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Cooperation with Georgia, para. 15
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- Expressing concern that internally displaced persons and refugees continue to be deprived of the right to return to their homes in a safe and dignified manner,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
Paragraph
Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan, para. 18
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- Aware that Israeli settlement activities involve, inter alia, the transfer of nationals of the occupying Power into the occupied territories, the confiscation of land, the destruction of property, including homes and projects funded by the international community, the forcible displacement of Palestinian civilians, including Bedouin families, the exploitation of natural resources, the conduct of economic activity for the benefit of the occupying Power, disruption to the livelihood of protected persons, the de facto annexation of land and other actions against the Palestinian civilian population and the civilian population in the occupied Syrian Golan that are contrary to international law,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
Paragraph
Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, para. 44
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- 15. Demands that Israel, the occupying Power, cease immediately its imposition of prolonged closures and economic and movement restrictions, including those amounting to a blockade on the Gaza Strip, which severely restricts the freedom of movement of Palestinians within, into and out of Gaza and their access to basic utilities, housing, education, work, health and an adequate standard of living via various measures, including import and export restrictions, that have a direct impact on livelihoods, economic sustainability and development throughout Gaza, aggravating the state of de-development in Gaza, and in this regard calls upon Israel to implement fully the Agreement on Movement and Access and the Agreed Principles for the Rafah Crossing in order to allow for the sustained and regular movement of persons and goods and for the acceleration of long overdue reconstruction in the Gaza Strip;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
Paragraph
Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, para. 18
- Paragraph text
- Expressing deep concern at the Israeli policy of closures and the imposition of severe restrictions and checkpoints, several of which have been transformed into structures akin to permanent border crossings, other physical obstacles and a permit regime, which are applied in a discriminatory manner affecting the Palestinian population only and all of which obstruct the freedom of movement of persons and goods, including medical and humanitarian goods, throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and impair the Territory’s contiguity, violating the human rights of the Palestinian people,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
Paragraph
The right of Palestinian people to self-determination, para. 10
- Paragraph text
- Deploring the plight of millions of Palestine refugees and displaced persons who have been uprooted from their homes, and expressing deep regret about the fact that more than half of the Palestinian people continue to live in exile in refugee camps throughout the region and in the diaspora,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
Paragraph
Human rights in the occupied Syrian Golan, para. 18
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- 4. Calls upon Israel to allow the Syrian population of the occupied Syrian Golan to visit their families and relatives in the Syrian motherland through the Quneitra checkpoint and under the supervision of the International Committee of the Red Cross, and to rescind its decision to prohibit these visits, as it is in flagrant violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
Paragraph
Human rights in the occupied Syrian Golan, para. 16
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- construction of 1,600 new settlement units in the occupied Syrian Golan,3 and to desist also from changing the physical character, demographic composition, institutional structure and legal status of the occupied Syrian Golan, and emphasizes that the displaced persons of the population of the occupied Syrian Golan must be allowed to return to their homes and to recover their property;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
Paragraph
Situation of human rights in Myanmar, para. 28
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- 12. Strongly calls upon the Government of Myanmar to expedite the safe, voluntary, dignified and sustainable return of all internally displaced persons in conditions of safety and dignity to their homes in Myanmar, including the approximately 120,000 Rohingya internally displaced persons currently in camps near Sittwe, in central Rakhine;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
Paragraph
Situation of human rights in Myanmar, para. 27
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- 11. Acknowledges the measures taken by the Government of Myanmar to prepare for the voluntary return of Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh, including through the Union Enterprise for Humanitarian Assistance, Resettlement and Development in Rakhine, while stressing the need for the creation of the conditions for safe, voluntary, dignified and sustainable return, with international oversight, preferably to their places of origin, providing returnees with freedom of movement, unimpeded access to livelihoods, social services, including health services, education and shelter, and compensating them for all losses, acknowledges also the importance of international oversight and monitoring of these processes, while noting with concern the continued departure of members of the remaining Rohingya population for Bangladesh, and calls for an end to the intimidation of those displaced and taking shelter in no man’s land on the Myanmar-Bangladesh border;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
Paragraph
Situation of human rights in Myanmar, para. 26
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- 10. Welcomes the signing by the Governments of Myanmar and Bangladesh of an “arrangement on the return of displaced persons from Rakhine” on 23 November 2017 and of a “physical arrangement for the repatriation of displaced Myanmar residents from Bangladesh” on 16 January 2018 as important first steps towards the safe, voluntary, dignified and sustainable return and repatriation of Rohingya refugees, acknowledges the cooperation of Bangladesh with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, while urging all parties to invite the Office of the High Commissioner, the International Organization for Migration and other relevant international organizations to fulfil their mandates and to participate fully in the Joint Working Group on the Repatriation of Displaced Myanmar Residents from Bangladesh and in the implementation of the returns process to ensure effective and sustainable implementation, in accordance with international law;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
Paragraph
Situation of human rights in Myanmar, para. 22
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- population control; lifting local orders restricting the right to freedom of movement and restricting access to civil registration, health services and education services; and facilitating durable solutions that allow internally displaced persons, refugees and camp populations to voluntarily return to their places of origin in safety, security and dignity; and to ensure non-discriminatory access to basic social services in accordance with international law;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
Paragraph
The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic, para. 63
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- 40. Expresses deep concern for the more than 6 million internally displaced persons and 5 million refugees in the region fleeing the violence in the Syrian Arab Republic, welcomes the efforts of neighbouring countries to host Syrian refugees, acknowledges the socioeconomic consequences of the presence of large-scale refugee populations in those countries, and urges the international community to provide urgent financial support to enable the host countries to respond to the growing humanitarian needs of Syrian refugees, including the particular needs of women and girls, while emphasizing the principle of burden-sharing;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
Paragraph
The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic, para. 41
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- 20. Condemns the reported forced displacement of populations in the Syrian Arab Republic and its alarming impact on the demography of the country, and calls upon all parties concerned to cease immediately all activities that cause these actions, including any activities that may amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
Paragraph
