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Promoting human rights through sport and the Olympic ideal, para. 22
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- Acknowledging further the importance of the Youth Olympic Games in inspiring youth, including university students, through integrated sports and cultural and educational experiences, and the potential for social inclusion, welcoming the hosting of the Youth Olympic Games by Buenos Aires in 2018 and Lausanne, Switzerland in 2020, and the hosting of the Universiade in 2019 by Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation in March 2019 and in Naples, Italy in July 2019,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
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Youth and human rights 2016, para. 12
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- Recalling the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training, and recognizing that human rights education and training for youth can contribute to the promotion of inclusive and tolerant societies, thereby favouring the progressive realization of all human rights,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The right of the child to engage in play and recreational activities 2014, para. 10
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- Recalling General Assembly resolutions 67/17 of 28 November 2012, on sport as a means to promote education, health, development and peace, in which the Assembly stressed the use of sport as a vehicle to strengthen education, including physical education, for children and young persons, and 67/296 of 23 August 2013, in which the Assembly proclaimed 6 April as the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Elimination of discrimination against women and girls 2017, para. 14
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- Recognizing that progress has been made in increasing access to education for both boys and girls, in reducing the gender gap in youth literacy, in expanding universal primary education, in particular in developing countries, and in reducing the number of out-of-school children of primary school age worldwide,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Girls
- Youth
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Child, early and forced marriage in humanitarian settings 2017, para. 14
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- Noting with concern that child, early and forced marriage disproportionally affects girls who have received little or no formal education, and is itself a significant obstacle to educational opportunities for girls and young women, in particular girls who are forced to drop out of school owing to marriage, pregnancy, childbirth and/or childcare responsibilities, and recognizing that educational opportunities are directly related to the empowerment of women and girls, their employment and economic opportunities and their active participation in economic, social and cultural development, governance and decision-making,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Education
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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