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Agricultural technology for sustainable development (2018), para. 30
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- 4. Also recognizes the important role of family farming and smallholder farming in contributing to the achievement of food security and improved nutrition and the role that family farms play in ensuring global food security, poverty eradication and environmental sustainability, as well as job creation;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- 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 (2014), para. 18
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- 6. Also encourages Member States to continue their efforts to develop appropriate policies and programmes that address family poverty, social exclusion, domestic violence, work-family balance and intergenerational issues and to share good practices in those areas;
- Topic(s)
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of the child (2014), para. 117
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- (i) To contribute to the prevention and elimination of the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography by adopting a holistic approach, addressing the contributing factors, including underdevelopment, poverty, economic disparities, inequitable socioeconomic structures, dysfunctional families, lack of education, urban-rural migration, gender discrimination, criminal or irresponsible adult sexual behaviour, child sex tourism, organized crime, armed conflicts and trafficking in children;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Health
- Poverty
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2001), para. 29
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- 24. Recalls that the family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and that it is entitled to protection by society and the State, and calls upon States, working in close collaboration with the Office of the High Commissioner and other concerned organizations, to take measures to ensure that the refugee’s family is protected, including through measures aimed at reuniting family members separated as a result of refugee flight;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women (2013), para. 22
- Paragraph text
- Recognizing also the important role of the family in combating violence against women and girls and the need to support its capacity to prevent and eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls,
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Jerusalem (2011), para. 08
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- Paragraph text
- 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
Paragraph
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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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
Paragraph
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. 033
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- 30. Welcome the leadership and commitment shown in every aspect of the HIV and AIDS response by Governments, relevant United Nations agencies and regional and subregional organizations, as well as people living with, at risk of and affected by HIV, political and community leaders, parliamentarians, communities, families, faith-based organizations, scientists, health professionals, donors, the phila nthropic community, the workforce, the private sector, the media and civil society, including women’s and community-based organizations, feminist groups, youth-led organizations, national human rights institutions and human rights defenders, and recognize their contribution to the achievement of Millennium Development Goal 6 on AIDS and implementing the commitments set forth in the 2011 Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS, 25 and call upon stakeholders, as appropriate, to support Member States in ensuring that country-driven, credible, costed, evidence- based, inclusive, sustainable, gender-responsive and comprehensive national HIV and AIDS strategic plans are funded and implemented as soon as possible with transparency, accountability and effectiveness;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Draft outcome document of the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly of September 2005 (2005), para. 196
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- Paragraph text
- 89. We stress the importance of assisting victims of terrorism and of providing them and their families with support to cope with their loss and their grief.
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Strengthening the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity (2010), para. 20
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- Recognizing the general progress made by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in the delivery of advisory services and assistance to requesting Member States in the areas of corruption, organized crime, money-laundering, terrorism, kidnapping and trafficking in persons, including the support and protection, as appropriate, of victims, their families and witnesses, as well as drug trafficking and international cooperation, with special emphasis on extradition and mutual legal assistance,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
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
Paragraph
Rights of the child (2003), para. 090
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- 8. Also calls upon States to criminalize and to penalize effectively, in conformity with all relevant and applicable international instruments, all forms of sexual exploitation and abuse of children, including within the family or for commercial purposes, paedophilia, child pornography, child prostitution, child sex tourism, trafficking, the sale of children and their organs, engagement in forced child labour and any other form of exploitation, while ensuring that, in the treatment by the criminal justice system of children who are victims, the best interest of the child shall be a primary consideration, and to take effective measures to ensure the prosecution of offenders, whether local or foreign, by the competent national authorities, either in the country of origin of the offender or in the country in which the abuse occurs, in accordance with due process of law;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation to address and counter the world drug problem (2017), para. 083
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- (b) Providing, as appropriate, comprehensive, integrated drug demand reduction programmes, based on scientific evidence and covering a range of measures, including primary prevention, early intervention, treatment, care, rehabilitation, social reintegration and measures aimed at minimizing the negative public health and social impacts of drug abuse, aimed at promoting health and social well-being among individuals, families and communities and reducing the adverse consequences of drug abuse for individuals and society as a whole;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- 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. 044
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- 40. Recognize the need to promote, protect and fulfil the rights of children in child-headed households, in particular those headed by girls, which may result from the death of parents and legal guardians and other economic, social and political realities, and express deep concern that the impact of the AIDS epidemic, including illness and mortality, the erosion of the extended family, the exacerbation of poverty, unemployment and underemployment and migration, as well as urbanization, has contributed to the increase in the number of child-headed households;