The right to food, para. 52
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- 21. Recognizes the need to strengthen national commitments and international assistance, upon the request of and in cooperation with affected countries, towards the full realization and protection of the right to food, and in particular to develop national protection mechanisms for people forced to leave their homes and land because of hunger or humanitarian emergencies affecting the enjoyment of the right to food;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
Paragraph
The deteriorating situation of human rights in Eastern Ghouta, in the Syrian Arab Republic, para. 4
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- Recalling further the press release of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights of 21 February 2018 and his statement to the Human Rights Council on 26 February, in which he expressed alarm at the escalation of continued hostilities in Eastern Ghouta and called for an immediate cessation of hostilities, and stressed the imperative of granting immediate humanitarian access and ensuring swift facilitation of evacuations of the sick and wounded, as well as civilians wishing to leave, adding that any political agreement regarding Eastern Ghouta must be in conformity with international human rights law and international humanitarian law, and that no forced displacement of civilians should take place as a result of such a political agreement,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
Paragraph
Convention relating to the Status of Refugees 1951, para. undefined
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- Where a rationing system exists, which applies to the population at large and regulates the general distribution of products in short supply, refugees shall be accorded the same treatment as nationals.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 1951
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Convention relating to the Status of Refugees 1951, para. 1
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- 1. Except where this Convention contains more favourable provisions, a Contracting State shall accord to refugees the same treatment as is accorded to aliens generally.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 1951
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Convention relating to the Status of Refugees 1951, para. undefined
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- The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall inform all Members of the United Nations and non-member States referred to in article 39: (a) Of declarations and notifications in accordance with section B of article 1; (b) Of signatures, ratifications and accessions in accordance with article 39; (c) Of declarations and notifications in accordance with article 40; (d) Of reservations and withdrawals in accordance with article 42; (e) Of the date on which this Convention will come into force in accordance with article 43; (f) Of denunciations and notifications in accordance with article 44; (g) Of requests for revision in accordance with article 45. In faith whereof the undersigned, duly authorized, have signed this Convention on behalf of their respective Governments. Done at Geneva, this twenty-eighth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-one, in a single copy, of which the English and French texts are equally authentic and which shall remain deposited in the archives of the United Nations, and certified true copies of which shall be delivered to all Members of the United Nations and to the non-member States referred to in article 39.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 1951
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights of the child 2015, para. 55f
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- [Decides:] To continue its consideration of the question at its seventy-first session under the item entitled “Promotion and protection of the rights of children”, focusing section III of the resolution entitled “Rights of the child” on the theme “Migrant children”.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Protection of migrants 2000, para. 8
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- Requests all Governments to cooperate fully with the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the human rights of migrants in the performance of her mandated tasks and duties and to furnish all information requested, including by reacting promptly to her urgent appeals;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2000
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Protection of migrants 2000, para. 12
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- Taking note with appreciation of the recommendations on strengthening the promotion, protection and implementation of the human rights of migrants of the working group of intergovernmental experts on the human rights of migrants established by the Commission on Human Rights,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2000
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Protection of migrants 2000, para. 11
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- Encouraged by the increasing interest of the international community in the effective and full protection of the human rights of all migrants, and underlining the need to make further efforts to ensure respect for the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all migrants,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2000
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness 1961, para. 3
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- 3. Subject to the provisions of paragraphs 4 and 5 of this article, a national of a Contracting State shall not lose his nationality, so as to become stateless, on the ground of departure, residence abroad, failure to register or on any similar ground.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 1961
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Convention relating to the Status of Refugees 1951, para. 2
- Paragraph text
- 2. Nothing in the above paragraph shall prevent the application to refugees of the laws and regulations concerning charges in respect of the issue to aliens of administrative documents including identity papers.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 1951
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Convention relating to the Status of Refugees 1951, para. 1
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- 1. The Contracting States shall not impose upon refugees duties, charges or taxes, of any description whatsoever, other or higher than those which are or may be levied on their nationals in similar situations.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 1951
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Convention relating to the Status of Refugees 1951, para. 2
- Paragraph text
- 2. Travel documents issued to refugees under previous international agreements by Parties thereto shall be recognized and treated by the Contracting States in the same way as if they had been issued pursuant to this article.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 1951
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Convention relating to the Status of Refugees 1951, para. 3
- Paragraph text
- 3. A refugee shall be accorded in the matters referred to in paragraph 2 in countries other than that in which he has his habitual residence the treatment granted to a national of the country of his habitual residence.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 1951
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Convention relating to the Status of Refugees 1951, para. 5
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- 5. The provisions of paragraphs 2 and 3 apply both to the rights and benefits referred to in articles 13, 18, 19, 21 and 22 of this Convention and to rights and benefits for which this Convention does not provide.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 1951
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
From rhetoric to reality: a global call for concrete action against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance 2017, para. 6
- Paragraph text
- Deplores the ongoing use of social media platforms to incite hatred and violence against migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, and calls upon States to prohibit by law any advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence, including that propagated by information and communications technology;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Rights of the child 2005, para. 24
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- Calls upon all States to ensure, for migrant children, the enjoyment of all human rights as well as access to health care, social services and education of good quality; States should ensure that migrant children, and especially those who are unaccompanied, in particular victims of violence and exploitation, receive special protection and assistance;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2005
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph