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Rights of the child 2005, para. 27c
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- [Calls upon all States:] To ensure compliance with the principle that depriving children of their liberty should be used only as a measure of last resort and for the shortest appropriate time, in particular before trial, recalling the prohibition of life imprisonment without possibility of release;
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- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2005
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Rights of the child 2005, para. 16j
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- [Urges all States to continue to intensify efforts in order to ensure the implementation of the right of the child, irrespective of the child's status, to birth registration, preservation of identity, including nationality, and family relations, as recognized by law;] Taking all appropriate measures, especially educational measures, and promoting further the responsibility of both parents in the education, development and raising of children;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 2005
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Rights of the child 2005, para. 16i
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- [Urges all States to continue to intensify efforts in order to ensure the implementation of the right of the child, irrespective of the child's status, to birth registration, preservation of identity, including nationality, and family relations, as recognized by law;] Where a child is illegally deprived of some or all of the elements of his or her identity, providing appropriate assistance and protection with a view to re-establishing speedily his or her identity;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 2005
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Rights of the child 2005, para. 16h
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- [Urges all States to continue to intensify efforts in order to ensure the implementation of the right of the child, irrespective of the child's status, to birth registration, preservation of identity, including nationality, and family relations, as recognized by law;] Taking all necessary measures to prevent and combat illegal adoptions;
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- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 2005
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Rights of the child 2005, para. 16g
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- [Urges all States to continue to intensify efforts in order to ensure the implementation of the right of the child, irrespective of the child's status, to birth registration, preservation of identity, including nationality, and family relations, as recognized by law;] Establishing policy, legislation and effective supervision for the protection of children involved in intercountry adoption, bearing in mind the best interest of the child;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 2005
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Rights of the child 2005, para. 16e
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- [Urges all States to continue to intensify efforts in order to ensure the implementation of the right of the child, irrespective of the child's status, to birth registration, preservation of identity, including nationality, and family relations, as recognized by law;] Where alternative care is necessary, promoting family and community-based care in preference to placement in institutions;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 2005
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Rights of the child 2005, para. 16c
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- [Urges all States to continue to intensify efforts in order to ensure the implementation of the right of the child, irrespective of the child's status, to birth registration, preservation of identity, including nationality, and family relations, as recognized by law;] Ensuring that a child shall not be separated from his or her parents against their will, except when consistent with the Convention on the Rights of the Child;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 2005
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Rights of the child 2005, para. 16b
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- [Urges all States to continue to intensify efforts in order to ensure the implementation of the right of the child, irrespective of the child's status, to birth registration, preservation of identity, including nationality, and family relations, as recognized by law;] Raising awareness at the national, regional and local levels, whenever necessary, of the importance of the birth registration of all children, irrespective of their status, immediately after birth;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Infants
- Year
- 2005
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Rights of the child 2005, para. 16a
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- [Urges all States to continue to intensify efforts in order to ensure the implementation of the right of the child, irrespective of the child's status, to birth registration, preservation of identity, including nationality, and family relations, as recognized by law;] Providing, at a minimal cost, simplified, expeditious, effective procedures for birth registration;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 2005
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Rights of the child 2004, para. 26
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- Calls upon all States in which ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities or persons of indigenous origin exist not to deny to a child belonging to such a minority, or who is indigenous, the right, in community with other members of his or her group, to enjoy his or her own culture, to profess and practise his or her own religion, or to use his or her own language;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Year
- 2004
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Rights of the child 2004, para. 12b
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- [Calls upon all States:] To undertake to respect the right of the child to preserve his or her identity, including nationality, name and family relations, as recognized by law, without unlawful interference, and, where a child is illegally deprived of some or all of the elements of his or her identity, to provide appropriate assistance and protection with a view to re establishing speedily his or her identity;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 2004
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Rights of the child 2004, para. 12e
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- [Calls upon all States:] To guarantee, to the extent consistent with each State's obligations, the right of a child whose parents reside in different States to maintain on a regular basis, except if it is contrary to the child's best interests, personal relations and direct contacts with both parents by providing means of access and visitation in both States and by respecting the principle that both parents have common responsibilities for the upbringing and development of their children;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 2004
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Rights of the child 2005, para. 32b
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- [Calls upon all States:] To take effective measures to ensure prosecution of offenders, whether local or foreign, by the competent national authorities, either in the country where the crime was committed, or in the country of which the victim is a national or a resident, or in the offender's country of origin in accordance with due process of law, and for these purposes, to afford one another the greatest measure of assistance in connection with investigations or criminal or extradition proceedings;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2005
