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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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African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1a | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 1. States Parties acknowledge the need to eliminate discrimination against girls and young women according to obligations stipulated in various international, regional and national human rights conventions and instruments designed to protect and promote women's rights. In this regard, they shall: a) Introduce legislative measures that eliminate all forms of discrimination against girls and young women and ensure their human rights and fundamental freedoms; | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2006 | ||
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa 2003, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | FIRMLY CONVINCED that any practice that hinders or endangers the normal growth and affects the physical and psychological development of women and girls should be condemned and eliminated; | 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. k | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | For the purpose of the present Protocol: k) “Women” means persons of female gender, including girls; | 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. 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 Youth Charter 2006, para. g | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | BEARING IN MIND the international Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (1979) and the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights relating to the Rights of Women in Africa (2003) and the progress achieved in eliminating gender discrimination, but ever cognisant of the obstacles that still prevent girls and women from fully participating in African society; | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2006 | ||
Women and peace and security 2009, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalling the resolve expressed in the 2005 United Nations General Assembly World Summit Outcome Document (A/RES/60/1) to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls, the obligations of States Parties to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and the Optional Protocol thereto, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Optional Protocols thereto, recalling also the commitments contained in the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action as well as those contained in the outcome document of the twenty-third Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly entitled “Women 2000: Gender Equality, Development and Peace for the Twenty-First Century” (A/S-23/10/Rev.1), in particular those concerning women and armed conflict, | United Nations Security Council | Resolution |
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| 2009 | ||
Women and peace and security 2013, para. 12 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls upon Member States to comply with their relevant obligations to end to impunity and to thoroughly investigate and prosecute persons responsible for war crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity or other serious violations of international humanitarian law; and further notes that the fight against impunity for the most serious crimes of international concern against women and girls has been strengthened through the work of the International Criminal Court, ad hoc and mixed tribunals, as well as specialized chambers in national tribunals; | United Nations Security Council | Resolution |
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| 2013 | ||
Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence 2011, para. f | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | For the purpose of this Convention:
(f) “women” includes girls under the age of 18. | Council of Europe | Regional treaty |
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| 2011 | ||
Women and peace and security 2000, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirming also the need to implement fully international humanitarian and human rights law that protects the rights of women and girls during and after conflicts, | United Nations Security Council | Resolution |
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| 2000 | ||
Children and armed conflict 2015, para. 13 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Gravely concerned by the human rights abuses and violations of international humanitarian law committed by non-state armed groups, in particular violent extremist groups, including mass abductions, rape and other forms of sexual violence such as sexual slavery, particularly targeting girls, which can cause displacement and affect access to education and healthcare services, and emphasizing the importance of accountability for such abuses and violations, | United Nations Security Council | Resolution |
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| 2015 | ||
Women and peace and security 2000, para. 8c | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Calls on all actors involved, when negotiating and implementing peace agreements, to adopt a gender perspective, including, inter alia:] Measures that ensure the protection of and respect for human rights of women and girls, particularly as they relate to the constitution, the electoral system, the police and the judiciary; | United Nations Security Council | Resolution |
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| 2000 | ||
CRPD - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2006, para. q | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | (q) Recognizing that women and girls with disabilities are often at greater risk, both within and outside the of violence, injury or abuse, neglect or negligent treatment, maltreatment or exploitation, | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 2006 | ||
Women and peace and security 2015, para. 5c | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Recognizes the ongoing need for greater integration of resolution 1325 (2000) in its own work in alignment with resolution 2122 (2013), including the need to address challenges linked to the provision of specific information and recommendations on the gender dimensions of situations on the Council’s agenda, to inform and help strengthen the Council’s decisions, and therefore in addition to elements set out in resolution 2122 (2013), and in accordance with established practice and procedure:] Expresses its intention to invite civil society, including women’s organizations, to brief the Council in country-specific considerations and relevant thematic areas, as well as the Under-Secretary-General/Executive Director of UN-Women and the Under-Secretary-General/Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict to brief more regularly on country situations and relevant thematic areas of work on its agenda including on matters of urgency for women and girls in conflict and crisis; | United Nations Security Council | Resolution |
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| 2015 | ||
European Social Charter (Revised) 1996, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | With a view to ensuring the effective exercise of the right to vocational training, the Parties undertake:
