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The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic 2018, para. 182
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- 2. The human rights and fundamental freedoms of all, without discrimination of any kind, shall be respected in the exercise of the rights enunciated in the present Declaration. The exercise of the rights set forth in the present Declaration shall be subject only to such limitations as are determined by law and that are compliant with international human rights obligations. Any such limitations shall be non-discriminatory and necessary solely for the purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of others, and for meeting the just and most compelling requirements of a democratic society.
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas 2018, para. 1. (2)
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- With a view to this complete suppression, recourse to forced or compulsory labour may be had, during the transitional period, for public purposes only and as an exceptional measure, subject to the conditions and guarantees hereinafter provided.
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas 2018, para. 2. (1)
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- For the purposes of this Convention the term forced or compulsory labour shall mean all work or service which is exacted from any person under the menace of any penalty and for which the said person has not offered himself voluntarily.
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas 2018, para. 2. (2) (c)
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- [Nevertheless, for the purposes of this Convention, the term forced or compulsory labour shall not include] any work or service exacted from any person as a consequence of a conviction in a court of law, provided that the said work or service is carried out under the supervision and control of a public authority and that the said person is not hired to or placed at the disposal of private individuals, companies or associations;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas 2018, para. 2. (2) (d)
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- [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;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas 2018, para. 4. (1)
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- The competent authority shall not impose or permit the imposition of forced or compulsory labour for the benefit of private individuals, companies or associations.
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2018
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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas 2018, para. 5. (1)
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- No concession granted to private individuals, companies or associations shall involve any form of forced or compulsory labour for the production or the collection of products which such private individuals, companies or associations utilise or in which they trade.
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2018
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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas 2018, para. 8. (2)
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- Nevertheless, that authority may delegate powers to the highest local authorities to exact forced or compulsory labour which does not involve the removal of the workers from their place of habitual residence. That authority may also delegate, for such periods and subject to such conditions as may be laid down in the regulations provided for in Article 23 of this Convention, powers to the highest local authorities to exact forced or compulsory labour which involves the removal of the workers from their place of habitual residence for the purpose of facilitating the movement of officials of the administration, when on duty, and for the transport of Government stores.
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas 2018, para. 9 (a)
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- [Except as otherwise provided for in Article 10 of this Convention, any authority competent to exact forced or compulsory labour shall, before deciding to have recourse to such labour, satisfy itself] that the work to be done or the service to be rendered is of important direct interest for the community called upon to do work or render the service;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas 2018, para. 9 (b)
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- [Except as otherwise provided for in Article 10 of this Convention, any authority competent to exact forced or compulsory labour shall, before deciding to have recourse to such labour, satisfy itself] that the work or service is of present or imminent necessity;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas 2018, para. 9 (c)
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- [Except as otherwise provided for in Article 10 of this Convention, any authority competent to exact forced or compulsory labour shall, before deciding to have recourse to such labour, satisfy itself] that it has been impossible to obtain voluntary labour for carrying out the work or rendering the service by the offer of rates of wages and conditions of labour not less favourable than those prevailing in the area concerned for similar work or service; and
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas 2018, para. 9 (d)
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- [Except as otherwise provided for in Article 10 of this Convention, any authority competent to exact forced or compulsory labour shall, before deciding to have recourse to such labour, satisfy itself] that the work or service will not lay too heavy a burden upon the present population, having regard to the labour available and its capacity to undertake the work.
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas 2018, para. 10. (2) (b)
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- [Meanwhile, where forced or compulsory labour is exacted as a tax, and where recourse is had to forced or compulsory labour for the execution of public works by chiefs who exercise administrative functions, the authority concerned shall first satisfy itself] that the work or the service is of present or imminent necessity;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2018
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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas 2018, para. 10. (2) (c)
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- [Meanwhile, where forced or compulsory labour is exacted as a tax, and where recourse is had to forced or compulsory labour for the execution of public works by chiefs who exercise administrative functions, the authority concerned shall first satisfy itself] that the work or service will not lay too heavy a burden upon the present population, having regard to the labour available and its capacity to undertake the work;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2018
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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas 2018, para. 10. (2) (e)
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- [Meanwhile, where forced or compulsory labour is exacted as a tax, and where recourse is had to forced or compulsory labour for the execution of public works by chiefs who exercise administrative functions, the authority concerned shall first satisfy itself] that the execution of the work or the rendering of the service will be directed in accordance with the exigencies of religion, social life and agriculture.
