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The United Nations Human Rights Council 11th Session Resolutions - Gender. Advance Unedited Version

Document number
2175
Date
2009
Title
The United Nations Human Rights Council 11th Session Resolutions - Gender. Advance Unedited Version
Author/publisher
Human Rights Council, United Nations
Availability
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Document type(s)
International Law,
Keywords
Violence against Women, Human trafficking
Summary
On 18 June 2009, the Human Rights Council closed its eleventh regular session, adopting 13 texts on a wide range of issues, including on violence against women, trafficking in persons and the human rights of migrants. Other resolutions adopted by the Council covered the promotion of the right of peoples to peace, the right to education, guidelines for the alternative care of children, preventable maternal mortality and morbidity, enhancement of the system of special procedures, the Universal Periodic Review, and the Intergovernmental Working Group on the effective implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action.
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