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Follow-up to the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyond (2008), para. 15
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- 4. Invites Governments to continue to develop strategies and programmes aimed at strengthening national capacities to address national priorities relating to family issues, and encourages the United Nations Programme on the Family, within its mandate, to assist Governments in this regard, including through the provision of technical assistance to build and develop national capacities in the area of formulating, implementing and monitoring family policies;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Technical assistance and capacity-building in the field of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2019), para. 33
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- 15. Invites the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to improve and increase the participation of women in the political and administrative domains, and notes with appreciation the legislative measures already taken within the framework of the amendments to the Family Code and the law on gender parity;
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- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law (2017), para. 03
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- Reaffirming the human right of everyone to be recognized everywhere as a person before the law, which is enshrined in, inter alia, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and recalling the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and other relevant international instruments,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of the child: protection of the rights of the child in humanitarian situations (2018), para. 23
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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;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Global health and foreign policy: an inclusive approach to strengthening health systems (2020), para. 21
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- Recognizing that adequate quality antenatal care reduces the risks of maternal mortality and morbidity, premature births and other complications of pregnancy and delivery that can result in poor health outcomes for mothers and neonates, and also that universal access to cost-effective perinatal and neonatal health interventions, including through the application of outreach, family, community and facility -based prevention, promotion and treatment services, significantly reduces a huge proportion of perinatal and neonatal deaths worldwide,
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- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Infants
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Preparations for and observance of the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family in 2004 (2003), para. 20
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- (a) To strengthen the programme of work of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs on family pursuant to the objectives of the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family in the context of national family-related provisions of the outcomes of the United Nations conferences and summits, and in the context of the internationally agreed development goals, including those contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration, 1 to enhance the unique role of the family in society, in particular through:
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition (2020), para. 86
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- 37. Also recognizes the commencement of the United Nations Decade of Family Farming (2019–2028), and in this regard encourages the full implementation of resolution 72/239 and takes note with appreciation of the global action plan for the Decade, which supports the development, improvement and implementation of public policies on family farming, including national plans, as appropriate, based on inclusive and effective governance and on timely and geographically relevant data, by 2024;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Jerusalem (2011), para. 08
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- Expressing its grave concern further about the continuing Israeli demolition of Palestinian homes and the eviction of numerous Palestinian families from East Jerusalem neighbourhoods, as well as other acts of provocation and incitement, including by Israeli settlers, in the city,
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (1998), para. 08
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- Recalling its resolution 45/158 of 18 December 1990, by which it adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children (2010), para. 019
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- 5. Where the child’s own family is unable, even with appropriate support, to provide adequate care for the child, or abandons or relinquishes the child, the State is responsible for protecting the rights of the child and ensuring appropriate alternative care, with or through competent local authorities and duly authorized civil society organizations. It is the role of the State, through its competent authorities, to ensure the supervision of the safety, well-being and development of any child placed in alternative care and the regular review of the appropriateness of the care arrangement provided.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (2018), para. 61
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- (g) To provide citizens 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, 18 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;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Missing persons (2015), para. 14
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- Recognizing also the importance of addressing the legal situation of missing persons in connection with armed conflict and supporting their family members through national policies that include a gender perspective, as appropriate,
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- Gender
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations Decade of Family Farming (2019–2028) (2018), para. 16
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- Stressing that a universal, rules-based, open, non-discriminatory and equitable multilateral trading system will promote agriculture, family farming and rural development in developing countries and contribute to world food security and nutrition, and urging the adoption of national, regional and international strategie s to promote the inclusive participation of farmers, especially small-scale and family farmers, including women, in community, national, regional and international markets,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Missing persons (2011), para. 07
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- Noting that the issue of persons reported missing in connection with international or non-international armed conflicts, in particular those who are victims of serious violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law, continues to have a negative impact on efforts to put an end to those conflicts and inflicts grievous suffering on the families of missing persons, and stressing in this regard the need to address the issue, inter alia, from a humanitarian and rule of law perspective,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children (2010), para. 092
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- 49. In order to prepare and support the child and the family for his/her possible return to the family, his/her situation should be assessed by a duly designated individual or team with access to multidisciplinary advice, in consultation with the different actors involved (the child, the family, the alternative caregiver), so as to decide whether the reintegration of the child in the family is possible and in the best interests of the child, which steps this would involve and under whose supervision.
