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Combating intolerance, negative stereotyping and stigmatization of, and discrimination, incitement to violence and violence against, persons based on religion or belief (2017), para. 16 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Noting with deep concern the instances of intolerance, discrimination and acts of violence in many parts of the world, including cases motivated by discrimination against persons belonging to religious minorities, in addition to the negative projection of the followers of religions and the enforcement of measures that specifically discriminate against persons on the basis of religion or belief, |
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Freedom of religion or belief (2016), para. 08 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Seriously concerned at continuing acts of intolerance and violence based on religion or belief against individuals, including against persons belonging to religious communities and religious minorities around the world, and at the increasing number and intensity of such incidents, which are often of a criminal nature and may have international characteristics, |
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Effective promotion of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities (2018), para. 18 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 7. Calls upon States to take all appropriate measures to ensure the protection of children belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities who are at risk of or have experienced violence, in accordance with the relevant obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 6 and of women who can be exposed to both gender-based violence and violence on the grounds of their belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, and to give special attention to the situation and specific needs of older persons and persons with disabilities belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities; |
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Human rights and indigenous peoples (2016), para. 17 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 6. Reaffirms its decision to continue its consideration of the issue of the elimination of all forms of violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences, including violence against indigenous women and girls, as a matter of high priority, in conformity with its annual programme of work; |
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Situation of human rights in Myanmar (2019), para. 22 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Expressing concern at the reports of continued intimidation and violence against the remaining Rohingya Muslim population and other minority groups in Myanmar, |
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Freedom of religion or belief (2019), para. 08 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Seriously concerned at continuing acts of intolerance and violence based on religion or belief against individuals, including against persons belonging to religious communities and religious minorities around the world, and at the increasing number and intensity of such incidents, which are often of a criminal nature and may have international characteristics, |
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Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (1999), para. 21 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | (d) To continue to pay special attention to extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions of children and women and to allegations concerning violations of the right to life in the context of violence against participants in demonstrations and other peaceful public manifestations or against persons belonging to minorities; |
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Rights of the child (2013), para. 087 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | (o) To develop strategies for the prevention and elimination of all forms of violence against children, including indigenous children, by adopting appropriate policy measures aimed at, inter alia, raising awareness, capacity-building for professionals working with and for children, supporting effective parenting programmes, fostering research, collecting data on the incidence of violence against children, and developing and introducing child- and gender-sensitive, accessible, safe and confidential reporting and complaints mechanisms; |
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Freedom of religion or belief (2019), para. 47 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | (k) To take all necessary and appropriate action, in conformity with international standards of human rights, to combat hatred, discrimination, intolerance and acts of violence, intimidation and coercion motivated by intolerance based on religion or belief, as well as incitement to hostility and violence, with particular regard to persons belonging to religious minorities in all parts of the world; |
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Effective promotion of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities (2020), para. 17 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 5. Recommends that States continue to reflect on current and emerging challenges facing persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, including the rise in persecution on religious and ethnic grounds and increasing levels of hate crimes and hate speech targeting, among others, persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities; |
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Situation of human rights in Myanmar (2000), para. 21 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 13. Deplores the continued violations of human rights, in particular those directed against persons belonging to ethnic and religious minorities, including summary executions, rape, torture, forced labour, forced portering, forced relocations, destruction of crops and fields and dispossession of land and property, which deprives those persons of all means of subsistence; |
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Freedom of religion or belief (2014), para. 21 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 7. Recalls that States have an obligation to exercise due diligence to prevent, investigate and punish acts of violence against persons belonging to religious minorities, regardless of the perpetrator, and that failure to do so may constitute a human rights violation; |
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Freedom of religion or belief (2015), para. 08 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Seriously concerned at continuing acts of intolerance and violence based on religion or belief against individuals, including against persons belonging to religious communities and religious minorities around the world, and at the increasing number and intensity of such incidents, which are often of a criminal nature and may have international characteristics, |
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Effective promotion of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities (2020), para. 19 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 7. Calls upon States to undertake effective efforts to prevent and combat acts of violence specifically targeting persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities; |
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Freedom of religion or belief (2017), para. 30 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | (a) Acts of violence and intolerance directed against individuals based on their religion or belief, including religious persons and persons belonging to religious minorities and other communities in various parts of the world; |
