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International cooperation against the world drug problem (2005), para. 08 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Concerned by the increase in the abuse of illicit drugs among children, including adolescents, and young people, |
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International cooperation against the world drug problem (2006), para. 35 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 11. Urges States to renew their efforts, at the national, regional and international levels, to implement the comprehensive measures covered in the Action Plan against Illicit Manufacture, Trafficking and Abuse of Amphetamine- type Stimulants and Their Precursors, 16 to make special efforts to counter the abuse and recreational use of amphetamine-type stimulants, especially by young people, and to disseminate information on the adverse health, social and economic consequences of such abuse; |
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Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia andrelated intolerance (2015), para. 23 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 14. Stresses that the practices described above do injustice to the memory of the countless victims of crimes against humanity committed in the Second World War, in particular those committed by the SS organization and by those who fought against the anti-Hitler coalition and collaborated with the Nazi movement, and may negatively influence children and young people, and that failure by States to effectively address such practices is incompatible with the obligations of States Members of the United Nations under its Charter, including those related to the purposes and principles of the Organization; |
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Twelfth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (2011), para. 68 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 31. We call upon civil society, including the media, to support the efforts to protect children and youth from exposure to content that may exacerbate violence and crime, particularly content depicting and glorifying acts of violence against women and children. |
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International cooperation against the world drug problem (2015), para. 13 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Recognizing the importance of preventing and addressing drug-related youth crime, considering its impact on the social and economic development of societies, and supporting the rehabilitation and treatment of young offenders and their reintegration into society, |
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A world against violence and violent extremism (2015), para. 30 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 13. Encourages Member States to increase their understanding of the drivers of violent extremism, particularly for women and youth, so as to develop targeted and comprehensive solutions to this threat; |
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Women in development (2016), para. 54 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 20. Stresses the need to eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in public and private spaces, and encourages Member States to adopt specific preventive measures to protect women, youth and children from any abuse, including sexual abuse, exploitation, trafficking and violence; |
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Policies and programmes involving youth: youth in the global economy – promoting youth participation in social and economic development (2008), para. 105 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 44. Youth are often among the main victims of armed conflict. Children and youth are killed or maimed, made orphans, abducted, taken hostage, forcibly displaced, deprived of education and health care and left with deep emotional scars and trauma. Children illegally recruited as child soldiers are often forced to commit serious abuses. Armed conflict destroys the safe environment provided by a house, a family, adequate nutrition, education and employment. During conflict, health risks increase among youth, especially young women. Young women and girls face additional risks, in particular those of sexual violence and exploitation. |
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International cooperation against the world drug problem (2007), para. 28 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | (c) To enhance early intervention programmes that dissuade children and young people from using illicit drugs, including, inter alia, polydrug use and the recreational use of substances such as cannabis and synthetic drugs, especially amphetamine-type stimulants, and to encourage the active participation of the younger generation and their families in campaigns against drug abuse; |
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Situation of human rights in Burundi (2018), para. 25 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 3. Expresses grave concern at the findings of the Commission of Inquiry on Burundi with regard to the increased number of human rights violations and abuses committed by the Burundian defence and security forces, including the national intelligence service, the police and the armed forces and the Imbonerakure, the youth wing of the ruling party, in a climate of widespread impunity, while providing reasonable grounds to believe that some human rights violations may constitute crimes against humanity, as first found by the Commission of Inquiry with regard to the events of 2015 and 2016 in its report; 4 |
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Integrating sport into youth crime prevention and criminal justice strategies (2020), para. 14 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Convinced of the importance of preventing the involvement of children and youth in criminal activities by supporting their development and strengthening their resilience to antisocial and delinquent behaviour, of supporting the rehabilitation of children and youth in conflict with the law and their reintegration into society, of protecting child victims and witnesses, including by preventing revictimization, and of addressing the needs of children and youth in vulnerable situations, and convinced also that holistic crime prevention and criminal justice responses should take into account human rights and the best interests of the child, |
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Follow-up to the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace (2018), para. 40 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 12. Encourages the involvement of media, especially the mass media, in promoting a culture of peace and non-violence, with particular regard to children and young people; |
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Strengthening the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity (2015), para. 034 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Convinced of the importance of preventing youth crime, supporting the rehabilitation of young offenders and their reintegration into society, protecting child victims and witnesses, including efforts to prevent their revictimization, and addressing the needs of children of prisoners, and stressing that such responses should take into account the human rights and best interests of children and young people, as called for in the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Optional Protocols thereto, 18 where applicable, and in other relevant United Nations standards and norms in juvenile justice, where appropriate, |
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Protecting children from bullying (2017), para. 28 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | (g) To raise public awareness, involving family members, legal guardians, caregivers, young people, schools, communities, community leaders and the media, as well as civil society organizations, with the participation of children, regarding the protection of children from bullying; |
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Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic (2020), para. 53 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 22. Reaffirms the Syrian regime’s responsibility for the systematic use of enforced disappearances, takes note of the assessment of the Commission of Inquiry that the Syrian regime’s use of enforced disappearances amounts to a crime against humanity, and condemns the targeted disappearances of young men and the exploitation of ceasefires as an opportunity to forcibly recruit and arbitrarily detain them; |
