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Declaration on the Protection of Women and Children in Emergency and Armed Conflict

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The Declaration states that women and children suffer victimization during armed conflict due to "suppression, aggression, colonialism, racism, alien domination and foreign subjugation". The Declaration specifically prohibits attacks and bombing of civilian populations (Article 1) and the use of
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Certain inalienable rights are also enshrined in the Declaration, such as access to food, shelter, and medical care, which are to be provided to women and children caught in emergency situations.
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chemical and biological weapons on civilian populations (Article 2). Article 3 requires states to abide by the Geneva Protocol of 1925 and the
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Finally, the Declaration cites the binding nature of other international law instruments, naming the
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of 1949. The Declaration also requires countries to take measures to end "persecution,
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Declaration on the Protection of Women and Children in Emergency and Armed Conflict
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Encyclopaedia of Human Rights Development of Under Privileged, Volume 2
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in 1974 and went into force the same year. It was proposed by the
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International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
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International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
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Women in Developing Countries: A Reference Handbook
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Women in Developing Countries: A Reference Handbook
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Women in Developing Countries: A Reference Handbook
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United Nations
United Nations Economic and Social Council
Geneva Convention
torture
collective punishment
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Declaration of the Rights of the Child
Children in emergencies and conflicts
Geneva Protocol
Military use of children
Refugee
Violence against women
War rape
ISBN
9781598844252
ISBN
9781598844252
ISBN
9781598844252
ISBN
9788176253246
Full Text of the Declaration
Categories
Women's rights instruments
Children's rights instruments
United Nations General Assembly resolutions
1974 in the United Nations
Violence against women

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