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Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, para. 42
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- 13. Expresses concern at the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law adopted by the Knesset, which suspends the possibility, with certain rare exceptions, of family reunification between Israeli citizens and persons residing in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, thus adversely affecting the lives of many families;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
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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
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The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic, para. 39
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- 18. Calls upon all parties to the conflict to cease the mistreatment and torture of detainees, to allow access to medical services for all detainees, and to provide information on those they have detained to their families;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
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The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic, para. 37
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- 16. Recognizes the permanent damage that torture and ill-treatment, including sexual abuse and violence, causes to its victims and their families, and condemns the denial of medical services in all prisons and detention facilities;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
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Situation of human rights in the People's Democratic Republic of Korea, para. 46
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- 2 (j) Providing nationals of other countries detained in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea with protections, including freedom of communication with and access to consular officers, in accordance with the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, to which the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is a party, and any other necessary arrangements to confirm their status and to communicate with their families;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
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Situation of human rights in the People's Democratic Republic of Korea, para. 42
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- 2 (g) Ensuring the reunion of separated families across the border;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
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Terrorism and human rights, para. 24
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- 5. Reaffirms its profound solidarity with the victims of terrorism and their families, and acknowledges the importance of protecting their rights and providing them with proper support, assistance and rehabilitation while taking into account, when appropriate, considerations regarding remembrance, dignity, respect, justice and truth in such a way that promotes accountability and ends impunity, and encourages the enhancement of international cooperation and the exchange of expertise in that respect, in accordance with international law;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- 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. 51
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- 26(e) Work to prevent family separation in the context of humanitarian situations and ensure without delay family tracing and reunification where it occurs, allocate sufficient resources to family reunification procedures to ensure the operational capacity to carry out evaluations in a reasonable time frame and to reduce the overall length of the process, and provide alternative care for children deprived of parental care or who are at risk of being so, taking into account the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- 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. 25
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- 7. Calls upon States to put in place, if they have not yet done so, appropriate policies, systems and procedures to ensure that the best interests of the child are a primary consideration in all actions or decisions concerning migrant children, regardless of their migration status, and to use alternatives to the detention of migrant children, including by promoting the use of non-custodial solutions, implemented by competent child protection actors engaging with the child and, where applicable, his or her family;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Persons on the move
- 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. 24
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- 6. Also urges States, in accordance with their obligations under international law, to take all appropriate steps to facilitate the reunification of families separated in armed conflict, including, where relevant, by establishing a national bureau to receive information from and transmit information to family members, by supplying to the Central Tracing Agency of the International Committee of the Red Cross information concerning persons reported missing and by encouraging the work of the humanitarian organizations engaged in the task of family tracing and reunification, and, in cases where no parents or other family members of a child can be found, to ensure that the child is accorded the same protection as any other child permanently or temporarily deprived of his or her family environment for any reason;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- 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. 23
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- 5. Urges States to provide age-, disability- and gender-sensitive humanitarian assistance, including specialized child protection services, to children in the context of humanitarian situations, including refugee and displaced children, that takes into account the particular vulnerabilities and specific protection needs of children, including those who have been forced to flee violence, who have suffered persecution, who are the primary caregivers of families, who have disabilities or who are unaccompanied or separated;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
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Right to work, para. 24
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- 9. Underscores the equal right of men and women to the enjoyment of all human rights, including the right to work, and that equal access to work is pivotal to the full enjoyment of all human rights by women, while recognizing that women are on many occasions subject to discrimination in the context of realizing their rights in that regard on an equal basis with men and are disproportionately exposed to the most precarious working conditions, including work in the informal economy, limited or no legal protection, lower levels of representation in leadership and decision-making positions, lower levels of remuneration and involuntary temporary and part-time employment, and are disproportionately burdened with unpaid care and domestic work within the household and the family, which may constitute on many occasions a barrier to women’s greater
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Men
- Women
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
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Rights of the child 2002, para. 12e
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- [Reaffirming paragraph 15 of its resolution 2000/85,] [Calls upon all States:] To take all appropriate measures, especially educational measures, to further promote the responsibility of both parents in the education, development and raising of children;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 2002
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Elimination of violence against women 2002, para. 7
