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Conclusion on civil registration 2013, para. 6
- Paragraph text
- Noting that the lack of civil registration and related documentation makes persons vulnerable to statelessness and associated protection risks, and that birth registration is often essential to the reduction and prevention of statelessness,
- Body
- Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Document type
- ExCom Conclusion
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Infants
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Conclusion on civil registration 2013, para. 2
- Paragraph text
- Recognizing civil registration and documentation, especially birth registration as a proof of birth of a person, contribute to enhancing protection and the implementation of durable solutions, including by documenting links with countries of origin,
- Body
- Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Document type
- ExCom Conclusion
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Infants
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 2016, para. 8
- Paragraph text
- 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
Paragraph
Human rights and arbitrary deprivation of nationality 2016, para. 16
- Paragraph text
- 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
Paragraph
Human rights and arbitrary deprivation of nationality 2014, para. 6
- Paragraph text
- 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
Paragraph
Conclusion on civil registration 2013, para. 7
- Paragraph text
- Recognizing the need to further strengthen efforts where there is a low level of birth registration and related documentation, to improve access to civil registration, while acknowledging the need to assist countries hosting large numbers of refugee children, as well as to intensify efforts to implement durable solutions,
- 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
- Children
- Infants
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
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
Paragraph
Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law 2017, para. 7
- Paragraph text
- Welcoming the continuing efforts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child and other treaty-based bodies towards universal birth registration, such as through recommendations widely addressed to States in this regard,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Infants
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law 2017, para. 5
- Paragraph text
- Welcoming the commitment of States to leave no one behind, and recalling that the provision of legal identity for all, including birth registration, is included as the standalone target 16.9 in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development under Sustainable Development Goal 16,
- 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
Paragraph
Human rights and arbitrary deprivation of nationality 2016, para. 7
- Paragraph text
- Recalling the Convention on the Rights of the Child, in particular its articles 3, 7 and 8, which recognize the principle of the best interests of the child and 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
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Human rights and arbitrary deprivation of nationality 2016, para. 4
- Paragraph text
- Reaffirming also its resolution 19/9 of 22 March 2012, in which it took into consideration the fact that persons without birth registration may be vulnerable to statelessness and associated lack of protection,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Infants
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law 2015, para. 10
- Paragraph text
- Recognizing also the efforts made at the regional level to achieve universal birth registration, including within the 2015–2024 Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Decade for Asia and the Pacific, and the Decade on Civil Registration 2015–2024 in Africa,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Infants
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law 2015, para. 7
- Paragraph text
- Recognizing the importance of birth registration, including late birth registration and the provision of documents of proof of birth, as a means of providing an official record of the existence of a person and the recognition of that individual as a person before the law,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Infants
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law 2015, para. 5
- Paragraph text
- Welcoming the continuing efforts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child and other treaty-based bodies towards universal birth registration, such as through recommendations widely addressed to States in this regard,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Infants
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law 2015, para. 4
- Paragraph text
- Recognizing the importance of a human rights-based approach to birth registration, based on international human rights obligations and commitments operationally directed to promoting and protecting human rights,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Infants
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Human rights and arbitrary deprivation of nationality 2014, para. 4
- Paragraph text
- Reaffirming also its resolution 19/9 of 22 March 2012, in which it took into consideration the fact that persons without birth registration may be vulnerable to statelessness and associated lack of protection,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Infants
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law 2013, para. 9
- Paragraph text
- Recognizing also the importance of birth registration, including late birth registration, for the development of vital statistics and the effective implementation of programmes and policies intended to achieve internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Infants
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law 2013, para. 7
- Paragraph text
- Recalling the resolutions adopted by the General Assembly and the Human Rights Council calling upon States to ensure the registration of all children immediately after birth, the most recent being Assembly resolution 66/141 of 19 December 2011 and Council resolution 19/9 of 22 March 2012,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Infants
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law 2013, para. 6
- Paragraph text
- Welcoming the continuing efforts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child towards universal birth registration, such as through recommendations widely addressed to States in this regard,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Infants
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law 2013, para. 5
- Paragraph text
- Recognizing the importance of a human rights-based approach to birth registration, based on international human rights obligations and commitments operationally directed to promoting and protecting human rights,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Infants
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Human rights and arbitrary deprivation of nationality 2012, para. 4
- Paragraph text
- Reaffirming also Human Rights Council resolution 19/9 of 22 March 2012, in which the Council took into consideration the fact that persons without birth registration may be vulnerable to statelessness and associated lack of protection,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Infants
- Year
- 2012
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law 2012, para. 7
- Paragraph text
- Recognizing also the importance of birth registration, including late birth registration, for the development of vital statistics and the effective implementation of programmes and policies intended to achieve internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Infants
- Year
- 2012
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law 2012, para. 5
- Paragraph text
- Recalling also resolutions adopted by the General Assembly and the Human Rights Council in which they called upon States to ensure the registration of all children immediately after birth, the most recent being Assembly resolution 65/197 of 21 December 2010 and Council resolution 16/12 of 24 March 2011,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Infants
- Year
- 2012
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law 2012, para. 4
- Paragraph text
- Recalling the obligation of States to register all children immediately after birth as provided for in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and other relevant international instruments,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Infants
- Year
- 2012
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Intensification of efforts to end obstetric fistula 2016, para. 18
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- Welcoming also ongoing partnerships between stakeholders at all levels to address the multifaceted determinants of maternal, newborn and child health, in close coordination with Member States, based on their needs and priorities, and in this regard welcoming further the commitments to accelerate progress on the health-related Sustainable Development Goals by 2030,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Infants
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Intensification of efforts to end obstetric fistula 2014, para. 17
- Paragraph text
- Welcoming also ongoing partnerships between stakeholders at all levels to address the multifaceted determinants of maternal, newborn and child health in close coordination with Member States based on their needs and priorities, including beyond 2015, and in this regard welcoming further the commitments to accelerate progress on the health-related Millennium Development Goals by 2015,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Infants
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Supporting efforts to end obstetric fistula 2012, para. 14
- Paragraph text
- Welcoming also ongoing partnerships between stakeholders at all levels to address the multifaceted determinants of maternal, newborn and child health in close coordination with Member States based on their needs and priorities and the commitments to accelerate progress on the health-related Millennium Development Goals,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Infants
- Year
- 2012
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Supporting efforts to end obstetric fistula 2010, para. 15
- Paragraph text
- Welcoming also ongoing partnerships between stakeholders at all levels to address the multifaceted determinants of maternal, newborn and child health in close coordination with Member States based on their needs and priorities and the commitments announced during the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals to accelerate progress on the health-related Goals,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Infants
- Year
- 2010
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law 2017, para. 9
- Paragraph text
- Recognizing the importance of birth registration, including late birth registration and provision of documents of proof of birth, as a means of providing an official record of the existence of a person and the recognition of that individual as a person before the law, and as a critical means of preventing statelessness,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Infants
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Preventable mortality and morbidity of children under 5 years of age as a human rights concern 2016, para. 5
- Paragraph text
- Welcoming the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and recognizing that reducing preventable mortality and morbidity of children under 5 years of age will require efforts across the 2030 Agenda, including target 3.2, on ending preventable deaths of newborns and children under 5 years of age,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Infants
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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