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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
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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
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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. 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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- 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
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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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- 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
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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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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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- Paragraph text
- 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
Paragraph
Global Forum on Migration and Development (2008), para. 02
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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
Paragraph
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (2002), para. 11
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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
Paragraph
Rights of the child (2008), para. 108
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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
Paragraph
Celebrating the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family (2005), para. 12
- Paragraph text
- 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
Paragraph
The right to privacy in the digital age (2019), para. 34
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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
Paragraph
Protection of migrants (2016), para. 39
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (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
Paragraph
Follow-up to the twentieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyond (2018), para. 03
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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
Paragraph
International Day of Family Remittances (2018), para. 12
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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
Paragraph
New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants (2016), para. 109
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (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
Paragraph
Follow-up to the twentieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyond (2020), para. 16
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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
Paragraph
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
- Paragraph text
- (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
Paragraph
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
Paragraph
Human resources management (1998), para. 02
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Having considered the reports of the Secretary-General on a family leave programme, 1 on the implementation of the performance appraisal system, 2 on a system of performance awards or bonuses and on amendments to the Staff Rules, 4
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Elimination of domestic violence against women (2004), para. 08
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recognizing further the serious immediate and long-term implications for health, including sexual and reproductive health, that domestic violence against women can present for individuals and families,
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Follow-up to the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyond (2008), para. 10
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Rights of the child (2020), para. 050
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 24. Reaffirms that children shall not be separated from their parents against their will except when competent authorities, subject to judicial review, determine , in accordance with applicable law and procedures, that such separation is necessary for the best interests of the child and that such determination may be necessary in a particular case such as one involving abuse or neglect of the child by the paren ts or one where the parents are living separately and a decision must be made as to the child’s place of residence;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Protection of migrants (2004), para. 16
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 2. Requests all Member States, in conformity with their respective constitutional systems, effectively to promote and protect the human rights of all migrants, in conformity with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1 and the international instruments to which they are party, which may include the International Covenants on Human Rights, 8 the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 9 the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 10 the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, 11 the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 12 the Convention on the Rights of the Child and other applicable international human rights instruments;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Follow-up to the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyond (2006), para. 18
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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
Paragraph
Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (2019), para. 155
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (c) Enable migrants to communicate with their families without delay to inform them that they are alive by facilitating access to means of communication along routes and at their destination, including in places of detention, as well as access to consular missions, local authorities and organizations that can provide assistance with family contacts, especially in cases of unaccompanied or separated migrant children, as well as adolescents;
- Topic(s)
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Situation of human rights in Eritrea (2016), para. 27
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 4. Condemns in particular the arbitrary detention, enforced disappearances, enslavement, 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 in the context of indefinite national service, including those involving forced labour, the forced military conscription of children and sexual violence;
- Topic(s)
- Movement
- Violence
- 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 (2009), para. 05
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Stressing that, as stated in the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, 2F 3 family reunification of documented migrants is an important factor in international migration and that remittances by documented migrants to their countries of origin often constitute a very important source of foreign exchange and are instrumental in improving the well-being of relatives left behind,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children (2010), para. 144
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 96. All disciplinary measures and behaviour management constituting torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, including closed or solitary confinement or any other forms of physical or psychological violence that are likely to compromise the physical or mental health of the child, must be strictly prohibited in conformity with international human rights law. States must take all necessary measures to prevent such practices and ensure that they are punishable by law. Restriction of contact with members of the child’s family and other persons of special importance to the child should never be used as a sanction.
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Protection of migrants (2003), para. 15
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 2. Requests all Member States, in conformity with their respective constitutional systems, effectively to promote and protect the human rights of all migrants, in conformity with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1 and the international instruments to which they are party, which may include the International Covenants on Human Rights, 9 the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 10 the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 11 the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, 12 the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 13 the Convention on the Rights of the Child and other applicable international human rights instruments;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Protection of migrants (2015), para. 54
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (c) Welcomes immigration programmes, adopted by some countries, that allow migrants to integrate fully into the host countries, facilitate family reunification and promote a harmonious, tolerant and respectful environment, and encourages States to consider the possibility of adopting these types of programmes;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Protection of the human rights of migrants: the global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration (2017), para. 39
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 6. Calls upon States that have not yet 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 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
Paragraph
Missing persons (2013), para. 07
- 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 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
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. 045
- Paragraph text
- (i) “Diversion” refers to a process for dealing with children alleged as, accused of or recognized as having infringed criminal law as an alternative to judicial proceedings, with the consent of the child and the child’s parents or legal guardian;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
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. 246
- Paragraph text
- 32. Mindful of the fact that police and other security forces can sometimes be responsible for acts of violence against children, Member States are urged, while taking into consideration relevant international legal instruments, to prevent abuse of power, arbitrary detention, corruption and extortion by police officers who target children and their families.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
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. 298
- Paragraph text
- (i) To encourage and facilitate, wherever possible and in the best interests of the child, frequent family visits and regular contact and communication between children and their family members, as well as with the outside world, and to ensure that disciplinary sanctions for detained children do not include a prohibition of contact with family members;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (the Bangkok Rules) (2011), para. 200
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- In view of women prisoners’ disproportionate experience of domestic violence, they shall be properly consulted as to who, including which family members, is allowed to visit them.
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children (2010), para. 122
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 75. Cultural and religious practices regarding the provision of alternative care, including those related to gender perspectives, should be respected and promoted to the extent that they can be shown to be consistent with the rights and best interests of the children. The process of considering whether such practices should be promoted should be carried out in a broadly participatory way, involving the cultural and religious leaders concerned, professionals and those caring for children without parental care, parents and other relevant stakeholders, as well as the children themselves.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Rights of the child (2016), para. 005
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recalling the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 3 the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 3 the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 4 the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, 5 the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, 6 the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime 7 and the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, 8 and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 9
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law (2017), para. 03
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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
Paragraph
Rights of the child: protection of the rights of the child in humanitarian situations (2018), para. 23
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Protection of migrants (2015), para. 60
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (i) Urges States to ensure that repatriation mechanisms allow for the identification and special protection of persons in vulnerable situations, including unaccompanied children and persons with disabilities, and take into account, in conformity with their international obligations and commitments, the principle of the best interests of the child, clarity about reception and care arrangements and family reunification;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Persons with disabilities
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Missing persons (2015), para. 14
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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,
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
United Nations Decade of Family Farming (2019–2028) (2018), para. 16
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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
Paragraph
Protection of migrants (2006), para. 10
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Aware of the increasing number of migrants worldwide, and bearing in mind the situation of vulnerability in which migrants and their accompanying families can find themselves when outside their States of origin owing, inter alia, to the difficulties they encounter because of discrimination in society, differences of language, custom and culture, as well as the economic and social difficulties and obstacles to the return of migrants to their States of origin, especially those who are undocumented or in an irregular migratory situation,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Follow-up to the twentieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyond (2019), para. 15
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 7. 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 head ed 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
Paragraph
Intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women (2011), para. 49
- Paragraph text
- (n) Encouraging the removal of all barriers to women’s access to justice and ensuring that effective legal assistance is provided to all female victims of violence so that they can make informed decisions regarding, inter alia, legal proceedings and issues relating to family law, and also ensuring that victims have access to just and effective remedies for the harm that they have suffered, including through the adoption of national legislation where necessary;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
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. 086
- Paragraph text
- (b) To adopt measures to prevent violence within the family and the community, address cultural acceptance or tolerance of violence against children, including gender-related violence, and challenge harmful practices;
- Topic(s)
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (2017), para. 59
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 20. Expresses concern at the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law adopted by the Knesset, which suspends the possibility, with certain rare exceptions, of family reunification between Israeli citizens and persons residing in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, thus adversely affecting the lives of many families;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Respect for the right to universal freedom of travel and the vital importance of family reunification (2001), para. 04
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Stressing that, as stated in the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, 3 family reunification of documented migrants is an important factor in international migration and that remittances by documented migrants to their countries of origin often constitute a very important source of foreign exchange and are instrumental in improving the well-being of relatives left behind,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Enhancement of the administration and financial functioning of the United Nations (2014), para. 05
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recognizing the problems that have arisen as a result of the decisions made on a number of occasions by several banking institutions in regard to the closing of the accounts of some Permanent Missions to the United Nations and those of their staff members accredited to the United Nations and of their family members,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Question of enforced or involuntary disappearances (2005), para. 24
