treaty |
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| 1990 | ||
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 2c | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The education of the child shall be directed to: the preservation and strengthening of positive African morals, traditional values and cultures; | Organization of African Unity | Regional treaty |
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| 1990 | ||
CRPD - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2006, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 2. In all actions concerning children with disabilities, the best interests of the child shall be a primary consideration. | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 2006 | ||
CRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 1. States Parties undertake to respect and to ensure respect for rules of international humanitarian law applicable to them in armed conflicts which are relevant to the child. | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 1989 | ||
CRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | States Parties shall take all appropriate national, bilateral and multilateral measures to prevent the abduction of, the sale of or traffic in children for any purpose or in any form. | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 1989 | ||
CRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 1. No child shall be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with his or her privacy, family, or correspondence, nor to unlawful attacks on his or her honour and reputation. | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 1989 | ||
CRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | For the purposes of the present Convention, a child means every human being below the age of eighteen years unless under the law applicable to the child, majority is attained earlier. | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 1989 | ||
Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War 1949, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Art. 38. With the exception of special measures authorized by the present Convention, in particularly by Article 27 and 41 thereof, the situation of protected persons shall continue to be regulated, in principle, by the provisions concerning aliens in time of peace. In any case, the following rights shall be granted to them:
(1) they shall be enabled to receive the individual or collective relief that may be sent to them.
(2) they shall, if their state of health so requires, receive medical attention and hospital treatment to the same extent as the nationals of the State concerned.
(3) they shall be allowed to practise their religion and to receive spiritual assistance from ministers of their faith.
(4) if they reside in an area particularly exposed to the dangers of war, they shall be authorized to move from that area to the same extent as the nationals of the State concerned.
(5) children under fifteen years, pregnant women and mothers of children under seven years shall benefit by any preferential treatment to the same extent as the nationals of the State concerned. | International Committee of the Red Cross | International treaty |
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| 1949 | ||
American Convention on Human Rights 1969, para. 5 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 5. Minors while subject to criminal proceedings shall be separated from adults and brought before specialized tribunals, as speedily as possible, so that they may be treated in accordance with their status as minors. | Organization of American States | Regional treaty |
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| 1969 | ||
CRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 2. In any proceedings pursuant to paragraph 1 of the present article, all interested parties shall be given an opportunity to participate in the proceedings and make their views known. | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 1989 | ||
ICCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966, para. 5 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 5. Sentence of death shall not be imposed for crimes committed by persons below eighteen years of age and shall not be carried out on pregnant women. | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 1966 | ||
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The Committee shall consist of 11 members of high moral standing, integrity, impartiality and competence in matters of the rights and welfare of the child. | Organization of African Unity | Regional treaty |
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| 1990 | ||
Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | (2) Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection. | United Nations General Assembly | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 1948 | ||
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 2007, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Indigenous individuals, particularly children, have the right to all levels and forms of education of the State without discrimination. | United Nations General Assembly | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 2007 | ||
SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia 2002, para. c | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | To ensure consistent focus on and pursuance of the regional priorities delineated above, States Parties shall promote solidarity, co-operation and collective action between and among SAARC Member States in the arena of child rights and development. States Parties view such cooperation as mutually reinforcing and capable of enhancing the quality and impact of their national efforts to create the enabling conditions and environment for full realization of child rights and attainment of the highest possible standard of child well being. In pursuance hereof, States Parties shall: c. make special arrangements for speedy completion and disposal, on priority basis, of any judicial or administrative inquiry or proceeding involving a child who is a national of another SAARC Member State, and for the transfer of children who are nationals of SAARC countries, accused of infringing the penal code, back to their country of legal residence for trial and treatment, provided that the alleged offence has not imperiled the national security of the country where it has been allegedly committed. | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Regional treaty |
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| 2002 | ||
Inter-American Convention on International Traffic in Minors 1994, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Care or custody of a minor may be revoked whenever it has its origin or purpose in the international traffic in minors, under the same conditions provided for in the preceding article. | Organization of American States | Regional treaty |
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| 1994 | ||
Inter-American Convention on International Traffic in Minors 1994, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | A request for locating and returning a minor under the present Convention shall be lodged by those entitled to do so by the laws of the State where the minor habitually resides. | Organization of American States | Regional treaty |
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| 1994 | ||
Inter-American Convention on International Traffic in Minors 1994, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The States Parties undertake to adopt effective measures, under their domestic law, to prevent and severely punish the international traffic in minors defined in this Convention. | Organization of American States | Regional treaty |
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| 1994 | ||
Inter-American Convention on International Traffic in Minors 1994, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | States Parties shall protect the minor's interests with a view to ensuring that all procedures applied pursuant to the present Convention shall remain confidential. | Organization of American States | Regional treaty |
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| 1994 | ||
Inter-American Convention on International Traffic in Minors 1994, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | This Convention shall also cover the civil aspects of the wrongful removal, transfer, or retention of minors internationally, not dealt with by other international conventions on this subject. | Organization of American States | Regional treaty |
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| 1994 | ||
Inter-American Convention on International Traffic in Minors 1994, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | This Convention shall apply to any minor who is habitually resident in a State Party or is located in a State Party at the time when an act of international traffic occurs in respect of him or her. | Organization of American States | Regional treaty |
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| 1994 | ||
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 2b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Every report made under this Article shall: shall indicate factors and difficulties, if any, affecting the fulfilment of the obligations contained in the Charter. | Organization of African Unity | Regional treaty |
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| 1990 | ||
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Any child who is permanently or temporarily deprived of his family environment for any reason shall be entitled to special protection and assistance; | Organization of African Unity | Regional treaty |
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| 1990 | ||
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | State Parties to this Charter shall undertake to respect and ensure respect for rules of international humanitarian law applicable in armed conflicts which affect the child. | Organization of African Unity | Regional treaty |
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| 1990 | ||
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Where a child is apprehended by a State Party, his parents or guardians shall, as soon as possible, be notified of such apprehension by that State Party. | Organization of African Unity | Regional treaty |
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| 1990 | ||
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Every child who is separated from one or both parents shall have the right to maintain personal relations and direct contact with both parents on a regular basis. | Organization of African Unity | Regional treaty |
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| 1990 |