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Rights of the child: protection of the rights of the child in humanitarian situations, para. 36

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16. Calls upon States to take all appropriate measures to permanently store and protect civil registration records and to prevent the loss or destruction of records due to, inter alia, natural disasters, emergencies or armed conflict situations, including through the use of digital and new technologies as a means to facilitate and universalize access to civil registration records, including birth registration;
Body
United Nations Human Rights Council
Document type
Resolution
Topic(s)
  • Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Infants
Year
2018
Date added
Sep 17, 2019
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Rights of the child: protection of the rights of the child in humanitarian situations, para. 35

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15. Reminds States of their obligation to register all births without discrimination of any kind, and also reminds States that birth registration should take place immediately after birth, in the country where children are born, including the children of migrants, non-nationals, asylum seekers, refugees, displaced and stateless persons, in accordance with their national law and their obligations under the relevant international instruments, that late birth registration should be limited to those cases that would otherwise result in a lack of registration and that the child has the rights from birth to a name, to acquire a nationality and, as far as possible, to know and be cared for by his or her parents;
Body
United Nations Human Rights Council
Document type
Resolution
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Humanitarian
  • Movement
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Infants
  • Persons on the move
Year
2018
Date added
Sep 17, 2019
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Intensification of efforts to end obstetric fistula 2016, para. 14d

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Calls upon States and/or the relevant funds and programmes, organs and the specialized agencies of the United Nations system, within their respective mandates, and invites the international financial institutions and all relevant actors of civil society, including non-governmental organizations, and the private sector, to end obstetric fistula within a generation by: (d) Ensuring universal access through national policies, plans and programmes that make maternal and newborn health-care services, particularly family planning, skilled attendance at birth, emergency obstetric and newborn care and obstetric fistula treatment, financially accessible, including in rural and remote areas and among the poorest women and girls, through, where appropriate, the establishment and distribution of health-care facilities and trained medical personnel, collaboration with the transport sector for affordable transport options, the promotion of and support for community-based solutions and the provision of incentives and other means to secure the presence in rural and remote areas of qualified health-care professionals who are able to perform interventions to prevent obstetric fistula;
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Infants
  • Women
Year
2016
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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The right to education of persons with disabilities 2014, para. 4

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Calls upon States to ensure free birth registration for persons with disabilities, including free or low-fee late birth registration, by means of universal, accessible, simple, expeditious and effective registration procedures, without discrimination of any kind;
Body
United Nations Human Rights Council
Document type
Resolution
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Equality & Inclusion
Person(s) affected
  • Infants
  • Persons with disabilities
Year
2014
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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A world fit for children 2002, para. 44.1

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[To achieve these goals, we will implement the following strategies and actions:] Develop systems to ensure the registration of every child at or shortly after birth, and fulfil his or her right to acquire a name and a nationality, in accordance with national laws and relevant international instruments.
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Infants
Year
2002
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Rights of the child 2002, para. 12a

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[Reaffirming paragraph 15 of its resolution 2000/85,] [Calls upon all States:] To continue to intensify efforts to ensure the registration of all children, immediately after birth, including by the consideration of simplified, expeditious and effective procedures;
Body
United Nations Commission on Human Rights
Document type
Resolution
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Families
  • Infants
Year
2002
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Rights of the child 2001, para. 11a

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[Reaffirming paragraph 15 of its resolution 2000/85 of 27 April 2000,] [Calls upon all States:] To continue to intensify efforts to ensure the registration of all children immediately after birth, including by the consideration of simplified, expeditious and effective procedures;
Body
United Nations Commission on Human Rights
Document type
Resolution
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Families
  • Infants
Year
2001
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development 1994, para. 8.15b

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[The objectives are:] To improve the health and nutritional status of infants and children;
Body
International Conference on Population and Development
Document type
Declaration / Confererence outcome document
Topic(s)
  • Food & Nutrition
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Infants
Year
1994
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 2016, para. 8

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Recognizing that children and adolescents are more likely to be lost to care and that those on antiretroviral medication are less likely than adults to reach viral load suppression and that there are many challenges in diagnosing and treating infants, children and adolescents,
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Document type
Resolution
Topic(s)
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Children
  • Girls
  • Infants
  • Women
Year
2016
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Human rights and arbitrary deprivation of nationality 2016, para. 16

