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Persons with albinism 2017, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Further encourages Member States to end impunity for violence against persons with albinism, including sexual and gender-based violence, by amending laws, where applicable, and by bringing perpetrators to justice; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Persons with albinism 2017, para. 12 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing the need to address the root causes of attacks and discrimination against persons with albinism, particularly the interrelated factors, including the mythologization of albinism and the related lack of understanding of the scientific bases of the condition, poverty, discrimination and economic and social marginalization, witchcraft practices and other aggravating factors, which contribute to the ongoing outbreaks of attacks and discrimination against persons with albinism, particularly on the African continent, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Persons with albinism 2017, para. 9 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Welcoming the steps taken and the efforts made by the countries concerned, including the initiation of legal action against perpetrators of attacks against persons with albinism, public condemnation of attacks against persons with albinism and public campaigns to raise awareness, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Persons with albinism 2017, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Also encourages Member States to address the root causes of discrimination and violence against persons with albinism, including through awareness-raising campaigns, the dissemination of accurate information on albinism and other measures, such as the integration of albinism into education curricula, as appropriate; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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International Guidelines for Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Responses with Respect to Trafficking in Cultural Property and Other Related Offences (2015), para. 111 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Guideline 48. States should consider applying the Guidelines in any situations, including exceptional circumstances, that foster trafficking in cultural property and related offences, in the framework of the above-mentioned conventions and other relevant international instruments. |
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International Guidelines for Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Responses with Respect to Trafficking in Cultural Property and Other Related Offences (2015), para. 098 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Guideline 37. States should consider enhancing the effectiveness and speed of extradition for trafficking in cultural property and related offences, where such offences are considered extraditable. |
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Preventing the acquisition by terrorists of radioactive sources (2011), para. 09 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Stressing also the contribution of the International Atomic Energy Agency to preventing illicit trafficking in radioactive materials and identifying vulnerabilities in security systems through, inter alia, the Illicit Trafficking Database and its work in the field of nuclear forensics, |
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Operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (2017), para. 46 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Deploring further the killing and injury of Agency staff members by the Israeli occupying forces in the Occupied Palestinian Territory since September 2000, including the 11 Agency personnel killed during the military operations in the Gaza Strip in July and August 2014, |
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Situation of human rights in Myanmar (2018), para. 29 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 16. Reiterates the need for the fact-finding mission to be provided with all the resources and expertise necessary to carry out its mandate, including forensic science expertise and expertise on sexual and gender-based violence, to continue to fulfil its mandate until it presents its final report to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-ninth session, to be followed by an interactive dialogue, and requests the presentation of that report to the General Assembly at its seventy-third session, to be followed by an interactive dialogue with the fact-finding mission; |
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Oceans and the law of the sea (2018), para. 033 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Expressing concern, in this regard, at various threats posed to such objects, including their destruction as well as the illicit trafficking in such objects, |
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Draft outcome document of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the appraisal of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons (2017), para. 07 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 2. We recall and reaffirm our commitments to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, 3 recognizing its integrated and indivisible nature and acknowledging that the 2030 Agenda includes commitments that relate to combating all forms of trafficking in persons, recognize the importance of partnerships in this regard, and emphasize that the 2030 Agenda and the Global Plan of Action are mutually reinforcing. |
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Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences (2016), para. 07 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Condemning contemporary forms of slavery, while acknowledging that it is a global issue that affects all continents and most countries of the world, and calling upon States to take appropriate measures as a matter of priority to end such practices, |
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Assistance to States for curbing the illicit traffic in small arms and collecting them (2004), para. 21 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 5. Further encourages cooperation among State organs, international organizations and civil society in combating the illicit traffic in small arms and supporting operations to collect the said arms in the subregions; |
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Operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (2014), para. 30 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Deploring the killing and injury of Agency staff members by the Israeli occupying forces in the Occupied Palestinian Territory since September 2000, including the 11 Agency personnel killed during the military operations in the Gaza Strip in July and August 2014, |
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Situation of human rights in the territory of the former Yugoslavia: violations of human rights in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) (1994), para. 66 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 31. Calls upon States to put experts, including experts in the prosecution of crimes of sexual violence, at the disposal of the Chief Prosecutor and the International Tribunal; |
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United Nations study on disarmament and non-proliferation education (2013), para. 08 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Conscious of the need to combat the negative effects of cultures of violence and complacency in the face of current dangers in this field through long-term programmes of education and training, |
