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Protocol to Prevent, Suppress, and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the UN Convention against Transnational Crime 2000, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 4. States Parties shall take or strengthen measures, including through bilateral or multilateral cooperation, to alleviate the factors that make persons, especially women and children, vulnerable to trafficking, such as poverty, underdevelopment and lack of equal opportunity. | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 2000 | ||
CRC - OPSC - Optional Protocol to the CRC on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography 2000, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 3. States Parties shall promote the strengthening of international cooperation in order to address the root causes, such as poverty and underdevelopment, contributing to the vulnerability of children to the sale of children, child prostitution, child pornography and child sex tourism. | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 2000 | ||
Report on expert consultation on access to medicines 2011, para. 44 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health encompasses access to medical services and the underlying determinants of health, such as water, sanitation, non-discrimination and equality. As access to medicines is an integral and fundamental part of the right to health, Governments and the international community as a whole have a responsibility to provide access to medicines for all. Yet massive inequalities remain in access to medicines around the world, as up to 2 billion people (or one third of the world's population) lack access to essential medicines. Most of them live in low- and middle-income countries, where the needs of persons living in poverty, women, children and undocumented migrants, as well as other marginalized and vulnerable groups who are often discriminated against in terms of access to medicines, are ignored or underestimated. | Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health | Special Procedures' report |
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| 2011 | ||
Unpaid care work and women's human rights 2013, para. 107 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Care users, caregivers and other stakeholders should be proactively supported to participate in the design, implementation and monitoring of care services and other relevant policies. States and other relevant branches of Government must build the capacity of unpaid caregivers to participate in decision-making processes, including by providing them with accessible, up-to-date information about their rights, and services and benefits available to them. Participatory mechanisms must be designed to be accessible to women living in poverty with unpaid care responsibilities, for example by providing on-site childcare at meetings. | Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights | Special Procedures' report |
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| 2013 | ||
Report on the Post-2015 Education Agenda 2013, para. 120 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Poverty is the greatest obstacle to the enjoyment of the right to education as well as the right to development, and its elimination is an overriding development concern. A universal goal to eliminate poverty should be intertwined with a universal goal on education, in consideration of the key importance of the right to education as a powerful lever in the elimination of the intergenerational transmission of poverty. An implementation strategy should provide permanent support in the form of grants and bursaries to the children who remain deprived of education, in particular children who are victims of extreme poverty. | Special Rapporteur on the right to education | Special Procedures' report |
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| 2013 | ||
Unpaid care work and women's human rights 2013, para. 98 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | In particular, quality and affordable care services for carers and parents can have a major positive impact on the human rights of both caregivers and receivers. Investment in childcare, elder care and disability support should therefore be increased, prioritizing disadvantaged and underserved areas. The services should be affordable, and provided free to those who cannot afford to pay. In particular, all women should have economic and physical access to high-quality, culturally appropriate childcare for children under school age, including children with disabilities. As well as having a major positive impact on women's right to work, quality early childhood education accessible to people living in poverty has many proven benefits for children and society as a whole. Innovative approaches such as mobile crèches should be considered in order to reach communities living in poverty. | Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights | Special Procedures' report |
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| 2013 | ||
Vulnerabilities of children to sale, trafficking and other forms of exploitation in situations of
conflict and humanitarian crisis 2017, para. 85f | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [In terms of prevention and the promotion of rights, States, in cooperation with United Nations agencies and programmes, international organizations, host countries and civil society organizations, should:] Address factors that increase the root causes of vulnerabilities of children to sale, trafficking and other forms of exploitation in the context of conflict and humanitarian crisis by adopting and implementing strategies that tackle, among other factors, inequality, poverty and all forms of discrimination, including in the context of the strategies for implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. | Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women | Special Procedures' report |
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| 2017 | ||
Racial discrimination against people of African descent 2011, para. 25 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Formulates the following recommendations addressed to States parties:] Recognizing the particular vulnerability of children of African descent, which may lead to the transmission of poverty from generation to generation, and the inequality affecting people of African descent, adopt special measures to ensure equality in the exercise of their rights, in particular corresponding to the areas that most affect the lives of children. | Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination | General Comment / Recommendation |
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| 2011 | ||
Thematic discussion on structural discrimination against people of African descent 2010, para. 122 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The Working Group stresses the need to address the overrepresentation of people of African descent who are subject to the criminal justice system, including mental institutions and the child welfare system, as well as double standards in sentencing. The Working Group notes the prevalence of structural discrimination, severely affecting persons of African descent, at all stages and levels of the administration of justice, including, inter alia, legislation, law enforcement, courts and tribunals. This has far-reaching consequences in terms of poverty, education and employment and undermines the fundamental democratic principles of political participation. | Working Group of experts on people of African descent | Special Procedures' report |
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| 2010 | ||
Unpaid care work and women's human rights 2013, para. 86 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | All policies and programmes across all sectors should challenge gender stereotypes related to unpaid care work and promote its more equal distribution. For example, any financial support to carers should be paid to the primary caregiver regardless of sex, biological relationship to the care receiver or the form of the household or family. Similarly, social assistance programmes must be designed taking into account the intense unpaid care responsibilities of women living in poverty. Thus, collecting payments, or meeting co responsibilities, such as ensuring a child's attendance at school, must not significantly increase the already heavy workloads of women, and programmes must not reinforce the maternal/caring roles of women without involving men. | Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights | Special Procedures' report |