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 11. Stresses the importance of the work of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances of the Commission on Human Rights, and encourages it in the execution of its mandate to continue to promote communication between the families of disappeared persons and the Governments concerned, in particular when ordinary channels have failed, with a view to ensuring that sufficiently documented and clearly identified individual cases are investigated and to ascertaining whether such information falls under its mandate and contains the required elements;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Rights of the child (2016), para. 012
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recognizing that the family has the primary responsibility for the nurturing and protection of children, in the best interests of the child, 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,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Rights of the child: the right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health (2013), para. 088
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 43. Calls upon all States to ensure for migrant children, as well as for children of migrant parents, the enjoyment of all human rights of every child within their jurisdiction, without discrimination of any kind, to provide access to health care, social services and education of good quality in accordance with domestic laws consistent with applicable international obligations, and to ensure that migrant children, especially those who are unaccompanied and those who are victims of violence and exploitation, receive special protection and assistance, in accordance with their obligations, as reflected in articles 9 and 10 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- 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 in 2004 (2003), para. 20
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (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:
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- 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. 07
- Original document
- 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
Human rights in the administration of justice, including juvenile justice (2017), para. 29
- Paragraph text
- 8. Calls upon States to apply individual criminal responsibility and to refrain from detaining persons solely on the basis of their family ties with an alleged offender;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
The girl child (2016), para. 37
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 15. Also urges States to ensure that efforts to enact and implement legislation to protect, support and empower child-headed households, in particular those headed by girls, include provisions to ensure their economic well -being, including protecting their property and inheritance rights, access to health-care services, nutrition, clean water, including safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene, shelter and education, and inheritance, and that the family is protected and assisted in staying together;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Girls
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights (2017), para. 19
- Paragraph text
- Welcoming immigration programmes, adopted by some countries, that allow migrants to integrate fully into their host countries, facilitate family reunification and promote a harmonious, tolerant and respectful environment, while encouraging States to consider the possibility of adopting such programmes,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran (2006), para. 17
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (a) The continuing harassment, intimidation and persecution of human rights defenders, non-governmental organizations, political opponents, religious dissenters, political reformists, journalists, parliamentarians, students, clerics, academics and webloggers, including through undue restrictions on the freedoms of assembly, opinion and expression, the use of arbitrary arrest, targeted at both individuals and their family members, and the unjustified closure of newspapers and blocking of Internet sites, as well as the absence of many conditions necessary for free and fair elections, including by the arbitrary disqualification of large numbers of prospective candidates, including all women, during the presidential elections of June 2005;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Families
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Accelerating efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women: remedies for women who have been subjected to violence (2012), para. 21
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 7. Urges States to adopt measures to enhance the awareness of women, and in particular women at known risk of gender-based violence, of their rights, the law and the protection and legal remedies it offers, including by disseminating information on the assistance available to women and families who have experienced violence, and ensuring that timely and appropriate information is available to all women who have been subjected to violence, at all stages of the justice system;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and full implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly (2008), para. 35
- Paragraph text
- (p) Removing structural and legal barriers, as well as eliminating stereotypic attitudes, to gender equality at work, promoting equal pay for equal work, and promoting the recognition of the value of women’s unremunerated work, as well as developing and promoting policies that facilitate the reconciliation of employment and family responsibilities;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Assistance to unaccompanied refugee minors (2000), para. 07
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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
Paragraph
Rights of the child (2003), para. 032
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 4. Also urges all States to ensure that a child shall not be separated from his or her parents against their will, except when the competent authorities, subject to judicial review, determine, in accordance with applicable law and procedures, that such separation is necessary in the best interest of the child, and, where alternative care is necessary, to promote family and community-based care in preference to placement in institutions, recognizing that such determination may be necessary in a particular case, such as one involving abuse or neglect of the child by the parents or one in which the parents are living separately and a decision must be made as to the child’s place of residence;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Missing persons (2009), para. 16
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 3. Reaffirms the right of families to know the fate of their relatives reported missing in connection with armed conflicts;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Missing persons (2019), para. 34
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 12. Invites States to encourage interaction between competent organizations and institutions, such as national commissions on missing persons, which play a crucial role in clarifying the fate of persons missing in connection with armed conflict and providing support to the families of the missing;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Violence against women migrant workers (2016), para. 20
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Expressing deep concern at the continuing reports of grave abuses and violence committed against migrant women and girls, including gender -based violence, sexual violence, domestic and family violence, racist and xenophobic acts, discrimination, abusive labour practices, exploitative conditions of work and contemporary forms of slavery, inter alia, all forms of forced labour and trafficking in persons,
- Topic(s)
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Girls
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Protection of the family: role of the family in supporting the protection and promotion of human rights of older persons (2017), para. 31
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 17. Stresses that families remain the first and most immediate environment where older persons can develop their potential and enjoy a fulfilling life, and that the realization of the human rights of older persons can be deeply affected by the quality of life and the support and assistance provided to them, including through access to a range of support services that are responsive to individual choices, wishes and needs;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Older persons
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Protecting children from bullying (2017), para. 28
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (g) To raise public awareness, involving family members, legal guardians, caregivers, young people, schools, communities, community leaders and the media, as well as civil society organizations, with the participation of children, regarding the protection of children from bullying;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Improving the coordination of efforts against trafficking in persons (2018), para. 28
- Paragraph text
- Stressing the need to take appropriate measures to ensure access to justice and protections for victims in criminal justice processes, including measures to ensure that identified victims of trafficking in persons 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
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (1996), para. 08
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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
Strengthening and promoting effective measures and international cooperation on organ donation and transplantation to prevent and combat trafficking in persons for the purpose of organ removal and trafficking in human organs (2019), para. 25
- Paragraph text
- (b) Adopting appropriate legislative measures necessary to guarantee that the donation of organs is guided by clinical criteria and ethical norms, based on the donors’ informed and voluntary consent, as an altruistic act, performed without any monetary payment or other reward of monetary value, for the living donor or the family of the deceased donor, or any other person or entity, which does not preclude reimbursing reasonable and verifiable expenses incurred by donors;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- 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 (2008), para. 13
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children (2010), para. 026
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 10. Special efforts should be made to tackle discrimination on the basis of any status of the child or parents, including poverty, ethnicity, religion, sex, mental and physical disability, HIV/AIDS or other serious illnesses, whether physical or mental, birth out of wedlock, and socio-economic stigma, and all other statuses and circumstances that can give rise to relinquishment, abandonment and/or removal of a child.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (2006), para. 17
- Paragraph text
- 10. 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 as well as visits by family members and independent monitoring mechanisms can be effective measures for the prevention of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment and punishment;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Rights of the child (2003), para. 030
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Jerusalem (2013), para. 08
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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,
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Situation of human rights in Eritrea (2017), para. 22
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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;
- Topic(s)
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic (2019), para. 42
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 24. Urges all parties to take heed of the recommendations made by the Commission of Inquiry on the issue of detainees, in particular its calls for the appropriate international monitoring bodies to be granted immediate access without undue restriction to all detainees and detention facilities, and for all parties, in particular the Syrian authorities, to publish a list of all detention facilities, to allow access to medical services for all detainees and to provide information on those whom they have detained to their families;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Assistance to unaccompanied refugee minors (1996), para. 10
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 3. Calls upon all Governments, the Secretary-General, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, all United Nations organizations, other international organizations and non-governmental organizations concerned to exert the maximum effort to assist and protect refugee minors and to expedite the return to and reunification with their families of unaccompanied refugee minors;
- Topic(s)
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Preparations for and observance of the twentieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family (2013), para. 06
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (2016), para. 41
- Paragraph text
- 30. Urges States to ensure that appropriate rehabilitation services are promptly available to all victims without discrimination of any kind and without limitation in time, until the fullest rehabilitation possible has been achieved, and are provided either directly by the public health system or through the funding of private rehabilitation facilities, including those administered by civil society organizations, and to consider making rehabilitation services available to the immediate families or dependants of the victims and to persons who have suffered harm while intervening to assist victims in distress or to prevent victimization;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Missing persons (2019), para. 27
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 5. Reaffirms the right of families to know the fate of their relatives reported missing in connection with armed conflict;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Violence against women migrant workers (2018), para. 22
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recognizing further the contribution of women migrant workers to the development of their families, inter alia, through the delivery of remittances,
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (2005), para. 09
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recognizing the urgent need to make further efforts worldwide to improve the situation and to guarantee respect for the human rights and dignity of all migrant workers and members of their families, and aware of the important contribution of the Convention in this regard,
- Topic(s)
- 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. 10
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the follow-up to the International Year of the Family and the preparations for the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family 1 and the recommendations contained therein;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (2019), para. 37
- Paragraph text
- (j) Providing nationals of other countries detained in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea with protections, including freedom of communication with and access to consular officers, in accordance with the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, to which the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is a party, and any other necessary arrangements to confirm their status and to communicate with their families;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Violence against women migrant workers (2020), para. 51
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 9. Encourages Governments to adapt options and pathways for regular migration in a manner that facilitates labour mobility and decent work reflecting demographic and labour market realities, optimizes education opportunities, upholds the right to family life and responds to the needs of migrants in a situation of vulnerability, with a view to expanding and diversifying availabilit y of pathways for safe, orderly and regular migration;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Rights of the child (2013), para. 081
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (i) To take all necessary measures to ensure universal access to birth registration of indigenous children immediately after birth, including those living in remote areas by, inter alia, removing barriers that impede their registration, ensuring the existence of a minimal or no cost, simple, effective, expeditious and accessible birth registration system, guaranteeing their right to a name and a nationality, respecting the selection by parents of a name of their own choosing, respecting the child’s preservation of his or her identity and, as far as possible, protecting the child’s knowing and being cared for by his or her parents;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Intensification of efforts to end obstetric fistula (2015), para. 44
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (m) To strengthen awareness-raising and advocacy, including through the media, to effectively reach families and communities with key messages on fistula prevention and treatment and social reintegration;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Protection of migrants (2014), para. 41
