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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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Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa 2003, para. 2k | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 2. States Parties shall take appropriate and effective measures to: k) ensure that women and men enjoy equal rights in terms of access to refugee status, determination procedures and that women refugees are accorded the full protection and benefits guaranteed under international refugee law, including their own identity and other documents; | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2003 | ||
African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (Kampala Convention) 2009, para. 5f | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Members of armed groups shall be prohibited from: f. Forcibly recruiting persons, kidnapping, abduction or hostage taking, engaging in sexual slavery and trafficking in persons especially women and children; | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2009 | ||
African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (Kampala Convention) 2009, para. p | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | For the purpose of the present Convention: p. "Women" mean persons of the female gender, including girls; | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2009 | ||
African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (Kampala Convention) 2009, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Women and men as well as separated and unaccompanied children shall have equal rights to obtain such necessary identity documents and shall have the right to have such documentation issued in their own names. | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2009 | ||
African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (Kampala Convention) 2009, para. 2d | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | States Parties shall: d. Take special measures to protect and provide for the reproductive and sexual health of internally displaced women as well as appropriate psycho-social support for victims of sexual and other related abuses; | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2009 | ||
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa 2003, para. 2c | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 2. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to ensure the increased participation of women: c) in the local, national, regional, continental and international decision making structures to ensure physical, psychological, social and legal protection of asylum seekers, refugees, returnees and displaced persons, in particular women; | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2003 | ||
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa 2003, para. 2d | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 2. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to ensure the increased participation of women: d) in all levels of the structures established for the management of camps and settlements for asylum seekers, refugees, returnees and displaced persons, in particular, women; | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2003 | ||
Assessment of the status of implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development 2014, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls upon States to promote and protect effectively the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all migrants, regardless of their migration status, especially those of women and children, and to address international migration through international, regional or bilateral cooperation and dialogue and through a comprehensive and balanced approach, recognizing the roles and responsibilities of countries of origin, transit and destination in promoting and protecting the human rights of all migrants, and avoiding approaches that might aggravate their vulnerability; | Commission on Population and Development | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 2014 | ||
Assessment of the status of implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development 2014, para. 13 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Acknowledging also the important link between migration and development, and recognizing that migration brings both opportunities and challenges to countries of origin, transit and destination, to migrants and to the global community, and recognizing also the responsibility of States to promote and protect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all migrants effectively, regardless of their migration status, especially that of women and children, | Commission on Population and Development | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 2014 | ||
Violence against women migrant workers 1994, para. 10 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Requests the Secretary-General to see to the development of concrete indicators to determine the situation of women migrant workers in sending and receiving countries as a basis for future action; | Commission on the Status of Women | Resolution |
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| 1994 | ||
Violence against women migrant workers 1995, para. 14 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Stressing that acts of violence directed against women impair or nullify women's enjoyment of their human rights and fundamental freedoms, | Commission on the Status of Women | Resolution |
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| 1995 | ||
Integration of displaced rural women into development processes 1995, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Urges Governments to promote, as a matter of priority, rural development projects with a gender perspective; | Commission on the Status of Women | Resolution |
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| 1995 | ||
Violence against women migrant workers 1997, para. 9 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Noting the measures adopted by some receiving States to alleviate the plight of women migrant workers residing within their areas of jurisdiction, | Commission on the Status of Women | Resolution |
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| 1997 | ||
Violence against women migrant workers 1998, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing the importance of continued cooperation at the bilateral, regional and international levels in protecting and promoting the rights and welfare of women migrant workers, | Commission on the Status of Women | Resolution |
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| 1998 | ||
Women and armed conflict 1998, para. k | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Actions to be taken by Governments and international organizations:] Encourage rehabilitation centres to ensure that the knowledge and professions of displaced and refugee people are utilized; | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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| 1998 | ||
Women and armed conflict 1998, para. e | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Actions to be taken by Governments and international organizations:] Ensure the physical safety and security of all refugee women and girls and those internally displaced by, inter alia, adequately providing for and increasing their access to the right of return to their country or place of origin, and the participation of women in the committees responsible for the management of the camp(s), and ensure that camps are designed in accordance with the 1995 Guidelines on the Protection of Refugee Women27 of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; and arrange for gender-sensitive legal, social and medical services in camps, and for the talents and capabilities of refugee and displaced women and girls to be fully integrated in the development and implementation of these programmes while they are in these camps; | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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| 1998 | ||
