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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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Thematic discussion on the situation of people of African descent in the context of the International Year for People of African Descent 2011 2011, para. 113 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The Working Group underlines the need for the criminalization of racism and racial discrimination, in accordance with article 4 of the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The Working Group concludes that the deleterious effects of the transatlantic slave trade and slavery can still be found in racist attitudes towards, and the conditions of existence of, people of African descent. | Working Group of experts on people of African descent | Special Procedures' report |
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| 2011 | ||
Development and people of African descent 2015, para. 53 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Judicial and administrative enforcement of human rights and the justiciability of economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development, is crucial in ensuring that the rights to health, housing, employment, education, participation in development and all other rights are enjoyed by people of African descent. | Working Group of experts on people of African descent | Special Procedures' report |
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| 2015 | ||
The right to work 2016, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Takes note with appreciation of the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the realization of the right to work; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2016 | ||
The right to work 2016, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirming also Human Rights Council resolution 28/15 of 26 March 2015 on the right to work, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2016 | ||
Adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, in the context of mega-events 2010, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Noting the work of the United Nations treaty bodies, in particular the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, in the promotion of the rights related to adequate housing, including its general comments Nos. 4, 7, 9 and 16, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2010 | ||
The right to food 2012, para. 15 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Convinced that the elimination of the current distortions in the agricultural trading system will allow local producers and poor farmers to compete and sell their products, thereby facilitating the realization of the right to adequate food, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2012 | ||
The right to food 2013, para. 16 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Convinced that the elimination of the current distortions in the agricultural trading system will allow local producers and poor farmers to compete and sell their products, thereby facilitating the realization of the right to adequate food, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2013 | ||
Strengthening efforts to prevent and eliminate child, early and forced marriage 2015, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Guided by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, as well as other relevant human rights instruments, including the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2015 | ||
The right to education 2008, para. 7m | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Urges all States:] To enhance the status and working conditions of teachers, address shortages of qualified teachers, and promote the training of teachers so that they can respond to diversity in the classroom; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2008 | ||
The right to food 2010, para. 14 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Convinced that the elimination of the current distortions in the agricultural trading system will allow local producers and poor farmers to compete and sell their products, thereby facilitating the realization of the right to adequate food, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2010 | ||
The right to food 2011, para. 16 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Convinced that the elimination of the current distortions in the agricultural trading system will allow local producers and poor farmers to compete and sell their products, thereby facilitating the realization of the right to adequate food, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2011 | ||
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas 2018, para. 19. (1) | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 1. The competent authority shall only authorise recourse to compulsory cultivation as a method of precaution against famine or a deficiency of food supplies and always under the condition that the food or produce shall remain the property of the individuals or the community producing it. | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2018 | ||
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas 2018, para. 18. (1) | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Forced or compulsory labour for the transport of persons or goods, such as the labour of porters or boatmen, shall be abolished within the shortest possible period. Meanwhile the competent authority shall promulgate regulations determining, inter alia, (a) that such labour shall only be employed for the purpose of facilitating the movement of officials of the administration, when on duty, or for the transport of Government stores, or, in cases of very urgent necessity, the transport of persons other than officials, (b) that the workers so employed shall be medically certified to be physically fit, where medical examination is possible, and that where such medical examination is not practicable the person employing such workers shall be held responsible for ensuring that they are physically fit and not suffering from any infectious or contagious disease, (c) the maximum load which these workers may carry, (d) the maximum distance from their homes to which they may be taken, (e) the maximum number of days per month or other period for which they may be taken, including the days spent in returning to their homes, and (f) the persons entitled to demand this form of forced or compulsory labour and the extent to which they are entitled to demand it. | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2018 | ||