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Recalling also the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and recalling further its goal 16, target 9, to provide legal identity for all, including birth registration,
Body
United Nations Human Rights Council
Document type
Resolution
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • Infants
Year
2016
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Human rights and arbitrary deprivation of nationality 2014, para. 6

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Recalling articles 7 and 8 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which guarantee the right of the child to be registered immediately after birth and to acquire nationality,
Body
United Nations Human Rights Council
Document type
Resolution
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Infants
Year
2014
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Rights of the child: Omnibus resolution 2008, para. 23b

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[Calls upon all States:] To design and implement programmes to provide social services to and support for pregnant adolescents and adolescent mothers, in particular to enable them to continue and complete their education;
Body
United Nations Human Rights Council
Document type
Resolution
Topic(s)
  • Education
  • Equality & Inclusion
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Children
  • Infants
Year
2008
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Sustainable Development Summit: Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 2015, para. 26

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To promote physical and mental health and well-being, and to extend life expectancy for all, we must achieve universal health coverage and access to quality health care. No one must be left behind. We commit to accelerating the progress made to date in reducing newborn, child and maternal mortality by ending all such preventable deaths before 2030. We are committed to ensuring universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services, including for family planning, information and education. We will equally accelerate the pace of progress made in fighting malaria, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, hepatitis, Ebola and other communicable diseases and epidemics, including by addressing growing anti-microbial resistance and the problem of unattended diseases affecting developing countries. We are committed to the prevention and treatment of non-communicable diseases, including behavioural, developmental and neurological disorders, which constitute a major challenge for sustainable development.
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Declaration / Confererence outcome document
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Infants
Year
2015
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Sustainable Development Summit: Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 2015, para. 26

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To promote physical and mental health and well-being, and to extend life expectancy for all, we must achieve universal health coverage and access to quality health care. No one must be left behind. We commit to accelerating the progress made to date in reducing newborn, child and maternal mortality by ending all such preventable deaths before 2030. We are committed to ensuring universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services, including for family planning, information and education. We will equally accelerate the pace of progress made in fighting malaria, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, hepatitis, Ebola and other communicable diseases and epidemics, including by addressing growing anti-microbial resistance and the problem of unattended diseases affecting developing countries. We are committed to the prevention and treatment of non-communicable diseases, including behavioural, developmental and neurological disorders, which constitute a major challenge for sustainable development.
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Declaration / Confererence outcome document
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Infants
Year
2015
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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The rights of the child 1998, para. I.8

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Invites States parties, when reporting to the Committee on the implementation of article 7 of the Convention, to provide information, in accordance with the reporting guidelines of the Committee, on their levels of birth registration and other relevant data in this regard;
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Infants
Year
1998
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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CRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989, para. 2d

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[2. States Parties shall pursue full implementation of this right and, in particular, shall take appropriate measures:] (d) To ensure appropriate pre-natal and post-natal health care for mothers;
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
International treaty
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Infants
Year
1989
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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A world fit for children 2002, para. 45

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The HIV/AIDS pandemic is having a devastating effect on children and those who provide care for them. This includes the 13 million children orphaned by AIDS, the nearly 600,000 infants infected every year through mother-to-child transmission and the millions of HIV-positive young people living with the stigma of HIV but without access to adequate counselling, care and support.
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Topic(s)
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Infants
  • Youth
Year
2002
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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A world fit for children 2002, para. 37.13

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[To achieve these goals and targets, taking into account the best interests of the child, consistent with national laws, religious and ethical values and cultural backgrounds of the people, and in conformity with all human rights and fundamental freedoms, we will carry out the following strategies and actions:] Improve the nutrition of mothers and children, including adolescents, through household food security, access to basic social services and adequate caring practices.
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Food & Nutrition
  • Health
  • Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Children
  • Infants
Year
2002
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Rights of the child 1999, para. 2c

