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International cooperation to address and counter the world drug problem (2017), para. 126
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- 89. Calls upon Member States to strengthen international and regional cooperation and coordination to counter the threat to the international community caused by the illicit production of and trafficking in drugs, especially those in the opium group, as well as other aspects of the world drug problem, and to continue to take concerted measures within the framework of the Paris Pact 23 and other relevant regional and international initiatives and mechanisms, in order to strengthen cross - border cooperation and information exchange, with a view to countering drug trafficking, with the support of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and other international and regional organizations;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
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- Feb 25, 2020
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Strengthening the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity (2008), para. 22
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- 6. Urges the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to increase collaboration with intergovernmental, international and regional organizations that have mandates related to transnational organized crime, as appropriate, in order to share best practices and to take advantage of their unique and comparative advantage;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Violence
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- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation against the world drug problem (2011), para. 13
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- Noting with grave concern also the global increased abuse and manufacture of amphetamine-type stimulants as well as the proliferation of chemical precursors used in the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, and the emergence of new methods of diversion used by organized criminal groups,
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- Health
- Violence
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- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Improving the coordination of efforts against trafficking in persons (2010), para. 09
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- Recognizing also that broad international cooperation between Member States and relevant intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations is essential for effectively countering the threat of trafficking in persons and other contemporary forms of slavery,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
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- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Sudan (2001), para. 30
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- (v) The use of weapons, including indiscriminate artillery shelling and landmines, against the civilian population;
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- Humanitarian
- Violence
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- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Strengthening international cooperation in preventing and combating trafficking in persons and protecting victims of such trafficking (2004), para. 44
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- 14. Encourages Member States to target the link, where appropriate, between trafficking in persons for purposes of sexual and other forms of exploitation and other types of crime;
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- Violence
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- Feb 25, 2020
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Global health and foreign policy (2015), para. 44
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- (d) Other appropriate measures, such as national legal frameworks where warranted, to effectively address violence against medical and health personnel;
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- Gender
- Health
- Violence
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- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2019), para. 38
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- 28. Welcomes the commitment and efforts of the Office of the High Commissioner to prevent, mitigate and respond to sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, fraud, corruption and other forms of misconduct, and encourages the Office to sustain action with a view to strengthening and enforcing the zero - tolerance approach within the Office;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
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- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation to address and counter the world drug problem (2018), para. 026
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- Noting with grave concern also the increasing sophistication of the transnational criminal groups engaged in the illicit manufacture and distribution of amphetamine - type stimulants worldwide, as well as the proliferation and diversion of chemical precursors used in the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances,
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- Health
- Violence
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- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations Comprehensive Strategy on Assistance and Support to Victims of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by United Nations Staff and Related Personnel (2008), para. 03
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- Deeply concerned by and strongly condemning all acts of sexual exploitation and abuse committed by United Nations staff and related personnel,
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- Violence
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- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Strengthening of security and cooperation in the Mediterranean region (2015), para. 21
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- 7. Encourages the Mediterranean countries to strengthen further their cooperation in combating terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, including the possible resort by terrorists to weapons of mass destruction, taking into account the relevant resolutions of the United Nations, and in combating international crime and illicit arms transfers and illicit drug production, consumption and trafficking, which pose a serious threat to peace, security and stability in the region and therefore to the improvement of the current political, economic and social situation and which jeopardize friendly relations among States, hinder the development of international cooperation and result in the destruction of human rights, fundamental freedoms and the democratic basis of pluralistic society;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
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- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Improving the coordination of efforts against trafficking in persons (2018), para. 12
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- (c) To promote comprehensive, coordinated and consistent responses at the national, regional and international levels to counter trafficking in persons,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
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- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran (2007), para. 27
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- (c) To eliminate, in law and in practice, the use of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, such as amputations and flogging and, as previously proposed by the elected Iranian parliament, to accede to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; 9 and to end impunity for violations of human rights that constitute crimes by bringing the perpetrators to justice in accordance with international standards, noting in this regard, inter alia, the updated set of principles for the protection and promotion of human rights through action to combat impunity; 10
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
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- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (2018), para. 07
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- Deeply concerned at the systematic, widespread and gross human rights violations in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea that, in many instances, constitute crimes against humanity, and at the impunity of perpetrators, as described in the report of the commission of inquiry,
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
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- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Improving the coordination of efforts against trafficking in persons (2013), para. 18
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- Affirming that capacity-building is a very important component in combating trafficking in persons, and in this regard stressing the need to intensify international cooperation to combat trafficking in persons, as well as technical assistance for countries aimed at strengthening their ability to prevent all forms of trafficking, including supporting their development programmes,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