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (d) Calls upon States to prosecute, in conformity with applicable law, acts of violation of the human rights of migrants and their families, such as arbitrary detention, torture and violations of the right to life, including extrajudicial executions, during their transit from the country of origin to the country of destination and vice versa, including transit across national borders;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Assistance to the Palestinian people (2010), para. 42
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 12. Calls upon the international community to provide urgently needed assistance and services in an effort to alleviate the dire humanitarian situation being faced by Palestinian women, children and their families and to help in the reconstruction of relevant Palestinian institutions;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Follow-up to the twentieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyond (2020), para. 05
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Acknowledging that the family-related provisions of the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits and their follow-up processes continue to provide policy guidance on ways to strengthen family-oriented 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
Paragraph
Rights of the child: a holistic approach to the protection and promotion of the rights of children working and/or living on the street (2011), para. 07
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Reaffirming also that the child, for the full and harmonious development of his or her personality, should grow up in a family environment while the best interests of the child shall be the guiding principle of those responsible for his or her nurture and protection and that families’ and caregivers’ capacities to provide the child with care and safe environment should be promoted,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Jerusalem (2016), para. 08
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Expressing its grave concern further about the continuing Israeli demolition of Palestinian homes and other civilian infrastructure in and around East Jerusalem, the revocation of residency rights, and the eviction and displacement of numerous Palestinian families from East Jerusalem neighbourhoods, including Bedouin families, as well as other acts of provocation and incitement, including by Israeli settlers, in the city, including desecration of mosques and churches,
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
United Nations common system: report of the International Civil Service Commission (2011), para. 42
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 15. Requests the Secretary-General to report on the criteria and process followed for designating family and non-family duty stations to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session, in the context of human resources management;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Celebration of the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyond (2005), para. 05
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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
Paragraph
The girl child (2016), para. 13
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Noting with disappointment that the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of resolution 68/146 17 did not contain any information on the implementation of the priority theme of that resolution, namely, the situation of child-headed households,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Recognizing the contribution of environmental human rights defenders to the enjoyment of human rights, environmental protection andsustainable development (2019), para. 17
- Paragraph text
- 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
Paragraph
Violence against women migrant workers (2020), para. 79
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 37. Also encourages Governments to promote coherence between migration, labour and anti-trafficking policies and programmes concerning women migrant workers, based on a human rights, gender-responsive and people-centred perspective, to ensure that the human rights of women migrant workers are protected throughout the migration process and to enhance efforts and increase action to prevent violence against women migrant workers, prosecute perpetrators and protect and support victims and their families;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Follow-up to the International Year of the Family (1996), para. 06
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
United Nations pension system (2009), para. 12
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 7. Approves the changes in the benefit provisions that would streamline the application of the relevant provisions governing family members or former family members under articles 35 bis, 35 ter and 36, as set out in annex XIV to the report of the Board; 1
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
United Nations Principles and Guidelines on Access to Legal Aid in Criminal Justice Systems (2013), para. 160
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (d) Ensuring that children may consult freely and in full confidentiality with parents and/or guardians and legal representatives;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008–2017) (2016), para. 75
- Paragraph text
- 38. Also stresses the importance of policies to address longer-term structural issues, including structural constraints faced by women as economic agents, and to remove any barriers that prevent women from being full participants in the economy, through, inter alia, undertaking legislation and administrative reforms, as appropriate, to give women equal rights with men in political and economic decision-making and access to economic resources and to promote the reconciliation of work and family responsibilities, including through paid maternity and parental leave and the redistribution of the disproportionate work burden of women engaged in unpaid work, including domestic and care work, and encourages the private sector, in accordance with national legislation, to contribute through advancing gender equality by striving to ensure women’s full and productive employment and decent work, equal pay for equal work or work of equal value and equal opportunities, as well as by protecting them against discrimination and abuse in the workplace;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Men
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
World Summit Outcome (2005), para. 155
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 62. We reaffirm our resolve to take measures to ensure respect for and protection of the human rights of migrants, 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
Respect for the right to universal freedom of travel and the vital importance of family reunification (1997), para. 07
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Sport as a means to promote education, health, development and peace (2004), para. 07
- Paragraph text
- Acknowledging with concern the dangers faced by sportsmen and sportswomen, in particular young athletes, including child labour, violence, doping, early specialization, over-training and exploitative forms of commercialization, as well as less visible threats and deprivations, such as the premature severance of family bonds and the loss of sporting, social and cultural ties,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism (2014), para. 20
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 2. Deeply deplores the suffering caused by terrorism to the victims and their families, expresses its profound solidarity with them, and stresses the importance of providing them with assistance and other appropriate measures to protect, respect and promote their human rights;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Third Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination and the convening of the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (2001), para. 33
- Paragraph text
- 7. Requests the Secretary-General in his reports on racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance to accord special attention to and provide information on the situation of migrant workers and members of their families in this regard;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Assistance to the Palestinian people (2008), para. 31
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 8. Calls upon the international community to provide urgently needed assistance and services in an effort to alleviate the dire humanitarian situation being faced by Palestinian children and their families and to help in the reconstruction of relevant Palestinian institutions;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- 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 (2006), para. 23
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 11. Decides to consider the topic “Follow-up to the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family” at its sixty-second session under the item entitled “Social development, including questions relating to the world social situation and to youth, ageing, disabled persons and the family”.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons with disabilities
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation against the world drug problem (2015), para. 39
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 7. Reiterates the commitment of Member States to promoting, developing, reviewing or strengthening effective, comprehensive, integrated drug demand reduction programmes, based on scientific evidence and covering a range of measures, including primary prevention, education, early detection and intervention, treatment, care and related support services, recovery support, rehabilitation and social reintegration efforts, as well as measures aimed at minimizing the public health and social consequences of drug abuse and 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, taking into account the specific needs of women and the particular challenges posed by high- risk drug users, in full compliance with the three international drug control conventions and in accordance with national legislation, and commits Member States to investing increased resources in ensuring access to those interventions on a non-discriminatory basis, including in detention facilities, bearing in mind that those interventions should also consider vulnerabilities that undermine human development, such as poverty and social marginalization;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Intensification of efforts to prevent and eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls: domestic violence (2017), para. 44
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (a) Adopting, strengthening and implementing legislation that prohibits domestic violence and adequately penalizes offences involving physical, sexual, psychological and economic violence occurring in families, and establishing adequate legal protection against such violence, including victim and witness protection from reprisals for bringing complaints or giving evidence;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Promoting human rights and fundamental freedoms through a better understanding of traditional values of humankind: best practices (2012), para. 12
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 2. Recalls the important role of family, community, society and educational institutions in upholding and transmitting these values, which contributes to promoting respect for human rights and increasing their acceptance at the grass roots, and calls upon all States to strengthen this role through appropriate positive measures;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Draft outcome document of the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly on addressing large movements of refugees and migrants (2016), para. 090
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 79. We will consider the expansion of existing humanitarian admission programmes, possible temporary evacuation programmes, including evacuation for medical reasons, flexible arrangements to assist family reunification, private sponsorship for individual refugees and opportunities for labour mobility for refugees, including through private sector partnerships, and for education, such as scholarships and student visas.
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- 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. 159
- Paragraph text
- (a) To ensure that the primary responsibility for initiating investigations and prosecutions lies with the police, the prosecution and other competent authorities and does not require an official complaint to be filed by the child victim of violence or a parent or legal guardian of the child;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Protection of migrants (2002), para. 15
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 1. Welcomes the renewed commitment made in the United Nations Millennium Declaration 8 to take measures to ensure respect for and protection of the human rights of migrants, migrant workers and their families, to eliminate the increasing acts of racism and xenophobia in many societies and to promote greater harmony and tolerance in all societies;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- 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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The situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2002), para. 21
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 9. Also reaffirms the right of families to know the fate of their relatives, and urges the authorities concerned to do everything in their power to help elucidate the fate of all persons unaccounted for;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Protection of migrants (2020), para. 70
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (l) Urges States to ensure that repatriation mechanisms allow for the identification and special protection of persons in vulnerable situations, including unaccompanied children and persons with disabilities, and take into account, in conformity with their international obligations and commitments, the principle of the best interests of the child, clarity of reception and care arrangements and family reunification;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Persons with disabilities
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Protection of migrants (2018), para. 51
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (h) Also calls upon States to prosecute, in conformity with applicable law, acts of violation of the human rights of migrants and their families, such as arbitrary detention, torture and violations of the right to life, including extrajudicial executions, during their transit from the country of origin to the country of destination and vice versa, including transit across national borders;
- 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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Follow-up to the twentieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyond (2020), para. 22
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 15. Requests the focal point on the family of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs to enhance collaboration with the regional commissions, funds and programmes, recommends that the roles of focal points within the United Nations system be reaffirmed, and invites Member States to increase technical cooperation efforts, consider enhancing the role of the regional commissions on family issues and continue to provide resources for those efforts, facilitate the coordination of national and international non-governmental organizations on family issues and enhance cooperation with all relevant stakeholders to promote family issues and develop partnerships in this regard;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation against the world drug problem (2015), para. 27
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Inviting Member States to consider, when developing crime prevention programmes, such issues as social inclusion, the strengthening of the social fabric, access to justice, drug-related violence, the social reintegration of offenders and access to health and education services, as well as the needs of victims of crime, and to promote a culture of lawfulness and concern for the well-being of individuals, families and communities, with a particular emphasis on children and youth,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in parts of South-Eastern Europe (2001), para. 61
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 40. Calls upon the authorities of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to release those persons detained and transferred from Kosovo to other parts of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, or to specify the charge under which each individual is detained and to afford them due process of law, and to guarantee their families and non-governmental organizations and international observers unimpeded and regular access to those who remain in detention, and, in this regard, welcomes as a first important step the release of the prominent human rights activist, Flora Brovina, and the release of twenty-three additional detainees;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Violence against women migrant workers (2004), para. 29
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 15. Encourages Member States to consider signing and ratifying or acceding to relevant International Labour Organization conventions and 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, as well as the Slavery Convention of 1926; 10
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- 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 (2017), para. 30
