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International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World, 2001–2010 (2008), para. 20
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- 5. Encourages the Peacebuilding Commission to promote a culture of peace and non-violence for children in its activities;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Assistance to the Palestinian people (2007), para. 09
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- Emphasizing the importance of the safety and well-being of all children in the whole Middle East region,
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Agricultural technology for sustainable development (2016), para. 16
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- Recognizing that young people play a significant role in supporting sustainable economic growth and that agricultural technology has an essential role to play in facilitating access to agricultural skills for young women and men, improving the livelihoods of youth and securing the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour,
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Men
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations Principles and Guidelines on Access to Legal Aid in Criminal Justice Systems (2013), para. 066
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- Legal aid in the best interests of the child
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- Children
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of the child (2003), para. 130
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- Progressive elimination of child labour
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Improving global road safety (2018), para. 12
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- Expressing its concern that the number of road traffic crashes remains unacceptably high, and that crashes represent a leading cause of death and injury around the world, killing more than 1.3 million people and injuring as many as 50 million people a year, with 90 per cent of those casualties occurring in developing countries, and concerned also that road traffic crashes are the leading cause of death around the world for children and young people between 15 and 29 years of age,
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Improving global road safety (2016), para. 13
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- Expressing its concern that, despite the stabilization of the global number of road traffic fatalities since 2013, the number of road traffic crashes remains unacceptably high, and crashes represent a leading cause of death and injury around the world, killing more than 1.25 million people and injuring as many as 50 million people a year, with 90 per cent of these casualties occurring in developing countries, and concerned also that road traffic crashes are the leading cause of death around the world for children and young people between 15 and 29 years of age,
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Assistance to unaccompanied refugee minors (1996), para. 02
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- Bearing in mind that unaccompanied refugee minors are among the most vulnerable refugees and require special assistance and care,
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- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non- Violence for the Children of the World, 2001–2010 (2001), para. 19
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- 10. Stresses the importance of the media and of new information and communications technology in further promoting a culture of peace and non- violence, especially among children and young people;
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- Children
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and full implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly (2010), para. 17
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- Recalling Security Council resolutions 1325 (2000) of 31 October 2000 and 1820 (2008) of 19 June 2008 on women and peace and security, and welcoming the adoption of Council resolution 1882 (2009) of 4 August 2009 on children and armed conflict and Council resolutions 1888 (2009) of 30 September 2009 and 1889 (2009) of 5 October 2009 on women and peace and security,
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- N.A.
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran (2019), para. 10
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- 7. Also welcomes the continuing efforts of the Islamic Republic of Iran to host large numbers of Afghan refugees and to grant them access to basic services, in particular access to health care and education for children;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2004), para. 45
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- (e) To put an immediate end to the recruitment and use of child soldiers, which are in contravention of international law and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, 10 with the understanding that, under the Convention on the Rights of the Child 11 and the Optional Protocol thereto on the involvement of children in armed conflict, 12 persons under the age of 18 are entitled to special protection, and to provide information without delay on measures taken to discontinue such practices;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace (2015), para. 29
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- 6. Commends the practical initiatives and actions by relevant United Nations bodies, including the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) and the University for Peace, as well as their activities in further promoting a culture of peace and non-violence, including the promotion of peace education and activities related to specific areas identified in the Programme of Action and encourages them to continue and further strengthen and expand their efforts, and in this context notes with appreciation the global launch of the United Nations Children’s Fund Early Childhood Peace Consortium in September 2013;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights (2016), para. 05
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- Taking note of the progress report of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee on the global issue of unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights, in which the Committee presented an analysis of the situation of children with high vulnerability, 1
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Literacy for life: shaping future agendas (2017), para. 14
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- Deeply concerned about the impact of disrupted educational services in humanitarian emergencies on efforts to promote literacy skills, especially for all children and young people,
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth: youth in the global economy – promoting youth participation in social and economic development (2008), para. 133
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- 63. Where traditional forms of social support have been reduced by migration, globalization and related situations, Governments should work with non- governmental organizations and the private sector to provide assistance and support to older caregivers, especially those providing care for HIV/AIDS orphans, in meeting the needs of their children and grandchildren.
