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Witchcraft and the human rights of persons with albinism 2017, para. 76 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | In the public interest, it is also important that States ensure adequate standards for traditional medicine. There must be minimum requirements for all practitioners, regardless of whether they are affiliated with an organization. The standards must be in line with established human rights norms, without compromising the core principles of availability, accessibility, acceptability and quality of goods and services. The obligation on States also extends to ensuring that practitioners do not conduct harmful practices, including the use of body parts of persons with albinism for muti or juju. | Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism | Special Procedures' report |
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Extra-custodial use of force and the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2017, para. 34 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Mandate holders have consistently maintained that, conceptually, the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment is not confined to acts carried out against persons deprived of their liberty, but also covers excessive police violence, such as during arrest and the policing of assemblies, or even torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment by acquiescence, namely, when States violate their due diligence obligation to combat ill-treatment at the hands of non-State actors, including harmful traditional practices, such as female genital mutilation, domestic violence and trafficking in human beings (A/HRC/13/39, summary. See also A/HRC/28/68/Add.4, para. 27 (protests); A/HRC/31/57, paras. 51-53 (sexual violence); E/CN.4/2006/6, para. 38 (police powers); A/HRC/13/39, para. 61 (arrests); and E/CN.4/1997/7, paras. 122-123 (police brutality)). Similarly, in reference to extra-custodial settings, the Human Rights Council has expressed concern about the use of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment against persons exercising their freedoms of peaceful assembly, of expression and of association in all regions of the world (see Human Rights Council resolution 25/38). | Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment | Special Procedures' report |
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Witchcraft and the human rights of persons with albinism 2017, para. 26 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Although belief in, and practice of, witchcraft can be associated in certain cases with empowerment, healing and cleansing, attacks and use of body parts of persons with albinism, regardless of the purpose for which they are used, cannot under any circumstances be considered an elemental part of any legitimate practice, whether linked to witchcraft or to traditional medicine, because such acts inherently constitute criminal activity and other human rights violations. Consequently, they cannot be justified on the basis of tradition, traditional medicine, or any other ground. | Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism | Special Procedures' report |
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Witchcraft and the human rights of persons with albinism 2017, para. 43 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | It is important to reiterate that although witchcraft per se should not be criminalized, any killing of persons for the use of body parts in witchcraft-related practices such as muti or juju should be prosecuted. To do so, it is necessary to ensure that legal provisions criminalize a broad range of attacks and assaults, as well as criminalize the possession and trafficking of body parts. Linking such a criminal action to muti and juju would be challenging, given the difficulty in establishing objective evidentiary standards. Nonetheless, where evidence substantially supports the proposition that muti and juju were the purpose of the criminal activity, States could consider including that factor as an aggravating circumstance leading to a heavier sentence and ultimately deter crime incentivized by witchcraft. Non-legal tools such as public education and sociocultural interventions with stakeholders would also be necessary to complement such legal practice in dissuading muti, juju and all crimes related to witchcraft. | Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism | Special Procedures' report |
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Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilation 2016, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Elimination of female genital mutilation 2016, para. 11 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Invites the Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Accelerating Change of the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Children’s Fund to continue to develop the national capacities of States and local communities for the effective implementation of inclusive policies, programmes and action plans to eliminate female genital mutilation at the local, national, and regional levels, while encouraging States and development cooperation agencies to consider increasing their financial support for the Joint Programme; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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Elimination of female genital mutilation 2016, para. 9 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing also that efforts at the local, national, regional and international levels have led to a decline in the global prevalence of female genital mutilation, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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Elimination of female genital mutilation 2016, para. 10 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing further the role of regional and subregional instruments and mechanisms in the prevention and elimination of female genital mutilation, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilation 2016, para. 19 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls upon the international community to strongly support, including through increased financial support, a third phase of the Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Accelerating Change of the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Children's Fund, which will run until 2020, as well as national programmes focused on the elimination of female genital mutilation; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Torture, ill-treatment and coercion during interviews/ Universal protocol for non-coercive, ethically sound, evidence-based and empirically founded interviewing practices 2016, para. 39 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Accusatorial models of questioning tend to be confession driven and characterized by a de facto presumption of guilt and the use of confrontation and psychological manipulation. Common manipulative techniques are coercive in nature and likely to impair the free will, judgment and memory of interviewees. Threats, inducements, misleading practices, protracted or suggestive questioning and the use of drugs or hypnosis are examples of problematic practices. Demeaning or condescending comments or accusations based on individual qualities or cultural identities are also of concern. | Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment | Special Procedures' report |
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Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilation 2016, para. 8 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls upon States to ensure that national action plans and strategies on the elimination of female genital mutilation are comprehensive and multidisciplinary in scope and that they include projected timelines for goals and incorporate clear targets and indicators for the effective monitoring, impact assessment and coordination of programmes among all relevant stakeholders and promote their participation, including the participation of affected groups, practising communities and non-governmental organizations, in the development, implementation and evaluation of such plans and strategies; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Elimination of female genital mutilation 2016, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls upon States to continue and intensify efforts to provide information and raise awareness about the harmful effects of female genital mutilation and about the continuing increase at the national and international levels in support for the elimination of the practice, and to organize activities within this framework during the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation with the involvement of religious and traditional authorities, which make the movement to end female genital mutilation more visible; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilation 2016, para. 16 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Welcoming the efforts of the United Nations system to end female genital mutilation, in particular the commitment of 10 United Nations entities, announced in their joint inter-agency statement of 27 February 2008 on eliminating female genital mutilation, as well as the Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Accelerating Change of the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Children's Fund, to accelerate the elimination of the practice, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Elimination of female genital mutilation 2016, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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Elimination of female genital mutilation 2016, para. 8 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Encourages States to consider presenting, during the universal periodic review, relevant recommendations on measures to eliminate female genital mutilation; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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Gender perspectives on torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment
