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Situation of human rights in Myanmar, para. 25 | Sep 17, 2019 | Paragraph | 9. Strongly urges the Government of Myanmar to lift the curfew order in Rakhine State, to ensure freedom of movement and the safety and security of all persons without discrimination, to grant and facilitate immediate, safe and unhindered and sustained humanitarian access to United Nations agencies and their partners, and other domestic and international non-governmental organizations, to provide gender-responsive humanitarian assistance to all people in need of assistance in order to save lives and preserve human dignity throughout the country, to grant cooperation partners access without delay to permit the full resumption of aid programmes, to grant access to independent observers and representatives of the media, without fear of reprisals, and to safeguard those who report abuses; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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Situation of human rights in the People's Democratic Republic of Korea, para. 40 | Sep 17, 2019 | Paragraph | 2 (e) Halting immediately all human right violations relating to prison camps, including the practice of forced labour and the use of torture and gender-based violence, dismantling all political prison camps and releasing all political prisoners, immediately ceasing the practice of the arbitrary and summary execution of persons in custody, and ensuring that justice sector reforms provide protections for fair trials and due process; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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The right to food, para. 38 | Sep 17, 2019 | Paragraph | 9. Encourages the Special Rapporteur on the right to food to continue to mainstream a gender perspective in the fulfilment of her mandate, and encourages the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and all other United Nations bodies and mechanisms that address the right to food and food insecurity to integrate and effectively implement a gender perspective in their relevant policies, programmes and activities regarding access to food; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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Situation of human rights in the South Sudan, para. 44 | Sep 17, 2019 | Paragraph | 16(f) To make recommendations on technical assistance and capacity-building, as appropriate, including to law enforcement institutions, on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, including on addressing sexual and gender-based violence; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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Situation of human rights in the South Sudan, para. 45 | Sep 17, 2019 | Paragraph | 17. Strongly urges the Government of South Sudan to appoint a special representative on sexual and gender-based violence, as previously called for by the Human Rights Council; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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Child, early and forced marriage in humanitarian settings 2017, para. 8 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Invites all stakeholders to promote the use of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee Guidelines for Integrating Gender-based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Action; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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The role of digital access providers 2017, para. 76 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Individuals depend on digital access to exercise fundamental rights, including freedom of opinion and expression, the right to life and a range of economic, social and cultural rights. They also regularly face obstacles to access: from shutdowns to surveillance. The present report is largely concerned with the obstacles that deny, deter or exclude expression through blunt reliance on digital censorship. The present report has not addressed other serious obstacles — such as the lack of adequate connectivity infrastructure, high costs of access imposed by government, gender inequality, and language barriers — that also may constitute forms of censorship. Much of it therefore focuses on the roles and obligations of States. But States increasingly exercise censorship through the private sector. The report has aimed not only to address the constraints on State action under human rights law but also the principles that private actors should observe in respecting human rights. Key recommendations, already highlighted in the analysis above, are set out below. | Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression | Special Procedures' report |
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Human rights in the administration of justice, including juvenile justice 2017, para. 5 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Invites Governments to include in their efforts to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and their national development plans the administration of justice as an integral part of the development process, and to allocate adequate resources for fair and effective justice systems, including the provision of legal aid services with a view to promoting and protecting human rights, and to address gender inequality, and invites the international community to provide an increased level of both technical and financial assistance to States and to respond favourably to their requests for capacity-building, and enhancement and strengthening of institutions concerned with the administration of justice; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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Embrace diversity and energize humanity 2017, para. 59b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The Sustainable Development Goals offer an opportunity to tackle violence and discrimination, also in regard to sexual orientation and gender identity, and that opportunity should be maximized to ensure that no one is left behind without exception or distinction. They are also an avenue for Governments and other actors to generate data and information in a disaggregated manner so as to facilitate future planning and allocation of resources; | Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity | Special Procedures' report |
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Embrace diversity and energize humanity 2017, para. 59h | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Adoption of effective anti-discrimination measures by States is critically needed; these measures vary from laws to policies and other action in a comprehensive and human rights-responsive setting. They are tested by access to justice and accessible means of redress, as well as a preventive strategy based on mobilizing the community to understand sexual orientation and gender identity and the call for inclusivity to accord protection to all persons without violence and discrimination; | Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity | Special Procedures' report |