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Movement
- Poverty
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Girls
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran (2013), para. 19
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- (n) Persistent failure to uphold due process of law, and violations of the rights of detainees, including the widespread and systematic use of arbitrary detention and enforced disappearance, the lack of access of detainees to legal representation of their choice, the refusal to consider granting bail to detainees, the poor conditions of prisons, including the serious overcrowding and poor level of sanitation, and the denial of access to medical treatment, as well as persistent reports of detainees dying in custody, being subjected to torture, rape and other forms of sexual violence, harsh interrogation techniques and the use of pressure exerted upon their relatives and dependants, including through arrest, to obtain false confessions that are then used at trials;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan (2017), para. 17
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- Aware that Israeli settlement activities involve, inter alia, the transfer of nationals of the occupying Power into the occupied territories, the confiscation of land, the destruction of property, including homes and projects funded by the international community, the forcible displacement of Palestinian civilians, including Bedouin families, the exploitation of natural resources, the conduct of economic activity for the benefit of the occupying Power, the disruption of the livelihood of protected persons and the de facto annexation of land, and other actions against the Palestinian civilian population and the civilian population in the occupied Syrian Golan that are contrary to international law,
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (2016), para. 22
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- 11. Recalls its resolution 43/173 of 9 December 1988 on the Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment, and in this context stresses that ensuring that any individual arrested or detained is promptly brought before a judge or other independent judicial officer in person, and permitting prompt and regular medical care and legal counsel throughout all stages of detention, as well as visits by family members and independent monitoring mechanisms, are effective measures for the prevention of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Protection of the family: role of the family in supporting the protection and promotion of human rights of older persons (2017), para. 28
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- 14. Recognizes that the family unit is facing increasing vulnerabilities and pressures, and notes that, inter alia, single parent-headed households, child-headed households, families with members with disabilities and intergenerational households might be particularly vulnerable to poverty and social exclusion, and resolves to pay particular attention to them, while bearing in mind that a considerable proportion of households worldwide are headed by women and many other households are dependent on female income, and that female-maintained households are very often among the poorest because of wage discrimination;
- Topic(s)
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Right to work (2018), para. 21
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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 involvement in the labour market;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Men
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Question of enforced or involuntary disappearances (1999), para. 20
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- 11. Recalls the importance of the Working Group, the primary role of which is, as described in its reports, to act as a channel of communication between the families of disappeared persons and the Governments concerned, with a view to ensuring that sufficiently documented and clearly identified individual cases are investigated, and to ascertain whether such information falls under its mandate and contains the required elements, and invites the Group to continue to seek the views and comments of all concerned, including Member States, in preparing its report;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Human resources management (1997), para. 083
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- Paragraph text
- 3. Also requests the Secretary-General to develop a family leave programme for United Nations staff without creating supplementary leave entitlements, and to report thereon to the General Assembly as soon as possible;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- 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 (2003), para. 03
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- Bearing in mind the principles and norms established within the framework of the International Labour Organization and the importance of the work done in connection with migrant workers and members of their families in other specialized agencies and in various organs of the United Nations,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- 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;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- 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;
- Topic(s)
- 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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International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (2001), para. 04
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- Reiterating that, despite the existence of an already established body of principles and norms, there is a need to make further efforts to improve the situation and to guarantee respect for the human rights and dignity of all migrant workers and members of their families,
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Preparations for and observance of the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family (2002), para. 11
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- 2. Urges Governments to view 2004 as a target year by which concrete achievements should be made to identify and elaborate issues of direct concern to families and also to set up and strengthen, where appropriate, mechanisms to plan and coordinate activities of governmental bodies and non-governmental organizations;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic (2019), para. 36
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- 18. Expresses deep concern about the number of deaths among individuals detained by the Syrian authorities, as evidenced by their issuing of thousands of death notifications, which provides further indication of systematic violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law, and urges them to provide families with death certificates and the remains of their relatives whose fate has been disclosed, including those who have been summarily executed, to take all appropriate measures immediately to protect the lives and rights of all persons currently detained or unaccounted for, and to clarify the fate of those who remain missing or are still in custody;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children (2010), para. 092
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- Paragraph text
