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External sources (not reviewed)

These included: arbitrary detention; torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or

Ensure that future ad hoc tribunals created by the Security Council build on existing statutes and include judges and advisers with legal expertise on specific issues, such as violations of the rights

During the 2010/11 period, the Mission worked with the Government of Haiti, State institutions, NGOs and the United Nations country team to: (a) promote the capacity of civil society groups to advocate social and economic rights through participation in the reconstruction process; (b) assist the Government to report, prevent and respond to human rights violations, with particular regard to the rights of children and women; (c) ensure that humanitarian assistance to vulnerable persons affected by the earthquake incorporated the principles and standards on protection and was provided in close coordination with local authorities; and (d) provide temporary logistical and technical expert support to the national police to assist

The incumbents of the 10 proposed Civil Affairs Officer posts and positions (1 P-4, 3 P-3 and 6 United Nations Volunteers) in the Joint Protection Teams would map key civilian and military actors and the political, social and economic context; analyse protection

Global Programmes cover activities related to promotion of refugee law and advocacy; protection and care of refugee children; water, health, sanitation and prevention

The Security Council calls upon the Secretary-General to redouble his efforts to ensure the strengthening of the monitoring and reporting mechanism’s capacities with a view to the implementation of resolution 1882 (2009) to allow for prompt advocacy and effective response to all violations and abuses committed against children, inter alia, by ensuring that all relevant United Nations agencies actively help to collect accurate, objective, reliable and

(d) That the Government of Bangladesh establish a high-level, independent and impartial commission of enquiry into human rights

(c) The Department also worked with United Nations peacekeeping radio stations to produce

The State party should establish an effective system to gather all statistical data disaggregated by sex, age and authenticity, relevant to the monitoring of the implementation of the Convention at the national level, including complaints, investigations, prosecutions, convictions of cases of

It is also concerned that women migrants in an irregular situation who are employed as

The updated Model Strategies and Practical Measures recognize that sexual violence is an issue of international peace and security, as outlined in Security Council resolutions 1325 (2000) and 1820

Commit to ensuring that national responses to HIV and AIDS meet the specific needs of women and girls, including those living with and affected by HIV, across their lifespan, by strengthening legal, policy, administrative and other measures for the promotion and protection of women’s full enjoyment of all human rights and the reduction of their vulnerability to HIV through the elimination of all forms of discrimination, as well as all types of sexual exploitation of women, girls and boys, including for commercial

The Committee recommends that the

Under Security Council resolution 1882 (2009), the Security Council expanded the gateway to the annexes of the annual report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict to include not only parties to conflict that recruit and use children, but also those parties that are responsible for the killing and maiming of children in contravention of

Fortunately, with the help of her neighbors, Olga and her siblings were rescued by authorities and brought to the Children’s Shelter Association, an NGO supported by UNICEF in

We are both deeply concerned and saddened that civilians continue to be the victims of acts of violence committed by parties to armed conflicts, including as the result of deliberate targeting, the

These results prioritize changes in: (a) the implementation of United Nations policy commitments and accountability for gender equality; (b) the effectiveness of coordination mechanisms (e.g., United Nations country team gender thematic groups, Regional Directors’ teams and regional

To reiterate the continuing concerns of the Council about the protection of civilians, to discuss the implementation of Security Council resolution 1906 (2009), to address the situation of internally displaced civilians and to advocate for respect for human rights and

But notwithstanding our overall satisfaction with the report, we should like to make a number of comments on four issues:

(j) Urging all non-State armed groups to immediately stop the recruitment and use of children, the killing

In this connection, I am glad to see that the Chief Executive has advocated the value of cherishing family and proposed many measures, which include studying the establishment of an integrated, holistic and high-level Family Commission responsible for policies and initiatives relating to family support, reinforcing services provided by the Integrated Family Service Centres, promoting and deepening various family-friendly measures, amending the Domestic Violence Ordinance, setting up a crisis

Prevention includes promoting targeted and coordinated measures

Examples include the following: promoting and consolidating the social, economic, political and cultural rights of indigenous peoples by strengthening leadership, identity and capacities for advocacy and coordination among indigenous leaders; strengthening the capacities of local civil society structures in the indigenous communities in the Northern Autonomous Region so as to enable the indigenous peoples to administer, defend and preserve their territorial and environmental resources and thus improve the quality of life; increasing awareness among indigenous peoples with regard to citizen participation; and creating a network of indigenous and