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 17. 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 in the framework of the amendments to the Family Code and of the law on the parity of men and women;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Men
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of the child (2013), para. 027
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 8. Reaffirms paragraphs 12 to 16 of its resolution 63/241, and urges all States parties to intensify their efforts to comply with their obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child to protect children in matters relating to registration, family relations and adoption or other forms of alternative care, and, in cases of international parental or familial child abduction, encourages States to facilitate, inter alia, the return of the child to the country in which he or she resided immediately before the removal or retention;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The girl child (2016), para. 26
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 4. Calls upon States to recognize the right to education on the basis of equal opportunity and non-discrimination by making primary education compulsory and available free to all children, including those living in rural areas, and ensuring that all children have equal access to quality education, as well as making secondary and tertiary education available and accessible to all, in particular through the progressive introduction of free secondary educatio n, bearing in mind that special measures to ensure equal access, including affirmative action, ensuring physical access to education, including by increasing financial incentives to families, improving the safety of girls on the way to and from school, ens uring that all schools are accessible, safe, secure and free from violence and providing hygienic, separate and adequate sanitation facilities, contribute to achieving equal opportunity and combating exclusion and ensuring school attendance, in particular for girls and children from low-income families and children who become heads of households;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Girls
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children (2010), para. 105
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 60. Frequent changes in care setting are detrimental to the child’s development and ability to form attachments, and should be avoided. Short-term placements should aim at enabling an appropriate permanent solution to be arranged. Permanency for the child should be secured without undue delay through reintegration in his/her nuclear or extended family or, if this is not possible, in an alternative stable family setting or, where paragraph 21 above applies, in stable and appropriate residential care.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation against the world drug problem (2015), para. 53
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (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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Jerusalem (2017), para. 09
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Expressing its grave concern further about the continuing Israeli demolition of Palestinian homes and other civilian infrastructure in and around East Jerusalem, the revocation of residency rights, and the eviction and displacement of numerous Palestinian families from East Jerusalem neighbourhoods, including Bedouin families, as well as other acts of provocation and incitement, including by Israeli settlers, in the city, including desecration of mosques and churches,
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Assistance to unaccompanied refugee minors (2004), para. 17
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 6. Urges the Office of the High Commissioner, all United Nations organizations, as well as other international organizations and non-governmental organizations concerned to take appropriate steps to mobilize resources commensurate with the needs of unaccompanied refugee minors and for their reunification with their families;
- Topic(s)
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Human rights and terrorism (2002), para. 18
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Expressing its deepest sympathy and condolences to all the victims of terrorism and their families,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International migration and development (2011), para. 14
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Reaffirming the resolve to take measures to ensure respect for and protection of the human rights of migrants, 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. 053
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (ii) Formal care: all care provided in a family environment which has been ordered by a competent administrative body or judicial authority, and all care provided in a residential environment, including in private facilities, whether or not as a result of administrative or judicial measures;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of the child (2004), para. 043
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 19. Urges States to address cases of international kidnapping of children by one of the parents;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Draft outcome document of the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals (2010), para. 177
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (f) Expanding the provision of comprehensive obstetric care and strengthening the role of skilled health-care providers, including midwives and nurses, through their training and retention in order to fully utilize their potential as trusted providers of maternal health-care services, as well as expanding family planning within local communities and expanding and upgrading formal and informal training in sexual and reproductive health care and family planning for all health-care providers, health educators and managers, including training in interpersonal communications and counselling.
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Promoting efforts to eliminate violence against migrants, migrant workers and their families (2013), para. 19
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Taking note with appreciation of the work of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to highlight the vulnerability of smuggled migrants to violence, including the study entitled “Smuggling of migrants: a global review and annotated bibliography of recent publications”, first published in 2010, and the discussion guide for the thematic discussion on violence against migrants, migrant workers and their families, 6
- Topic(s)
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Rights of the child (2016), para. 011
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Acknowledging the important role played by national governmental structures for children, including, where they exist, ministries and institutions in charge of child, family and youth issues and independent ombudspersons for children or other national institutions for the promotion and protection of the rights of the child,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation to address and counter the world drug problem (2017), para. 062
- Paragraph text
- 27. Emphasizes the need to enhance the knowledge of policymakers and the capacity, as appropriate, of relevant national authorities on various aspects of the world drug problem in order to ensure that national drug policies, as part of a comprehensive, integrated and balanced approach, fully respect all human rights and fundamental freedoms and protect the health, safety and well-being of individuals, families, vulnerable members of society, communities and society as a whole, and to that end encourages the cooperation of Member States with, and cooperation among, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the International Narcotics Control Board, the World Health Organization and other relevant United Nations entities, within their respective mandates, including those relevant to the above -mentioned issues, and relevant regional and international organizations, as well as with civil society and the private sector, as appropriate;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International migration and development (2004), para. 08
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recalling also that heads of State and Government at the United Nations Millennium Summit resolved to take measures, inter alia, to ensure respect for and protection of the human rights of migrants, migrant workers and their families, to eliminate the increasing acts of racism and xenophobia in many societies and to promote greater harmony and tolerance in all societies,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights (2017), para. 14
- Paragraph text
- Concerned by the large and growing number of migrants, in particular unaccompanied migrant children or those separated from their parents, who find themselves in vulnerable situations when attempting to cross international borders on dangerous migratory routes, and recognizing the obligation of States to respect the human rights of those migrants regardless of their migratory status, in accordance with their obligations under international law,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International Year for People of African Descent (2010), para. 3
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recalling the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1F 2 the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 2 0H the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 2F 3 the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 3F 4 the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 4F 5 the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, 5F 6
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The girl child (2014), para. 56
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 22. Calls upon States to strengthen research on families and household formation and structure, with a particular emphasis on the existence of de facto child-headed households and the long-term economic and psychological impact that being a child head of household or a child raised by another child has on the children and on social sustainability;
- Topic(s)
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Missing persons (2013), para. 30
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 11. Calls upon States, without prejudice to their efforts to determine the fate of persons reported missing in connection with armed conflicts, to take appropriate steps with regard to the legal situation of missing persons and the needs and accompaniment of their family members, in such fields as social welfare, psychological and psychosocial support, financial matters, family law and property rights;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy Review (2018), para. 052
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 13. Deeply deplores the suffering caused by terrorism to the victims of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations and to their families, expresses its profound solidarity with them, and encourages Member States to provide them with proper support and assistance while taking into account, inter alia, when appropriate, considerations regarding remembrance, dignity, respect, justice and truth, in accordance with international law;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (2015), para. 18
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 3. Reiterates that all States must conduct prompt, exhaustive and impartial investigations into all suspected cases of extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, identify and bring to justice those responsible, while ensuring the right of every person to a fair hearing by a competent, independent and impartial tribunal established by law, grant adequate compensation within a reasonable time to the victims or their families and adopt all necessary measures, including legal and judicial measures, to put an end to impunity and prevent the further occurrence of such executions, as recommended in the Principles on the Effective Prevention and Investigation of Extralegal, Arbitrary and Summary Executions, 7 fully consistent with their obligations under international law;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilation (2019), para. 23
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 2. Calls upon States to place a stronger focus on the development and implementation of comprehensive prevention strategies, including the intens ification of educational campaigns, awareness-raising and formal and non-formal education and training in order to promote the direct engagement of girls and boys, women and men and to ensure that all key actors, including government officials, law enforcement and judicial personnel, immigration officials, parliamentarians , health- care providers, practitioners, civil society, the private sector, community and religious leaders, teachers, employers, media professionals and those directly working with girls, as well as parents, legal guardians, families and communities, work to eliminate attitudes and harmful practices, in particular female genital mutilation, that negatively affect women and girls, and emphasizes the importance of adopting a non - stigmatization approach in all prevention interventions;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Harmful Practices
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Families
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Elimination of all forms of discrimination against women and girls (2019), para. 33
- Paragraph text
- (e) To support substantive gender equality and women’s and girls’ rights, including within families, through long-term awareness-raising initiatives, including for men and boys, especially education and public awareness-raising, including in the media and online, through the incorporation of curricula on all women’s and girls’ rights into teacher training courses, including on the prevention of sexual and gender-based violence, and by ensuring universal access to evidence-based comprehensive sexuality education;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Families
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Accelerating efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women: ensuring due diligence in protection (2011), para. 24
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (h) To adopt measures to enhance the awareness of women, and in particular women at known risk of gender-based violence, of their rights, the law and the protection and legal remedies it offers, including by disseminating information on the assistance available to women and families who have experienced violence, and ensuring that timely and appropriate information is available to all women who have been subjected to violence, at all stages of the justice system;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of the child (2013), para. 088
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (p) To take steps to design and implement preventive and comprehensive anti-bullying measures, including in educational settings, that address bullying and peer-directed aggression against children, including against indigenous children, which could include the training of educators and family members and also raising awareness of this matter among children;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS: Intensifying Our Efforts to Eliminate HIV and AIDS (2011), para. 045
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 41. Recognize that access to sexual and reproductive health has been and continues to be essential for HIV and AIDS responses and that Governments have the responsibility to provide for public health, with special attention to families, women and children;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (2014), para. 22
- Paragraph text
- (v) All-pervasive and severe restrictions on the freedoms of thought, conscience, religion or belief, opinion and expression, peaceful assembly and association, the right to privacy and equal access to information, by such means as the persecution, torture and imprisonment of individuals exercising their freedom of opinion and expression, religion or belief, and their families, and the right of everyone to take part in the conduct of public affairs, directly or through freely chosen representatives, of his or her country;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Measures to combat contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance (1997), para. 18
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 5. Expresses its deep concern at and condemnation of manifestations of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance against migrant workers and members of their families and other vulnerable groups in many societies;
- Topic(s)
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
International cooperation against the world drug problem (2006), para. 33
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (d) To consider strengthening and implementing broadly based prevention and treatment programmes and to ensure that such programmes adequately address the gender-specific barriers that limit access for young girls and women, taking into account all attendant circumstances, including social and clinical histories, in the context of education, the family and the community, as appropriate;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants (2016), para. 012
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 8. We declare our profound solidarity with, and support for, the millions of people in different parts of the world who, for reasons beyond their control, are forced to uproot themselves and their families from their homes.