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Diversity in humanity, humanity in diversity 2017, para. 66g | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | More cooperation with independent and pluralistic national human rights institutions, such as national human rights commissions and ombudspersons, should be undertaken to provide a link between international norms and national settings. These institutions should be supported, as part of the checks and balances to prevent and overcome abuses of power and human rights violations and also to promote access to justice and remedies. They should be paralleled by strong regional systems and initiatives to help advance protection against violence and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. | Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity | Special Procedures' report |
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Embrace diversity and energize humanity 2017, para. 53r | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The submission from the human rights Ombudsman of Guatemala called for more explicit integration of sexual orientation and gender identity into the legal framework as well as measures to counter the violence in the country. The extensive violence is much highlighted by non-governmental organization sources. Lack of knowledge of the law and difficult access to justice may also hamper implementation of a State’s anti-discrimination law. | Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity | Special Procedures' report |
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Diversity in humanity, humanity in diversity 2017, para. 23 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | All countries have engaged with the Human Rights Council’s universal periodic review and most have engaged with one or more of the special procedures. There has been much coverage of the issue of sexual orientation and gender identity under these mechanisms, particularly from the angle of anti-violence and anti-discrimination, such as in the work of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health. | Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity | Special Procedures' report |
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Diversity in humanity, humanity in diversity 2017, para. 25 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Action against violence and discrimination has been espoused more recently in the 17 globally agreed Sustainable Development Goals, to which all countries are committed, with a framework of 2015-2030 for operationalization. Goal 16, which covers inclusive societies and access to justice, aims to bring about substantial reductions of violence and to promote anti-discrimination measures, on the basis of leaving no one behind. An all-inclusive approach invites effective coverage of all persons whatever their sexual orientation or gender identity. | Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity | Special Procedures' report |
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Diversity in humanity, humanity in diversity 2017, para. 66e | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The Sustainable Development Goals offer an opportunity to tackle violence and discrimination, also in regard to sexual orientation and gender identity, and this opportunity should be taken full advantage of in order to ensure that no one is left behind, without exception or distinction. This avenue can allow Governments and other actors to generate data and information in a disaggregated manner so as to facilitate future planning and allocation of resources. | Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity | Special Procedures' report |
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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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Diversity in humanity, humanity in diversity 2017, para. 50 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Parallel to this, the role of community leaders, including in the political, cultural and religious fields, needs to be tapped more strongly. Also, the business sector has the potential to integrate sexual orientation and gender identity into the workplace and in the commercial/financial/investment/developmental field. These are also avenues for promoting the generation of more disaggregated data, linked with various indicators, to provide incentives for exemplary performance, consonant with human rights. On a related front, the Sustainable Development Goals framework provides more opportunities for various kinds of cooperation and support — particularly under Goal 17, which opens up space for more multilateral, regional and bilateral cooperation. There is the welcome vista of more South-South cooperation, as well as triangular cooperation — such as activities between States, civil society and the business sector; neither should the power of various forms of media and their reach be forgotten. | Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity | Special Procedures' report |
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Embrace diversity and energize humanity 2017, para. 50 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Full enjoyment of human rights by such persons is a longitudinal challenge, starting in the home and extending to the educational system, the work place and life beyond. Discrimination is also intersectional. Many countries are, however, still hampered by the lack of or insufficiency of anti-discrimination measures, which is linked with the environment leading to violence and discrimination. There is thus a need for effective anti-discrimination measures covering both the public and private spheres, and of a comprehensive kind: not only formal but substantive, not only de jure but also de facto, in addition to the building of a community open to understanding and respecting sexual and gender diversity. | Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity | Special Procedures' report |
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Embrace diversity and energize humanity 2017, para. 49 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Even though human rights are inherent to everyone and involve protection for all persons without exception, persons with an actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity diverging from a particular societal concept of sexual orientation and gender identity are at times targeted for violence and discrimination, and violations are pervasive in numerous settings. | Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity | Special Procedures' report |
