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The girl child (2018), para. 21
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- Emphasizing that increased and equal access to quality education for young people, especially adolescent girls, including in the areas of sexual and reproductive health, as well as health care, hygiene and sanitation, dramatically lowers their vulnerability to preventable diseases and infections, in particular HIV and other sexually transmitted infections,
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Girls
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The situation in the Syrian Arab Republic (2016), para. 13
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- Strongly alarmed that attacks against schools, schoolchildren and teachers are commonplace, risking losing a generation as a result of the over 2 million out-of- school children and adolescents and the one in three schools being damaged, destroyed or occupied,
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of the child (2010), para. 04
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- Reaffirming that the general principles of, inter alia, the best interests of the child, non-discrimination, participation and survival and development provide the framework for all actions concerning children, including adolescents,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The girl child (2014), para. 33
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- Emphasizing that increased access to education for young people, especially adolescent girls, including in the areas of sexual and reproductive health, as well as health care, hygiene and sanitation, dramatically lowers their vulnerability to preventable diseases and infections, in particular HIV and other sexually transmitted infections,
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Girls
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of the child (2017), para. 003
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- Reaffirming also all of its previous resolutions on the rights of the child, the most recent of which was resolution 70/137 of 17 December 2015, and all other relevant resolutions, including 69/158 of 18 December 2014 on protecting children from bullying and 69/187 of 18 December 2014 on migrant children and adolescents,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of the child (2006), para. 029
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- (d) Designing and implementing programmes to provide social services and support to pregnant adolescents and adolescent mothers, in particular by enabling them to continue and complete their education;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Infants
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Consequences of child, early and forced marriage (2019), para. 15
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- Deeply concerned by the impact of deep-rooted and intersecting gender inequalities, patriarchal values, discriminatory gender norms, stereotypes, perceptions and customs that are among the primary causes of child, early and forced marriage, as well as other forms of sexual and gender-based violence against women and girls, and deeply concerned also that poverty, insecurity, lack of access to education and health services, and adolescent pregnancy are also among the drivers of this harmful practice, and that it remains common in rural areas, in humanitarian settings and among the poorest communities,
- Topic(s)
- Harmful Practices
- Humanitarian
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Declaration of the High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development (2014), para. 22
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- 19. Recognize the particular vulnerabilities, circumstances and needs of adolescents and young migrants, as well as their potential to build social, economic and cultural bridges of cooperation and understanding across societies;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Persons on the move
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Migrant children and adolescents (2015), para. 08
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- Aware that the migration of accompanied and unaccompanied children, including adolescents, may be the result of diverse causes and factors, such as poverty, crisis situations, lack of social and economic opportunities in their communities of origin, the death of one or both parents, the search for family reunification, all forms of violence and lack of personal safety,
- Topic(s)
- Movement
- Poverty
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of the child (2013), para. 006
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- Reaffirming that the general principles of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, including, inter alia, the best interests of the child, non-discrimination, participation and survival and development, provide the framework for all actions concerning children, including adolescents,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of the child (2008), para. 032
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- 14. Also urges all States in particular to strengthen the participation of children and adolescents in planning and implementation relating to matters that affect them, such as health, environment, education, social and economic welfare and protection against violence, abuse and exploitation;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of the child (2020), para. 084
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- (l) Ensuring that adolescents and young people leaving alternative care receive appropriate support in preparing for the transition to independent living, including support in gaining access to employment, education, training, housing and psychological support, participating in rehabilitation with their families where that is in their best interest, and gaining access to after-care services consistent with the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS: On the Fast Track to Accelerating the Fight against HIV and to Ending the AIDS Epidemic by 2030 (2016), para. 121
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- 62 (i). Encourage Member States to strengthen national social and child protection systems to ensure that, by 2020, 75 per cent of people living with, at risk of and affected by HIV who are in need benefit from HIV-sensitive social protection, including cash transfers and equal access to housing, and support programmes for children, in particular for orphans and street children, girls and adolescents living with, at risk of and affected by HIV, as well as their families and caregivers, including through the provision of equal opportunities to support the development of children to their full potential, especially through equal access to early child development services, trauma and psychosocial support and education, as they transition through adolescence, and the creation of safe and non-discriminatory learning environments, supportive legal systems and protections, includ ing civil registration systems;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Families
- Girls
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of the child (2007), para. 029
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- (c) Taking all necessary measures to ensure the right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health and developing sustainable health systems and social services, ensuring access to such systems and services without discrimination, paying special attention to adequate food and nutrition, to the special needs of adolescents and to reproductive and sexual health, and securing appropriate prenatal and post-natal care for mothers, including measures to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Infants
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights (2017), para. 18
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- Recognizing that, for the full and harmonious development of a child’s personality, he or she should grow up in a family environment and in an atmosphere of happiness, love and understanding, and, therefore, that States of origin, destination and, where appropriate, transit should, as applicable under national law, facilitate family reunification as an important objective in order to promote the welfare and the best interests of migrant children, including adolescents,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of the child (2007), para. 033