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Assistance to unaccompanied refugee minors (2000), para. 07
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- Noting with appreciation the efforts of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the United Nations Children’s Fund in the identification and tracing of unaccompanied refugee minors, and welcoming their efforts in reunifying families of refugees,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Missing persons (2019), para. 08
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- Noting that the issue of persons reported missing in connection with international or non-international armed conflicts, in particular those who are victims of violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law, continues to have a negative impact on efforts to put an end to those conflicts and inflicts grievous suffering on the families of missing persons, and stressing in this regard the need to address the issue from, inter alia, a humanitarian and rule of law perspective,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Measures to combat contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance (2000), para. 29
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- 10. Expresses its profound concern about and condemnation of manifestations of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance against as well as stereotyping of migrant workers and members of their families, persons belonging to minorities and members of vulnerable groups in many societies;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyond (2008), para. 10
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- Cognizant of the need for continued inter-agency cooperation on family issues in order to generate greater awareness of this subject among the governing bodies of the United Nations system,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyond (2006), para. 18
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- 6. Urges Member States to create a conducive environment to strengthen and support all families, recognizing that equality between women and men and respect for all the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all family members are essential to family well-being and to society at large, noting the importance of the reconciliation of work and family life, and recognizing the principle that both parents have common responsibilities for the upbringing and development of the child;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Men
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyond (2008), para. 13
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- 2. Commends the important contribution made by all Member States at all levels to realize the objectives of the International Year of the Family, and in this regard welcomes the efforts of Member States to pursue these objectives, including those of the Government of Qatar, which has established an International Institute for Family Studies and Development;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of the child (2003), para. 030
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- 2. Also calls upon all States to undertake to respect the right of the child to preserve his or her identity, including nationality, name and family relations as recognized by law, without unlawful interference and, where a child is illegally deprived of some or all of the elements of his or her identity, to provide appropriate assistance and protection with a view to re-establishing speedily his or her identity;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Jerusalem (2013), para. 08
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- Expressing its grave concern further about the continuing Israeli demolition of Palestinian homes, the revocation of residency rights and the eviction and displacement of numerous Palestinian families from East Jerusalem neighbourhoods, as well as other acts of provocation and incitement, including by Israeli settlers, in the city, including desecration of mosques and churches,
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in Eritrea (2017), para. 22
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- 5. Condemns in particular the arbitrary detention, enforced disappearances, torture, killing, sexual violence, discrimination on the basis of religion and ethnicity and reprisals for the alleged conduct of family members, and the human rights violations and abuses in the context of indefinite national service, including those involving forced labour, the forced military conscription of children and sexual violence;
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- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Preparations for and observance of the twentieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family (2013), para. 06
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- Recognizing that the family has the primary responsibility for the nurturing and protection of children and that children, for the full and harmonious development of their personality, should grow up in a family environment and in an atmosphere of happiness, love and understanding,
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Recognizing the contribution of environmental human rights defenders to the enjoyment of human rights, environmental protection andsustainable development (2019), para. 17
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- Alarmed by the increasing rate of killings, violent acts, including gender-based violence, threats, harassment, intimidation, smear campaigns, criminalization, judicial harassment, forced eviction and displacement of environmental human rights defenders, including indigenous and women human rights defenders, and human rights defenders addressing issues relating to land rights, their family members, communities, associates and legal representatives, as reported by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders and other special procedures,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Gender
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Ethnic minorities
- Families
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the International Year of the Family (1996), para. 06
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- 1. Invites Governments to continue their action to build family- friendly societies, inter alia, by promoting the rights of individual family members, in particular gender equality and the protection and development of the child;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International migration and development (1995), para. 03
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- Recalling its resolution 45/158 of 18 December 1990, by which it adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, contained in the annex to that resolution,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Respect for the right to universal freedom of travel and the vital importance of family reunification (1997), para. 07
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- 2. Reaffirms that all Governments, particularly those of receiving countries, must recognize the vital importance of family reunification and promote its incorporation into national legislation in order to ensure protection of the unity of families of documented migrants;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Respect for the right to universal freedom of travel and the vital importance of family reunification (2001), para. 08
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- 3. Calls upon all States to allow, in conformity with international legislation, the free flow of financial remittances by foreign nationals residing in their territory to their relatives in the country of origin;
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- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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