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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. 53
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- 26(g) Increase and improve financing for education in emergencies so that children’s right to education is recognized as a critical part of humanitarian responses;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- 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. 43
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- 23. Encourages States to contemplate non-formal learning in the context of emergency response plans when formal education is not possible in order to ensure that education continues to be delivered;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- 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. 27
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- 9. Strongly condemns the recruitment and use of children in violation of applicable international law, and calls upon States to take all feasible measures to implement effective measures for the rehabilitation and physical and psychological recovery of those who have been so recruited or used and for their reintegration into society, in particular through educational measures, taking into account the rights and specific needs of girls;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
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Realizing the equal enjoyment of the right to education by every girl 2017, para. 8
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- Deeply concerned that humanitarian crises and armed conflicts are depriving children of access to education, especially girls, who are two and a half times more likely to be out of school than boys in these settings,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Children
- Girls
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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A world fit for children 2002, para. 40.1
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- [To achieve these goals and targets, we will implement the following strategies and actions:] Develop and implement special strategies to ensure that schooling is readily accessible to all children and adolescents, and that basic education is affordable for all families.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 2002
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Rights of the child 2002, para. 12e
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- [Reaffirming paragraph 15 of its resolution 2000/85,] [Calls upon all States:] To take all appropriate measures, especially educational measures, to further promote the responsibility of both parents in the education, development and raising of children;
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- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 2002
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Rights of the child 1999, para. 37b
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- [Calls upon States:] Which have not been able to secure compulsory primary education, free of charge, to work out and adopt a detailed plan of action for the progressive implementation of the principle of compulsory education free of charge for all;
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- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Children
- Year
- 1999
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Trafficking in women and girls 2016, para. 24
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- Urges Governments to develop age-appropriate educational and training programmes and policies aimed at preventing sex tourism and trafficking, giving special emphasis to the protection of young women and children;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights of the child 2015, para. 44
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- Notes that evidence has shown that the States that have made the biggest investments in education are those that have achieved the highest gains in national income, economic growth and poverty reduction as well as in human development outcomes;
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Children
- Year
- 2015
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- Aug 19, 2019
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Protecting children from bullying 2016, para. 3
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- Recalling the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training, and noting the adoption of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Declaration of Principles on Tolerance,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The girl child 2011, para. 25
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- Urges States to complement punitive measures with educational activities designed to promote a process of consensus towards the abandonment of harmful practices such as female genital mutilation and to provide appropriate services for those affected by the practices;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Harmful Practices
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Year
- 2011
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The girl child 2009, para. 20
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- Urges States to complement punitive measures with educational activities designed to promote a process of consensus towards the abandonment of harmful practices such as female genital mutilation and to provide appropriate services for those affected by the practices;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Harmful Practices
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Year
- 2009
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The girl child 2009, para. 21
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- Emphasizing that increased access to education, including in the areas of sexual and reproductive health, for young people, especially girls, dramatically lowers their vulnerability to preventable diseases, in particular HIV infection and sexually transmitted diseases,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Youth
- Year
- 2009
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights of the child 2008, para. 24f
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- [Calls upon States:] To design and implement programmes to provide social services and support to pregnant adolescents and adolescent mothers, in particular by enabling them and also the adolescent fathers to continue and complete their education;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Infants
- Year
- 2008
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights of the child 2007, para. 57j
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- [Urges all States:] To take measures to promote constructive and positive forms of discipline and child development approaches in all settings, including the home, schools and other educational settings and throughout care and justice systems;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2007
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights of the child 2007, para. 26f
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- [Calls upon States:] To design and implement programmes to provide social services and support to pregnant adolescents and adolescent mothers, in particular by enabling them and also the adolescent fathers to continue and complete their education;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Infants
- Year
- 2007
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights of the child 2006, para. 22
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- Invites the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to continue to implement its mandated role in coordinating Education for All, as a means of reaching the commitments contained in the Millennium Declaration in this regard;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights of the child 2006, para. 21e
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- [Also calls upon all States:] To harness the rapidly evolving information and communication technologies to support education at an affordable cost, including open and distance education, while reducing inequality in access and quality;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Children
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights of the child 2006, para. 21c
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- [Also calls upon all States:] To take all appropriate measures to prevent racism and discriminatory and xenophobic attitudes and behaviour through education, keeping in mind the important role that children play in changing those practices;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights of the child 2004, para. 21e
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- [Also calls upon all States:] To harness the rapidly evolving information and communication technologies to support education at an affordable cost, including open and distance education, while reducing inequality in access and quality;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Children
- Year
- 2004
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights of the child 2004, para. 21c
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- [Also calls upon all States:] To take all appropriate measures to prevent racism and discriminatory and xenophobic attitudes and behaviour through education, keeping in mind the important role that children play in changing those practices;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2004
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights of the child 2003, para. 25h
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- [Also calls upon all States:] To harness the rapidly evolving information and communication technologies to support education at an affordable cost, including open and distance education, while reducing inequality in access and quality;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Children
- Year
- 2003
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights of the child 2003, para. 25e
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- [Also calls upon all States:] To take all appropriate measures to prevent racism and discriminatory and xenophobic attitudes and behaviour through education, keeping in mind the important role that children play in changing those practices;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2003
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights of the child 2002, para. II.19
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- Invites Member States to develop national plans of action, or to strengthen existing ones, in order to achieve the objectives of Education for All so as to ensure that all boys and girls complete a full course of primary schooling;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Children
- Girls
- Year
- 2002
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights of the child 2000, para. II.17
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- Calls upon all States to take all appropriate measures to prevent racist, discriminatory and xenophobic attitudes and behaviour by means of education, keeping in mind the important role that children have to play in changing such practices;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2000
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The girl child 1998, para. 6c
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- [Calls upon all States and international and non-governmental organizations, individually and collectively:] To generate social support for the enforcement of laws on the minimum legal age for marriage, in particular by providing educational opportunities for girls;
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Year
- 1998
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The girl child 1997, para. 4c
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- [Calls upon all States and international and non-governmental organizations, individually and collectively:] To generate social support for the enforcement of laws on the minimum legal age for marriage, in particular by providing educational opportunities for girls;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Year
- 1997
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The girl child 1996, para. 3b
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- [Calls upon all States and international and non-governmental organizations, individually and collectively:] To generate social support for the enforcement of laws on the minimum legal age for marriage, in particular by providing educational opportunities for girls;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Year
- 1996
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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