- 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.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Respect for the right to universal freedom of travel and the vital importance of family reunification (2003), 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;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Follow-up to the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyond (2010), para. 16
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- Paragraph text
- 5. 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 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
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Men
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic (2019), para. 27
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- Paragraph text
- Recalling with serious concern the findings of the Commission of Inquiry in its report entitled “Out of sight, out of mind: deaths in detention in the Syrian Arab Republic”, noting in this regard the recent issuing of death notifications of detained individuals by the Syrian authorities, which provides further indication of systematic violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law, and urging the Syrian authorities to provide families with the remains of their relatives whose fate has been disclosed, including those who have been summarily executed, to take all appropriate measures immediately to protect the lives and rights of all persons currently detained or unaccounted for and to clarify the fate of those who remain missing or are still in custody,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Policies and programmes involving youth (2018), para. 36
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- Paragraph text
- 20. Further recognizes the importance of strengthening intergenerational partnerships and solidarity among generations, and in this regard recognizes the importance of opportunities for voluntary, constructive and regular interaction between young people and older generations in the family, the workplace and society at large;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Older persons
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Migrants and asylum-seekers fleeing recent events in North Africa (2011), para. 03
- Paragraph text
- Recalling the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Respect for the right to universal freedom of travel and the vital importance of family reunification (1998), para. 7
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- Paragraph text
- 2. Reaffirms that all Governments, in particular 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;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Missing persons (2019), para. 08
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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
Paragraph
Measures to combat contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance (2000), para. 29
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- Paragraph text
- 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;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Attacks and discrimination against persons with albinism (2013), para. 11
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- Paragraph text
- 1. Urges States to take all measures necessary to ensure the effective protection of persons with albinism, and their family members;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Follow-up to the twentieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyond (2018), para. 12
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- Paragraph text
- 4. Encourages Member States to promote work-family balance as conducive to the well-being of children, the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls, inter alia, through flexible working and leave arrangements, parental leave, affordable, accessible and good quality childcare and initiatives to promote the equal sharing of household responsibilities, including unpaid care work, between men and women;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Follow-up to the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyond (2008), para. 15
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- Paragraph text
- 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
Paragraph
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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- Paragraph text
- 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;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Draft outcome document of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the appraisal of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons (2017), para. 13
- Paragraph text
- 8. We express solidarity with and compassion for victims and survivors, call for full respect of their human rights, and, recognizing their role as agents of change in the global fight against trafficking in persons, encourage further consideration of incorporating their perspective and experience in all efforts to prevent and combat trafficking in persons. We will provide appropriate care, assistance and services for their recovery and rehabilitation, working with civil society and other relevant partners. We will also undertake appropriate measures for access to justice and protections for victims in criminal justice processes, including measures to ensure that identified victims are not penalized for having been trafficked and that they do not suffer from victimization as a result of actions taken by Government authorities, communities and families.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic (2016), para. 12
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recognizing that arbitrary detention and enforced disappearances in the Syrian Arab Republic have increasingly targeted persons belonging to communities believed to support armed groups or to be insufficiently loyal to the Government or to other parties to the conflict, which has had a traumatic impact on victims and their families,
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Right to the truth (2014), para. 03
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recalling article 32 of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts, which recognizes the right of families to know the fate of their relatives, and article 33 of Additional Protocol I, which provides that the parties to an armed conflict shall search for the persons who have been reported missing, as soon as circumstances permit,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran (1997), para. 24
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 10. Deplores the politically motivated continuing violence against Iranians outside the Islamic Republic of Iran, and urges the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to refrain from activities against members of the Iranian opposition living abroad and the harassment of their relatives within the Islamic Republic of Iran and to cooperate wholeheartedly with the authorities of other countries in investigating and punishing offences reported by them;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Rights of the child (2005), para. 071
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 35. Further calls upon all States to protect refugee, asylum-seeking and internally displaced children, in particular those who are unaccompanied, who are particularly exposed to risks in connection with armed conflict, such as recruitment, sexual violence and exploitation, to pay particular attention to programmes for voluntary repatriation and, wherever possible, local integration and resettlement, to give priority to family tracing and reunification and, where appropriate, to cooperate with international humanitarian and refugee organizations, including by facilitating their work;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
