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UDHR
Universal Declaration of Human Rights 		3
Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.
5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
5
No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
16.1
Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution.
5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
ICCPR
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 		1.2
All peoples may, for their own ends, freely dispose of their natural wealth and resources without prejudice to any obligations arising out of international economic co-operation, based upon the principle of mutual benefit, and international law. In no case may a people be deprived of its own means of subsistence.
15.3 (15. Life on land)

By 2020, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land- degradation-neutral world.
15.3.1 Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area
7
No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. In particular, no one shall be subjected without his free consent to medical or scientific experimentation.
5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
ICESCR
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 		1.2
All peoples may, for their own ends, freely dispose of their natural wealth and resources without prejudice to any obligations arising out of international economic co-operation, based upon the principle of mutual benefit, and international law. In no case may a people be deprived of its own means of subsistence.
15.3 (15. Life on land)

By 2020, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land- degradation-neutral world.
15.3.1 Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area
3
The States Parties to the present Covenant undertake to ensure the equal right of men and women to the enjoyment of all economic, social and cultural rights set forth in the present Covenant.
5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
10.1
The widest possible protection and assistance should be accorded to the family, which is the natural and fundamental group unit of society, particularly for its establishment and while it is responsible for the care and education of dependent children. Marriage must be entered into with the free consent of the intending spouses.
5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
12.1
The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health.
15.3 (15. Life on land)

By 2020, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land- degradation-neutral world.
15.3.1 Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area
12.2.b
The improvement of all aspects of environmental and industrial hygiene;
15.3 (15. Life on land)

By 2020, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land- degradation-neutral world.
15.3.1 Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area
ICERD
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 		5.b
The right to security of person and protection by the State against violence or bodily harm, whether inflicted by government officials or by any individual group or institution;
5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
CRC
Convention on the Rights of the Child 		1
For the purposes of the present Convention, a child means every human being below the age of eighteen years unless under the law applicable to the child, majority is attained earlier.
5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
19.1
States Parties shall take all appropriate legislative, administrative, social and educational measures to protect the child from all forms of physical or mental violence, injury or abuse, neglect or negligent treatment, maltreatment or exploitation, including sexual abuse, while in the care of parent(s), legal guardian(s) or any other person who has the care of the child.
5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
24.3
States Parties shall take all effective and appropriate measures with a view to abolishing traditional practices prejudicial to the health of children.
5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
CEDAW
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women 		16.2
The betrothal and the marriage of a child shall have no legal effect, and all necessary action, including legislation, shall be taken to specify a minimum age for marriage and to make the registration of marriages in an official registry compulsory.
 5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
UNDRIP
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 		22.2
States shall take measures, in conjunction with indigenous peoples, to ensure that indigenous women and children enjoy the full protection and guarantees against all forms of violence and discrimination.
 5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
26.1
Indigenous peoples have the right to the lands, territories and resources which they have traditionally owned, occupied or otherwise used or acquired.
 15.3 (15. Life on land)

By 2020, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land- degradation-neutral world.
15.3.1 Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area
26.2
Indigenous peoples have the right to own, use, develop and control the lands, territories and resources that they possess by reason of traditional ownership or other traditional occupation or use, as well as those which they have otherwise acquired.
 15.3 (15. Life on land)

By 2020, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land- degradation-neutral world.
15.3.1 Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area
29.1
Indigenous peoples have the right to the conservation and protection of the environment and the productive capacity of their lands or territories and resources. States shall establish and implement assistance programmes for indigenous peoples for such conservation and protection, without discrimination.
 15.3 (15. Life on land)

By 2020, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land- degradation-neutral world.
15.3.1 Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area
29.2
States shall take effective measures to ensure that no storage or disposal of hazardous materials shall take place in the lands or territories of indigenous peoples without their free, prior and informed consent.
 15.3 (15. Life on land)

