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Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights 2016, para. 11 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Deeply concerned at the fact that migrant children and adolescents who are in vulnerable situations when attempting to cross international borders without the required travel documents may be exposed to serious human rights violations and abuses that can threaten their physical, emotional and psychological health and well-being, and may also be exposed to crimes and human rights abuses, including theft, kidnapping, extortion, physical abuse, smuggling and trafficking in persons, including forced labour, and sexual exploitation and abuse, during their journeys, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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Elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls 2013, para. 34pp | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [The Commission urges governments, at all levels[...] to take the following actions:] [Addressing structural and underlying causes and risk factors so as to prevent violence against women and girls]: Engage, educate, encourage and support men and boys to take responsibility for their behaviour, to ensure that men and adolescent boys take responsibility for their sexual and reproductive behaviour, and to refrain from all forms of discrimination and violence against women and girls; develop, invest in and implement policies, strategies and programmes, including comprehensive education programmes to increase their understanding of the harmful effects of violence and how it undermines gender equality and human dignity, promote respectful relationships, provide positive role models for gender equality and encourage men and boys to take an active part and become strategic partners and allies in the prevention and elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against women and girls; | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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Elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls 2013, para. 34aaa | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [The Commission urges governments, at all levels[...] to take the following actions:] [Addressing structural and underlying causes and risk factors so as to prevent violence against women and girls]: Condemn and take action to prevent violence against women and girls in health-care settings, including sexual harassment, humiliation and forced medical procedures, or those conducted without informed consent, and which may be irreversible, such as forced hysterectomy, forced caesarean section, forced sterilization, forced abortion, and forced use of contraceptives, especially for particularly vulnerable and disadvantaged women and girls, such as those living with HIV, women and girls with disabilities, indigenous and Afro-descendent women and girls, pregnant adolescents and young mothers, older women, and women and girls from national or ethnic minorities; | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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Elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls 2013, para. 34lll | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [The Commission urges governments, at all levels[...] to take the following actions:] [Strengthening multisectoral services, programmes and responses to violence against women and girls]: Expand the availability of health-care services, and in particular, strengthen maternal and reproductive health centres, as key entry points that provide support, referrals to services and protection to families, women and girls at risk of violence, especially sexual violence, and which provide support to adolescents in order to avoid early and unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections, through education, information and access to sexual and reproductive health-care services; | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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Intensification of efforts to prevent and eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls: domestic violence 2016, para. 15f | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Urges States to address structural and underlying causes and risk factors so as to prevent domestic violence, including by:] Committing themselves to accelerate efforts to scale up scientifically accurate age-appropriate comprehensive education that provides adolescent girls and boys and young women and men, in and out of school, consistent with their evolving capacities, with information on sexual and reproductive health, gender equality and women's empowerment, human rights, physical, psychological and pubertal development and power in relationships between women and men, to enable them to build self-esteem and informed decision-making, communication and risk reduction skills and develop respectful relationships, in full partnership with young people, parents, legal guardians, caregivers, educators and health-care providers, in order to end domestic violence; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Human rights in the administration of justice 2016, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Also takes note with appreciation of the reports of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the protection of human rights of juveniles deprived of their liberty, on access to justice for children and on the human rights implications of overincarceration and overcrowding and the joint report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children on prevention of and responses to violence against children within the juvenile justice system, submitted to the Human Rights Council; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Rights of the child 2016, para. 80 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Expresses its concern that migrant children, including adolescents, may be exposed to serious human rights violations and abuses at various points in their journey, which can threaten their physical, emotional and psychological well-being, in the countries of origin, transit and destination, and that many irregular migrant children and adolescents may not be aware of their rights and may be exposed to crimes and human rights abuses committed by, inter alia, transnational criminal organizations and common criminals and include theft, kidnapping, extortion, threats, trafficking in persons, forced labour, child labour, sexual abuse and exploitation, physical harm and death; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Migrant children and adolescents 2014, para. 5 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Concerned by the fact that migrant children, including adolescents, in