- Topic(s)
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Condemnation of the attack on United Nations personnel and premises in Baghdad (2003), para. 6
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 3. Expresses its condolences to all the families and loved ones of those who lost their lives;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the twentieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyond (2019), para. 07
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Acknowledging that the International Year and its follow-up processes have served as catalysts for a number of initiatives at the national and international levels, including many family policies and programmes to reduce poverty and hunger and promote the well-being of all at all ages, and can boost development efforts, contribute to better outcomes for children and help to break the intergenerational transfer of poverty in support of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, 1
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (2018), para. 24
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Deploring the practice of withholding the bodies of those killed, and calling for the release of the bodies that have not yet been returned to their relatives, in accordance with international humanitarian law and human rights law,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- 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 (2000), para. 08
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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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Report of the International Criminal Court (2018), para. 37
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 23. Encourages States to contribute to the trust fund established for the benefit of victims of crimes within the jurisdiction of the Internati onal Criminal Court and the families of such victims, and acknowledges with appreciation contributions made to that trust fund thus far;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of the child (2005), para. 037
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 20. Calls upon all States to give support and rehabilitation to children and their families affected by HIV/AIDS and to involve children and their caregivers, as well as the private sector, to ensure the effective prevention of HIV infections through correct information and access to voluntary and confidential care, treatment and testing, including pharmaceutical products and medical technologies, affordable to all, giving due importance to the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of the virus;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- 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. 03
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Noting that in paragraph 5 of its resolution 59/111 and paragraph 2 of its resolution 59/147, respectively, the General Assembly underlined the need to realize the objectives of the International Year of the Family and to develop concrete measures and approaches to address national priorities in dealing with family issues,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Protection of migrants (2009), para. 23
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 3. 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 9 1H as a matter of priority, and requests the Secretary-General to continue his efforts to raise awareness of and promote 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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Improvement of the status of women in the Secretariat (1994), para. 14
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 2. Also urges the Secretary-General to examine further existing work practices within the United Nations system with a view to increasing flexibility so as to remove direct or indirect discrimination against staff members with family responsibilities, including consideration of such issues as job-sharing, flexible working hours, child-care arrangements, career break schemes and access to training;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Protection of migrants (2006), para. 53
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 31. Takes note of the report of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families on its second session, 22 and requests the Secretary-General to arrange, within existing resources, two sessions for the Committee in 2006, in spring and autumn, respectively, each of a duration of one week;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Promoting efforts to eliminate violence against migrants, migrant workers and their families (2013), para. 34
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 14. Calls upon Member States to take measures to ensure that victims of crime, including migrants, migrant workers and their families, have access to the justice system for violations of their rights, irrespective of their immigration status;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Violence against women migrant workers (2014), para. 17
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Noting that the priority theme of the fifty-eighth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will be “Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls” and that migration can enable equitable, inclusive and sustainable growth and human development for countries of origin and destination, migrants and their families, and in this regard recognizing the potential role and contribution of women migrant workers towards accelerating progress in the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals and attaining equitable, inclusive and sustainable growth and human development,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Girls
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations Decade of Family Farming (2019–2028) (2018), para. 22
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recognizing the importance of South-South and triangular cooperation in promoting family farming and addressing the problem of food insecurity through the exchange of knowledge, experience and good practices, innovative policies, know - how and resources,
- Topic(s)
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran (2007), para. 18
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (a) The continuing harassment, intimidation and persecution of human rights defenders, non-governmental organizations, political opponents, religious dissenters, political reformists, journalists, parliamentarians, students, clerics, academics, webloggers, union members and labour organizers, including through undue restrictions on the freedoms of assembly, conscience, opinion and expression, the threat and use of arbitrary arrest and prolonged detention, targeted at both individuals and their family members, the ongoing unjustified closure of newspapers and blocking of Internet sites and restrictions on the activities of unions and other non-governmental organizations, as well as the absence of many conditions necessary for free and fair elections;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan (2017), para. 16
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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 forced transfer of Palestinian civilians, including Bedouin families, the exploitation of natural resources, the fragmentation of territory 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
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Elimination of all forms of discrimination against women and girls (2018), para. 08
- Paragraph text
- Recalling that all human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated, that gender equality must be promoted in a comprehensive and systematic manner, and that persistent discrimination within families and societies has a debilitating impact on the equal enjoyment of human rights by women and girls in all aspects of life, and affirming that no State can be indifferent to the violations of human rights anywhere in the world,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilation (2017), para. 23
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 2. Calls upon States to place a stronger focus on the development and implementation of comprehensive prevention strategies, including the enhancement of educational campaigns, awareness-raising and formal, non-formal and informal education and training in order to promote the direct engagement of girls and boys, women and men and to ensure that all key actors, government officials, including law enforcement and judicial personnel, immigration officials and parliamentarians, health-care providers, civil society, the private sector, community and religious leaders, teachers, employers, media professionals and those directly working with girls, as well as parents, families and communities, work to eliminate attitudes and harmful practices, in particular all forms of female genital mutilation, that negatively affect women and girls;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Harmful Practices
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Families
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Protection of migrants (2015), para. 42
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (f) Calls upon States to prosecute, in conformity with applicable law, acts of violation of the human rights of migrants and their families, such as arbitrary detention, torture and violations of the right to life, including extrajudicial executions, during their transit from the country of origin to the country of destination and vice versa, including transit across national borders;
- 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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Rights of the child (2017), para. 012
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Acknowledging the important role played by national governmental and local structures for children, including, where they exist, ministries and institutions in charge of child, family and youth issues and independent ombudspersons for children or other national institutions for the promotion and protection of the rights of the child,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family (2015), para. 08
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 3. Encourages Governments to continue to make every possible effort to realize the objectives of the International Year and its follow-up processes and to develop strategies and programmes aimed at strengthening national capacities to address national priorities relating to family issues;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- 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 (2009), para. 07
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recalling that the family is the basic unit of society and, as such, should be strengthened, and that it is entitled to receive comprehensive protection and support,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Towards a New International Economic Order (2013), para. 12
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Concerned also, in this regard, that, in spite of some progress achieved in particular regions, some 200 million people globally are still unemployed and a further 900 million workers live with their families below the two-dollar-a-day poverty line,
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Poverty
- 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 (2017), para. 05
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Acknowledging that the family-related provisions of the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits 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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Preparations for and observance of the twentieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family (2013), para. 05
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Noting also the importance of designing, implementing and monitoring family-oriented policies, especially in the areas of poverty eradication, full employment and decent work, work-family balance, social integration and intergenerational solidarity,
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
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. 314
- Paragraph text
- (d) To ensure that all deaths of children in detention facilities are reported and promptly and independently investigated, and to promptly endeavour, as appropriate, to investigate injuries suffered by children and ensure that their parents, legal guardian or closest relatives are informed.