or punishment 2016, para. 74b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [With regard to harmful practices, the Special Rapporteur calls upon States to:] Implement legislation that prohibits all forms of female genital mutilation at all levels, including in State-run and private medical facilities; prosecute and hold accountable health-care professionals, community leaders and other public officials who perpetrate or condone the practice or refuse to implement relevant laws; and concomitantly raise awareness and mobilize public opinion against female genital mutilation through community-based programmes and educational campaigns; | Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment | Special Procedures' report |
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Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilation 2016, para. 20 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Stresses that some progress has been made in combating female genital mutilation in a number of countries using a common coordinated approach that promotes positive social change at the community, national, regional and international levels, and recalls the goal set out in the United Nations inter-agency statement that female genital mutilation is to be eliminated within a generation, with some of the main achievements being obtained by 2030, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Elimination of female genital mutilation 2016, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalling also its resolution 27/22 of 26 September 2014 on intensifying global efforts and sharing good practices to effectively eliminate female genital mutilation, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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Elimination of female genital mutilation 2016, para. 15 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalling the inter-agency global strategy initiated in 2010 by the World Health Organization to stop health-care providers from performing female genital mutilation, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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The right to sexual and reproductive health (Art. 12) 2016, para. 29 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | It is also important to undertake preventive, promotional and remedial action to shield all individuals from the harmful practices and norms and gender-based violence that deny them their full sexual and reproductive health, such as female genital mutilation, child and forced marriage and domestic and sexual violence, including marital rape, among other things. States parties must put in place laws, policies and programmes to prevent, address and remediate violations of the right of all individuals to autonomous decision-making on matters regarding their sexual and reproductive health, free from violence, coercion and discrimination. | Committee on Social, Economic and Cultural Rights | General Comment / Recommendation |
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Intensification of efforts to end obstetric fistula 2016, para. 7 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Urges States to enact and strictly enforce laws to ensure that marriage, including in rural and remote areas, is entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses and, in addition, to enact and strictly enforce laws concerning the minimum legal age of consent and the minimum age for marriage and to raise the minimum age for marriage where necessary; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Elimination of female genital mutilation 2016, para. 14 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Deeply concerned that, despite the increase in national, regional and international efforts, the practice of female genital mutilation persists in some countries and has seen the development of new forms, such as medicalization and cross-border practice, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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Elimination of female genital mutilation 2016, para. 19 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Welcoming the establishment by the United Nations of the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, on 6 February, the theme of which is, in 2016, achieving the new global goals through the elimination of female genital mutilation by 2030, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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Preliminary survey on the root causes of attacks and discrimination against persons with albinism 2016, para. 36 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The present report will focus on the aspect of witchcraft relating to the ritual killing of persons with albinism for the use of body parts (also referred to as muti or juju), for the ultimate goal of obtaining an advantage or causing harm, or for any other purpose which necessitates the attribution of supernatural powers to the body parts. | Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism | Special Procedures' report |
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Gender perspectives on torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment
or punishment 2016, para. 72h | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [With regard to abuses in health-care settings, the Special Rapporteur calls upon States to:] Adopt transparent and accessible legal gender recognition procedures and abolish requirements for sterilization and other harmful procedures as preconditions; | Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment | Special Procedures' report |
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Elimination of female genital mutilation 2016, para. 10 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls upon States to continue to increase technical and financial assistance for the effective implementation of policies, programmes and action plans to eliminate female genital mutilation at the national, regional and international levels; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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Elimination of female genital mutilation 2016, para. 17 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Welcoming the growing global consensus regarding the need to take appropriate measures to prevent and eliminate female genital mutilation, and understanding that this practice has no relevant religious or cultural basis, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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Elimination of female genital mutilation 2016, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Emphasizes the need for States to systematize, as appropriate, collection of data on female genital mutilation, to encourage and provide financial support for research, particularly at the university level, to use the results to strengthen public information and awareness-raising activities, and to measure effectively progress in eliminating female genital mutilation; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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Elimination of female genital mutilation 2016, para. 7 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls upon States to provide assistance to victims of female genital mutilation, including through support services for treatment of its physical, physiological and psychological consequences; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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Elimination of female genital mutilation 2016, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Urges States to adopt national legislation prohibiting female genital mutilation, consistent with international human rights law, and to take steps to ensure its strict application, while working to harmonize their legislation in order to effectively address the cross-border practice of female genital mutilation; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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