Search Tips
sorted by
27 shown of 27 entities
Situation of human rights in the People's Democratic Republic of Korea, para. 51
- Paragraph text
- 5. Recalls paragraph 4 of General Assembly resolution 72/188, in which the Assembly underscored its very serious concern regarding reports of torture, summary executions, arbitrary detention, abductions and other forms of human rights violations and abuses that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea commits against citizens of other countries within and outside of its territory;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
Paragraph
Terrorism and human rights, para. 16
- Paragraph text
- Expressing its grave concern at the phenomenon of foreign terrorist fighters and at the threat it poses to all States, including countries of origin, transit and destination, and encouraging all States to address this threat by enhancing their cooperation and developing relevant measures to tackle this phenomenon, in accordance with their obligations under international law, including international human rights law, international refugee law and international humanitarian law,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
Paragraph
Human rights in the administration of justice 2003, para. 4
- Paragraph text
- Invites Governments to provide training, including anti racist, multicultural and gender sensitive training, in human rights in the administration of justice, including juvenile justice, to all judges, lawyers, prosecutors, social workers, immigration and police officers and other professionals concerned, including personnel deployed in international field presences;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Year
- 2003
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
ICED - International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance 2006, para. 1
- Paragraph text
- 1. This Convention is open for signature by all Member States of the United Nations.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
ICED - International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance 2006, para. b
- Paragraph text
- [Nothing in this Convention shall affect any provisions which are more conducive to the protection of all persons from enforced disappearance and which may be contained in:] (b) International law in force for that State.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
ICED - International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance 2006, para. 1
- Paragraph text
- 1. The Committee shall submit an annual report on its activities under this Convention to the States Parties and to the General Assembly of the United Nations.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
ICED - International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance 2006, para. 1
- Paragraph text
- 1. The Committee shall have competence solely in respect of enforced disappearances which commenced after the entry into force of this Convention.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
ICED - International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance 2006, para. 3
- Paragraph text
- 3. Upon a substantiated request by the State Party, the Committee may decide to postpone or cancel its visit.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
ICED - International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance 2006, para. 2
- Paragraph text
- 2. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall make this report available to all States Parties.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
ICED - International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance 2006, para. 7
- Paragraph text
- 7. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall provide the Committee with the necessary means, staff and facilities for the effective performance of its functions. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall convene the initial meeting of the Committee.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
ICED - International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance 2006, para. 5d
- Paragraph text
- [5. The right to obtain reparation referred to in paragraph 4 of this article covers material and moral damages and, where appropriate, other forms of reparation such as:] (d) Guarantees of non-repetition.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
ICED - International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance 2006, para. 5b
- Paragraph text
- [5. The right to obtain reparation referred to in paragraph 4 of this article covers material and moral damages and, where appropriate, other forms of reparation such as:] (b) Rehabilitation;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
ICED - International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance 2006, para. 5a
- Paragraph text
- [5. The right to obtain reparation referred to in paragraph 4 of this article covers material and moral damages and, where appropriate, other forms of reparation such as:] (a) Restitution;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
ICED - International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance 2006, para. 5
- Paragraph text
- 5. States Parties which do not make extradition conditional on the existence of a treaty shall recognize the offence of enforced disappearance as an extraditable offence between themselves.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
ICED - International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance 2006, para. 4
- Paragraph text
- 4. If a State Party which makes extradition conditional on the existence of a treaty receives a request for extradition from another State Party with which it has no extradition treaty, it may consider this Convention as the necessary legal basis for extradition in respect of the offence of enforced disappearance.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
ICED - International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance 2006, para. 3
- Paragraph text
- 3. States Parties undertake to include the offence of enforced disappearance as an extraditable offence in any extradition treaty subsequently to be concluded between them.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
ICED - International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance 2006, para. 3a
- Paragraph text
- [3. Each State Party shall ensure that the authorities referred to in paragraph 1 of this article:] (a) Have the necessary powers and resources to conduct the investigation effectively, including access to the documentation and other information relevant to their investigation;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
ICED - International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance 2006, para. undefined
- Paragraph text
- Each State Party shall take appropriate measures to investigate acts defined in article 2 committed by persons or groups of persons acting without the authorization, support or acquiescence of the State and to bring those responsible to justice.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
ICED - International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance 2006, para. f
- Paragraph text
- Determined to prevent enforced disappearances and to combat impunity for the crime of enforced disappearance,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
ICED - International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance 2006, para. 3
- Paragraph text
- 3. Each State Party shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the persons referred to in paragraph 1 of this article who have reason to believe that an enforced disappearance has occurred or is planned report the matter to their superiors and, where necessary, to the appropriate authorities or bodies vested with powers of review or remedy.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
ICED - International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance 2006, para. 1f
- Paragraph text
- [1. Subject to articles 19 and 20, each State Party shall guarantee to any person with a legitimate interest in this information, such as relatives of the person deprived of liberty, their representatives or their counsel, access to at least the following information:] (f) Elements relating to the state of health of the person deprived of liberty;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Movement
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
ICED - International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance 2006, para. 1a
- Paragraph text
- [1. Subject to articles 19 and 20, each State Party shall guarantee to any person with a legitimate interest in this information, such as relatives of the person deprived of liberty, their representatives or their counsel, access to at least the following information:] (a) The authority that ordered the deprivation of liberty;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
ICED - International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance 2006, para. undefined
- Paragraph text
- If the Committee receives information which appears to it to contain well-founded indications that enforced disappearance is being practised on a widespread or systematic basis in the territory under the jurisdiction of a State Party, it may, after seeking from the State Party concerned all relevant information on the situation, urgently bring the matter to the attention of the General Assembly of the United Nations, through the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
ICED - International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance 2006, para. 1b
- Paragraph text
- [1. Each State Party shall ensure that the training of law enforcement personnel, civil or military, medical personnel, public officials and other persons who may be involved in the custody or treatment of any person deprived of liberty includes the necessary education and information regarding the relevant provisions of this Convention, in order to:] (b) Emphasize the importance of prevention and investigations in relation to enforced disappearances;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
ICED - International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance 2006, para. 1a
- Paragraph text
- [1. Each State Party shall ensure that the training of law enforcement personnel, civil or military, medical personnel, public officials and other persons who may be involved in the custody or treatment of any person deprived of liberty includes the necessary education and information regarding the relevant provisions of this Convention, in order to:] (a) Prevent the involvement of such officials in enforced disappearances;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2008, para. 6
- Paragraph text
- Acknowledging the adoption of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances by the General Assembly in its resolution 61/177 of 20 December 2006, as well as Council resolution 7/26 on the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances, and recognizing that the entry into force of the Convention, as soon as possible, through its ratification by 20 States, and its implementation will make a significant contribution to the prevention of torture, including through prohibiting places of secret detention,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Year
- 2008
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
ICED - International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance 2006, para. 1
- Paragraph text
- 1. A Committee on Enforced Disappearances (hereinafter referred to as "the Committee") shall be established to carry out the functions provided for under this Convention. The Committee shall consist of ten experts of high moral character and recognized competence in the field of human rights, who shall serve in their personal capacity and be independent and impartial. The members of the Committee shall be elected by the States Parties according to equitable geographical distribution. Due account shall be taken of the usefulness of the participation in the work of the Committee of persons having relevant legal experience and of balanced gender representation.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
27 shown of 27 entities