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas 2018, para. 11. (1) (a)
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- [Only adult able-bodied males who are of an apparent age of not less than 18 and not more than 45 years may be called upon for forced or compulsory labour. Except in respect of the kinds of labour provided for in Article 10 of this Convention, the following limitations and conditions shall apply:] (a) whenever possible prior determination by a medical officer appointed by the administration that the persons concerned are not suffering from any infectious or contagious disease and that they are physically fit for the work required and for the conditions under which it is to be carried out;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas 2018, para. 12. (1)
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- The maximum period for which any person may be taken for forced or compulsory labour of all kinds in any one period of twelve months shall not exceed sixty days, including the time spent in going to and from the place of work.
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas 2018, para. 12. (2)
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- Every person from whom forced or compulsory labour is exacted shall be furnished with a certificate indicating the periods of such labour which he has completed.
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas 2018, para. 13. (1)
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- The normal working hours of any person from whom forced or compulsory labour is exacted shall be the same as those prevailing in the case of voluntary labour, and the hours worked in excess of the normal working hours shall be remunerated at the rates prevailing in the case of overtime for voluntary labour.
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas 2018, para. 13. (2)
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- A weekly day of rest shall be granted to all persons from whom forced or compulsory labour of any kind is exacted and this day shall coincide as far as possible with the day fixed by tradition or custom in the territories or regions concerned.
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas 2018, para. 14. (1)
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- With the exception of the forced or compulsory labour provided for in Article 10 of this Convention, forced or compulsory labour of all kinds shall be remunerated in cash at rates not less than those prevailing for similar kinds of work either in the district in which the labour is employed or in the district from which the labour is recruited, whichever may be the higher.
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2018
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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas 2018, para. 14. (4)
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- For the purpose of payment of wages the days spent in travelling to and from the place of work shall be counted as working days.
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas 2018, para. 14. (5)
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- Nothing in this Article shall prevent ordinary rations being given as a part of wages, such rations to be at least equivalent in value to the money payment they are taken to represent, but deductions from wages shall not be made either for the payment of taxes or for special food, clothing or accommodation supplied to a worker for the purpose of maintaining him in a fit condition to carry on his work under the special conditions of any employment, or for the supply of tools.
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas 2018, para. 15. (1)
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- Any laws or regulations relating to workmen's compensation for accidents or sickness arising out of the employment of the worker and any laws or regulations providing compensation for the dependants of deceased or incapacitated workers which are or shall be in force in the territory concerned shall be equally applicable to persons from whom forced or compulsory labour is exacted and to voluntary workers.
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas 2018, para. 15. (2)
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- In any case it shall be an obligation on any authority employing any worker on forced or compulsory labour to ensure the subsistence of any such worker who, by accident or sickness arising out of his employment, is rendered wholly or partially incapable of providing for himself, and to take measures to ensure the maintenance of any persons actually dependent upon such a worker in the event of his incapacity or decease arising out of his employment.
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas 2018, para. 16. (1)
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- Except in cases of special necessity, persons from whom forced or compulsory labour is exacted shall not be transferred to districts where the food and climate differ so considerably from those to which they have been accustomed as to endanger their health.
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Food & Nutrition
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas 2018, para. 16. (2)
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- In no case shall the transfer of such workers be permitted unless all measures relating to hygiene and accommodation which are necessary to adapt such workers to the conditions and to safeguard their health can be strictly applied.
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas 2018, para. 16. (4)
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- In cases where such workers are required to perform regular work to which they are not accustomed, measures shall be taken to ensure their habituation to it, especially as regards progressive training, the hours of work and the provision of rest intervals, and any increase or amelioration of diet which may be necessary.
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas 2018, para. 17. (1)
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- [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;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas 2018, para. 17. (3)
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- [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] (3) that the journeys of the workers to and from the workplaces are made at the expense and under the responsibility of the administration, which shall facilitate such journeys by making the fullest use of all available means of transport;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2018
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