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[Calls upon States parties:] To intensify efforts to ensure the registration of all children immediately after birth and strengthen efforts to improve national systems for the collection of comprehensive and disaggregated data, including gender­specific data, for all areas covered by the Convention on the Rights of the Child;
Body
United Nations Commission on Human Rights
Document type
Resolution
Topic(s)
  • Gender
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Infants
Year
1999
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development 1994, para. 8.15a

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[The objectives are:] To promote child health and survival and to reduce disparities between and within developed and developing countries as quickly as possible, with particular attention to eliminating the pattern of excess and preventable mortality among girl infants and children;
Body
International Conference on Population and Development
Document type
Declaration / Confererence outcome document
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Girls
  • Infants
Year
1994
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development 1994, para. 6.5

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In attempting to address population growth concerns, countries should recognize the interrelationships between fertility and mortality levels and aim to reduce high levels of infant, child and maternal mortality so as to lessen the need for high fertility and reduce the occurrence of high-risk births.
Body
International Conference on Population and Development
Document type
Declaration / Confererence outcome document
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Infants
Year
1994
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 108i

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[By Governments, international bodies including relevant United Nations organizations, bilateral and multilateral donors and non-governmental organizations:] Give all women and health workers all relevant information and education about sexually transmitted diseases including HIV/AIDS and pregnancy and the implications for the baby, including breast-feeding;
Body
Fourth World Conference on Women
Document type
Declaration / Confererence outcome document
Topic(s)
  • Gender
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Infants
  • Women
Year
1995
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 83s

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[By Governments, educational authorities and other educational and academic institutions:] Remove all barriers to access to formal education for pregnant adolescents and young mothers, and support the provision of child care and other support services where necessary.
Body
Fourth World Conference on Women
Document type
Declaration / Confererence outcome document
Topic(s)
  • Education
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Children
  • Infants
  • Women
Year
1995
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Gender equality and the empowerment of women in natural disasters 2014, para. 3

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Noting that, during a natural disaster, pregnant or lactating women and adolescent girls, who constitute an average of 18 to 20 per cent of the female population, are more vulnerable to disasters because of their limited physical mobility and their increased needs for food and water and for access to reproductive health care and safe birthing facilities,
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Document type
Resolution
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Girls
  • Infants
  • Women
Year
2014
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Eliminating maternal mortality and morbidity through the empowerment of women 2010, para. 2

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Urges government authorities and other leaders at the international, regional, national and local levels to generate the political will, increased resources, commitment, international cooperation and technical assistance urgently required to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity and improve maternal and newborn health;
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Document type
Resolution
Topic(s)
  • Gender
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Infants
  • Women
Year
2010
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law 2017, para. 17

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Recognizes the importance of international cooperation in supporting national efforts to ensure universal birth registration, including the exchange of good practices and technical assistance;
Body
United Nations Human Rights Council
Document type
Resolution
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Equality & Inclusion
Person(s) affected
  • Infants
Year
2017
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law 2017, para. 16

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Invites relevant United Nations agencies, funds and programmes and other relevant stakeholders to cooperate with States in providing technical assistance, upon request, and calls upon them to ensure that persons with no birth registration are not discriminated against in any of their programmes;
Body
United Nations Human Rights Council
Document type
Resolution
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Equality & Inclusion
Person(s) affected
  • Infants
Year
2017
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law 2017, para. 15

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Takes note of the Principles on Identification for Sustainable Development, which aim to strengthen identification systems and to foster cooperation around the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, and invites States and other actors to consider endorsing them;
Body
United Nations Human Rights Council
Document type
Resolution
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • Infants
Year
2017
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law 2017, para. 13

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Invites States and other relevant stakeholders to work towards ensuring universal birth registration through, inter alia, the exchange of good practices and technical assistance, including through the universal periodic review and other relevant mechanisms of the Human Rights Council;
Body
United Nations Human Rights Council
Document type
Resolution
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • Infants
Year
2017
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law 2017, para. 11

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Calls upon States to ensure that lack of birth registration or documents of proof of birth does not constitute an obstacle to access to and the enjoyment of relevant national services and programmes, in accordance with national and international human rights law;
Body
United Nations Human Rights Council
Document type
Resolution
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Equality & Inclusion
Person(s) affected
  • Infants
Year
2017
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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