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| 2013 | ||
SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 109 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Violence does not take place in a vacuum. Important factors, such as poverty, environmental degradation and organized crime, addressed in section IV above, aggravate the risk of child neglect, maltreatment and abuse. Conversely, the protection of children from violence contributes to social progress and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. As the international community considers the global development agenda for beyond 2015, it is critical to address violence as a priority and a cross-cutting concern, recognizing the centrality of the human dignity of the child, securing the protection of the most disadvantaged and safeguarding children's right to freedom from violence. | Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children | SRSG report |
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| 2012 | ||
SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 122 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Violence does not take place in a vacuum. Important factors, such as poverty, environmental degradation and organized crime aggravate the risk of child neglect, maltreatment and abuse. Conversely, the protection of children from violence contributes to social progress and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. As the international community considers the global development agenda for beyond 2015, it is critical to address violence as a priority and a cross-cutting concern, recognizing the centrality of the human dignity of the child, securing the protection of the most disadvantaged and safeguarding children's right to freedom from violence. | Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children | SRSG report |
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| 2013 | ||
Child slavery in the artisanal mining and quarrying sector 2011, para. 101 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Poverty reduction programmes, such as cash transfer programmes, should be expanded with a specific focus on geographical areas where artisanal mining and quarrying occurs. These programmes should benefit only those whose children attend school and gain regular medical care. This would help improve their well-being. | Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences | Special Procedures' report |
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| 2011 | ||
Discussion on "Recognition through Education, Cultural Rights and Data Collection" 2013, para. 60 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | In some countries, as a consequence of poverty or extreme poverty, the ripple effects of widespread child labour, low nutrition levels and poor health, further prevent children of African descent from gaining access to education. | Working Group of experts on people of African descent | Special Procedures' report |
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| 2013 | ||
Right to health in early childhood - Right to survival and development 2015, para. 112k | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [In this connection, the Special Rapporteur urges Governments:] To eliminate institutional care for children during the first five years of life and promote investments in community-based services for families at risk, including for families living in poverty and those with young children with developmental and other disabilities; | Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health | Special Procedures' report |
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| 2015 | ||
Homelessness as a global human rights crisis that demands an urgent global response 2016, para. 87 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Homelessness disproportionately affects particular groups, including women, young people, children, indigenous peoples, people with disabilities, migrants and refugees, the working poor, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, each in different ways, but with common structural causes. These include: (a) the retreat by all levels of government from social protection and social housing and the privatization of services, infrastructure, housing and public space; (b) the abandonment of the social function of land and housing; (c) the failure to address growing inequalities in income, wealth and access to land and property; (d) the adoption of fiscal and development policies that support deregulation and real estate speculation and prevent the development of affordable housing options; and (e), in the face of urbanization, the marginalization and mistreatment of those who are most precariously housed in informal settlements, living in temporary overcrowded structures, without access to water, sanitation or other basic services and living under the constant threat of eviction. | Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living | Special Procedures' report |
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| 2016 | ||
Unpaid care work and women's human rights 2013, para. 85 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Fiscal and macroeconomic policies are no exception. In order to better uphold the human rights of women caregivers living in poverty, States should, inter alia, design tax systems to proactively promote an equal sharing of both paid and unpaid work between women and men, and implement food and fuel price stabilization policies. Especially given the effects of unpaid care on productivity and the labour force, States should analyse and design macroeconomic policy taking into account unpaid care. Expenditure cuts must not be made in ways that add to the amount of unpaid work that women have to do in families and communities. Similarly, employment creation programmes must not ignore the reality of unpaid care work, as the long-term effects of precarious work, and care deficits to children, ill or elderly persons may far outweigh the short-term gains in income for individuals or countries. | Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights | Special Procedures' report |
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| 2013 | ||
Gender equality in the realization of the human rights to water and sanitation 2016, para. 75 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Safe, adequate and affordable access to water, sanitation and hygiene, as well as the promotion of women's empowerment, can serve as an entry point to ensure that women and girls can enjoy their right to have and make choices, their right to have access to opportunities and resources, and their right to control their own lives, both inside and outside the home. Gender equality in respect of the human rights to water and sanitation will not only empower women individually but will also help women overcome poverty and empower their children, families and communities. | Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation | Special Procedures' report |
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| 2016 | ||
Penalization of people living in poverty 2011, para. 82e | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [In this context, the Special Rapporteur wishes to present the following recommendations:] Access to legal representation is of utmost importance and underpins all forms of penalization of persons living in poverty. States shall ensure quality legal aid for the poorest segments of society, not only for criminal proceedings but also with respect to issues which are particularly relevant for persons living in poverty, such as social benefit appeals, eviction and child protection procedures; | Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights | Special Procedures' report |