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas 2018, para. 17. (1) | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Before permitting recourse to forced or compulsory labour for works of construction or maintenance which entail the workers remaining at the workplaces for considerable periods, the competent authority shall satisfy itself] (1) that all necessary measures are taken to safeguard the health of the workers and to guarantee the necessary medical care, and, in particular, (a) that the workers are medically examined before commencing the work and at fixed intervals during the period of service, (b) that there is an adequate medical staff, provided with the dispensaries, infirmaries, hospitals and equipment necessary to meet all requirements, and (c) that the sanitary conditions of the workplaces, the supply of drinking water, food, fuel, and cooking utensils, and, where necessary, of housing and clothing, are satisfactory; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2018 | ||
The right to food 2014, para. 15 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Convinced that the elimination of the current distortions in the agricultural trading system will allow local producers and poor farmers to compete and sell their products, thereby facilitating the realization of the right to adequate food, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2014 | ||
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas 2018, para. 2. (2) (d) | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Nevertheless, for the purposes of this Convention, the term forced or compulsory labour shall not include] any work or service exacted in cases of emergency, that is to say, in the event of war or of a calamity or threatened calamity, such as fire, flood, famine, earthquake, violent epidemic or epizootic diseases, invasion by animal, insect or vegetable pests, and in general any circumstance that would endanger the existence or the well-being of the whole or part of the population; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2018 | ||
Adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living 2014, para. 9 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Deeply concerned that, in recent years, millions of homeowners have been affected by foreclosures and that high foreclosure rates may have an impact on the enjoyment of the right to adequate housing, and equally concerned that, in recent years, there has been an increase in private housing rentals for the urban poor without a balanced framework to protect tenants and owners, and that rental options for the urban poor are still insufficient and inadequate, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2014 | ||
Adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, in the context of mega-events 2010, para. 8 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Decides to continue its consideration of this matter under the same agenda item and in accordance with its programme of work. | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2010 | ||
Adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living 2014, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirming that international human rights law instruments, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, entail obligations and commitments of States parties in relation to access to adequate housing, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2014 | ||
The right to work 2016, para. 7 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirming that all human rights and civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development, are universal, indivisible, interrelated, interdependent and mutually reinforcing, and that all human rights must be treated in a fair and equal manner, on the same footing and with the same emphasis, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2016 | ||
The right to food 2016, para. 16 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing further that the elimination of the current distortions in the agricultural trading system will allow local producers and poor farmers to compete and to sell their products, thereby facilitating the realization of the right to adequate food, while noting the commitment to continuing the agricultural trade discussions as mandated by the World Trade Organization, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2016 | ||
Right to work 2017, para. 19 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizes that employment should be a central objective of economic and social policies at the national, regional and international levels for the sustainable eradication of poverty and for providing an adequate standard of living, and emphasizes in that regard the importance of relevant social protection measures, including social protection floors; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2017 | ||
The right to food 2010, para. 33 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizes the negative impact on the full enjoyment of the right to adequate food of insufficient purchasing power and of increased volatility of prices of agricultural commodities on the international markets, particularly on people in developing countries and on net food-importing countries; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2010 | ||
The right to food 2011, para. 34 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Expresses concern at the negative impact on the full enjoyment of the right to adequate food of insufficient purchasing power and the increased price volatility of agricultural commodities on international markets, particularly on people in developing countries and on net food-importing countries; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2011 | ||
The right to food 2015, para. 16 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Convinced that the elimination of the current distortions in the agricultural trading system will allow local producers and poor farmers to compete and to sell their products, thereby facilitating the realization of the right to adequate food, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2015 | ||
The effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights, para. 2 | Sep 17, 2019 | Paragraph | Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action and other relevant international human rights instruments, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2018 | ||
Right to work, para. 22 | Sep 17, 2019 | Paragraph | 7. Also stresses that States, as provided for by the relevant international legal instruments, should prohibit forced and compulsory labour and punish perpetrators for its use in all its forms; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2018 | ||
Right to work, para. 8 | Sep 17, 2019 | Paragraph | Acknowledging the work of the treaty bodies, in particular the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, in relation to the right to work, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2018 | ||
Right to work, para. 25 | Sep 17, 2019 | Paragraph | involvement in the labour market; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2018 | ||
Right to work, para. 19 | Sep 17, 2019 | Paragraph | 5. Recognizes that ensuring equality and non-discrimination in access to work is crucial in addressing the social prejudices and disadvantages that might exist in the labour market; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2018 |