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Vision of the mandate 2014, para. 28

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In general, food and nutrition security policies continue to treat women primarily as mothers, focusing on the nutrition of infants and young children or pregnant women, rather than addressing constraints on women’s economic and social participation. Teenage mothers, women without children and women of post-reproductive age with specific nutritional needs are generally not considered within those policies, and this must change
Body
Special Rapporteur on the right to food
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Food & Nutrition
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Children
  • Infants
  • Women
Year
2014
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Joint general comment No. 4 (2017) of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and No. 23 (2017) of the Committee on the Rights of the Child on State obligations regarding the human rights of c ... 2017, para. 21

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The Committees urge States parties to take all necessary measures to ensure that all children are immediately registered at birth and issued birth certificates, irrespective of their migration status or that of their parents. Legal and practical obstacles to birth registration should be removed, including by prohibiting data sharing between health providers or civil servants responsible for registration with immigration enforcement authorities; and not requiring parents to produce documentation regarding their migration status. Measures should also be taken to facilitate late registration of birth and to avoid financial penalties for late registration. Children who have not been registered should be ensured equal access to health care, protection, education and other social services.
Body
Committee on the Rights of the Child
Document type
General Comment / Recommendation
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Movement
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Families
  • Infants
  • Persons on the move
Year
2017
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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The right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health 2013, para. 44

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Exclusive breastfeeding for infants up to 6 months of age should be protected and promoted and breastfeeding should continue alongside appropriate complementary foods preferably until two years of age, where feasible. States' obligations in this area are defined in the "protect, promote and support" framework, adopted unanimously by the World Health Assembly. States are required to introduce into domestic law, implement and enforce internationally agreed standards concerning children's right to health, including the International Code on Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes and the relevant subsequent World Health Assembly resolutions, as well as the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. Special measures should be taken to promote community and workplace support for mothers in relation to pregnancy and breastfeeding and feasible and affordable childcare services; and compliance with the International Labour Organization Convention No. 183 (2000) concerning the revision of the Maternity Protection Convention (Revised), 1952.
Body
Committee on the Rights of the Child
Document type
General Comment / Recommendation
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Infants
Year
2013
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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The girl child 1998, para. g

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[Actions to be taken by Governments, civil society and the United Nations system, as appropriate:] Recognize and protect from discrimination pregnant adolescents and young mothers and support their continued access to information, health care, nutrition, education and training;
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Food & Nutrition
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Children
  • Girls
  • Infants
  • Youth
Year
1998
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Comprehensive prevention strategies against sale and sexual exploitation of children 2013, para. 33

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Lack of birth registration is another significant risk factor since it makes a child officially invisible. It also constitutes a barrier to accessing the social services that are critical for prevention, including health and education.
Body
Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Health
  • Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Infants
Year
2013
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Effective Implementation of the OPSC 2010, para. 79

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Birth registration provides an official record of a child's existence and nationality and is considered a fundamental right under article 7 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Birth registration should be free and universal.
Body
Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Infants
Year
2010
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Effective Implementation of the OPSC 2010, para. 40

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[Poverty takes an especially heavy toll on children, as evidenced by the following figures cited by UNICEF:] 22 million infants are not protected from diseases by routine immunization;
Body
Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Health
  • Poverty
Person(s) affected
  • Infants
Year
2010
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Effective Implementation of the OPSC 2010, para. 40

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[Poverty takes an especially heavy toll on children, as evidenced by the following figures cited by UNICEF:] 4 million newborns worldwide are dying in the first month of life;
Body
Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Poverty
Person(s) affected
  • Infants
Year
2010
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Conclusion on civil registration 2013, para. 6

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Noting that the lack of civil registration and related documentation makes persons vulnerable to statelessness and associated protection risks, and that birth registration is often essential to the reduction and prevention of statelessness,
Body
Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Document type
ExCom Conclusion
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
Person(s) affected
  • Infants
Year
2013
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Conclusion on civil registration 2013, para. 2

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Recognizing civil registration and documentation, especially birth registration as a proof of birth of a person, contribute to enhancing protection and the implementation of durable solutions, including by documenting links with countries of origin,
Body
Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Document type
ExCom Conclusion
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
Person(s) affected
  • Infants
Year
2013
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Women and health 1999, para. 5c

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[Actions to be taken by Governments, the United Nations system and civil society, as appropriate:] (c) Take specific measures to protect the health of women workers who are pregnant or have recently given birth or are breastfeeding from harmful environmental and occupational hazards, and their children;
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Topic(s)
  • Environment
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Infants
  • Women
Year
1999
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Women and health 1999, para. 2b

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[Actions to be taken by Governments, the United Nations system and civil society, as appropriate:] (b) Promote and support breastfeeding unless it is medically contra-indicated, as well as implement the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes and the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative;
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Topic(s)
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Infants
  • Women
Year
1999
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Inter-American Convention on International Traffic in Minors 1994, para. undefined

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Care or custody of a minor may be revoked whenever it has its origin or purpose in the international traffic in minors, under the same conditions provided for in the preceding article.
Body
Organization of American States
Document type
Regional treaty
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Movement
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Children
  • Infants
Year
1994
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Inter-American Convention on International Traffic in Minors 1994, para. undefined

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A request for locating and returning a minor under the present Convention shall be lodged by those entitled to do so by the laws of the State where the minor habitually resides.
Body
Organization of American States
Document type
Regional treaty
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Movement
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Children
  • Infants
Year
1994
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Inter-American Convention on International Traffic in Minors 1994, para. undefined

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States Parties shall protect the minor's interests with a view to ensuring that all procedures applied pursuant to the present Convention shall remain confidential.
Body
Organization of American States
Document type
Regional treaty
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Children
  • Infants
Year
1994
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 71