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Strengthening the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity (2018), para. 037 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Recalling its resolution 69/194 of 18 December 2014, by which it adopted the United Nations Model Strategies and Practical Measures on the Elimination of Violence against Children in the Field of Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, convinced of the importance of preventing youth crime, supporting the rehabilitation of young offenders and their reintegration into society, protecting in particular child victims of all forms of violence, including those in contact with the law and witnesses, including efforts to prevent their revictimization, and addressing the needs of children of prisoners, stressing that such responses should take into account the human rights and best interests of children and young people, consistent with the obligations o f the States parties under relevant international instruments, including the Convention on the Rights of the Child 16 and the Optional Protocols thereto, and noting other relevant United Nations standards and norms in juvenile justice, |
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Sport as a means to promote education, health, development and peace (2004), para. 07 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Acknowledging with concern the dangers faced by sportsmen and sportswomen, in particular young athletes, including child labour, violence, doping, early specialization, over-training and exploitative forms of commercialization, as well as less visible threats and deprivations, such as the premature severance of family bonds and the loss of sporting, social and cultural ties, |
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Declaration on the Occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the United Nations (1995), para. 42 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | - Ensure that the rights of persons who can be particularly vulnerable to abuse or neglect, including youth, persons with disabilities, the elderly and migrant workers, are protected; |
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International cooperation against the world drug problem (2015), para. 27 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Inviting Member States to consider, when developing crime prevention programmes, such issues as social inclusion, the strengthening of the social fabric, access to justice, drug-related violence, the social reintegration of offenders and access to health and education services, as well as the needs of victims of crime, and to promote a culture of lawfulness and concern for the well-being of individuals, families and communities, with a particular emphasis on children and youth, |
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The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy Review (2016), para. 029 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Noting the important and positive contribution of youth in efforts to counter terrorism and prevent violent extremism conducive to terrorism, as well as for the promotion of peace and security, and in this regard expressing concern about the danger of recruitment and radicalization to terrorism, including in prisons, |
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International cooperation against the world drug problem (2005), para. 28 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | (c) To enhance early intervention programmes that dissuade children and young people from using illicit drugs, including polydrug use and the recreational use of substances such as cannabis and synthetic drugs, especially amphetamine-type stimulants, and to encourage the active participation of the younger generation in campaigns against drug abuse; |
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Strengthening the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity (2020), para. 108 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 37. Also invites Member States to integrate child- and youth-related issues into their criminal justice reform efforts, recognizing the importance of protecting children from all forms of violence, exploitation and abuse, consistent with the obligations of parties under relevant international instruments, and to develop comprehensive child - sensitive justice policies focused on the best interests of the child, consistent with the principle that the deprivation of liberty of children should be used only as a measure of last resort and for the shortest appropriate period of time; |
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Promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the rights to peaceful assembly and freedom of association (2019), para. 19 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | (a) Strongly condemns the use of harassment, intimidation and extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and killings by State and non-State actors to violently suppress and silence individuals, including young people an d students, for participating in peaceful protests, including protests to call for democratic reforms; |
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Improving the coordination of efforts against trafficking in persons (2014), para. 46 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 9. Invites Member States to address the social, economic, cultural, political and other factors that make people vulnerable to trafficking in persons, such as poverty, unemployment, inequality, humanitarian emergencies, including armed conflicts and natural disasters, sexual violence, gender discrimination and social exclusion and marginalization, as well as a culture of tolerance towards violence against women, youth and children; |
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Strengthening the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity (2017), para. 031 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Recalling its resolution 69/194 of 18 December 2014, by which it adopted the United Nations Model Strategies and Practical Measures on the Elimination of Violence against Children in the Field of Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, convinced of the importance of preventing youth crime, supporting the rehabilitation of young offenders and their reintegration into society, protecting in particular child victims of all forms of violence, including those in contact with the law and witnesses, including efforts to prevent their revictimization, and addressing the needs of children of prisoners, stressing that such responses should take into account the human rights and best interests of children and young people, consistent with the obligations of the States parties under relevant international instruments, including the Convention on the Rights of the Child 15 and the Optional Protocols thereto, 16 and noting other relevant United Nations standards and norms in juvenile justice, |
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Improving the coordination of efforts against trafficking in persons (2018), para. 56 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 15. Invites Member States to address the social, economic, cultural, political and other factors that make people vulnerable to trafficking in persons, such as poverty, unemployment, inequality, humanitarian emergencies, including armed conflicts and natural disasters, sexual violence, gender discrimination and social exclusion and marginalization, as well as a culture of tolerance towards violence against women, youth and children; |
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International cooperation against the world drug problem (2005), para. 07 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Aware that progress has been uneven in meeting the goals set in the Political Declaration, as also reflected in the biennial reports of the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 9 and recognizing that the drug problem is still a global challenge that constitutes a serious threat to public health and safety and the well-being of humankind, in particular children and young people, and that it undermines socio-economic and political stability and sustainable development, including efforts to reduce poverty, and causes violence and crime, including in urban areas, |
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Strengthening the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity (2020), para. 089 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 18. Recommends that Member States adopt multisectoral crime prevention policies and programmes for youth, taking into consideration their varying needs, and safeguard their well-being, recognizing that youth may face specific challenges and risk factors that make them particularly vulnerable to crime, all forms of violence, terrorism and victimization; |
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Special session of the General Assembly on the world drug problem to be held in 2016 (2016), para. 20 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Round table 3: Cross-cutting issues: drugs and human rights, youth, women, children and communities: |
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Sport as a means to promote education, health, development and peace (2003), para. 10 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Acknowledging with concern the dangers faced by sportsmen and sportswomen, in particular young athletes, including, inter alia, child labour, violence, doping, early specialization, over-training and exploitative forms of commercialization, as well as less visible threats and deprivations, such as the premature severance of family bonds and the loss of sporting, social and cultural ties, |
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