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- 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. 74
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- 30. Urges Member States to introduce effective national and international measures to prevent and combat illicit trafficking in cultural property, including publicizing legislation and offering special training for police, customs and border services, and to consider such trafficking a serious crime, as defined in the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime;
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- Violence
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- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons (2010), para. 77
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- 43. Implement all relevant legal instruments that criminalize trafficking in persons, including by:
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
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- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation to address and counter the world drug problem (2019), para. 068
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- 32. Also encourages Member States to consider alternatives to incarceration, conviction and punishment, where appropriate and in accordance with the three international drug control conventions, noting that, in appropriate cases of a minor nature, States may provide, as alternatives to conviction or punishment, measures such as education, rehabilitation or social reintegration, as well as, when the offender has a drug abuse disorder, treatment and aftercare, as well as support for recovery;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Violence
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- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran (2017), para. 13
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- 10. Calls upon the Islamic Republic of Iran to ensure, in law and in practice, that no one is subjected to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, which may include sexual violence, and punishments that are grossly disproportionate to the nature of the offence, in conformity with amendments to the Penal Code, the constitutional guarantees of the Islamic Republic of Ira n and international obligations;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
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- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The promotion, protection and enjoyment of human rights on the Internet (2014), para. 17
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- 6. Stresses the importance of combating advocacy of hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination or violence on the Internet, including by promoting tolerance and dialogue;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Violence
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- 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 (2016), para. 42
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- Expressing deep concern about crimes that affect the environment, including illicit trafficking in endangered and, where applicable, protected species of wild fauna and flora, and emphasizing the need to combat such crimes by strengthening coordinated action to eliminate, prevent and combat corruption and disrupt illicit networks and also by coordinating international cooperation, capacity -building, criminal justice responses and law enforcement efforts,
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- Environment
- Violence
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- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Accelerating efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls: preventing and responding to violence against women and girls in the world of work (2019), para. 59
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- (h) Encouraging business enterprises, in the effective implementation of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, to create gender-responsive policies and transparent and effective processes for reporting violence in the world of work, including protection of victims, survivors, witnesses and whistle-blowers from reprisals;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Violence
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- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Promoting interreligious and intercultural dialogue and tolerance in countering hate speech (2019), para. 11
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- Bearing in mind the upcoming first International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief, which will contribute to the promotion of interreligious and intercultural dialogue,
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- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
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- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in South Sudan (2019), para. 24
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- 2. Stresses that those responsible for violations and abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law, including any that amount to war crimes or crimes against humanity, should be held accountable with a view to ending impunity and ensuring redress while affording fair trial protections to the accused and supporting victims and protecting potential witnesses before, during and after legal proceedings;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Violence
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- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation to address and counter the world drug problem (2018), para. 043
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- 9. Also reiterates its commitment to protect the safety and assure the security of individuals, societies and communities by intensifying efforts to prevent and counter the illicit cultivation, production and manufacture of and trafficking in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, as well as drug-related crime and violence, through, inter alia, more effective drug-related crime prevention and law enforcement measures, as well as by addressing links with other forms of organized crime, including money-laundering, corruption and other criminal activities, mindful of their social and economic causes and consequences;
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- Health
- Violence
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- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations Declaration on Crime and Public Security (1997), para. 25
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- (c) Strengthening enforcement of regulations on illicit transnational trafficking in firearms, with a view to both suppressing the use of firearms in criminal activities and reducing the likelihood of fuelling deadly conflict;
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- Humanitarian
- Violence
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- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in South Sudan (2017), para. 33
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- 2. Condemns in the strongest possible terms the widespread sexual and gender- based violence, including rape and gang rape, which can be used as a weapon of war, and the impunity for such violence, by all armed groups;
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- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (2017), para. 08
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- Noting with deep concern that impunity continues to be a major cause of the perpetuation of violations of human rights, including extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions,
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
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- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations peacekeeping operations: cross-cutting issues (2005), para. 111
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- 2. Emphasizes the need for the development of a comprehensive, well-defined and coherent policy, taking into account also the relevant provisions of resolution 59/300, addressing, inter alia, the various managerial aspects of preventing and addressing allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse in all United Nations activities;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- 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 (2015), para. 084
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- 32. Requests the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to continue to assist Member States, upon request, in combating illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition and to support them in their efforts to address the links with other forms of transnational organized crime, through, inter alia, legislative assistance, technical support and enhanced data collection and analysis;
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- Violence
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- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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