By 2020, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land- degradation-neutral world.
15.3.1 Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area
DEVAW
Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women 		2.c
Physical, sexual and psychological violence perpetrated or condoned by the State, wherever it occurs.
 5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
2.a
Physical, sexual and psychological violence occurring in the family, including battering, sexual abuse of female children in the household, dowry-related violence, marital rape, female genital mutilation and other traditional practices harmful to women, non-spousal violence and violence related to exploitation;
 5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
2.b
Physical, sexual and psychological violence occurring within the general community, including rape, sexual abuse, sexual harassment and intimidation at work, in educational institutions and elsewhere, trafficking in women and forced prostitution;
 5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
Escazú Agreement
Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean 		4.3
Each Party shall adopt the necessary measures, of a legislative, regulatory, administrative or any other nature, in the framework of its domestic provisions, to guarantee the implementation of the provisions of the present Agreement.
 15.3 (15. Life on land)

By 2020, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land- degradation-neutral world.
15.3.1 Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area
5.2.b
being informed promptly whether the requested information is in possession or not of the competent authority receiving the request;
 15.3 (15. Life on land)

By 2020, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land- degradation-neutral world.
15.3.1 Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area
5.2.c
being informed of the right to challenge and appeal when information is not delivered, and of the requirements for exercising this right.
 15.3 (15. Life on land)

By 2020, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land- degradation-neutral world.
15.3.1 Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area
5.2
The exercise of the right of access to environmental information includes:
 15.3 (15. Life on land)

By 2020, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land- degradation-neutral world.
15.3.1 Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area
5.2.a
requesting and receiving information from competent authorities without mentioning any special interest or explaining the reasons for the request;
 15.3 (15. Life on land)

By 2020, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land- degradation-neutral world.
15.3.1 Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area
5.3
Each Party shall facilitate access to environmental information for persons or groups in vulnerable situations, establishing procedures for the provision of assistance, from the formulation of requests through to the delivery of the information, taking into account their conditions and specificities, for the purpose of promoting access and participation under equal conditions.
 15.3 (15. Life on land)

By 2020, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land- degradation-neutral world.
15.3.1 Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area
5.4
Each Party shall guarantee that the above-mentioned persons or groups in vulnerable situations, including indigenous peoples and ethnic groups, receive assistance in preparing their requests and obtain a response.
15.3 (15. Life on land)

By 2020, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land- degradation-neutral world.
15.3.1 Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area
6.3.f
scientific, technical or technological reports, studies and information on environmental matters produced by academic and research institutions, whether public or private, national or foreign;
 15.3 (15. Life on land)

By 2020, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land- degradation-neutral world.
15.3.1 Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area
6.3.g
climate change sources aimed at building national capacities;
 15.3 (15. Life on land)

By 2020, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land- degradation-neutral world.
15.3.1 Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area
6.3
Each Party shall have in place one or more up-to-date environmental information systems, which may include, inter alia:
15.3 (15. Life on land)

By 2020, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land- degradation-neutral world.
15.3.1 Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area
6.3.e
information on the use and conservation of natural resources and ecosystem services;
 15.3 (15. Life on land)

By 2020, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land- degradation-neutral world.
15.3.1 Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area
6.7
Each Party shall use its best endeavours to publish and disseminate at regular intervals, not exceeding five years, a national report on the state of the environment, which may contain:
 15.3 (15. Life on land)

By 2020, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land- degradation-neutral world.
15.3.1 Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area
6.7.a
information on the state of the environment and natural resources, including quantitative data, where possible;
15.3 (15. Life on land)

By 2020, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land- degradation-neutral world.
15.3.1 Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area
6.7.z
Such reports shall be drafted in an easily comprehensible manner and accessible to the public in different formats and disseminated through appropriate means, taking into account cultural realities. Each Party may invite the public to make contributions to these reports.
 15.3 (15. Life on land)

By 2020, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land- degradation-neutral world.
15.3.1 Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area
10.2.a
train authorities and civil servants on environmental access rights;
 15.3 (15. Life on land)