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- (g) Designing and implementing programmes to provide social services and support to pregnant adolescents and adolescent mothers, in particular by enabling them to continue and complete their education;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Infants
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of the child (2010), para. 57
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- (b) To designate, establish or strengthen relevant governmental structures for children, including, where appropriate, ministers in charge of children’s issues and independent ombudspersons for children, have mechanisms in place for allowing and promoting the involvement and participation of children in the formulation and implementation of public policies, in particular those designed to meet national goals and targets for children and adolescents, and ensure adequate and systematic training in the rights of the child for professional groups working with and for children;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of the child (2013), para. 082
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- (j) To ensure that indigenous children have access to the same range, quality and standard of free or affordable, gender-sensitive, culturally sensitive and age-appropriate health care and programmes as provided to other children and adolescents, including in the area of sexual and reproductive health, and to take measures, in consultation with indigenous peoples, to eliminate child and maternal mortality and malnutrition and to develop measures to support those services inside their communities;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Migrant children and adolescents (2015), para. 29
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- 15. Encourages States to establish effective safeguards, where applicable, between public service providers, such as providers of child services and other social services, and immigration enforcement authorities in order to better ensure the human rights of migrant children, including adolescents;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of the child (2004), para. 004
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- Reaffirming that the general principles of, inter alia, the best interests of the child, non-discrimination, participation and survival and development provide the framework for all actions concerning children, including adolescents,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of the child (2010), para. 70
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- (o) To provide support to girls, including adolescents, if needed, to voice their views and for their views to be given due weight, and adopt measures to eliminate gender stereotypes that undermine and place severe limitations on girls in the enjoyment of their right to be heard;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Girls
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The protection of human rights in the context of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquiredimmunodeficiencysyndrome (AIDS) (2011), para. 47
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- 13. Calls upon States to address as a priority the vulnerabilities faced by children and adolescents affected by and living with HIV, providing those children and their families with support and rehabilitation, including social and psychological rehabilitation and care, including pediatric services and medicines, and intensifying efforts to develop early diagnosis tools, child-friendly medicine combinations and new treatments for children, particularly for infants living in resource-limited settings, and building, where needed, and supporting social security systems that protect them;
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Infants
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Integrating sport into youth crime prevention and criminal justice strategies (2020), para. 16
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- Stressing that the rehabilitation and social reintegration of persons deprived of their liberty as a result of criminal conduct are among the essential aims of the criminal justice system and that the Nelson Mandela Rules and other relevant standards and norms, in particular the Beijing Rules and the United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty, 13 recommend that authorities not only offer programmes related to education, vocational training and work, as well as other forms of assistance that are appropriate and available, including those of a remedial, moral, spiritual, social and health- and sports-based nature, but also pay special attention to young prisoners in this regard,
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of the child (2005), para. 041
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- (b) To design and implement programmes to provide social services and support to pregnant adolescents and adolescent mothers, in particular by enabling them to continue and complete their education;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Infants
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of the child (2005), para. 005
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- Reaffirming the outcome documents of the special session of the General Assembly on children, entitled “A world fit for children”, 5 and the commitments contained therein to promote and protect the rights of each child, every human being below the age of 18 years, including adolescents, and of all major United Nations conferences, and the integration of child rights issues into the outcome documents of all major United Nations conferences, special sessions and summits,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of the child (2008), para. 055
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- (f) To design and implement programmes to provide social services and support to pregnant adolescents and adolescent mothers, in particular by enabling them and also the adolescent fathers to continue and complete their education;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Infants
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of the child (2004), para. 055
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- (c) To design and implement programmes to provide social services and support to pregnant adolescents and adolescent mothers, in particular to enable them to continue and complete their education;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Infants
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Human rights in the administration of justice (1996), para. 15
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- Aware of the specific situation of children and juveniles in detention and their special needs while deprived of their liberty, in particular their vulnerability to various forms of abuse, injustice and humiliation,
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The rights of the child 2007, para. 26f
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- [Calls upon States:] To design and implement programmes to provide social services and support to pregnant adolescents and adolescent mothers, in particular by enabling them and also the adolescent fathers to continue and complete their education;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Infants
- Year
- 2007
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights of the child 2002, para. 5
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- Welcoming the outcome of the special session of the General Assembly on children and the firm commitments contained therein to promote and protect the rights of each child — every human being below the age of 18 years, including adolescents,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Year
- 2002
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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