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Technical assistance and capacity-building for Mali in the field of human rights, para. 50
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- 28. Decides to hold a dialogue at its fortieth session, in the presence of the Independent Expert and representatives of the Government of Mali, to assess the evolution of the situation of human rights in the country, with a particular focus on the fight against impunity;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
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Situation of human rights in Myanmar, para. 33
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- 16. Reiterates the need for the fact-finding mission to be provided with all the resources and expertise necessary to carry out its mandate, including forensic science expertise and expertise on sexual and gender-based violence, to continue to fulfil its mandate until it presents its final report to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-ninth session, to be followed by an interactive dialogue, and requests the presentation of that report to the General Assembly at its seventy-third session, to be followed by an interactive dialogue with the fact-finding mission;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
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Prevention of genocide, para. 9
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- Condemning impunity for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, and emphasizing the responsibility of States to comply with their obligations under relevant international instruments to end impunity and, to that end, to thoroughly investigate and prosecute persons responsible for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes or other massive, serious or systematic violations of human rights and international humanitarian law in order to avoid their recurrence and to seek sustainable peace, justice, truth and reconciliation, and in this regard stressing also the importance of strengthening the capacity of domestic jurisdictions and inter-State cooperation,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
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Mandate of the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism, para. 19
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- 2. Takes note with appreciation of the thematic report of the Independent Expert,1 which deals, in particular, with attacks and human rights violations in countries where certain harmful practices, including witchcraft-related practices, have served as one of the root causes of attacks, and in this regard welcomes the Regional Action Plan on Albinism in Africa (2017-2021) to end attacks in Africa;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Harmful Practices
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
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Mandate of the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism, para. 16
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- Welcoming also the recent work of the Independent Expert in preparing analytical studies and holding discussions on harmful practices relating to witchcraft as a particular risk to persons with albinism in some countries and as one of the root causes of attacks perpetrated against them,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Harmful Practices
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
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Mandate of the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism, para. 12
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- Welcoming also in this regard the ongoing work to address witchcraft-related harmful practices as one of the root causes of human rights violations and abuses perpetuated against persons with albinism, and to engage with stakeholders and carry out analytical studies in order to enable States to take effective action,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Harmful Practices
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
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Mandate of the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism, para. 11
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- Welcoming all the initiatives and actions taken by all Member States to address and combat all forms of violence and discrimination against persons with albinism,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
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Elimination of violence against women 1994, para. 4
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- Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General containing the conclusions and recommendations of the Expert Group Meeting on Measures to Eradicate Violence against Women, held in New Brunswick, New Jersey, in October 1993,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Women
- Year
- 1994
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Sexual violence in armed conflict 2013, para. 22
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- Requests that the Secretary-General continue to submit annual reports to the Council on the implementation of women and peace and security resolutions and the present resolution, and to submit his next report by March 2014;
- Body
- United Nations Security Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Women
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict 2015, para. 1
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- Decides to proclaim 19 June of each year the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Persons with albinism 2017, para. 9
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- Welcoming the steps taken and the efforts made by the countries concerned, including the initiation of legal action against perpetrators of attacks against persons with albinism, public condemnation of attacks against persons with albinism and public campaigns to raise awareness,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Rights of the child 2004, para. 20
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- Requests the Secretary General to submit a substantive progress report on the study to the Commission at its sixty first session and the final in depth study to the Commission at its sixty second session for its consideration, with the aim of evaluating all possible complementary measures and future actions;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2004
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Rights of the child 2003, para. 20
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- Requests the Secretary-General to submit a substantive progress report on the study to the Commission at its sixtieth session and the final in-depth study to the Commission at its sixty-first session for its consideration, with the aim of evaluating all possible complementary measures and future actions;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2003
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Acts of sexual violence against civilians in armed conflicts 2008, para. 9
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- Recalling the inclusion of a range of sexual violence offences in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and the statutes of the ad hoc international criminal tribunals,
- Body
- United Nations Security Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2008