particular those in an irregular situation, may be exposed to serious human rights violations and abuses at various points in their journey, which can threaten their physical, emotional and psychological well-being in the countries of origin, transit and destination, and that many irregular migrant children, including adolescents, may not be aware of their rights and may be exposed to crimes and human rights abuses committed by transnational criminal organizations and common criminals, including theft, kidnapping, extortion, threats, trafficking in persons, including forced labour, child labour, sexual abuse and exploitation, physical harm and death, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights 2015, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Concerned by the fact that migrant children and adolescents who find themselves in a vulnerable situation by attempting to cross international borders without the required travel documents may be exposed to serious human rights violations and abuses that can threaten their physical, emotional and psychological well-being, and may also be exposed to crimes and human rights abuses committed by transnational criminal organizations or gangs, including crimes such as theft, kidnapping, extortion, physical abuse, sale of persons and trafficking in persons, including forced labour, and sexual abuse and exploitation, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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The rights of the child 2002, para. IV.7 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls upon States to take all appropriate steps to combat the misuse of new information and communication technologies, including the Internet, for trafficking in children and for purposes of all forms of sexual exploitation and abuse, in particular the sale of children, child prostitution, child pornography, child sex tourism, acts of paedophilia and other forms of violence and abuse against children and adolescents, and notes that the use of such technologies can also contribute to preventing and eradicating such phenomena; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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The rights of the child 2002, para. IV.13 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Also calls upon States to identify best practices and to take all appropriate national, bilateral and multilateral measures, to allocate resources for the development of long-term policies, programmes and practices, to collect comprehensive and disaggregated gender-specific data and, while reaffirming the right of children, including adolescents, to express themselves freely, to facilitate the participation of child victims of sexual exploitation, taking into account their age and maturity, in the development of strategies to end the sale of children and their organs, sexual exploitation and abuse, including the use of children for pornography, prostitution and acts of paedophilia, and to combat existing markets; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Inter-American Convention on International Traffic in Minors 1994, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The following shall have competence in cases of crimes involving international traffic in minors:
a) the State Party where the wrongful conduct occurred;
b) the State Party that is the habitual residence of the minor;
c) the State Party in which the alleged offender is located if said offender has not been extradited.
d) the State Party in which the minor who is a victim of said traffic is located.
For the purposes of the preceding paragraph, the State Party that first conducted formal proceedings concerning the wrongful act shall have preference. | Organization of American States | Regional treaty |
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Human rights in the administration of justice (2013), para. 18 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Aware of the need for special vigilance with regard to the specific situation of children, juveniles and women in the administration of justice, in particular while they are deprived of their liberty, and their vulnerability to various forms of violence, abuse, injustice and humiliation, |
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United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (the Bangkok Rules) (2011), para. 175 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Juvenile female prisoners shall have access to age- and gender-specific programmes and services, such as counselling for sexual abuse or violence. They shall receive education on women’s health care and have regular access to gynaecologists, similar to adult female prisoners. |
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Assistance to unaccompanied refugee minors (2004), para. 05 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Mindful of the fact that the ultimate solution to the plight of unaccompanied minors is their return to and reunification with their families, |
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Assistance to unaccompanied refugee minors (1999), para. 20 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 9. Condemns all acts of exploitation of unaccompanied refugee minors, including their use as soldiers or human shields in armed conflict and their forced recruitment into military forces, and any other acts that endanger their safety and personal security; |
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Assistance to unaccompanied refugee minors (1999), para. 04 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Bearing in mind that unaccompanied refugee minors are among the most vulnerable refugees and the most at risk of neglect, violence, forced military recruitment, sexual assault and other abuses and therefore require special assistance and care, |
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Human rights in the administration of justice (2017), para. 22 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Aware of the need for special vigilance with regard to the specific situation of children, juveniles and women in the administration of justice, in particular while they are deprived of their liberty, and their vulnerability to various forms of violence, abuse, injustice and humiliation, |
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Rights of the child (2017), para. 117 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 80. Expresses its concern that migrant children, including adolescents, may be exposed to serious human rights violations and abuses at various points in their journey, which can threaten their physical, emotional and psychological well -being, in the countries of origin, transit and destination, and that many irregular migrant children and adolescents may not be aware of their rights and may be exposed to crimes and human rights abuses committed by, inter alia, transnational criminal organizations and common criminals and include theft, kidnapping, extortion, threats, trafficking in persons, forced labour, child labour, sexual abuse and exploitation, physical harm and death; |