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Technical assistance and capacity-building in the field of human rights in the Central African Republic (2019), para. 24 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Recalling that the international forces present in the Central African Republic must act, in carrying out their duties, in full respect for the applicable provisions of international law, particularly international humanitarian law, international human rights law and international refugee law, expressing its concern at the allegations of sexual abuse and other human rights violations that may have been committed by personnel of the international forces in the Central African Republic, recalling that an in-depth investigation should be launched into these allegations and that those responsible for such acts must be brought to justice, and welcoming the commitment by the Secretary-General to strictly enforce the zero-tolerance policy of the United Nations on sexual exploitation and abuse, and the signing on 3 September 2018 of the protocol on information-sharing and reporting of sexual exploitation and abuse, |
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Protection of migrants (2018), para. 60 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | (b) Also expresses its concern about the high level of impunity enjoyed by traffickers and their accomplices, as well as other members of organized crime entities and, in this context, the denial of rights and justice to migra nts who have suffered from abuse; |
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Trafficking in persons, especially women and children: efforts to combat human trafficking in supply chains of businesses (2013), para. 32 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 7. Encourages businesses, in order to contribute to prevent or mitigate any risks of trafficking in persons in their supply chains, to, inter alia: |
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Strengthening the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity (2002), para. 16 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 3. Also reaffirms the role of the Centre for International Crime Prevention of the Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention of the Secretariat in providing to Member States, upon request, technical cooperation, advisory services and other forms of assistance in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice, including in the areas of prevention and control of transnational organized crime and terrorism; |
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Improving the coordination of efforts against trafficking in persons (2018), para. 53 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 12. Requests the Inter-Agency Coordination Group to work closely with the Committee of the Chief Statisticians of the United Nations System to compile and develop sets of indicators on trafficking relevant to different and specific contexts and agreed methods for data collection; |
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Oceans and the law of the sea (2018), para. 210 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 149. Encourages States to cooperate at the bilateral, regional and global levels to prevent, combat and eradicate illicit trafficking in protected species of wild fauna and flora where such trafficking occurs via maritime routes, through, inter alia, the use of applicable international legal instruments as appropriate, such as the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, the United Nations Convention against Corruption 61 and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, 62 and reiterates its call upon Member States expressed in its resolution 71/326 of 11 September 2017 to make illicit trafficking in protected species of wild fauna and flora a serious crime, in accordance with their national legislation and as defined in article 2 (b) and article 3, paragraph 1 (b), of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, in order to ensure that, where the offence is transnational in nature and involves an organized criminal group, effective international coop eration can be afforded under the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime to prevent and combat transnational organized crime; |
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Criminal accountability of United Nations officials and experts on mission (2019), para. 25 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 2. Also takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on special measures for protection from sexual exploitation and abuse, 15 as well as the findings of the Office of Internal Oversight Services of the Secretariat in its evaluation report of 15 May 2015, including on the issue of underreporting; 16 |
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Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (2013), para. 25 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 10. Welcomes the International Criminal Court as an important contribution to ending impunity concerning extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, and, noting the growing awareness of the Court worldwide, calls upon those States that are under an obligation to cooperate with the Court to provide such cooperation and assistance in the future, in particular with regard to arrest and surrender, the provision of evidence, the protection and relocation of victims and witnesses and the enforcement of sentences, further welcomes the fact that 121 States have already ratified or acceded to and 139 States have signed the Rome Statute of the Court, 5 and calls upon all those States that have not ratified or acceded to the Rome Statute and the Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Criminal Court 13 to give serious consideration to doing so; |
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Consideration of effective measures to enhance the protection, security and safety of diplomatic and consular missions and representatives (2001), para. 15 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 2. Strongly condemns acts of violence against diplomatic and consular missions and representatives, as well as against missions and representatives of international intergovernmental organizations and officials of such organizations, and emphasizes that such acts can never be justified; |
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Strengthening international cooperation in preventing and combating trafficking in persons and protecting victims of such trafficking (2004), para. 19 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 2. Calls upon Member States to collaborate with a view to preventing trafficking in persons, especially for the purpose of sexual exploitation, through: |
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Combating glorification of Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance (2014), para. 08 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Alarmed, in this regard, at the spread in many parts of the world of various extremist political parties, movements and groups, including neo-Nazis and skinhead groups, as well as similar extremist ideological movements, |
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In-depth study on all forms of violence against women (2006), para. 11 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | (d) Special procedures of the Commission on Human Rights, in particular the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences; |
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Strengthening the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity (1999), para. 09 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 3. Also reaffirms the priority of the Programme, in accordance with the relevant resolutions, and requests the Secretary-General further to strengthen the Programme by providing it with the resources necessary for the full implementation of its mandate, including follow-up action to the Naples Political Declaration and Global Action Plan against Organized Transnational Crime, adopted by the World Ministerial Conference on Organized Transnational Crime, held at Naples, Italy, from 21 to 23 November 1994, and to the Ninth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, 2 |
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United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons (2010), para. 66 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 33. Urge States parties to consider adopting legislative or other appropriate measures that permit victims of trafficking in persons to remain in their territory, temporarily or permanently, in appropriate cases, consistent with the Convention and the Trafficking Protocol; |
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