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Missing persons (2013), para. 24
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 5. Calls upon States that are parties to an armed conflict to take all necessary measures, in a timely manner, to determine the identity and fate of persons reported missing in connection with the armed conflict and, to the greatest extent possible, to provide their family members, through appropriate channels, with all relevant information that they have on their fate, including their whereabouts or, if they are dead, the circumstances and cause of their death;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International migration and development (2005), para. 12
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Realizing the benefits that international migration can bring to migrants, their families, the receiving societies and their communities of origin and the need for countries of origin, transit and destination to ensure that migrants, including migrant workers, are not subject to exploitation of any kind and the need to ensure that the human rights and dignity of all migrants and their families, in particular of women migrant workers, are respected and protected,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Protection of migrants (2013), para. 38
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (d) 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 10 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
Paragraph
Respect for the right to universal freedom of travel and the vital importance of family reunification (1998), para. 4
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Stressing that, as stated in the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, 2 family reunification of documented migrants is an important factor in international migration and that remittances by documented migrants to their countries of origin often constitute a very important source of foreign exchange and are instrumental in improving the well-being of relatives left behind,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic (2019), para. 30
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 12. Expresses deep concern at the suffering of children resulting from the escalation of violence in the Syrian Arab Republic, and the lack of safe refuge, and calls upon all parties to respect and protect the full enjoyment by children of all their human rights, and to allow at all times humanitarian workers to reach children and families in need of life- saving assistance, and to prevent and protect children from all exploitation, violations and abuses, including sexual and gender-based violence and child, early and forced marriage, trafficking and torture by, among other actions, ending and preventing the recruitment and use of children in the armed conflict, immediately, safely and unconditionally releasing children and handing them over to civilian child-protection actors, and ensuring that such authorities have access to detained children associated with armed groups;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Follow-up to the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyond (2006), para. 05
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Cognizant that the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family in 2004 provided an impetus for integrating family concerns into the national development planning process,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants (2016), para. 113
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (e) Use the registration process to identify specific assistance needs and protection arrangements, where possible, including but not exclusively for refugees with special protection concerns, such as women at risk, children, especially unaccompanied children and children separated from their families, child-headed and single-parent households, victims of trafficking, victims of trauma and survivors of sexual violence, as well as refugees with disabilities and older persons;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Older persons
- Persons on the move
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Rights of the child (2010), para. 56
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (a) To assure that children are given the opportunity to be heard on all matters affecting them, without discrimination on any grounds, by adopting and/or continuing to implement regulations and arrangements that provide for and encourage, as appropriate, the participation of children in all settings, including within the family, in school and in their communities, and that are firmly anchored in laws and institutional codes and are regularly evaluated with regard to their effectiveness;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Missing persons (2019), para. 15
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Bearing in mind that the question of missing persons entails consequences not only for the victims themselves, but also for their families, especially women, children and older persons, and in this regard recognizing 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,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Older persons
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Intensification of efforts to end obstetric fistula (2019), para. 49
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (o) Strengthening awareness-raising and advocacy, including through the media, to effectively reach families and communities with key messages on fistula prevention and treatment and social reintegration;
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
International migration and development (1995), para. 08
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recalling that, in accordance with article 10 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and all other relevant universally recognized human rights instruments, all Governments, particularly those of receiving countries, must recognize the vital importance of family reunification and promote its integration into their national legislation in order to ensure the protection of the unity of the families of documented migrants,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation against the world drug problem (2000), para. 130
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 17. Objective 11. To undertake public information campaigns aimed at the population in general to promote health, raise awareness in society and improve people’s understanding of the drug problem in the community and of the need to curb that problem, to evaluate those campaigns by establishing a follow-up system to determine their impact and to carry out research into the requirements of particular population groups, such as parents, teachers, community leaders and drug users, with regard to information on drugs and services. That would entail the following:
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Protecting children from bullying (2015), para. 10
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recognizing also that environments surrounding children can affect their behaviour, and recognizing further the important role that family members, legal guardians, caregivers, teachers and civil society have and that the media should have in the prevention of bullying,
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Migrant children and adolescents (2015), para. 18
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 4. Calls upon States, in accordance with their national laws and their obligations under the relevant international instruments in this field, to promote and protect the rights of every child to be registered immediately after birth, to have a name from birth, to acquire a nationality and, as far as possible, to know and be cared for by his or her parents, in particular where the child would otherwise be stateless;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Protecting children from bullying (2019), para. 33
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (i) To develop parenting and other skills programmes for parents, legal guardians and family members, together with social protection interventions that help to promote a nurturing family environment, reduce the risk of social exclusion and deprivation, prevent family stress and tackle negative social norms that contribute to violence against children and bullying;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- 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. 08
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recalling that one plenary meeting at its fifty-ninth session, in 2004, will be devoted to the observance of the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family, building upon the events to be held on 15 May 2004 on the occasion of the International Day of Families,
- 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 (2003), para. 14
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 4. Requests the Secretary-General to make all necessary provisions for the timely establishment of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families referred to in article 72 of the Convention, as soon as the Convention enters into force, and calls upon States parties to submit their first periodic reports in due time;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children (2010), para. 116
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 69. It is a responsibility of the State or appropriate level of government to ensure the development and implementation of coordinated policies regarding formal and informal care for all children who are without parental care. Such policies should be based on sound information and statistical data. They should define a process for determining who has responsibility for a child, taking into account the role of the child’s parents or principal caregivers in his/her protection, care and development. Presumptive responsibility, unless shown to be otherwise, is with the child’s parents or principal caregivers.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Rights of the child (2013), para. 009
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Acknowledging the important role played by national governmental structures for children, including, where they exist, ministries and institutions in charge of child, family and youth issues and independent ombudspersons for children or other national institutions for the promotion and protection of the rights of the child,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Celebration of the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyond (2005), para. 12
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recognizing the important role of non-governmental organizations, at both the local and the national levels, working in the interest of families,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
International migration and development (2011), para. 07
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recalling the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, 9F 10 and reiterating the call to Member States that have not yet done so to consider signing and ratifying or acceding to the Convention as a matter of priority and the request to the Secretary- General to continue his efforts to promote and raise awareness of the Convention, particularly in the context of the twentieth anniversary of its adoption,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan (2013), para. 14
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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 forced displacement of Palestinian civilians, including Bedouin families, the exploitation of natural resources 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
Paragraph
Celebration of the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyond (2005), para. 03
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recalling also that relevant United Nations instruments on human rights as well as relevant global plans and programmes of action call for the widest possible protection and assistance to be accorded to the family, bearing in mind that in different cultural, political and social systems various forms of the family exist,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Question of enforced or involuntary disappearances (2003), para. 22
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 11. Stresses the importance of the work of the Working Group on enforced or involuntary disappearances of the Commission on Human Rights and encourages it in the execution of its mandate to continue to promote 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 ascertaining whether such information falls under its mandate and contains the required elements;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran (2014), para. 10
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (b) The continuing alarming high frequency of the carrying-out of the death penalty in the absence of internationally recognized safeguards, including public executions, notwithstanding the issuance of a circular by the former head of the judiciary prohibiting public executions, and secret group executions, as well as reports of executions undertaken without the notification of the prisoner’s family members or legal counsel;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- 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 (2006), para. 04
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Noting also 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
Paragraph
Preparations for and observance of the twentieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family (2013), para. 10
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 1. Encourages Governments to continue to make every possible effort to realize the objectives of the International Year of the Family and its follow-up processes and to integrate a family perspective into national policymaking;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- 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 (2013), para. 12
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 3. Urges Member States to view 2014 as a target year by which concrete efforts will be made to improve family well-being through the implementation of effective national policies, strategies and programmes;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Human rights of migrants (2013), para. 03
- Original document
- 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
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Human rights situation in Iraq (2000), para. 30
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (h) To cooperate with the Tripartite Commission and its Technical Subcommittee to establish the whereabouts and resolve the fate of the remaining several hundred missing persons, including prisoners of war, Kuwaiti nationals and third-country nationals, victims of the illegal Iraqi occupation of Kuwait, to cooperate with the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances of the Commission on Human Rights for that purpose, and to pay compensation to the families of those who died or disappeared in the custody of the Iraqi authorities, through the mechanism established by the Security Council in its resolution 692 (1991) of 20 May 1991, and to release immediately all Kuwaitis and nationals of other States who may still be held in detention;
- 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 (2006), para. 091
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 41. Calls upon States to make suitable provision for children affected by HIV/AIDS who can no longer live with their parents to retain links with their wider family and community, urges all States to implement the United Nations Framework for the Protection, Care and Support of Orphans and Vulnerable Children Living in a World with HIV and AIDS and its key strategies, inter alia, by adopting and implementing, as an integral part of their comprehensive national planning and budgeting processes, national action plans for the protection and care of orphans and vulnerable children, and requests donors, the United Nations system and civil society to support their efforts;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Plight of street children (1994), para. 05
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Reaffirming that children are a particularly vulnerable section of society whose rights require special protection and that children living under especially difficult circumstances, such as street children, deserve special attention, protection and assistance from their families and communities and as part of national efforts and international cooperation,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- 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 (2014), para. 07
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recognizing also that family policies are most effective when targeting the family unit and its dynamic as a whole, including taking into consideration the needs of its members, and noting that family-oriented policies aim in particular at strengthening, and should be designed to enhance, a household’s capacity to escape poverty, ensure financial independence and support work-family balance to help manage family functions and foster child development,
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (2011), para. 29
- Paragraph text
- 20. 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 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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The rights of the child (2001), para. 067
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 8. Expresses its deep concern about the growing number of unaccompanied and/or separated refugee and internally displaced children, and calls upon all States and United Nations bodies and agencies and other relevant organizations to give priority to programmes for family tracing and reunification and to continue to monitor the care arrangements for unaccompanied and/or separated refugee and internally displaced children;
- Topic(s)
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Strengthening the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity (2014), para. 43
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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 crime prevention and criminal justice reform, corruption, organized crime, money-laundering, terrorism, kidnapping, smuggling of migrants 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 and the international transfer of sentenced persons,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- 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. 183
- Paragraph text
- (e) To ensure that the child victim’s parents or legal guardian and, where appropriate, a child protection professional accompany the child during interviews conducted as part of the investigation and during trial proceedings, inter alia, while testifying as a witness, except in the following circumstances, as dictated by the best interests of the child:
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political 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 (2016), para. 31
- Paragraph text
- (viii) Violations of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of children , in particular the continued lack of access to basic economic, social and cultural rights for many children, and in this regard notes the particularly vulnerable situation faced by, inter alia, returned or repatriated children, street children, children with disabilities, children whose parents are detained, children living in detention or in institutions and children in conflict with the law;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Persons with disabilities
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of the child (2017), para. 115
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 78. Calls upon States to promote and protect the rights of every child to be registered immediately after birth, to receive a birth certificate, to have a name from birth, to acquire a nationality and, as far as possible, to know and be cared for by his or her parents, in particular where the child would otherwise be stateless;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Social & Cultural Rights
- 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 (2014), para. 05
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Noting also the importance of designing, implementing and monitoring family- oriented policies, especially in the areas of poverty eradication, full employment and decent work, work-family balance, social integration and intergenerational solidarity,
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation in the prevention, combating and elimination of kidnapping and in providing assistance to victims (2007), para. 13
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 5. Calls upon Member States to take measures intended to provide adequate assistance and protection to victims of kidnapping and their families;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Preparations for and observance of the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family (2002), para. 07
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Emphasizing that equality between women and men and respect for the human rights of all family members is essential to family well-being and to society at large,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Men
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Protection of migrants (2014), para. 71