By 2020, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land- degradation-neutral world.
15.3.1 Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area
10.2.b
develop and strengthen environmental law and access rights awareness-raising and capacity-building programmes for, inter alia, the public, judicial and administrative officials, national human rights institutions and jurists;
 15.3 (15. Life on land)

By 2020, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land- degradation-neutral world.
15.3.1 Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area
10.2.c
provide the competent institutions and entities with adequate equipment and resources;
 15.3 (15. Life on land)

By 2020, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land- degradation-neutral world.
15.3.1 Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area
10.2.d
promote education and training on, and raise public awareness of, environmental matters, through, inter alia, basic educational modules on access rights for students at all levels of education;
 15.3 (15. Life on land)

By 2020, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land- degradation-neutral world.
15.3.1 Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area
10.2.e
develop specific measures for persons or groups in vulnerable situations, such as providing interpreters or translators in languages other than official languages when necessary;
 15.3 (15. Life on land)

By 2020, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land- degradation-neutral world.
15.3.1 Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area
10.2.f
acknowledge the importance of associations, organizations or groups that train the public on or raise public awareness of access rights;
15.3 (15. Life on land)

By 2020, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land- degradation-neutral world.
15.3.1 Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area
10.2
Each Party, in line with its capacities, may take, inter alia, the following measures:
15.3 (15. Life on land)

By 2020, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land- degradation-neutral world.
15.3.1 Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area
10.2.g
strengthen capabilities to collect, retain and evaluate environmental information.
15.3 (15. Life on land)

By 2020, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land- degradation-neutral world.
15.3.1 Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area
ECHR
European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 		3
No one shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
 5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
ADRDM
American Declaration on the Rights and Duties of Man 		I
Every human being has the right to life, liberty and the security of his person.
 5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
II
All persons are equal before the law and have the rights and duties established in this Declaration, without distinction as to race, sex, language, creed or any other factor.
 5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
XI
Every person has the right to the preservation of his health through sanitary and social measures relating to food, clothing, housing and medical care, to the extent permitted by public and community resources
 5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
ACHR
American Convention on Human Rights 		4.1
Every person has the right to have his life respected. This right shall be protected by law and, in general, from the moment of conception. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his life.
 5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
17.2
The right of men and women of marriageable age to marry and to raise a family shall be recognized, if they meet the conditions required by domestic laws, insofar as such conditions do not affect the principle of nondiscrimination established in this Convention.
 5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
Protocol of San Salvador
Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural rights (Protocol of San Salvador) 		10.1
Everyone shall have the right to health, understood to mean the enjoyment of the highest level of physical, mental and social well-being.
 5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
11.2
The States Parties shall promote the protection, preservation, and improvement of the environment.
 15.3 (15. Life on land)

By 2020, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land- degradation-neutral world.
15.3.1 Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area
15.3
The States Parties hereby undertake to accord adequate protection to the family unit and in particular:
5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
15.3.c
To adopt special measures for the protection of adolescents in order to ensure the full development of their physical, intellectual and moral capacities;
 5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
Convention of Belém do Pará
Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence Against Women 		2
Violence against women shall be understood to include physical, sexual and psychological violence:
5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
2.a
that occurs within the family or domestic unit or within any other interpersonal relationship, whether or not the perpetrator shares or has shared the same residence with the woman, including, among others, rape, battery and sexual abuse;
 5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
2.b
that occurs in the community and is perpetrated by any person, including, among others, rape, sexual abuse, torture, trafficking in persons, forced prostitution, kidnapping and sexual harassment in the workplace, as well as in educational institutions, health facilities or any other place;
 5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
2.c
that is perpetrated or condoned by the state or its agents regardless of where it occurs
 5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
4.a
The right to have her life respected;
 5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
4.b
The right to have her physical, mental and moral integrity respected;
 5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
4
Every woman has the right to the recognition, enjoyment, exercise and protection of all human rights and freedoms embodied in regional and international human rights instruments. These rights include, among others:
 5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
ACHPR
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights 		4
Human beings are inviolable. Every human being shall be entitled to respect for his life and the integrity of his person. No one may be arbitrarily deprived of this right.
 5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
5
Every individual shall have the right to the respect of the dignity inherent in a human being and to the recognition of his legal status. All forms of exploitation and degradation of man particularly slavery, slave trade, torture, cruel, inhuman of degrading punishment and treatment shall be prohibited.
 5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
18.3
The State shall ensure the elimination of every discrimination against women and also censure the protection of the rights of the woman and the child as stipulated in international declarations and conventions.
 5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
21.1
All peoples shall freely dispose of their wealth and natural resources. This right shall be exercised in the exclusive interest of the people. In no case shall a people be deprived of it.
 15.3 (15. Life on land)

