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ARC Resource Pack (Actions for the rights of the children)
A capacity-building tool for child protection in and after emergencies The ARC resource pack is an interagency collaboration. These materials can be used or reproduced without fee or prior permission, but the source should always be referenced as the ARC
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Recueil de références ARC (Action ev faveur des droits de l'enfant) Version française
Un outil du renforcement de capacité pour la protection de l’enfance en situation d’urgence et de post-urgence. Ce recueil de références ARC est le produit d'une collaboration inter-agences. L'utilisation ou la reproduction de l'ensemble de ce matériel es
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Paquete de recursos ARC (Acción por los derechos de la niñez) Versión española
Bienvenidos al Paquete de Recursos ARC El Paquete de recursos ARC es producto de la colaboración interagencial. Este material puede ser utilizado y reproducido total o parcialmente, sin necesidad de pago o permiso previos, siempre y cuando sea citado como
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IASC Interim Guidance on COVID-19: Focus on persons deprived of their liberty
Children deprived of their liberty face many vulnerabilities as the spread of COVID-19 can expand rapidly due to usually high concentration of persons and restricted access to hygiene and health care in some contexts. In detention centres and similar cont
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Human Rights at the Time of COVID-19: A guidance note
This note highlights key principles that need to be complied with in the design and implementation of measures to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine. Any emergency responses to the situation must be proportionate, necessary and non-discriminatory
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The Right to Education for Girls in post-ISIL Iraq
1.2 million children in Iraq are in need of an education. Due to rigid gender norms, internal displacement, gender-based violence, early marriage, and financial abuse girls and women are in exceptional need. These gender divisions have been further reinfo
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Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms While Countering Terrorism (A/HCR/40/28)
The full range of the impacts of terrorism and counter-terrorism on children cannot be addressed in a single report. In addition to the harms examined in the present report, terrorist groups may engage in trafficking, hostage-taking for ransom, harmful tr
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Revealing the Rainbow: The human rights situation of Southeast Asia’s LGBTIQ communities and their defenders
Just over a decade ago, the United Nations (UN) introduced a new process for periodically evaluating the human rights performances of each its Member States. That process, known as the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), during the review Member States recei
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Rights of the Child: Towards better investment in the rights of the child
The 28th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) concluded at the end of March 2015. The Council dedicated one day to the rights of the child; the theme for the year being "Better Investment in the Rights of the Child", which resulted in the following U
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10 Years on the World Report on Violence Against Children: Past, present and future
During the 33rd Regular Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), a side event was held to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the World Report on Violence Against Children (2006), organized by the Working Group on Children and Violence of
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Detained Youth: The fate of young migrants, asylum-seekers and refugees in Libya today
This study provides information on the current and ongoing detention of young migrants, asylum-seekers and refugees in Libya. Through in-depth interviews with former detainees, serious violations are revealed to have occurred in Libya’s immigration detent
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Background Paper on Attacks Against Girls Seeking Access to Education
This report provides an assessment of attacks on schools and what impact this has had on girls' education. Produced by the Women's Human Rights and Gender (WRG) section of the OHCHR, it finds cultural, social, political, and economic obstacles to educatio