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- Stresses that violence against women in the family occurs within the context of de jure and de facto discrimination against women and the lower status accorded to women in society and is exacerbated by the obstacles women often face in seeking remedies from the State;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Women
- Year
- 2002
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Attacks and discrimination against persons with albinism 2013, para. 1
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- Urges States to take all measures necessary to ensure the effective protection of persons with albinism, and their family members;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights of the child 2013, para. 53
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- Urges States to ensure that the child is assisted during all judicial proceedings by a competent adult, parent or guardian, in addition to the child's lawyer, and to ensure that the child's right to be heard in proceedings is observed;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Children and armed conflict 2000, para. 17
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- Encourages Member States, relevant parts of the United Nations system and regional organizations and arrangements to undertake efforts to obtain the release of children abducted during armed conflict and their family reunification;
- Body
- United Nations Security Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2000
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Protection of the family: contribution of the family to the realization of the right to an adequate standard of living for its members, particularly through its role in poverty eradication and achieving sustainable development 2015, para. 20h
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- [Urges States, in accordance with their respective obligations under international human rights law, to provide the family, as the natural and fundamental group unit of society, with effective protection and assistance, and encourages States in this regard to take, as appropriate and to the maximum of their available resources, measures including:] Providing and promoting the means to facilitate compatibility between labour force participation and parental responsibilities, especially for single-parent households with young children, and paying special attention to the needs of widows and orphans through means including health insurance and social security, cash and in-kind transfer programmes, day-care centres and facilities for breastfeeding mothers within the work premises, kindergartens, part-time jobs, paid parental leave, paid maternity leave, flexible work schedules and reproductive and child health-care services;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights of the child 1996, para. 42
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- Calls upon States and United Nations bodies and other organizations to ensure the early identification and registration of unaccompanied refugee and internally displaced children and to give priority to programmes for family tracing and reunification;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 1996
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Elimination of discrimination against women and girls 2017, para. 9b
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- [Also calls upon States to implement policies to engage, educate, encourage and support men and boys:] To be agents and positive role models for addressing discrimination and gender inequality and to promote respectful relationships and equal sharing of work and family responsibilities;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Families
- Men
- Year
- 2017
- 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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Elimination of violence against women 1999, para. 11
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- Recalls the report of the Special Rapporteur to the Commission at its fifty-second session (E/CN.4/1996/53 and Add.2) which, inter alia, contained general and specific recommendations to guide State action with respect to violence against women in the family, and invites States to give due regard to those recommendations;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Women
- Year
- 1999
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Protection of the Refugee's Family 1999, para. (b) v
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- [Underlines the need for the unity of the refugee's family to be protected, inter alia by:] programmes to promote the self-sufficiency of adult family members so as to enhance their capacity to support dependent family members;
- Body
- Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Document type
- ExCom Conclusion
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 1999
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Protection of the Refugee's Family 1999, para. (b) iv
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- [Underlines the need for the unity of the refugee's family to be protected, inter alia by:] the prioritization of family unity issues at an early stage in all refugee operations; and
- Body
- Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Document type
- ExCom Conclusion
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 1999
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Protection of the Refugee's Family 1999, para. (b) ii
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- [Underlines the need for the unity of the refugee's family to be protected, inter alia by:] the consideration of liberal criteria in identifying those family members who can be admitted, with a view to promoting a comprehensive reunification of the family;
- Body
- Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Document type
- ExCom Conclusion
- Topic(s)
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 1999
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Protection of the Refugee's Family 1999, para. (b) i
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- [Underlines the need for the unity of the refugee's family to be protected, inter alia by:] measures which ensure respect for the principle of family unity, including, those to reunify family members separated as a result of refugee flight;
- Body
- Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Document type
- ExCom Conclusion
- Topic(s)
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 1999
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Conclusion On International Protection 1998, para. (x)
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- Encourages States, which have not already done so, to consider developing the legal framework to give effect at the national level to a right to family unity for all refugees, taking into account the human rights of the refugees and their families;
- Body
- Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Document type
- ExCom Conclusion
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 1998
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Conclusion On International Protection 1998, para. (v)
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- Recommends that Governments take appropriate measures to ensure that the unity of the family is maintained, particularly in cases where the head of the family has been admitted as a refugee to a particular country;
- Body
- Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Document type
- ExCom Conclusion
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 1998
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Family Reunification 1981, para. 9
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- In appropriate cases family reunification should be facilitated by special measures of assistance to the head of family so that economic and housing difficulties in the country of asylum do not unduly delay the granting of permission for the entry of the family members.
- Body
- Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Document type
- ExCom Conclusion
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 1981
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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