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Older persons
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (2014), para. 31
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- Deploring also the killing and wounding of refugee children and women sheltering in the Agency schools by the Israeli occupying forces during the military operations of July and August 2014,
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of the child (2008), para. 014
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- Reaffirming also the need for mainstreaming a gender perspective in all policies and programmes relating to children, and recognizing the child as a rights holder in all policies and programmes relating to children,
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of the child (2020), para. 107
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- (h) To continue its consideration of the question at its seventy-sixth session under the item entitled “Promotion and protection of the rights of children”.
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The girl child (2010), para. 26
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- Recognizing that early childbearing continues to be an impediment to the improvement of the educational and social status of girls in all parts of the world and that, overall, child and forced marriages and early motherhood can severely curtail their educational opportunities and are likely to have a long-term, adverse impact on their employment opportunities and on their and their children’s quality of life,
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Draft outcome document of the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly of September 2005 (2005), para. 094
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- 47. We strongly support fair globalization and resolve to make the goals of full and productive employment and decent work for all, including for women and young people, a central objective of our relevant national and international policies as well as our national development strategies, including poverty reduction strategies, as part of our efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. These measures should also encompass the elimination of the worst forms of child labour, as defined in International Labour Organization Convention No. 182, and forced labour. We also resolve to ensure full respect for the fundamental principles and rights at work.
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2006), para. 22
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- (c) To put an immediate end to the recruitment and use of child soldiers, which is contrary to international law and to the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, 3 with the understanding that, under the Convention on the Rights of the Child 4 and the Optional Protocol thereto on the involvement of children in armed conflict, 5 and in accordance with Security Council resolutions 1539 (2004) of 22 April 2004 and 1612 (2005) of 26 July 2005 on children and armed conflict, persons under the age of 18 are entitled to special protection, and to develop and implement without delay the action plans called for in Council resolutions 1539 (2004) and 1612 (2005);
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (the Bangkok Rules) (2011), para. 066
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- 2. Prior to or on admission, women with caretaking responsibilities for children shall be permitted to make arrangements for those children, including the possibility of a reasonable suspension of detention, taking into account the best interests of the children.
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Preparations for and observance of the twentieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family (2013), para. 15
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- 6. Further encourages Member States to strengthen provisions for parental leave, extend flexible working arrangements for employees with family responsibilities, promote gender equality and the empowerment of women, enhance paternal involvement and support a wide range of quality childcare arrangements in order to improve work-family balance;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Human rights and unilateral coercive measures (2003), para. 13
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- 2. Also urges all States to take steps to avoid and to refrain from adopting any unilateral measures not in accordance with international law and the Charter that impede the full achievement of economic and social development by the population of the affected countries, in particular children and women, that hinder their well-being and that create obstacles to the full enjoyment of their human rights, including the right of everyone to a standard of living adequate for their health and well-being and their right to food, medical care and the necessary social services, as well as to ensure that food and medicine are not used as tools for political pressure;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (2015), para. 30
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- (x) Violations of workers’ rights, including the right to freedom of association and effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining, the right to strike as defined by the obligations of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 5 and the prohibition of the economic exploitation of children and of any harmful or hazardous work of children as defined by the obligations of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea under the Convention on the Rights of the Child; 6
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Assistance to Somalia in the field of human rights (2016), para. 44
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- (n) To treat former combatants, including children under 18 years of age, in accordance with applicable obligations under domestic and international law, in particular international human rights law and international humanitarian law, as applicable;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (2018), para. 51
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- 24. Urges Israel to ensure that any arrest, detention and/or trial of Palestinian children is in line with the Convention on the Rights of the Child, including by refraining from holding criminal proceedings against them in military courts that, by definition, fall short of providing the necessary guarantees to ensure respect for their rights and that infringe upon their right to non-discrimination;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Strengthening and promoting effective measures and international cooperation on organ donation and transplantation to prevent and combat trafficking in persons for the purpose of organ removal and trafficking in human organs (2019), para. 11
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- Taking note of the report of the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, on the issue of trafficking in persons for the removal of organs submitted to the General Assembly at its sixty - eighth session, 9
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2005), para. 22
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- (f) To take special measures to protect women and children from the appalling violence, including sexual violence, which has been and continues to be prevalent throughout the country, in particular in Ituri, North and South Kivu and other areas in the eastern part of the country, and condemns in particular the widespread use of sexual violence as a means of warfare;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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