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Rights of the child 2005, para. 27b
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- [Calls upon all States:] To protect children deprived of their liberty from torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2005
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Rights of the child 2005, para. 27a
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- [Calls upon all States:] In particular, States in which the death penalty has not been abolished, to comply with their obligations as assumed under relevant provisions of international human rights instruments, particularly articles 37 and 40 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and articles 6 and 14 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, keeping in mind the safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty and guarantees set out in Economic and Social Council resolutions 1984/50 of 25 May 1984 and 1989/64 of 24 May 1989, and calls upon those States to abolish by law as soon as possible the death penalty for those aged under 18 at the time of the commission of the offence;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2005
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Rights of the child 2005, para. 16f
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- [Urges all States to continue to intensify efforts in order to ensure the implementation of the right of the child, irrespective of the child's status, to birth registration, preservation of identity, including nationality, and family relations, as recognized by law;] Addressing cases of international abduction of children, bearing in mind that the best interest of the child shall be a primary consideration, and encourages States to engage in multilateral and bilateral cooperation to ensure, inter alia, the return of the child to the country where he or she resided immediately before the removal or retention and, in this respect, to pay particular attention to cases of international abduction of children by one of their parents or other relatives;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 2005
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Rights of the child 2005, para. 16d
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- [Urges all States to continue to intensify efforts in order to ensure the implementation of the right of the child, irrespective of the child's status, to birth registration, preservation of identity, including nationality, and family relations, as recognized by law;] Guaranteeing, to the extent consistent with each State's obligations, the right of a child whose parents reside in different States to maintain on a regular basis, except if it is contrary to the child's best interests, personal relations and direct contacts with both parents by providing means of access and visitation in both States and by respecting the principle that both parents have common responsibilities for the upbringing and development of their children;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 2005
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Rights of the child 2005, para. 10
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- Calls upon all States to ensure that children are entitled to their civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights without discrimination of any kind;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2005
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Rights of the child 2005, para. 7
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- Calls upon all States to end impunity for perpetrators of crimes committed against children, recognizing in this regard the contribution of the establishment of the International Criminal Court as a way to prevent violations of human rights and international humanitarian law, in particular when children are victims of serious crimes, including the crime of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, and to bring perpetrators of such crimes to justice, and not to grant amnesties for these crimes and to strengthen international cooperation towards the goal of ending impunity;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2005
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Rights of the child 2004, para. 36
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- Encourages States to develop national disaggregated statistics in the area of juvenile justice, including statistics on children in detention;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2004
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Rights of the child 2004, para. 35b
- Paragraph text
- [Calls upon:] All States to protect children deprived of their liberty from torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2004
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Rights of the child 2004, para. 35a
- Paragraph text
- [Calls upon:] All States, in particular, States in which the death penalty has not been abolished, to comply with their obligations as assumed under relevant provisions of international human rights instruments, including in particular articles 37 and 40 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and articles 6 and 14 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, keeping in mind the safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty and guarantees set out in Economic and Social Council resolutions 1984/50 of 25 May 1984 and 1989/64 of 24 May 1989, and calls upon those States to abolish by law as soon as possible the death penalty for those aged under 18 at the time of the commission of the offence;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2004
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Rights of the child 2004, para. 24
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- Calls upon all States to ensure that children are entitled to their civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights without discrimination of any kind;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2004
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Rights of the child 2004, para. 12c
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- [Calls upon all States:] To ensure as far as possible the right of the child to know and be cared for by his or her parents; to ensure that the child shall not be separated from his or her parents against their will, except when the competent authorities, subject to judicial review, determine, in accordance with applicable law and procedures and giving all interested parties an opportunity to participate in the proceedings and make their views known, that such separation is necessary for the best interests of the child, consistent with article 9 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 2004
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Rights of the child 2004, para. 12a
- Paragraph text
- [Calls upon all States:] To continue to intensify efforts to ensure the registration of all children, irrespective of their status, immediately after birth, including by the consideration of simplified, expeditious and effective procedures;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Infants
- Year
- 2004
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Rights of the child 2004, para. 6
- Paragraph text
- Calls upon all States to end impunity for perpetrators of crimes committed against children, recognizing in this regard the contribution of the establishment of the International Criminal Court as a way to prevent violations of human rights and international humanitarian law, in particular when children are victims of serious crimes, including the crime of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, and to bring perpetrators of such crimes to justice, and not to grant amnesties for these crimes;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2004
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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