Gender and all forms of discrimination, in particular racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance 2001, para. 1g | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Actions to be taken by Governments, the United Nations and civil society, as appropriate]: The Platform for Action recognized that women face barriers to full equality and advancement because of such factors as their race, age, language, ethnicity, culture, religion or disability, because they are indigenous women or of other status. Many women encounter specific obstacles related to their family status, particularly as single parents, and their socio-economic status, including their living conditions in rural, isolated or impoverished areas. Additional barriers also exist for refugee women, other displaced women, including internally displaced women, as well as for immigrant women and migrant women, including women migrant workers. Many women are also particularly affected by environmental disasters, serious and infectious diseases and various forms of violence against women; | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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| 2001 | ||
Enhanced participation of women in development: an enabling environment for achieving gender equality and the advancement of women, taking into account, inter alia, the fields of education, health and work 2006, para. 7k | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [The Commission urged Governments […] to take the following actions:] Eliminate all forms of discrimination, sexual exploitation and violence against female refugees, asylum-seekers and internally displaced persons and promote their active involvement in decisions affecting their lives and communities, while recalling the relevant norms of international human rights law, international humanitarian law and international refugee law; | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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| 2006 | ||
Elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child 2007, para. 14.10.b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [The Commission [...] urges Governments [...] to:] [14.10. Trafficking] (b) Strengthen and improve international cooperation and coordination, including regional efforts in the fight against trafficking in persons, especially women and girls, in order to prevent trafficking; protect, assist, rehabilitate and reintegrate victims; and prosecute and punish offenders in accordance with due process of law on the basis of the principles of shared responsibility, respect for human rights and the active cooperation of countries of origin, transit and destination and other relevant actors thereto; | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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| 2007 | ||
Violence against women migrant workers 1998, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Encourages concerned Governments, particularly of sending and receiving countries, to avail themselves of the expertise of the United Nations, including the United Nations Statistics Division and other relevant bodies such as the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women, to develop appropriate national data-collection methodologies that will generate comparable data on violence against women migrant workers as bases for research and analyses on the subject; | Commission on the Status of Women | Resolution |
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| 1998 | ||
Violence against women migrant workers 1994, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirming the principles set forth in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, adopted by the General Assembly in its resolution 34/180 of 18 December 1979, | Commission on the Status of Women | Resolution |
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| 1994 | ||
Violence against women migrant workers 1994, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Encourages Member States to consider signing and ratifying or acceding to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families; | Commission on the Status of Women | Resolution |
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| 1994 | ||
Violence against women migrant workers 1994, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalling General Assembly resolutions 47/96 of 16 December 1992 and 48/110 of 20 December 1993 on violence against women migrant workers, | Commission on the Status of Women | Resolution |
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| 1994 | ||
Violence against women migrant workers 1994, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirming the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights, held at Vienna from 14 to 25 June 1993, | Commission on the Status of Women | Resolution |
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| 1994 | ||
Violence against women migrant workers 1995, para. 15 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Convinced of the need to eliminate all forms of discrimination against women and the need to protect them from gender-based violence, | Commission on the Status of Women | Resolution |
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| 1995 | ||
Violence against women migrant workers 1996, para. 9 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Welcomes the scheduled holding from 27 to 31 May 1996 of a United Nations expert group meeting on the issue of violence against women migrant workers, with the participation of the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on violence against women, pursuant to General Assembly resolution 50/168, to submit recommendations for improving coordination of the various efforts of United Nations organizations on the issue of violence against women migrant workers, and to develop concrete indicators as a basis for determining the situation of women migrant workers, for submission, through normal channels, to the General Assembly at its fifty-first session. | Commission on the Status of Women | Resolution |
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| 1996 | ||
Traffic in women and girls 1997, para. 5 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalling the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, which, inter alia, called upon Governments of both receiving countries and countries of origin to adopt effective sanctions against those who organize undocumented migration, exploit undocumented migrants or engage in trafficking in undocumented migrants, especially those who engage in any form of international traffic in women, youth and children, and called for Governments of countries of origin, where the activities of agents or other intermediaries in the migration process are legal, to regulate such activities in order to prevent abuses, especially exploitation, prostitution and coercive adoption, | Commission on the Status of Women | Resolution |
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| 1997 | ||
Integration of displaced rural women into development processes 1995, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Bearing in mind the conclusions of the Summit on the Economic Advancement of Rural Women, held at Geneva in 1992, | Commission on the Status of Women | Resolution |
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| 1995 | ||
Violence against women migrant workers 1997, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Bearing in mind the Charter of the United Nations, which reaffirms faith in human rights and fundamental freedoms, in the dignity and worth of the human person, and in the equal rights of women and men, | Commission on the Status of Women | Resolution |
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| 1997 | ||
Traffic in women and girls 1997, para. 2d | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Calls for the acceleration of the implementation of the Platform for Action of the Fourth World Conference on Women by Governments of countries of origin, transit and destination and regional and international organizations as appropriate by:] (d) Allocating resources to provide comprehensive programmes designed to heal and rehabilitate into society victims of trafficking, including through job training and the provisions of legal assistance and confidential health care, as well as by taking measures to cooperate with non-governmental organizations to provide for the social, medical and psychological care of the victims of trafficking; | Commission on the Status of Women | Resolution |
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