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Women’s economic empowerment in the changing world of work 2017, para. 40 (f) | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Enact or strengthen and enforce laws and regulations that uphold the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value in the public and private sectors as a critical measure to eliminate the gender pay gap, provide in this regard effective means of redress and access to justice in cases of non-compliance, and promote the implementation of equal pay policies through, for example, social dialogue, collective bargaining, job evaluations, awareness-raising campaigns, pay transparency and gender pay audits, as well as certification and review of pay practices and increased availability of data and analysis on the gender pay gap; | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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Embrace diversity and energize humanity 2017, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | It should be recalled that everyone has some form of sexual orientation and gender identity. Sexual orientation denotes a person’s physical, romantic and/or emotional attraction towards others, while gender identity concerns a person’s self-perceived identity, which may be different from the sex assigned at birth, as well as the expression of gender identity. The two notions should not be conflated. However, it is unconscionable that persons with an actual or perceived sexual orientation and/or gender identity different from a particular social norm are targeted for violence and discrimination in many parts of the world. Killings, rape, mutilation, torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment as well as arbitrary detention, abduction, harassment, physical and mental assaults such as lashings and forced surgical interventions, bullying from a young age, pressures leading to suicide, and discriminatory action, aggravated by incitement to hatred, in relation to sexual orientation and gender identity are pervasive in numerous settings. | Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity | Special Procedures' report |
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Embrace diversity and energize humanity 2017, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The establishment of the mandate to promote action against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity is anchored in international human rights law, and it is a momentous commitment to multilateralism. It is an invitation to be forward looking and an incentive to move forward together. The present report is thus a clarion call to embrace diversity, complemented by the belief that respect for human rights energizes human society, yielding a positive dividend in terms of peace, sustainable development and societal inclusiveness. It also contributes to economic benefits, while reinforcing a sense of common humanity transcending borders and cultures. | Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity | Special Procedures' report |
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Strengthening voluntary standards for businesses on preventing and combating trafficking in persons and labour exploitation, especially in supply chains 2017, para. 84 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | When performing an audit, assurance providers and auditing companies should ensure that sufficient time is allocated to interviews with workers and worker representatives, that gender concerns are appropriately addressed and that sufficient resources are allocated to engaging interpreters to support auditors when necessary. | Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children | Special Procedures' report |
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Preventing and eliminating sexual harassment in the workplace 2017, para. 2f | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Encourages Member States to:] Promote research and collect and analyse data and statistics, disaggregated by sex, age and other relevant characteristics, in order to develop, review and implement policies and programmes at all levels that contribute to preventing and eliminating sexual harassment in the workplace; | Commission on the Status of Women | Resolution |
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Preventing and eliminating sexual harassment in the workplace 2017, para. 2b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Encourages Member States to:] Take all measures necessary to raise awareness regarding the rights of victims of sexual harassment in the workplace and the means of accessing redress and justice, and to facilitate reporting by victims and witnesses; | Commission on the Status of Women | Resolution |
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The right to food 2017, para. 10 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Encourages the Special Rapporteur on the right to food to continue to mainstream a gender perspective in the fulfilment of her mandate, and encourages the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and all other United Nations bodies and mechanisms that address the right to food and food insecurity to integrate and effectively implement a gender perspective in their relevant policies, programmes and activities regarding access to food; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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The right to mental health 2017, para. 72 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | An environment that respects, protects and fulfils human rights and is free from all forms of violence, including gender-based violence, is fundamental for effective health promotion. Public health and psychosocial interventions are essential components of a rights-based mental health system, not a luxury. Relevant action must be based upon empowerment so as to enable individuals to increase control over and improve their health. | Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health | Special Procedures' report |
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State obligations under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the context of business activities 2017, para. 19 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The obligation to protect sometimes necessitates direct regulation and intervention. States parties should consider measures such as restricting marketing and advertising of certain goods and services in order to protect public health, such as of tobacco products, in line with the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, and of breast-milk substitutes, in accordance with the 1981 International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes and subsequent resolutions of the World Health Assembly; combating gender role stereotyping and discrimination; exercising rent control in the private housing market as required for the protection of everyone’s right to adequate housing; establishing a minimum wage consistent with a living wage and a fair remuneration; regulating other business activities concerning the Covenant rights to education, employment and reproductive health, in order to combat gender discrimination effectively; and gradually eliminating informal or “non-standard” (i.e. precarious) forms of employment, which often result in denying the workers concerned the protection of labour laws and social security. | Committee on Social, Economic and Cultural Rights | General Comment / Recommendation |
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Elimination of discrimination against women and girls 2017, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and all other relevant international human rights instruments, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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Compendium of good practices in the elimination of discrimination against women 2017, para. 83 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Robust and detailed constitutional gender equality protections based on international human rights standards are essential for a strong and enforceable domestic legal framework, and the active intervention of human rights organizations at the request of civil society can contribute to achieving the gender equality goal. | Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and practice | Special Procedures' report |
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