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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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Persons with albinism 2017, para. 15 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing that access to full and productive employment and decent work is an important aspect of participation in social and economic life, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2017, para. 38 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls upon the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in conformity with his 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 and for the establishment and operation of national preventive mechanisms, as well as technical assistance for the development, production and distribution of teaching materials for this purpose, and to provide the support necessary to enable the Subcommittee to provide advice and assistance to States parties to the Optional Protocol; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2017, para. 42 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls upon all States to cooperate with and assist the Special Rapporteur in the performance of his tasks, to supply all necessary information requested by him, to fully and expeditiously respond to and follow up on his urgent appeals, to give serious consideration to responding favourably to requests by him to visit their countries and to enter into a constructive dialogue with him 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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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2017, para. 8 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing the importance of the implementation of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, which makes a significant contribution to the prevention and prohibition of torture, including by prohibiting secret places of detention and by ensuring legal and procedural safeguards for persons deprived of their liberty, and encouraging all States that have not done so to consider signing, ratifying or acceding to the Convention, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2017, para. 9 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Taking note of the launching of the Alliance for Torture-Free Trade, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2017, para. 45 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizes the global need for international assistance to victims of torture, stresses the importance of the work of the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture, appeals to all States and organizations to contribute annually to the Fund, preferably with a substantial increase in the level of contributions, and welcomes the establishment of and encourages contributions to the Special Fund established by the Optional Protocol to support the implementation of the recommendations made by the Subcommittee and of educational programmes by the national preventive mechanisms; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2017, para. 50 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Also decides to give its full consideration to the subject matter at its seventy-fourth session. | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2017, para. 33 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Urges States to ensure that appropriate rehabilitation services are promptly available to all victims without discrimination of any kind and without limitation in time, until the fullest rehabilitation possible has been achieved, and are provided either directly by the public health system or through the funding of private rehabilitation facilities, including those administered by civil society organizations, and to consider making rehabilitation services available to the immediate families or dependants of the victims and to persons who have suffered harm while intervening to assist victims in distress or to prevent victimization; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2017, para. 11 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalling general comment No. 15 (2002) of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on the right to water (articles 11 and 12 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) and the statement on the right to sanitation of the Committee of 19 November 2010, as well as the reports of the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2017, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Condemns all forms of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, including through intimidation, which are and shall remain prohibited at any time and in any place whatsoever and can thus never be justified, and calls upon all States to implement fully the absolute and non-derogable prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2017, para. 16 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reminds all States that prolonged incommunicado detention or detention in secret places can facilitate the perpetration of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and can in itself constitute a form of such treatment, and urges all States to respect the safeguards concerning the liberty, security and dignity of the person and to ensure that prolonged incommunicado detention and secret places of detention and interrogation are abolished; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2017, para. 26 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirms the need to strive for a comprehensive twin-track approach to food security and nutrition that consists of direct action to immediately tackle hunger for the most vulnerable and medium- and long-term sustainable agriculture, food security and nutrition and rural development programmes to eliminate the root causes of hunger and poverty, including through the progressive realization of the right to adequate food in the context of national food security; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2017, para. 17 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Emphasizes that conditions of detention must respect the dignity and human rights of persons deprived of their liberty, highlights the importance of reflecting on this in efforts to promote respect for and protection of the rights of persons deprived of their liberty, calls upon States to address and prevent detention conditions amounting to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, notes in this regard concerns about solitary confinement, and encourages States to take effective measures to address overcrowding in detention facilities, which may have an impact on the dignity and human rights of persons deprived of their liberty; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2017, para. 5 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalling further the definition of torture contained in article 1 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the obligation of States to abide strictly by the definition of torture contained in article 1, without prejudice to any international instrument or national legislation which contains or may contain provisions of wider application, and emphasizing the importance of properly interpreting and implementing the obligations of States with respect to torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2017, para. 24 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Stresses that an independent, competent domestic authority must promptly, effectively and impartially investigate all allegations of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, as well as wherever there is reasonable ground to believe that such an act has been committed, and that those who encourage, instigate, order, tolerate, acquiesce in, consent to or perpetrate such acts must be held responsible, brought to justice and punished in a manner commensurate with the severity of the offence, including the officials in charge of any place of detention or other place where persons are deprived of their liberty where the prohibited act is found to have been committed; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2017, para. 26 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Emphasizes that it is important for law enforcement officials to be able to play their role in safeguarding the right not to be subjected to torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and for States to ensure the proper functioning of the criminal justice system, in particular by taking effective measures to combat corruption, establish proper legal aid programmes and provide for the adequate selection, training and remuneration of law enforcement officials; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2017, para. 10 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Welcoming the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on antimicrobial resistance, held in New York on 21 September 2016, and its political declaration, as set out in resolution 71/3 of 5 October 2016, in which the Assembly reaffirmed the global action plan on antimicrobial resistance, developed by the World Health Organization