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| 2011 | ||
The right to participation of people living in poverty 2013, para. 86b (i) | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [In order to comply with their human rights obligations regarding the right to participation, the Special Rapporteur recommends States undertake the following actions:] Resources: Allocate sufficient resources to support the participation of people living in poverty in any decision-making process that affects their rights, including earmarked funds to compensate participants for opportunity costs such as travel and to provide on-site childcare. | Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights | Special Procedures' report |
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| 2013 | ||
Report of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent on its nineteenth and twentieth sessions 2017, para. 59 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Education is one of the most powerful and proven vehicles for sustainable development. It is a mechanism through which economically and socially marginalized peoples, including people of African descent, can lift themselves out of poverty. It plays a vital role in empowering women, safeguarding children from exploitation, promoting human rights and democracy, protecting the environment, and fostering tolerance and respect between people. | Working Group of experts on people of African descent | Special Procedures' report |
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| 2017 | ||
Sustainable Development Summit: Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 2015, para. 23 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | People who are vulnerable must be empowered. Those whose needs are reflected in the Agenda include all children, youth, persons with disabilities (of whom more than 80 per cent live in poverty), people living with HIV/AIDS, older persons, indigenous peoples, refugees and internally displaced persons and migrants. We resolve to take further effective measures and actions, in conformity with international law, to remove obstacles and constraints, strengthen support and meet the special needs of people living in areas affected by complex humanitarian emergencies and in areas affected by terrorism. | United Nations General Assembly | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 2015 | ||
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Also recognize that this situation is exacerbated by the increasing poverty that is affecting the lives of the majority of the world's people, in particular women and children, with origins in both the national and international domains, | Fourth World Conference on Women | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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Sustainable Development Summit: Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 2015, para. 23 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | People who are vulnerable must be empowered. Those whose needs are reflected in the Agenda include all children, youth, persons with disabilities (of whom more than 80 per cent live in poverty), people living with HIV/AIDS, older persons, indigenous peoples, refugees and internally displaced persons and migrants. We resolve to take further effective measures and actions, in conformity with international law, to remove obstacles and constraints, strengthen support and meet the special needs of people living in areas affected by complex humanitarian emergencies and in areas affected by terrorism. | United Nations General Assembly | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 2015 | ||
Sustainable Development Summit: Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 2015, para. 1.2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | By 2030, reduce at least by half the proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to national definitions | United Nations General Assembly | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 2015 | ||
Sustainable Development Summit: Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 2015, para. 1.2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | By 2030, reduce at least by half the proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to national definitions | United Nations General Assembly | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 2015 | ||
The rights of the child 2005, para. 20 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Also calls upon States to take the necessary measures to ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by children with disabilities in both the public and the private spheres, including access to good quality education and health care and protection from violence, abuse and neglect, and to develop and, where it already exists, to enforce legislation to prohibit discrimination against them in order to ensure their inherent dignity, promote their self-reliance and facilitate their active participation and integration in the community, taking into account the particularly difficult situation of children with disabilities living in poverty; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2005 | ||
Realizing the Millennium Development Goals for persons with disabilities towards 2015 and beyond 2010, para. 9 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls upon Governments to enable persons with disabilities to participate as agents and beneficiaries of development, in particular in all efforts aimed at achieving the Millennium Development Goals, by ensuring that programmes and policies, namely on eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, achieving universal primary education, promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women, reducing child mortality, improving maternal health, combating HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases, ensuring environmental sustainability and developing a global partnership for development, are inclusive of and accessible to persons with disabilities; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2010 | ||
The rights of the child 2012, para. 44e | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Calls upon all States to include, within the overall context of policies and programmes for the realization of the rights of the child, for all children within their jurisdiction, the relevant provisions for the realization of these rights for indigenous children, in particular:] To strengthen efforts towards poverty eradication and to adopt, implement and/or strengthen, in coordination with indigenous peoples, appropriate policies aimed at ensuring the right to an adequate standard of living for indigenous children and their families, along with equal access to quality and affordable services, especially health, nutrition, education, welfare, social protection, safe drinking water and sanitation and other services that are essential for the child's well-being and, in this regard, to pay particular attention to the most vulnerable children and to those living under especially difficult circumstances; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2012 | ||
Policies and programmes involving youth 2013, para. 11 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reiterates that the eradication of poverty, hunger and malnutrition, particularly as they affect children and youth, is crucial for accelerating progress towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals by 2015, recalls the commitment to eradicate poverty and promote sustained economic growth, sustainable development and global prosperity for all, including the strengthening of international cooperation through the fulfilment of all official development assistance commitments and the transfer of appropriate technology and capacity-building with regard to youth, and the need for urgent action on all sides, including more ambitious national development strategies and efforts backed by increased international support, and calls for the increased participation of youth and youth-led organizations in the development of such national development strategies; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2013 |