The General Assembly,Recalling the Convention on the Rights of the Child,Bearing in mind the conclusion by the International Court of Justice, in its advisory opinion of 9 July 2004,2 that the Convention on the Rights of the Child is applicable...
The General Assembly,Recalling its resolution 58/156 of 22 December 2003 and all relevant resolutions, including the agreed conclusions of the Commission on the Status of Women, in particular those relevant to the girl child,Reaffirming the equal...
UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
Approved and proposed for signature and ratification or accession by General Assembly resolution 260 A (III) of 9 December 1948
Entry into force: 12 January 1951
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PreambleThe High Contracting Parties, Recalling that the humanitarian principles enshrined in Article 3 common to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, constitute the foundation of respect for the human person in cases of armed conflict...
Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol 1)PreambleThe High Contracting Parties, Proclaiming their earnest wish to see peace prevail among...
[17 October 2007] - More and more States worldwide are reforming their laws to prohibit all corporal punishment of children, including in their homes. A new report by the Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children analyses the...
Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol 1)PreambleThe High Contracting Parties, Proclaiming their earnest wish to see peace prevail among...
The General Assembly,Reaffirming the Declaration and the Plan of Action contained in the final document of the special session of the General Assembly on children, entitled “A world fit for children”, 1 and recognizing that their...
"Vernor Muñoz Villalobos en su calidad de Relator Especial sobre el derecho a la educación ha llevado a cabo una visita oficial a Bosnia y Herzegovina entre el 24 de Septiembre y el 2 de Octubre de 2007. Visitó Sarajevo, Banja Luka,...
[GENEVA, 24 September 2007]: The Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Human Rights Council on the right to education, Vernor Muñoz, will visit Bosnia and Herzegovina at the invitation of the Government from 24 September to 2 October 2007....