in collaboration with, and subsequently adopted by, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Organization for Animal Health, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2017, para. 5 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Also emphasizes that States must take persistent, determined and effective measures to prevent and combat all acts of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, stresses that all acts of torture must be made offences under national criminal law punishable by appropriate penalties that take into account their grave nature, and calls upon States to prohibit under national law acts constituting cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2017, para. 22 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls upon States parties to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment to fulfil their obligation to submit for prosecution or extradite those alleged to have committed acts of torture, regardless of where such acts were committed, if the alleged offender is present in any territory under their jurisdiction, and encourages other States also to do so, bearing in mind the need to fight impunity; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2017, para. 4b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Calls upon States:] To ensure the progressive realization of the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation for all in a non-discriminatory manner while eliminating inequalities in access, including for individuals belonging to groups at risk and to marginalized groups, on the grounds of race, gender, age, disability, ethnicity, culture, religion and national or social origin or on any other grounds; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2017, para. 34 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Encourages countries to give due consideration to the dissemination, promotion and implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security, as well as the voluntary Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems, as endorsed by the Committee on World Food Security in 2012 and 2014, respectively; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2017, para. 20 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Urges States, as an important element in preventing and combating torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, to ensure that no authority or official orders, applies, permits or tolerates any sanction, reprisal, intimidation or other prejudice against any person, group or association, including persons deprived of their liberty, for contacting, seeking to contact or having been in contact with any national or international monitoring or preventive body active in the prevention and combating of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2017, para. 44 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Requests the Secretary-General to ensure, within the overall budgetary framework of the United Nations, the provision of adequate staff and facilities for the bodies and mechanisms involved in preventing and combating torture and assisting victims of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, including, in particular, the Committee, the Subcommittee and the Special Rapporteur, commensurate with the strong support expressed by Member States for preventing and combating torture and assisting victims of torture, in order to enable them to discharge their mandates in a comprehensive, sustained and effective manner, and taking fully into account the specific nature of their mandates; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2017, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Emphasizes that acts of torture or inhuman treatment are grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 1949, that acts of torture and cruel treatment in armed conflict are serious violations of international humanitarian law and in this regard constitute war crimes, that acts of torture can constitute crimes against humanity and that the perpetrators of all acts of torture must be prosecuted and punished, and in this regard notes the efforts of the International Criminal Court to end impunity by seeking to ensure accountability and punishment of perpetrators of such acts, in accordance with the Rome Statute, bearing in mind its principle of complementarity, and encourages States that have not yet done so to consider ratifying or acceding to the Rome Statute; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2017, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizes that the human right to safe drinking water entitles everyone, without discrimination, to have access to sufficient, safe, acceptable, physically accessible and affordable water for personal and domestic use, and that the human right to sanitation entitles everyone, without discrimination, to have physical and affordable access to sanitation, in all spheres of life, that is safe, hygienic, secure, socially and culturally acceptable and that provides privacy and ensures dignity, while reaffirming that both rights are components of the right to an adequate standard of living; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2017, para. 24 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Taking note with appreciation of the publications entitled The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2017: Building Resilience for Peace and Food Security, issued by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the World Health Organization, the International Fund for Agricultural Development and the United Nations Children’s Fund, and The State of Food and Agriculture 2017: Leveraging Food Systems for Inclusive Rural Transformation, issued by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2017, para. 25 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Remaining deeply concerned that, according to the most recent estimates of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the World Food Programme, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund, the number of chronically undernourished people in the world has increased to 815 million, from 777 million in 2015, and that global nutrition challenges are increasingly complex as multiple forms of malnutrition, including stunting, wasting, underweight, micronutrient deficiencies, overweight and obesity, may coexist within the same country or household, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2017, para. 13 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizes the need to increase the resilience and sustainability of food and agricultural production with regard to climate change in the context of the rising demand for crops, bearing in mind the importance of safeguarding food security and ending hunger and the particular vulnerabilities of food production systems to the adverse impacts of climate change, and encourages efforts at all levels to support climate-sensitive agricultural practices, including agroforestry, conservation agriculture, water management schemes, drought-and flood-resistant seeds and sustainable livestock management, and to establish and strengthen interfaces between scientists, decision makers, entrepreneurs and funders of science, technology and innovation, as well as measures to strengthen the resilience of those in vulnerable situations and of food systems, which can also have a wider positive impact, emphasizing adaptation to climate change as a major concern and objective for all farmers and food producers, especially small-scale producers; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2017, para. 30 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Stresses the need to continue to strengthen cooperation and coordination among the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the regional commissions and all other relevant entities of the United Nations system and other intergovernmental organizations, international financial institutions and international trade and economic institutions, including with the support of the Secretary-General’s High-level Task Force on Global Food and Nutrition Security in accordance with their respective mandates, in order to increase their effectiveness, as well as to strengthen cooperation with non?governmental organizations and the public and private sectors in promoting and strengthening efforts towards sustainable agriculture development, food security and nutrition; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2017, para. 21 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Deeply concerned that non-existent or inadequate sanitation facilities and serious deficiencies in water management and wastewater treatment can negatively affect water provision and sustainable access to safe drinking water and that, according to the United Nations World Water Development Report 2017, over 80 per cent of the world’s wastewater, and over 95 per cent in some of the least developed countries, is released into the environment without treatment, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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