2. to provide or promote a system of apprenticeship and other systematic arrangements for training young boys and girls in their various employments; | Council of Europe | Regional treaty |
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Women and peace and security 2000, para. 9 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls upon all parties to armed conflict to respect fully international law applicable to the rights and protection of women and girls, especially as civilians, in particular the obligations applicable to them under the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and the Additional Protocols thereto of 1977, the Refugee Convention of 1951 and the Protocol thereto of 1967, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women of 1979 and the Optional Protocol thereto of 1999 and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child of 1989 and the two Optional Protocols thereto of 25 May 2000, and to bear in mind the relevant provisions of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court; | United Nations Security Council | Resolution |
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| 2000 | ||
Women and peace and security 2009, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reiterates its call for all parties in armed conflicts to respect fully international law applicable to the rights and protection of women and girls; | United Nations Security Council | Resolution |
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| 2009 | ||
Traffic in women and girls 1996, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Welcomes the convening of the World Congress against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children at Stockholm from 27 to 31 August 1996; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 1996 | ||
Traffic in women and girls 1996, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalling also all previous resolutions on the problem of the traffic in women and girls, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 1996 | ||
Traffic in women and girls 1996, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Affirming the provisions of the outcome of the World Conference on Human Rights, held at Vienna from 14 to 25 June 1993, the International Conference on Population and Development, held at Cairo from 5 to 13 September 1994, the World Summit for Social Development, held at Copenhagen from 6 to 12 March 1995, the Fourth World Conference on Women, held at Beijing from 4 to 15 September 1995, and the Ninth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, held at Cairo from 29 April to 8 May 1995, pertaining to the traffic in women and children, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 1996 | ||
The girl child 1997, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Urges all States to take all necessary measures and to institute legal reforms to ensure the full and equal enjoyment by the girl child of all human rights and fundamental freedoms and to take effective action against violations of those rights and freedoms; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 1997 | ||
Traffic in women and girls 1997, para. 3d | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Also welcomes actions undertaken by Governments to implement the provisions on trafficking in women and girls contained in the Platform for Action of the Fourth World Conference on Women and the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights, and calls upon Governments, particularly those of countries of origin, transit and destination, as well as regional and international organizations, as appropriate, to undertake immediate action or to strengthen efforts in their implementation by:] Allocating resources to provide comprehensive programmes designed to heal and rehabilitate into society victims of trafficking, including through job training, legal assistance and confidential health care, and by taking measures to cooperate with non-governmental organizations to provide for the social, medical and psychological care of the victims of trafficking; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 1997 | ||
The girl child 1998, para. 19 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Requests the Commission on Human Rights to pay particular attention to the human rights of the girl child; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 1998 | ||
Traffic in women and girls 1998, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalling the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 1998 | ||
Traffic in women and girls 1998, para. 19 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Invites the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on violence against women, its causes and consequences, the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography and the Working Group on Contemporary Forms of Slavery of the Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities to continue to address, within their respective mandates, the problem of trafficking in women and girls as a priority concern and to recommend, in their reports, measures to combat such phenomena; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 1998 | ||
The girl child 2000, para. 21 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Welcomes the convening of the Second World Congress against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children at Yokohama, Japan, from 17 to 20 December 2001, and invites Member States and observers to participate in the Congress; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2000 | ||
The girl child 2000, para. 22 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Encourages the regional commissions and other regional organizations to carry out activities in support of the preparations for the Second World Congress; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2000 | ||
The girl child 2000, para. 9 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirming further the Dakar Framework for Action adopted at the World Education Forum, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2000 | ||
The girl child 2001, para. 9 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Urges all States to fulfil their obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, as well as the commitment to implement the Beijing Platform for Action; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2001 | ||
Traditional or customary practices affecting the health of women and girls 2001, para. 3a | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Calls upon all States:] To ratify or accede to, if they have not yet done so, the relevant human rights treaties, in particular the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, to consider signing and ratifying or acceding to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and to respect and implement fully their obligations under any such treaties to which they are parties; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2001 | ||
The right to development 2001, para. 17 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Affirms in this context that attention should also be given to the right to development of children, with special attention to the rights of the girl child; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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