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This legislation provides for universal jurisdiction over any or a combination of the following: (a) grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocol I thereto (primarily States members of the Commonwealth); (b) crimes specified under the Second Protocol to the 1954 Hague Convention and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

The UNODC Computer-based Training (CBT) programme, given a “UN 21 Award”, has remained a cornerstone of UNODC technical assistance delivery, and 10 new areas of the CBT curriculum are being developed: the smuggling of migrants, advanced

In conflicts throughout the world,

The Security Council, in its resolution 1925 (2010), decided that MONUSCO should support the efforts of the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to ensure the protection of civilians from violations of international humanitarian law and human rights abuses, including all forms of sexual and gender-based violence, to promote and protect human rights and to fight impunity, including through the implementation of the Government’s

We also recognize that it is the responsibility of each Member State to update,

Viet Nam believes that the assessment of arms transfers must take into consideration (a) the principle of non-use of force or threat of use of force in international relations and the principle of peaceful settlement of disputes among States; (b) the responsibilities of relevant States in accordance with their international, regional and subregional obligations and commitments, including relevant resolutions of the Security Council; (c) the potential use of transferred arms to seriously undermine international, regional and national peace, security and stability or to carry out terrorist activities or commit transnational

The Committee recommends that the State party intensify its efforts to combat trafficking in human beings, especially women and children, for purposes of sexual exploitation and forced

For the purposes of this Declaration “intentional destruction” means an act intended to destroy in whole or in part cultural heritage, thus compromising its

Regarding grounds for expulsion, the view was expressed that State had a sovereign right

The Committee notes with particular concern that abuse is the second cause of infant mortality in Flanders and that mortality resulting from abuse of children in the State party is very high, higher than in most OECD countries The Committee is also concerned that one third of all cases are cases of sexual abuse

One of the key impediments to the rule of law in Nepal, and a justification given for the absence of action on conflict-related crimes, is the belief of many political actors that the transitional justice mechanisms contemplated by the Comprehensive Peace Agreement are to be the de jure

I call once again on the Council and on Member States more widely to respect and promote this engagement and not to discourage it through, for example, donor practices which,

It expressed concern that the passing of the amnesty law had undermined the plan of action, and called on the Government to conduct independent and judicial investigations into all credible allegations of serious human rights abuses, establish a truth-seeking mechanism to document past human rights abuses,

He appealed to the international community to intervene as a matter of

He noted the lack of cooperation by the Government of the Sudan with the International Criminal Court with respect to war crimes cases, progress made in the Democratic

Forces under his command engaged in recruitment of child soldiers, abductions, imposition of forced labour, sexual abuse of women,