{"id":46,"date":"2018-05-08T13:42:44","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T13:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unhcr.aldeonline.com\/?page_id=43"},"modified":"2021-02-03T11:44:17","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T11:44:17","slug":"policy-and-standards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/gbv-toolkit\/policy-and-standards\/","title":{"rendered":"POLICY AND STANDARDS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243;][et_pb_fullwidth_header title=&#8221;UNHCR Policy and International Legal Framework&#8221; header_image_url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/gbv-toolkit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2019\/09\/icon-book.png&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243; title_font_size=&#8221;29px&#8221; use_background_color_gradient=&#8221;on&#8221; background_color_gradient_start=&#8221;#0072bc&#8221; background_color_gradient_end=&#8221;#003a64&#8243; background_color_gradient_direction=&#8221;90deg&#8221;][\/et_pb_fullwidth_header][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;76.1094px|0px|76.1094px|0|false|false&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_accordion open_toggle_text_color=&#8221;#0072bc&#8221; open_toggle_background_color=&#8221;#f4f4f4&#8243; closed_toggle_text_color=&#8221;#0072bc&#8221; closed_toggle_background_color=&#8221;#f4f4f4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; toggle_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; body_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; body_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; hover_transition_duration=&#8221;50ms&#8221;][et_pb_accordion_item title=&#8221;UNHCR Policy on GBV&#8221; open_toggle_text_color=&#8221;#0072bc&#8221; closed_toggle_text_color=&#8221;#0072bc&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; open=&#8221;off&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/5fa018914\/unhcr-policy-prevention-risk-mitigation-response-gender-based-violence\">UNHCR Policy on the Prevention of, Risk Mitigation, and Response to Gender-based Violence. UNHCR, October 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/intranet.unhcr.org\/en\/protection-programme\/gender-based-violence\/policy---guidance.html\">*<span style=\"font-size: small\">translations available on the UNHCR intranet<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=&#8221;UNHCR Policies on IDP and AGD&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; open=&#8221;off&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/5aa13c0c7.pdf\">UNHCR Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) Policy<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.refworld.org\/pdfid\/5d83364a4.pdf\"><span>Policy on UNHCR\u2019S Engagement in Situations of Internal Displacement (IDP)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=&#8221;International Legal Framework&#8221; open=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>This section collates key international treaties and other pertinent legal documents that relate to GBV and groups 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style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.refworld.org\/docid\/3ae6b37f40.html\">Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts \u2013Protocol II<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.refworld.org\/docid\/4638aca62.html\">Manual on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment \u2013 Istanbul Protocol<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.refworld.org\/docid\/53f2fed34.html\">International Protocol on the Documentation and Investigation of Sexual Violence in Conflict<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Rights of children and youth<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.refworld.org\/docid\/3ae6b38f0.html\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.refworld.org\/docid\/3ae6b38f0.html\">Convention on the Rights of the Child \u2013 CRC<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.refworld.org\/docid\/3ae6b38bc.html\">Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography \u2013 Annex II<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.refworld.org\/docid\/456d89064.html\">Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.refworld.org\/docid\/3ae6b38c18.html\">African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.refworld.org\/docid\/493fe0b72.html\">African Youth Charter<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.refworld.org\/docid\/3de4ba054.html\">Inter-American Convention on International Traffic in Minors, Organization of American States<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><a 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