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Rights of indigenous peoples (2020), para. 62 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 29. Encourages transnational corporations and other business enterprises to respect human rights, including the rights of indigenous children, and to eliminate the worst forms of child labour from their operations; |
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Question of human rights in Afghanistan (2003), para. 34 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | (a) About the recent reports of ethnically motivated violence directed in particular against certain minority ethnic groups in affected areas that lack the rule of law and its enforcement machinery; |
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Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (2013), para. 21 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | (b) To ensure the effective protection of the right to life of all persons under their jurisdiction, to investigate promptly and thoroughly all killings, including those targeted at specific groups of persons, such as racially motivated violence leading to the death of the victim, killings of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities or because of their sexual orientation or gender identity, killings of persons affected by terrorism or hostage-taking or living under foreign occupation, killings of refugees, internally displaced persons, migrants, street children or members of indigenous communities, killings of persons for reasons related to their activities as human rights defenders, lawyers, journalists or demonstrators, killings committed in the name of passion or in the name of honour, and all killings committed for discriminatory reasons on any basis, to bring those responsible to justice before a competent, independent and impartial judiciary at the national or, where appropriate, international level and to ensure that such killings, including those committed by security forces, police and law enforcement agents, paramilitary groups or private forces, are neither condoned nor sanctioned by State officials or personnel; |
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Elimination of all forms of religious intolerance (2004), para. 13 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Recognizing that such intolerance and discrimination frequently manifests itself through acts of violence against religious minorities in all parts of the world, |
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Situation of human rights in Myanmar (2007), para. 26 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | (b) To take urgent measures to put an end to the military operations targeting civilians in the ethnic areas, and the associated violations of human rights and humanitarian law against persons belonging to ethnic nationalities, including widespread rape and other forms of sexual violence persistently carried out by members of the armed forces, and to facilitate a fact-finding mission comprising representatives of relevant United Nations agencies to help to identify measures to alleviate the humanitarian and human rights consequences of the conflict in Karen State and other ethnic States in Myanmar; |
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Accelerating efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls: preventing and responding to violence against women and girls in the world of work (2019), para. 03 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Reaffirming also the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, and the outcomes of their review conferences, and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, |
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Assistance to Somalia in the field of human rights (2018), para. 25 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 6. Expresses concern that internally displaced persons, including the most marginalized and vulnerable, which may include women, children and persons belonging to minority groups, are the most at risk of violence, abuse and violations; |
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Violence against women migrant workers (1998), para. 17 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 7. Invites all relevant United Nations human rights treaty bodies, in particular the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, relevant thematic and country rapporteurs, in particular the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on violence against women, its causes and consequences, the Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities and its working groups, within their respective mandates, to address the problem of violence against women migrant workers in their deliberations and findings, with a view to promoting and protecting their rights and welfare; |
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Rights of indigenous peoples (2018), para. 49 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 24. Encourages Governments to redouble efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labour, both in legislation and in practice, in the context of respect for the human rights of indigenous children, including through international cooperation, as appropriate; |
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Effective promotion of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities (2016), para. 28 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 11. Condemns all acts of violence specifically targeting persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities; |
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Rights of indigenous peoples (2019), para. 56 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 26. Encourages Governments to redouble efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labour, both in legislation and in practice, in the context of respect for the human rights of indigenous children, including through international cooperation, as appropriate; |
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Situation of human rights in Myanmar (2018), para. 28 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | (f) To undertake all measures to counter incitement to hatred and hate speech leading to violence and to combat discrimination and violence against persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities in order to allow true reconciliation to take place in Rakhine State; |
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Situation of human rights in Belarus (2019), para. 08 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 4. Deplores the lack of response by the Government of Belarus to cases of arbitrary arrest and detention of political and social activists, the unwillingness of prosecutors to investigate cases of torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, the impunity of perpetrators of crimes involving human rights violations and abuses, the pressure on defence lawyers and the lack of effective legal remedies, and also deplores discrimination particularly affecting individuals belonging to vulnerable groups and religious minorities; |
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Freedom of religion or belief (2018), para. 23 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 7. Recalls that States have an obligation to exercise due diligence to prevent, investigate and punish acts of violence, intimidation and harassment against a person or a group of persons belonging to a religious minority, regardless of the perpetrator, and that failure to do so may constitute a human rights violation; |
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Rights of indigenous peoples (2018), para. 50 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 25. Encourages transnational corporations and other business enterprises to respect human rights, including the rights of indigenous children, and to eliminate the worst forms of child labour from their operations; |
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