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Rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, para. 7
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- Reaffirming that youth participation is important for development, and encouraging Member States to explore and promote the participation of young people in relevant decision-making processes and monitoring, including in designing and implementing policies and programmes involving them, while implementing the 2030 Agenda,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Youth
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
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Policies and programmes involving youth 2003, para. 1
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- Guided by the Charter of the United Nations as well as other relevant international instruments, including the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the two Optional Protocols thereto,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2003
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Policies and programmes involving youth 2001, para. 1
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- Recalling its resolution 50/81 of 14 December 1995, by which it adopted the World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond, annexed thereto, as an integral part of that resolution,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2001
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Policies and programmes involving youth 1999, para. 4
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- Noting that, in paragraph 124 of the Programme of Action, youth-related bodies and organizations of the United Nations system were invited to cooperate with the above-mentioned conferences,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 1999
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Policies and programmes involving youth 1999, para. 1
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- Recalling its resolution 50/81 of 14 December 1995, by which it adopted the World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond, annexed thereto, as an integral part of that resolution,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 1999
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Policies and programmes involving youth 1997, para. 5
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- Noting that the third session of the World Youth Forum, convened by the United Nations in partnership with the Portuguese National Youth Council, will be held at Braga, Portugal, from 2 to 6 August 1998,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 1997
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Youth and human rights 2017, para. 11
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- Encouraging contributions by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the special procedures and the treaty bodies, as well as the Envoy of the Secretary-General on Youth and other relevant international and regional human rights mechanisms in identifying and addressing obstacles to the enjoyment of all human rights by youth,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Youth and human rights 2017, para. 8
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- Taking note of the summary on the expert meeting organized by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in July 2013, in which it was recognized that young people experience difficulties in the exercise of their rights by virtue of being young and that there are gaps in the protection and fulfilment of the human rights of youth,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Youth and human rights 2017, para. 4
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- Recalling further all previous relevant resolutions, including the most recent, namely, General Assembly resolution 70/127 of 17 December 2015 on policies and programmes involving youth, and Assembly resolution 50/81 of 14 December 1995, by which the Assembly adopted the World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Traffic in women and girls 1999, para. 13
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- Noting with concern the increasing number of women and girl children from developing countries and from some economies in transition who are being trafficked to developed countries, as well as within and between regions and States, and acknowledging that the problem of trafficking also includes the victimizing of young boys,
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 1999
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Policies and programmes involving youth 2003, para. 4
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- Recalling and reaffirming the commitments made at the major United Nations conferences and summits held since 1990 and their follow-up processes, in particular those commitments that are related to youth, including youth employment,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2003
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Policies and programmes involving youth 2001, para. 5
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- Recalling the United Nations Millennium Declaration adopted by the heads of State and Government on 8 September 2000, and recognizing that the Declaration includes important goals and targets pertaining to youth,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2001
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Policies and programmes involving youth 2001, para. 3
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- Recalling further its resolution 54/120 of 17 December 1999, in which it took note with appreciation of the Lisbon Declaration on Youth Policies and Programmes adopted at the World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth in 1998,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2001
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Policies and programmes involving youth 1997, para. 6
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- Reiterating the call, in paragraph 112 of the World Programme of Action, to all States that have not already done so to formulate and adopt an integrated national youth policy, in consultation with youth and youth-related organizations,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 1997
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Policies and programmes involving youth 1997, para. 4
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- Welcoming the report of the World Youth Forum of the United Nations system on its second session, convened by the United Nations in partnership with the Austrian Federal Youth Council, and held at Vienna from 25 to 29 November 1996,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 1997
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Youth and human rights 2017, para. 7
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- Welcoming also the high-level event held by the General Assembly on 29 May 2015 to mark the twentieth anniversary of the World Programme of Action for Youth, which offered an important opportunity for Member States and other relevant stakeholders to take stock of progress made in its implementation, as well as to identify gaps and challenges and the way forward for its full, effective and accelerated implementation,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Maintenance of international peace and security 2015, para. 4