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Persons with albinism 2017, para. 3
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- Also encourages Member States to address the root causes of discrimination and violence against persons with albinism, including through awareness-raising campaigns, the dissemination of accurate information on albinism and other measures, such as the integration of albinism into education curricula, as appropriate;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Human rights in the administration of justice, including juvenile justice 2017, para. 33
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- Requests the High Commissioner to submit to the Human Rights Council, at its forty-second session, a report on human rights in the administration of justice, in particular on violence, death and serious injury in situations of deprivation of liberty, drawing on the experience of United Nations and regional human rights mechanisms and seeking the views of States, including on their policies and best practices, civil society, and other relevant stakeholders;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Human rights in the administration of justice, including juvenile justice 2017, para. 17
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- Calls upon States to review penal policies that can contribute to overincarceration and overcrowding, in particular regarding so-called “zero-tolerance policies”, such as the application of mandatory pretrial detention and mandatory minimum sentences, especially for minor and/or non-violent crimes;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Accelerating efforts to eliminate violence against women: engaging men and boys in preventing and responding to violence against all women and girls 2017, para. 11
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- Welcomes the work of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, and takes note with appreciation of her reports;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Women
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children 2017, para. 2
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- Takes note with appreciation of the thematic report of the Special Rapporteur on strengthening voluntary standards for businesses on preventing and combating trafficking in persons and labour exploitation, especially in supply chains, and her thematic reports on trafficking in persons in conflict and post-conflict situations;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Traffic in women and girls 2002, para. 20
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- Invites the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in cooperation with participating organizations of the Contact Group, to brief delegations and other interested parties on the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human rights Trafficking Programme and the activities of the Contact Group during the fifty-ninth session of the Commission;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2002
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Traffic in women and girls 2001, para. 3
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- Invites Governments as well as donor countries, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and international, regional and non-governmental organizations to consider the recommendations of the Special Rapporteur on the issue of trafficking, in particular on the need for greater allocation of resources and better coordination of programmes and activities in tackling this problem;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2001
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Elimination of violence against women 2005, para. 3
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- Recalling all its previous resolutions on the elimination of violence against women, in particular its resolution 1994/45 of 4 March 1994, in which it decided to appoint a special rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, all General Assembly resolutions relevant to elimination of violence against women, and Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) of 31 October 2000 on women, peace and security,
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Women
- Year
- 2005
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Mainstreaming the human rights of women 1996, para. 5
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- Recalls that the Commission on Human Rights, in its resolution 1994/45, requested the Secretary-General to ensure that the reports of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences were brought to the attention of the Commission on the Status of Women to assist the Commission in its work in the area of violence against women;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Women
- Year
- 1996
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment: mandate of the Special Rapporteur 2017, para. 1e
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- [Decides to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment for a further period of three years:] To integrate a gender perspective and a victim-centred approach throughout the work of his or her mandate;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences 2016, para. 12
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- Encourages the Special Rapporteur to continue to cooperate fully and effectively with all other relevant existing human rights mechanisms, and the United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, taking full account of their contribution while avoiding duplication of their work;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences 2016, para. 6b
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- [Requests the Special Rapporteur, in carrying out the mandate, to continue:] To take account of the gender and age dimensions of contemporary forms of slavery;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences 2016, para. 1
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- Welcomes the work and takes note with appreciation of the thematic reports of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences, including those on contemporary forms of slavery in supply chains and on debt bondage;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences 2016, para. 7
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- Deeply concerned that the minimum estimate of the number of people subjected to contemporary forms of slavery is that of 21 million victims of forced labour worldwide,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment: Mandate of the Special Rapporteur 2014, para. 1e
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- [Decides to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment for a further period of three years:] To integrate a gender perspective and a victim-centred approach throughout the work of his or her mandate;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Technical cooperation for the prevention of attacks against persons with albinism 2013, para. 9
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- Welcoming the steps taken and the efforts made by the countries concerned, including the initiation of legal action against perpetrators of attacks against persons with albinism, public condemnation of attacks against persons with albinism, and public awareness-raising campaigns;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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