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Equality and non-discrimination of persons disabilitiesand the right of persons with disabilities to access to justice, para. 4
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- Reaffirming all of its previous resolutions on the rights of persons with disabilities, the most recent of which was resolution 31/6 of 23 March 2016 on the rights of persons with disabilities in situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies, and welcoming the efforts of all stakeholders to implement those resolutions,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
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Rights of the child: protection of the rights of the child in humanitarian situations, para. 61
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- 30. Decides to continue its consideration of the question of the rights of the child in accordance with its programme of work and its resolutions 7/29 of 28 March 2008 and 19/37 of 23 March 2012, and to focus its next annual full-day meeting on the theme “Empowering children with disabilities for the enjoyment of their human rights, including through inclusive education”, and requests the High Commissioner to prepare a report on
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
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Rights of the child: protection of the rights of the child in humanitarian situations, para. 41
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- 21. Calls upon States to respect, protect and fulfil the right of all children to education, including through increased emphasis on inclusive and quality education, and to promote school enrolment and retention among girls and children in vulnerable situations, such as children with disabilities, including in secondary school;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
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Rights of the child: protection of the rights of the child in humanitarian situations, para. 23
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- 5. Urges States to provide age-, disability- and gender-sensitive humanitarian assistance, including specialized child protection services, to children in the context of humanitarian situations, including refugee and displaced children, that takes into account the particular vulnerabilities and specific protection needs of children, including those who have been forced to flee violence, who have suffered persecution, who are the primary caregivers of families, who have disabilities or who are unaccompanied or separated;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
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The rights of persons with disabilities in situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies 2016, para. 24
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- Decides to remain seized of the matter.
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights of persons with disabilities in situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies 2016, para. 23
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- Requests the Secretary-General to continue to ensure that the work of the Office of the High Commissioner with respect to the rights of persons with disabilities and the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities are adequately resourced for the fulfilment of their tasks;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights of persons with disabilities in situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies 2016, para. 21
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- Encourages representative organizations of persons with disabilities, civil society, national monitoring bodies and human rights institutions to participate actively in the debates referred to in paragraphs 16 and 17 above, as well as in regular and special sessions of the Human Rights Council and its working groups;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights of persons with disabilities in situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies 2016, para. 20
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- Urges States to consider further integrating and mainstreaming the perspective and rights of persons with disabilities into the work of the Human Rights Council;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights of persons with disabilities in situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies 2016, para. 19
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- Encourages the task force of the Human Rights Council on secretariat services and accessibility for persons with disabilities to report orally to the Council on its work;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights of persons with disabilities in situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies 2016, para. 15
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- Encourages States to take into account the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities during the ongoing preparations for and their participation in the World Humanitarian Summit, to be held in Istanbul, Turkey, on 23 and 24 May 2016;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights of persons with disabilities in situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies 2016, para. 12
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- Calls upon States and all relevant stakeholders to ensure that all international cooperation, including international development programmes, is inclusive of and accessible to persons with disabilities and does not contribute to creating new barriers for them or reinforce existing inequalities;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights of persons with disabilities in situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies 2016, para. 9
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- Recognizes the importance of international cooperation and its promotion in support of national efforts to promote the rights of persons with disabilities, including with respect to ensuring the protection and safety of persons with disabilities in situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights of persons with disabilities in situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies 2016, para. 2
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- Encourages States that have ratified the Convention and have submitted one or more reservations to it to initiate a process to review regularly the effect and continued relevance of such reservations, and to consider the possibility of withdrawing them;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights of persons with disabilities in situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies 2016, para. 18
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- Welcoming the report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities on the participation of persons with disabilities in political and public life and in public decision-making,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights of persons with disabilities in situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies 2016, para. 17
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- Deeply concerned also about the particular risk of segregation, abuse and violence, including sexual and gender-based violence against persons with disabilities of all ages, especially in situations of risk, including situations of armed conflict, humanitarian emergencies and the occurrence of natural disasters,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights of persons with disabilities in situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies 2016, para. 16
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- Deeply concerned that girls and women with disabilities are often subject to multiple, aggravated or intersecting forms of discrimination and disadvantage,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights of persons with disabilities in situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies 2016, para. 14
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- Recognizing also that participation, accountability, non-discrimination and empowerment are fundamental principles of a human rights-based approach to disability, and noting article 3 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in this regard,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights of persons with disabilities in situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies 2016, para. 12
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- Underlining that persons with disabilities and their organizations are critical in the assessment of disaster risk and in designing and implementing plans tailored to specific requirements, taking into consideration, inter alia, the principles of universal design,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights of persons with disabilities in situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies 2016, para. 7
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- Recognizing that, in situations of armed conflict, all parties to armed conflicts have obligations under international humanitarian law that may relate to the protection of persons with disabilities,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights of persons with disabilities in situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies 2016, para. 6
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- Acknowledging that international humanitarian law and international human rights law are complementary and mutually reinforcing,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights of persons with disabilities in situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies 2016, para. 5
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- Reaffirming all previous resolutions of the Human Rights Council on the rights of persons with disabilities, the most recent of which was resolution 28/4 of 26 March 2015, and welcoming the efforts of all stakeholders to implement those resolutions,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights of persons with disabilities in situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies 2016, para. 4
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- Recalling the universality, indivisibility, interdependence and interrelatedness of all human rights and fundamental freedoms and the need for persons with disabilities to be guaranteed the full enjoyment of their rights and freedoms without discrimination,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights of persons with disabilities in situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies 2016, para. 3
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- Bearing in mind the upcoming tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, to be commemorated in December 2016,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights of persons with disabilities in situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies 2016, para. 2
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- Noting with appreciation the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, adopted in Sendai, Japan, in March 2015,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights of persons with disabilities in situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies 2016, para. 1
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- Recalling the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Human rights of internally displaced persons 2012, para. 14
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- Expressing concern at the increasing number of persons who become disabled during situations of internal displacement in the context of armed conflict or natural disasters, and recognizing the need to provide adequate services and support for their reintegration,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2012
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights of persons with disabilities in situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies 2016, para. 15
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- Noting the role that innovative means of communication and technology can play with regard to improving accessibility and helping to ensure that no constituency among persons with disabilities is excluded throughout the different stages of emergency response, including preparedness, response, recovery and reconstruction,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights of persons with disabilities in situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies 2016, para. 10
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- Stressing the relevance of disaggregated data collection and analysis, including by disability, as applicable, as an important element in the design of inclusive policies, including those relating to situations of risk, including situations of armed conflict, humanitarian emergencies and the occurrence of natural disasters,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights of persons with disabilities in situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies 2016, para. 17
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- Also decides that an interactive debate on the rights of persons with disabilities will be held at its thirty-seventh session, and that the debate will focus on article 13 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities regarding access to justice, and will have international sign interpretation and captioning;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights of persons with disabilities in situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies 2016, para. 6
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- Encourages States to take a human rights-based approach, with due regard for article 11 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, to the protection and safety of persons with disabilities in situations of risk, including situations of armed conflict, humanitarian emergencies and the occurrence of natural disasters;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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