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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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Vienna Declaration on Crime and Justice: Meeting the Challenges of the Twenty-first Century 2000, para. 21 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | We affirm our determination to combat violence stemming from intolerance on the basis of ethnicity, and we resolve to make a strong contribution, in the area of crime prevention and criminal justice, to the planned World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance. | United Nations General Assembly | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 2000 | ||
Further actions and initiatives to implement the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 2000, para. 96b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Increase awareness and knowledge of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, which affirms that rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, forced pregnancy, enforced sterilization and other forms of sexual violence constitute war crimes and, in defined circumstances, crimes against humanity, with the aim of preventing such crimes from occurring, and take measures to support the prosecution of all persons responsible for such crimes and provide avenues for redress to victims; also increase awareness of the extent to which such crimes are used as a weapon of war; | United Nations General Assembly | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 2000 | ||
Elimination of violence against women 2001, para. 9 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirming the responsibility of all States to put an end to impunity and prosecute those responsible for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, | United Nations Commission on Human Rights | Resolution |
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| 2001 | ||
Traffic in women and girls 1999, para. 16b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Encourages Governments to strengthen cooperation to combat trafficking and rehabilitate victims, including through, inter alia:] Sharing of experience, best practices and lessons learned; | United Nations Commission on Human Rights | Resolution |
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| 1999 | ||
Traffic in women and girls 2001, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Taking note of the United Nations Millennium Declaration, particularly the resolve expressed by heads of State and Government to intensify efforts to fight transnational organized crime in all its dimensions, including trafficking in human beings, | United Nations Commission on Human Rights | Resolution |
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| 2001 | ||
Eliminating rape and other forms of sexual violence in all their manifestations, including in conflict and related situations 2007, para. 4a | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Invites non-governmental organizations and other civil society actors:] To advocate at the local, national, regional and international levels against rape and other forms of sexual violence, inter alia, by building and strengthening networks among those who may be in a position to provide information on their occurrence, and to call attention to their adverse consequences; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2007 | ||
The promotion, protection and enjoyment of human rights on the Internet 2016, para. 9 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Condemns unequivocally all human rights violations and abuses, such as torture, extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances and arbitrary detention, expulsion, intimidation and harassment, as well as gender-based violence, committed against persons for exercising their human rights and fundamental freedoms on the Internet, and calls upon all States to ensure accountability in this regard; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2016 | ||
Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment: Mandate of the Special Rapporteur 2014, para. 2e | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Urges States:] To adopt a victim-centred and gender-sensitive approach in the fight against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, paying special attention to gender-based violence that constitutes torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2014 | ||
ICED - International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance 2006, para. a | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Considering the obligation of States under the Charter of the United Nations to promote universal respect for, and observance of, human rights and fundamental freedoms, | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 2006 | ||
ICED - International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance 2006, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 2. Any amendment adopted by a majority of two thirds of the States Parties present and voting at the conference shall be submitted by the Secretary-General of the United Nations to all the States Parties for acceptance. | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 2006 | ||
Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2015, para. 26 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Also calls upon all States to adopt a gender-sensitive approach in the fight against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, paying special attention to gender-based violence; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2015 | ||
Elimination of violence against women 2003, para. 19 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Urges the integration of a gender perspective into all efforts to eliminate impunity; | United Nations Commission on Human Rights | Resolution |
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| 2003 | ||
Traffic in women and girls 2002, para. 5 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing that victims of trafficking are particularly exposed to racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, | United Nations Commission on Human Rights | Resolution |
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| 2002 | ||
Trafficking in women and girls 2004, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing that victims of trafficking are particularly exposed to racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, | United Nations Commission on Human Rights | Resolution |
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| 2004 | ||
ICED - International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance 2006, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 1. A State Party may at the time of ratification of this Convention or at any time afterwards declare that it recognizes the competence of the Committee to receive and consider communications from or on behalf of individuals subject to its jurisdiction claiming to be victims of a violation by this State Party of provisions of this Convention. The Committee shall not admit any communication concerning a State Party which has not made such a declaration. | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 2006 | ||
Eliminating rape and other forms of sexual violence in all their manifestations, including in conflict and related situations 2007, para. 1c | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Urges States:] To provide victims with access to appropriate health care, including sexual and reproductive health care, psychological care and trauma counselling, as well as to rehabilitation, social reintegration and, as appropriate, effective and sufficient compensation, in accordance with relevant international and national law; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2007 | ||