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,
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Infants
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Global Forum on Migration and Development (2008), para. 02
- Original document
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- Recalling that the 2005 World Summit Outcome acknowledged the important nexus between international migration and development and the need to deal with the challenges and opportunities that migration presents and reaffirmed the resolve to take measures to ensure respect for and protection of the human rights of migrants, migrant workers and members of their families, 0F 1
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- 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 (2010), para. 06
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- Noting that the family-related provisions of the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits of the 1990s and their follow-up processes continue to provide policy guidance on ways to strengthen family-centred components of policies and programmes as part of an integrated comprehensive approach to development,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- 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 (2002), para. 11
- Original document
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- 2. Welcomes the signature or ratification of or accession to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families 7 by some Member States;
- 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 (2008), para. 108
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- 53. Also condemns all kinds of abduction of children, in particular extortive abduction and abduction of children in situations of armed conflict, including for the recruitment and use of children in armed conflicts, and urges States to take all appropriate measures to secure their unconditional release, rehabilitation, reintegration and reunification with their families;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Celebrating the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family (2005), para. 12
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- 8. Encourages United Nations agencies and bodies, including the regional commissions, as well as intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations and research and academic institutions, to work closely with the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the Secretariat in a coordinated manner on family- related issues, inter alia, by sharing experience and findings, in recognition of their valuable role in family policy development at all levels;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The right to privacy in the digital age (2019), para. 34
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- 1. Reaffirms the right to privacy, according to which no one shall be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with his or her privacy, family, h ome or correspondence, and the right to the protection of the law against such interference, as set out in article 12 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1 and article 17 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; 2
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Protection of migrants (2016), para. 39
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- (e) Calls upon States that have not done so to consider signing and ratifying or acceding to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families 11 as a matter of priority, and requests the Secretary-General to continue his efforts to promote and raise awareness of the Convention;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the twentieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyond (2018), para. 03
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- Recognizing that the preparations for and observance of the twentieth anniversary of the International Year in 2014 provided a useful opportunity to continue to raise awareness of the objectives of the International Year for increasing cooperation on family issues at all levels and for undertaking concerted action to strengthen family-centred policies and programmes as part of an integrated comprehensive approach to development,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International Day of Family Remittances (2018), para. 12
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- Recognizing also the role of the private sector in developing cost-effective and accessible money transfer services, including by linking them to other financial services for remittance senders and their families, and the role of all relevant stakeholders in realizing by 2030 the objective of target 10.c of Sustainable Development Goal 10, to reduce to less than 3 per cent the transaction costs of migrant remittances and eliminate remittance corridors with costs higher than 5 per cent,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants (2016), para. 109
- Original document
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- (a) Ensure, to the extent possible, that measures are in place to identify persons in need of international protection as refugees, provide for adequate, safe and dignified reception conditions, with a particular emphasis on persons with specific needs, victims of human trafficking, child protection, family unity, and prevention of and response to sexual and gender-based violence, and support the critical contribution of receiving communities and societies in this regard;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the twentieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyond (2020), para. 16
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- 8. Also encourages Member States to consider providing universal and gender-sensitive social protection systems, which are key to ensuring poverty reduction, including, as appropriate, targeted cash transfers for families in vulnerable situations, as can be the case of families headed by a single parent, in particular those headed by women, and which are most effective in reducing poverty when accompanied by other measures, such as providing access to basic services, high - quality education and health-care services;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Poverty
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations Model Strategies and Practical Measures on the Elimination of Violence against Children in the Field of Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (2015), para. 258
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- (j) To ensure that alleged incidents of violence against children during their contact with the police are independently, promptly and effectively investigated and that those alleged to have been implicated in violence against children are removed from any position of control or power, whether direct or indirect, over complainants, witnesses and their families, as well as those conducting the investigation;
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (2014), para. 21
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 8. Recognizes the importance of the Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance 4 as a body of principles for all States designed to punish enforced disappearances, to prevent their commission and to help victims of such acts and their families to seek fair, prompt and adequate reparation;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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