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- Noting that the term youth is defined in the context of this resolution as persons of the age of 18-29 years old, and further noting the variations of definition of the term that may exist on the national and international levels, including the definition of youth in the General Assembly resolutions A/RES/50/81 and A/RES/56/117,
- Body
- United Nations Security Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Rights of the child 2000, para. 20
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- Welcoming further the development of a global strategic framework on young people and human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome, based on a human rights approach, initiated by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS working in partnership with Joint Programme co-sponsors and in consultation with relevant parts of the United Nations system,
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2000
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Rights of the child 2000, para. 17
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- Noting with appreciation the commemorative meeting on the tenth anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child held jointly by the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and taking note of the decision of the Committee to adopt a general comment on child participation as envisaged in the Convention, bearing in mind that participation includes, but is not limited to, consultation and proactive initiatives by children and youth themselves,
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2000
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 2016, para. 3
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- Recognizing the need to intensify efforts to end the AIDS epidemic through fast-tracking the HIV response across the prevention and treatment continuum, including in the context of the 90-90-90 targets of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and acknowledging the specific vulnerabilities of adolescent and young girls and women owing to, inter alia, unequal power relations in society between women and men, boys and girls,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Boys
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Youth and human rights 2016, para. 7
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- Looking forward to further contributions by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the special procedures and the treaty bodies, and the Envoy of the Secretary-General on Youth, and other relevant international and regional human rights mechanisms in identifying and addressing obstacles to the enjoyment of human rights by youth,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Youth and human rights 2016, para. 6
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- Welcoming also the high-level event held by the General Assembly on 29 May 2015 to mark the twentieth anniversary of the World Programme of Action for Youth, which offered an important opportunity for Member States and other relevant stakeholders to take stock of progress made in its implementation, and to identify gaps and challenges and the way forward for its full, effective and accelerated implementation,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Youth and human rights 2016, para. 4
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- Recalling further the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, which states that all human rights are universal, indivisible, interrelated, interdependent and mutually reinforcing, and that all human rights must be treated in a fair and equal manner, on the same footing and with the same emphasis,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Youth and human rights 2016, para. 3
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- Recalling also all previous relevant resolutions, including the most recent, namely, General Assembly resolution 70/127 of 17 December 2015 on policies and programmes involving youth, and Assembly resolution 50/81 of 14 December 1995, by which the Assembly adopted the World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Policies and programmes involving youth 2015, para. 9
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- Noting the convening of the World Conference on Youth, held in Sri Lanka in May 2014, the first Global Forum on Youth Policies, held in Azerbaijan in October 2014, and the Global Forum on Youth, Peace and Security, held in Jordan in August 2015,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Policies and programmes involving youth 2015, para. 8
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- Welcoming also the role of the Envoy of the Secretary-General on Youth and his work in addressing the needs of youth, as well as, inter alia, as a harmonizer with different United Nations entities, Governments, civil society, youth organizations, academia and media towards enhancing, empowering and strengthening the position of young people within and outside of the United Nations system,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Policies and programmes involving youth 2015, para. 7
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- Welcoming the high-level event held by the General Assembly on 29 May 2015 to mark the twentieth anniversary of the World Programme of Action for Youth, which offered an important opportunity for Member States and other relevant stakeholders to take stock of progress made in its implementation, as well as to identify gaps and challenges and the way forward for its full, effective and accelerated implementation,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Policies and programmes involving youth 2015, para. 6
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- Recalling the adoption of the outcome document of the United Nations summit for the adoption of the post 2015 development agenda, entitled "Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development", by Heads of State and Government on 25 September 2015, and recognizing that the 2030 Agenda includes important goals and targets pertaining to youth,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Rights of indigenous peoples 2016, para. 22
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- Stressing the need to pay particular attention to the rights and special needs of indigenous women, children, youth, older persons and persons with disabilities, as set out in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including in the process of protecting and promoting their access to justice,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Rights of indigenous peoples 2016, para. 15
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- Recognizing the importance of access to justice in the promotion and protection of the rights of indigenous peoples and individuals and the need to examine and take steps to remove obstacles to justice, especially for indigenous women, indigenous youth and indigenous persons with disabilities,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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