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (b) Recognizes the importance of the contribution of the High Commissioner, the Chair of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and the Special Rapporteur, as well as other key actors, to the discussion on international migration;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Human rights in the occupied Syrian Golan (2016), para. 14
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 4. Calls upon Israel to allow the Syrian population of the occupied Syrian Golan to visit their families and relatives in the Syrian motherland through the Quneitra checkpoint and under the supervision of the International Committee of the Red Cross, and to rescind its decision to prohibit these visits, as it is in flagrant violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic (2019), para. 40
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 22. Urges all parties to take heed of the recommendations on the issue of detainees by the Commission of Inquiry, in particular the calls for the appropriate international monitoring bodies to be granted immediate access without undue restriction to all detainees and detention facilities, and for all parties, in particular the Syrian authorities, to publish a list of all detention facilities, to allow access to medical services for all detainees and to provide information on those whom they have detained to their families;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation (2019), para. 029
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (a) Concluded to resolve a dispute arising from transactions engaged in by one of the parties (a consumer) for personal, family or household purposes;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Protection of migrants (2016), para. 59
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (d) Welcomes immigration programmes, adopted by some countries, that allow migrants to integrate fully into the host countries, facilitate family reunification and promote a harmonious, tolerant and respectful environment, and encourages States to consider the possibility of adopting these types of programmes;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- 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 (2009), para. 09
- Original document
- 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
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Global efforts for the total elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and the comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (2010), para. 20
- Paragraph text
- 7. Calls upon those States that have not yet done so to consider signing and ratifying or acceding to the instruments enumerated in paragraph 78 of the Durban Programme of Action, including the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families of 1990; 3F 4
- 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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Oceans and the law of the sea (2018), para. 194
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 130. Expresses serious concern at the inhuman conditions hostages taken at sea face in captivity and also the adverse impact on their families, calls for the immediate release of all hostages taken at sea, and stresses the importance of cooperation among Member States on the issue of hostage-taking at sea;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Assistance to unaccompanied refugee minors (2000), para. 15
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 5. Calls upon the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, in cooperation with other relevant United Nations bodies, to incorporate into its programmes policies that aim at preventing the separation of refugee families, conscious of the importance of family unity;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (2019), para. 232
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (c) Develop national short-, medium- and long-term policy goals regarding the inclusion of migrants in societies, including on labour market integration, family reunification, education, non-discrimination and health, including by fostering partnerships with relevant stakeholders;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Rights of the child (2007), para. 019
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Registration, family relations and adoption or other forms of alternative care
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations Decade of Family Farming (2019–2028) (2018), para. 03
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Welcoming the fact that many countries have made significant progress in developing public policies in favour of family farming, including the formation of national committees for family farming, and making financial inclusion policies for smallholder farmers, such as small-scale credit loans, and recognizing the role that family farms play in improving nutrition and ensuring global food security, eradicating poverty, ending hunger, conserving biodiversity, achieving environmental sustainability and helping to address migration,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International Day of Family Remittances (2018), para. 05
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recalling its resolution 71/237 of 21 December 2016 on international migration and development, in which it noted the adoption of resolution 189/XXXVIII by the Governing Council of the International Fund for Agricultural Development, on 16 February 2015, in which the Governing Council proclaimed 16 June as the International Day of Family Remittances,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations Principles and Guidelines on Access to Legal Aid in Criminal Justice Systems (2013), para. 158
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (b) Enabling children who are detained, arrested, suspected or accused of, or charged with a criminal offence to contact their parents or guardians at once and prohibiting any interviewing of a child in the absence of his or her lawyer or other legal aid provider, and parent or guardian when available, in the best interests of the child;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Agriculture development and food security (2013), para. 38
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 16. Calls for closing the gender gap in access to productive resources in agriculture, noting with concern that the gender gap persists for many assets, inputs and services, and stresses the need to invest in and strengthen efforts to meet the basic needs of rural women, including needs relating to their food and nutritional security and that of their families, and to promote adequate standards of living for them as well as decent conditions for work and access to local, regional and global markets;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Food & Nutrition
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Right to the truth (2012), para. 04
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recalling article 32 of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts, which recognizes the right of families to know the fate of their relatives,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Situation of human rights in Myanmar (2010), para. 20
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 10. Expresses concern about the conditions in prisons and other detention facilities, and consistent reports of ill-treatment of prisoners of conscience, including torture, and about the moving of prisoners of conscience to isolated prisons far from their families where they cannot receive food and medicine;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The right to a nationality: women and children (2012), para. 06
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Noting the provisions of international and regional human rights instruments recognizing the right of every child to acquire a nationality and not be arbitrarily deprived of his or her nationality, inter alia, article 24, paragraph 3, of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, articles 7 and 8 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and article 29 of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, and recognizing the equal right to nationality, including article 9 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, article 18 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and article 5 (d)(iii) of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights (2016), para. 07
- Paragraph text
- Acknowledging the contribution of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families to the international system for the protection of migrants,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Countering child sexual exploitation and sexual abuse online (2020), para. 14
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Acknowledging the distinct and important roles that parents, legal guardians, schools, civil society, sport associations, communities, State institutions and the media play in securing children’s protection from sexual exploitation and sexual abuse online and in preventing all forms of violence, including by promoting children’s online safety,
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Questions relating to informationInformation in the service of humanity (2019), para. 082
- Paragraph text
- 53. Also recalls its resolution 72/239 of 20 December 2017 on the United Nations Decade of Family Farming (2019–2028), and requests the Department of Global Communications and its network of United Nations information centres to raise awareness of and to disseminate information on the International Decade;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Respect for the right to universal freedom of travel and the vital importance of family reunification (2007), para. 05
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Stressing that, as stated in the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, 3 family reunification of documented migrants is an important factor in international migration and that remittances by documented migrants to their countries of origin often constitute a very important source of foreign exchange and are instrumental in improving the well-being of relatives left behind,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Follow-up to the twentieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyond (2018), para. 04
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recognizing also that the objectives of the International Year of the Family and its follow-up processes, especially those relating to family policies in the areas of poverty, work-family balance and intergenerational issues, with attention given to the rights and responsibilities of all family members, can contribute to ending poverty, ending hunger, ensuring a healthy life and promoting well-being for all at all ages, promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all, ensuring better education outcomes for children, achieving gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls and eliminating all forms of violence, in particular against women and girls, as part of an integrated comprehensive approach to development,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Preparations for and observance of the twentieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family (2014), para. 21
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 9. 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 of shared parental responsibility 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
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Violence against women migrant workers (2006), para. 08
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Expressing deep concern at the continuing reports of grave abuses and acts of violence committed against women migrant workers, including, inter alia, sexual and gender-based violence, trafficking, domestic and family violence, racist and xenophobic acts and abusive labour practices,
- Topic(s)
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Violence against women migrant workers (2014), para. 14
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Expressing deep concern at the continuing reports of grave abuses and violence committed against migrant women and girls, including gender-based violence, sexual violence, domestic and family violence, racist and xenophobic acts, discrimination, abusive labour practices, exploitative conditions of work and contemporary forms of slavery, inter alia, all forms of forced labour and trafficking in persons,
- Topic(s)
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Girls
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members (2017), para. 18
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (b) To engage in dialogue and consult with States and other relevant stakeholders, including United Nations bodies, specialized agencies, funds and programmes, in particular the World Health Organization, other intergovernmental organizations, regional human rights mechanisms, national human rights institutions and non-governmental organizations to identify, exchange and promote good practices relating to the realization of the rights of persons affected by leprosy and their family members, and to their participation as equal members of society with a view to achieving a leprosy-free world;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Preparations for and observance of the twentieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family (2013), para. 17
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 8. 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 of shared parental responsibility 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
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. 181
- Paragraph text
- (c) To ensure, in appropriate cases, that child victims of violence are not required to testify as part of the criminal justice process without the knowledge of their parents or legal guardians, that a child’s refusal to testify does not constitute a criminal or other offence and that child victims of violence are able to testify in criminal proceedings through adequate measures and child-friendly practices that facilitate such testimony by protecting their privacy, identity and dignity, ensuring their safety before, during and after legal proceedings, avoiding secondary victimization and respecting their need and legal right to be heard while recognizing the legal rights of the accused;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Rights of the child (2020), para. 089
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (r) Promoting alternatives to detention for children and taking steps to minimize the risk of violence against children in detention, as well as encourage and facilitate frequent family visits and regular contact and communication between children and their family members unless it is in the child’s best interest not to do so, as well as with the outside world, and to ensure that no child should be subject to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment or that disciplinary sanctions for detained children do not include a prohibition of contact with family members;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Promoting efforts to eliminate violence against migrants, migrant workers and their families (2013), para. 20
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Welcoming the renewed commitment made in the United Nations Millennium Declaration 7 to take measures to protect the human rights of migrants, migrant workers and their families, to eliminate acts of racism and xenophobia and to promote greater harmony and tolerance,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (2001), para. 03
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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
Paragraph
Consolidating gains and accelerating efforts to control and eliminate malaria in developing countries, particularly in Africa, by 2030 (2017), para. 51
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 19. Stresses the importance of improved community-based systems to control malaria, bearing in mind that families are often the starting point for effective health care for a child with a fever, and encourages malaria-endemic countries to extend the reach of public health services by training and deploying community health workers, particularly in rural and remote areas, and to expand integrated community case management of malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea, with a focus on children under 5 years of age; 6
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Human rights in the administration of justice (2013), para. 20
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Reaffirming that the best interests of the child shall be a primary consideration in all decisions concerning the child in the administration of justice, including in relation to pretrial measures, as well as being an important consideration in all matters concerning the child related to sentencing of his or her parents, or, where applicable, legal guardians or primary caregivers,
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
International cooperation to address and counter the world drug problem (2018), para. 060
- Paragraph text
- 26. Encourages Member States to involve, as appropriate, policymakers, parliamentarians, educators, civil society, the scientific community, academia, target populations, individuals in recovery from substance use disorders and their peer groups, families and other co-dependent people, as well as the private sector, in the development of prevention programmes aimed at raising public awareness of the dangers and risks associated with drug abuse, and involve, inter alia, parents, care services providers, teachers, peer groups, health professionals, religious communities, community leaders, social workers, sports associations, media professionals and entertainment industries, as appropriate, in their implementation;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Preparations for and observance of the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family (2003), para. 12
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 3. Calls upon all United Nations bodies, the specialized agencies, the regional commissions and the intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations concerned, in particular family-related organizations, to make every possible effort towards the implementation of the objectives of the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family by integrating the family perspective into the planning and decision-making processes;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Protection of migrants (2004), para. 34
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 20. Calls upon States to facilitate family reunification in an expeditious and effective manner, with due regard to applicable laws, as such reunification has a positive effect on the integration of migrants;
- Topic(s)
- 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 (2005), para. 13
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 4. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide all the necessary facilities and assistance for the effective functioning of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, making efficient use of available resources;
- 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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International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (2000), para. 12
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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 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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Political declaration on the implementation of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons (2017), para. 11
- Original document
- 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
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Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children (2010), para. 107
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 62. Planning for care provision and permanency should be based on, notably, the nature and quality of the child’s attachment to his/her family, the family’s capacity to safeguard the child’s well-being and harmonious development, the child’s need or desire to feel part of a family, the desirability of the child remaining within his/her community and country, the child’s cultural, linguistic and religious background, and the child’s relationships with siblings, with a view to avoiding their separation.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the Eleventh United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (2006), para. 36
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 13. We note with concern the rise in kidnapping and trafficking in persons, which constitute serious, profitable and inhumane forms of organized crime, often committed with the objective of funding criminal organizations and, in some cases, terrorist activities, and hence recommend that measures be devised to combat these crimes and that attention be given to the creation of practical mechanisms for countering them. We recognize the need to implement measures intended to provide adequate assistance and protection to victims of kidnapping and trafficking in persons and their families.