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SICA and the Special Representative agreed to enhance collaboration on the promotion of the rule of law, restorative justice programmes, and public policies for violence prevention; and to enhance cooperation on early childhood initiatives, including in the framework of the Regional Conference for the Prevention of Violence Starting in Early Childhood (Panama, August 2013).
Body
Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Document type
SRSG report
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Infants
Year
2013
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Gender equality in the realization of the human rights to water and sanitation 2016, para. 33

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Quality standards must take into account the fact that the amount of toxic substances to which a person can be safely exposed differs widely depending on the individual. Pregnant women in particular can be at higher risk of waterborne diseases from an intake of contaminated water. Standards on water, sanitation and hygiene quality must take into account the fact that women, especially when pregnant, have a lower tolerance for toxic substances.
Body
Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Environment
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Health
  • Water & Sanitation
Person(s) affected
  • Infants
  • Women
Year
2016
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Pathways to, conditions and consequences of incarceration for women 2013, para. 52

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Inadequate quantities and poor nutritional value of foods is an issue in many countries. It can result in starvation and malnourishment, including for pregnant or nursing women; it can become a commodity traded for sex; denial of food can be used as a form of punishment; because of limited quantities, it can lead to fights; and the poor quality and nutritional value may endanger the health of inmates, including impacting the ability of mothers to breastfeed babies.
Body
Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Food & Nutrition
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Infants
  • Women
Year
2013
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Gender-related killings of women 2012, para. 78

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Female infanticide has been practiced throughout history, on all continents, and by persons from all backgrounds. It remains a critical concern in a number of countries today. It is closely linked to the phenomenon of sex-selective abortion, which targets female foetuses. Female infanticide has been known to take such forms as the induced death of infants by suffocation, drowning, neglect and exposure to danger or other means.
Body
Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Harmful Practices
  • Health
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Infants
Year
2012
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Gender perspectives on torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment 2016, para. 72b

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[With regard to abuses in health-care settings, the Special Rapporteur calls upon States to:] Decriminalize abortion and ensure access to legal and safe abortions, at a minimum in cases of rape, incest and severe or fatal fetal impairment and where the life or physical or mental health of the mother is at risk;
Body
Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Infants
Year
2016
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Comprehensive prevention strategies against sale and sexual exploitation of children 2013, para. 122c

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[To that end, the Special Rapporteur recommends the following actions:] Ensure that children's births are registered; and ensure that vulnerable children are identified early and that they have an adequate standard of living and free access to health care and health services, education and social security;
Body
Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Health
  • Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Infants
Year
2013
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Access to justice for people living in poverty 2012, para. 96

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[States should:] Make all efforts necessary to register all children immediately after birth, and identify and remove barriers that impede the access of the poor to registration, in particular groups that suffer multiple forms of discrimination; registration must be free, simple and available at the local level
Body
Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Infants
Year
2012
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Report of the SR on the right to health and Agenda 2030 2016, para. 103q

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[As a matter of priority, the Special Rapporteur recommends that:] Member States guarantee substantial investments in healthy human relationships, emotional and social well-being and social capital, starting from interventions that address infant-parent interactions in early childhood and moving through the entire life cycle;
Body
Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Infants
Year
2016
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Work of the mandate and priorities of the SR 2015, para. 89

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The right to survival relates to the prevention of infant and under-5 mortality. Despite many achievements in the field of medicine, 6 million children under 5 die every year in the world. Those children do not die of unknown or incurable diseases or illnesses; they die because of the conditions in which they and their parents live and poor governance and accountability.
Body
Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Infants
Year
2015
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Right to health in early childhood - Right to survival and development 2015, para. 113a

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[In addition, the Special Rapporteur recommends that other stakeholders:] Step up efforts to significantly reduce mortality and morbidity rates among newborns;
Body
Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Infants
Year
2015
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Right to health in early childhood - Right to survival and development 2015, para. 112g

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[In this connection, the Special Rapporteur urges Governments:] To equip primary health-care and paediatric services not only with modern lifesaving medicines and vaccines, but also with knowledge and effective and culturally appropriate interventions based on research in neuroscience, psychology, developmental paediatrics and child psychiatry;
Body
Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Infants
Year
2015
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Right to health in early childhood - Right to survival and development 2015, para. 112a

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[In this connection, the Special Rapporteur urges Governments:] To address the youngest children, especially newborns and infants, as rights holders and to join forces with all relevant stakeholders to achieve a breakthrough by significantly reducing mortality and morbidity rates among newborns;
Body
Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Infants
Year
2015
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Right to health in early childhood - Right to survival and development 2015, para. 65

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In this connection, the importance of States' commitments under the global targets for improving maternal, infant and young child nutrition must be underlined. The targets are crucial to establishing priority areas for action and catalysing global change.
Body
Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Infants
  • Youth
Year
2015
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Right to health in early childhood - Right to survival and development 2015, para. 35

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Infants and young children are holders of all rights enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child as well as other international human rights treaties. The Convention affords special protection for early childhood in recognition of the important and particular challenges facing this age group and the progressive exercise of their rights, in accordance with their evolving capacities.
Body
Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Infants
Year
2015
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Right to health in early childhood - Right to survival and development 2015, para. 14

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Reducing under-5 mortality and morbidity is a critical right to health issue. The Convention on the Rights of the Child provides that taking appropriate measures to diminish infant and child mortality is a central aspect of States parties' obligations in relation to the right of the child to health. The right to health is therefore closely linked to the right to survive of young children.
Body
Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Infants
  • Youth
Year
2015
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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