Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, A/HRC/17/26, 2 May 2011
II. MULTIPLE AND INTERSECTING FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN B. Forms, causes and consequences 21. It has been acknowledged that violence results from a complex interplay of individual, family, community and social factors, and that, even though...General Comment No. 13: The rights of the child to freedom from all forms of violence, CRC/GC/2011/13, 18 April 2011
VI. NATIONAL COORDINATION FRAMEWORK ON VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN 72. Elements to be mainstreamed into national coordinating frameworks. Children in potentially vulnerable situations. Groups of children which are likely to be exposed to violence include, but are not...Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to education, the promotion of equality of opportunity in education, A/HRC/17/29, 18 April 2011
V. NATIONAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK 39. Pursuant to the legal obligations assumed by States under international human rights treaties, and following up on the political commitments they have undertaken, it is incumbent upon them to apply the principle of equality of...
Call for candidates for the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on counter-terrorism
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special rapporteur-humanrights-web story-2011 (full text, PDF)
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