Eliminating rape and other forms of sexual violence in all their manifestations, including in conflict and related situations 2007, para. 1e | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Urges States:] To promote human rights education, including on all aspects of rape and other forms of sexual violence, ensuring factual accounts of such violence, in an effort to encourage better understanding among all peoples, with a view to the prevention and elimination of rape and other forms of sexual violence; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2007 | ||
Elimination of violence against women 2004, para. 7 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalling the inclusion of gender related crimes and crimes of sexual violence in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (A/CONF.183/9), which affirms that rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, forced pregnancy, enforced sterilization and other forms of sexual violence constitute, in defined circumstances, a crime against humanity and/or a war crime, and reiterating that acts of sexual violence in situations of armed conflict can constitute serious violations or grave breaches of international humanitarian law, | United Nations Commission on Human Rights | Resolution |
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| 2004 | ||
Elimination of violence against women 2005, para. 5 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalling the inclusion of gender related crimes and crimes of sexual violence in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, which affirms that rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, forced pregnancy, enforced sterilization and other forms of sexual violence of comparable gravity constitute, in defined circumstances, a crime against humanity and/or a war crime, and reiterating that acts of sexual violence in situations of armed conflict can constitute serious violations or grave breaches of international humanitarian law, | United Nations Commission on Human Rights | Resolution |
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| 2005 | ||
Acts of sexual violence against civilians in armed conflicts 2008, para. 14 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Welcoming the ongoing coordination of efforts within the United Nations system, marked by the inter-agency initiative “United Nations Action against Sexual Violence in Conflict,” to create awareness about sexual violence in armed conflicts and post-conflict situations and, ultimately, to put an end to it, | United Nations Security Council | Resolution |
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| 2008 | ||
ICED - International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance 2006, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 2. No exceptional circumstances whatsoever, whether a state of war or a threat of war, internal political instability or any other public emergency, may be invoked as a justification for enforced disappearance. | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 2006 | ||
ICED - International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance 2006, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 2. Appropriate measures shall be taken, where necessary, to protect the persons referred to in paragraph 1 of this article, as well as persons participating in the investigation, from any ill-treatment, intimidation or sanction as a result of the search for information concerning a person deprived of liberty. | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 2006 | ||
ICED - International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance 2006, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 3. Any State Party having made a declaration in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 2 of this article may at any time withdraw this declaration by notification to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 2006 | ||
Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2009, para. 9 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Also calls upon all States to adopt a gender-sensitive approach in the fight against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, paying special attention to gender-based violence; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2009 | ||
Acts of sexual violence against civilians in armed conflicts 2008, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Stresses that sexual violence, when used or commissioned as a tactic of war in order to deliberately target civilians or as a part of a widespread or systematic attack against civilian populations, can significantly exacerbate situations of armed conflict and may impede the restoration of international peace and security, affirms in this regard that effective steps to prevent and respond to such acts of sexual violence can significantly contribute to the maintenance of international peace and security, and expresses its readiness, when considering situations on the agenda of the Council, to, where necessary, adopt appropriate steps to address widespread or systematic sexual violence; | United Nations Security Council | Resolution |
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| 2008 | ||
Sexual violence in armed conflict 2013, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizes the need for more timely, objective, accurate and reliable information as a basis for prevention and response and requests the Secretary-General and relevant United Nations entities to accelerate the establishment and implementation of monitoring, analysis and reporting arrangements on conflict-related sexual violence, including rape in situations of armed conflict and post-conflict and other situations relevant to the implementation of resolution 1888 (2009), as appropriate, and taking into account the specificity of each country; | United Nations Security Council | Resolution |
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment: mandate of the Special Rapporteur 2017, para. 2e | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Urges States:] To adopt a victim-centred and gender-sensitive approach in the fight against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, paying special attention to the views and needs of victims in policy development and other activities relating to rehabilitation, prevention and accountability for torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and gender-based violence that constitutes torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2017 | ||
Traffic in women and girls 1997, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Invites Governments to take steps to ensure for victims of trafficking the respect of all their human rights and fundamental freedoms; | United Nations Commission on Human Rights | Resolution |
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| 1997 | ||
Traffic in women and girls 1997, para. 5 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Also invites Governments, with the support of the United Nations, to formulate manuals for the training of personnel who receive and/or hold in temporary custody victims of gender-based violence, including trafficking, with a view to sensitizing them to the special needs of victims; | United Nations Commission on Human Rights | Resolution |
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Acts of sexual violence against civilians in armed conflicts 2008, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with the Security Council, the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations and its Working Group and relevant States, as appropriate, to develop and implement appropriate training programs for all peacekeeping and humanitarian personnel deployed by the United Nations in the context of missions as mandated by the Council to help them better prevent, recognize and respond to sexual violence and other forms of violence against civilians; | United Nations Security Council | Resolution |
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