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- 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. 06
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Deeply concerned at the grave situation of vulnerability of migrant workers and members of their families,
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in Haiti (2000), para. 19
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 8. Reaffirms the importance, for combating impunity and for the realization of a genuine and effective process of transition and national reconciliation, of the investigations undertaken by the National Commission for Truth and Justice, and once again calls upon the Government of Haiti to institute legal proceedings against the perpetrators of human rights violations identified by the National Commission and to create effective facilities for providing support to the victims, in particular women, children and members of their families, and in this specific context reiterates the recommendations contained in the report of the independent expert of the Commission on Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Haiti; 5
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Preventable mortality and morbidity of children under 5 years of age as a human rights concern (2016), para. 09
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Reaffirming that States should take all appropriate measures to ensure the right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health without discrimination of any kind and, in doing so, be guided by the best interests of the child, ensuring the meaningful participation of children, consistent with their evolving capacities, in all matters and decisions affecting their lives, bearing in mind the rights, duties and responsibilities of parents or caregivers in relation to preventing mortality and morbidity of children under 5 years of age, and take steps to ensure the allocation of available resources to the maximum extent possible to achieve the full realization of the right of the child to the highest attainable standard of health, including by strengthening international cooperation in this field,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women (2013), para. 39
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- 17. Calls upon States, with the support of United Nations entities, to fully engage men and boys, as well as families and communities, as agents of change in preventing and condemning violence against women and girls and to develop appropriate policies to promote the responsibility of men and boys in eliminating all forms of violence against women and girls;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Families
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (2018), para. 46
- Paragraph text
- 33. Urges States to ensure that appropriate rehabilitation services are promptly available to all victims without discrimination of any kind and without limitation in time, until the fullest rehabilitation possible has been achieved, and are provided either directly by the public health system or through the funding of private rehabilitation facilities, including those administered by civil society organizations, and to consider making rehabilitation services available to the immediate families or dependants of the victims and to persons who have suffered harm while intervening to assist victims in distress or to prevent victimization;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (2019), para. 206
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (e) Ensure that all migrants in detention are informed about the reasons for their detention, in a language they understand, and facilitate the exercise of their rights, including to communicate with the respective consular or diplomatic missions without delay, legal representatives and family members, in accordance with international law and due process guarantees;
- 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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Human rights defenders in the context of the Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (2016), para. 26
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- 5. Strongly condemns the violence against and the targeting, criminalization, intimidation, torture, disappearance and killing of any individuals, including human rights defenders, for reporting and seeking information on human rights violations and abuses, and stresses the need to combat impunity by ensuring that those responsible for violations and abuses against human rights defenders, including against their legal representatives, associates and family members, are promptly brought to justice through impartial investigations;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Action against corruption (1997), para. 29
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 4. Public officials shall not use their official authority for the improper advancement of their own or their family's personal or financial interest. They shall not engage in any transaction, acquire any position or function or have any financial, commercial or other comparable interest that is incompatible with their office, functions and duties or the discharge thereof.
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- 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. 04
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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
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Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (2007), para. 14
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 3. Reiterates the obligation of all States to conduct exhaustive and impartial investigations into all suspected cases of extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, to identify and bring to justice those responsible, while ensuring the right of every person to a fair and public hearing by a competent, independent and impartial tribunal established by law, to grant adequate compensation within a reasonable time to the victims or their families, and to adopt all necessary measures, including legal and judicial measures, to put an end to impunity and to prevent the further occurrence of such executions, as recommended in the Principles on the Effective Prevention and Investigation of Extralegal, Arbitrary and Summary Executions; 5
- 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. 22
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 8. Recognizes the positive impact that policies and measures to support families and protect them from poverty, exclusion, violence and involuntary separation can have on protecting and promoting the human rights of their members, including those of older persons, and on achieving equality between women and men and girls and boys, empowering women and girls, and enhancing protection against violence, abuses, sexual exploitation, the worst forms of child labour, and harmful practices, while bearing in mind that violations and abuses of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of family members adversely affect families and have a negative impact on efforts aimed at protecting the family;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Poverty
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Families
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Violence against women migrant workers (2004), para. 17
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 3. Acknowledges with appreciation the entry into force of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families 9 on 1 July 2003;
- 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 (2004), para. 040
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 16. Urges all States to ensure that a child shall not be separated from his or her parents against their will, except when the competent authorities, subject to judicial review, determine, in accordance with applicable law and procedures, that such separation is necessary in the best interest of the child, and, where alternative care is necessary, to promote family and community-based care in preference to placement in institutions, recognizing that such determination may be necessary in a particular case, such as one involving abuse or neglect of the child by the parents or one in which the parents are living separately and a decision must be made as to the child’s place of residence;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing (2020), para. 55
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 36. Encourages Member States to provide services and support to older persons, including grandparents, who have assumed responsibility for children who were abandoned or whose parents are deceased, have migrated, have been displaced, including in the context of humanitarian emergencies, or are otherwise unable to care for their dependants;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Older persons
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Human rights of migrants (2010), para. 16
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 3. Calls upon States that have not yet 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 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 Second World Assembly on Ageing (2017), para. 17
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 4. Also recognizes the challenges related to the enjoyment of all human rights that older persons face in different areas and that those challenges require in-depth analysis and action to address protection gaps, and calls upon all States to promote and ensure the full realization of all human rights and fundamental freedoms for older persons, including by progressively taking measures to combat age discrimination, neglect, abuse and violence, to provide social protection, access to food and housing, health care, employment, legal capacity and access to justice and to address issues related to social integration and gender inequality, bearing in mind the crucial importance of intergenerational family interdependence, solidarity and reciprocity for social development;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Older persons
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Working group of the Commission on Human Rights to elaborate a draft declaration in accordance with paragraph 5 of General Assembly resolution 49/214 of 23 December 1994 (2007), para. 020
- Paragraph text
- Recognizing in particular the right of indigenous families and communities to retain shared responsibility for the upbringing, training, education and well-being of their children, consistent with the rights of the child,
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Protection of migrants (2020), para. 42
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (f) Takes note of the reports of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families on its twenty-seventh and twenty-eighth sessions 26 and its twenty-ninth and thirtieth sessions;
- 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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International migration and development (2019), para. 12
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Encouraging States that have not done so to consider ratifying or acceding to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families 18 and to consider acceding to relevant conventions of the International Labour Organization, as appropriate,
- 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: a holistic approach to the protection and promotion of the rights of children working and/or living on the street (2011), para. 41
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 8. Calls on States to ensure appropriate care and protection of children who work and/or live on the street without any parental contact or supervision, including through measures to support their sustainable reintegration into their family and, when family reintegration is not possible or appropriate, through a case-by-case approach to provide alternative care that is appropriate and in the best interests of the child;
- Topic(s)
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Measures to combat contemporary forms of racism and racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance (2001), para. 10
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Conscious of the fundamental difference between, on the one hand, racism and racial discrimination as governmental policy or resulting from official doctrines of racial superiority or exclusivity and, on the other hand, other manifestations of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance that are increasingly visible in segments of many societies and are perpetrated by individuals or groups, some of which manifestations are directed against migrant workers and members of their families,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Question of enforced or involuntary disappearances (2003), para. 05
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Deeply concerned, in particular, by the intensification of enforced disappearances, including arrest, detention and abduction, where these are part of or amount to enforced disappearances, in various regions of the world and by the growing number of reports concerning the harassment, ill-treatment and intimidation of witnesses of disappearances or relatives of persons who have disappeared,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Emergency international assistance for peace, normalcy and reconstruction of war- stricken Afghanistan and the situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security (1997), para. 04
- Paragraph text
- Concerned about the continuation and recent intensification of the military confrontation in Afghanistan, threatening regional peace and stability, and the attendant displacement of families and interruptions in the process of repatriating refugees,
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation in the prevention, combating and elimination of kidnapping and in providing assistance to victims (2005), para. 14
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 6. Urges Member States that have not yet done so to pay special attention to the considerable psychological, social and economic damage associated with kidnapping by adopting legislative, administrative or any other measures to provide appropriate support and assistance to victims and their families;
- Topic(s)
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- 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. 08
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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
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