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United Nations Model Strategies and Practical Measures on the Elimination of Violence against Children in the Field of Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (2015), para. 010 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Stressing that the right for all to have access to justice and the provision that child victims or witnesses of violence and children and juveniles in conflict with the law are entitled to the same legal guarantees and protection as are accorded to adults, including all fair trial guarantees, form an important basis for strengthening the rule of law through the administration of justice, |
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Assistance to unaccompanied refugee minors (1997), para. 17 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 7. Condemns all acts of exploitation of unaccompanied refugee minors, including their use as soldiers or human shields in armed conflict and their forced recruitment into military forces, and any other acts that endanger their safety and personal security; |
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Assistance to unaccompanied refugee minors (1996), para. 03 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Mindful of the fact that the ultimate solution to the plight of those unaccompanied minors is their return to and reunification with their families, |
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Assistance to unaccompanied refugee minors (1996), para. 12 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 5. Condemns all acts of exploitation of unaccompanied refugee minors, including their use as soldiers or human shields in armed conflict and their recruitment in military forces, and any other acts that endanger their safety and personal security; |
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Human rights in the administration of justice, in particular juvenile justice (2011), para. 17 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Aware of the need for special vigilance with regard to the specific situation of children, juveniles and women in the administration of justice, in particular while deprived of their liberty, and their vulnerability to violence, abuse, injustice and humiliation, |
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Rights of the child (2010), para. 35 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 17. Welcomes the Third World Congress against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 25 to 28 November 2008, and the Rio de Janeiro Declaration and Call for Action to Prevent and Stop Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents; |
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Assistance to unaccompanied refugee minors (1998), para. 18 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 8. Condemns all acts of exploitation of unaccompanied refugee minors, including their use as soldiers or human shields in armed conflict and their forced recruitment into military forces, and any other acts that endanger their safety and personal security; |
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Consequences of child, early and forced marriage (2019), para. 23 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Expressing concern that child, early and forced marriage is underrecognized and underreported, and often coincides with impunity and a lack of accountability and access to justice, particularly at the community level, and that the persistence of child, early and forced marriage, like other harmful practices, places women and girls at greater risk of being exposed to and encountering multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination and violence throughout their lives, including domestic and intimate partner violence, marital rape and sexual, physical and psychological violence, and reinforces the lower status of girls and adolescent girls in society, |
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Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights (2017), para. 15 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Expressing serious concern about the vulnerability of and risks faced by migrants in countries of transit and destination, in particular children, including adolescents, who are unaccompanied or separated from their families, who are forced to flee or decide to leave their homelands owing to multiple causes and who travel alone migratory routes, regardless of their migratory status, since they may be exposed to serious human rights violations and abuses that can threaten their physical, emotional and psychological well-being, and may also be exposed to crimes and human rights abuses committed by transnational criminal organizations or gangs, including crimes such as theft, kidnapping, extortion, physical abuse, the sale of and trafficking in persons, forced labour, and sexual abuse and exploitation, |
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Human rights in the administration of justice (2017), para. 27 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 2. Also takes note with appreciation of the reports of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the protection of human rights of juveniles deprived of their liberty, 20 on access to justice for children and on the human rights implications of overincarceration and overcrowding 22 and the joint report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children on prevention of and responses to violence against children within the juvenile justice system, 23 submitted to the Human Rights Council; |
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Thirteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (2016), para. 085 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | (d) To conduct further research on the links between urban crime and other manifestations of organized crime in some countries and regions, including crimes committed by gangs, as well as to exchange experiences in and information on effective crime prevention and criminal justice programmes and policies among Member States and with relevant international and regional organizations, in order to address through innovative approaches the impact of urban crime and gang- related violence on specific populations and places, fostering social inclusion and employment opportunities and aiming at facilitating social reintegration of adolescents and young adults; |
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