By 2020, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land- degradation-neutral world.
15.3.1 Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area
22.2
States shall have the duty, individually or collectively, to ensure the exercise of the right to development.
 15.3 (15. Life on land)

By 2020, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land- degradation-neutral world.
15.3.1 Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area
24
All peoples shall have the right to a general satisfactory environment favourable to their development.
 15.3 (15. Life on land)

By 2020, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land- degradation-neutral world.
15.3.1 Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area
ACRWC
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 		16.1
State Parties to the present Charter shall take specific legislative, administrative, social and educational measures to protect the child from all forms of torture, inhuman or degrading treatment and especially physical or mental injury or abuse, neglect or maltreatment including sexual abuse, while in the care of the child.
 5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
16.2
Protective measures under this Article shall include effective procedures for the establishment of special monitoring units to provide necessary support for the child and for those who have the care of the child, as well as other forms of prevention and for identification, reporting referral investigation, treatment, and follow-up of instances of child abuse and neglect.
 5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
21.1
State Parties to the present Charter shall take all appropriate measures to eliminate harmful social and cultural practices affecting the welfare, dignity, normal growth and development of the child and in particular:
5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
21.1.a
those customs and practices prejudicial to the health or life of the child;
 5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
21.1.b
those customs and practices discriminatory to the child on the grounds of sex or other status.
 5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
21.2
Child marriage and the betrothal of girls and boys shall be prohibited and effective action, including legislation, shall be taken to specify the minimum age of marriage to be 18 years and make registration of all marriages in an official registry compulsory.
 5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
Maputo Protocol
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa 		2.1.d
take corrective and positive action in those areas where discrimination against women in law and in fact continues to exist;
 5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
2.1
States Parties shall combat all forms of discrimination against women through appropriate legislative, institutional and other measures. In this regard they shall:
 5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
2.1.a
include in their national constitutions and other legislative instruments, if not already done, the principle of equality between women and men and ensure its effective application;
 5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
2.1.b
enact and effectively implement appropriate legislative or regulatory measures, including those prohibiting and curbing all forms of discrimination particularly those harmful practices which endanger the health and general well-being of women;
 5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
2.1.c
integrate a gender perspective in their policy decisions, legislation, development plans, programmes and activities and in all other spheres of life;
 5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
5
States Parties shall prohibit and condemn all forms of harmful practices which negatively affect the human rights of women and which are contrary to recognised international standards. States Parties shall take all necessary legislative and other measures to eliminate such practices, including:
5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
5.a
creation of public awareness in all sectors of society regarding harmful practices through information, formal and informal education and outreach programmes;
 5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
5.b
prohibition, through legislative measures backed by sanctions, of all forms of female genital mutilation, scarification, medicalisation and para-medicalisation of female genital mutilation and all other practices in order to eradicate them;
 5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
5.c
provision of necessary support to victims of harmful practices through basic services such as health services, legal and judicial support, emotional and psychological counselling as well as vocational training to make them self-supporting;
 5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
5.d
protection of women who are at risk of being subjected to harmful practices or all other forms of violence, abuse and intolerance.
 5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
6
States Parties shall ensure that women and men enjoy equal rights and are regarded as equal partners in marriage. They shall enact appropriate national legislative measures to guarantee that:
5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
6.a
no marriage shall take place without the free and full consent of both parties;
 5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
6.b
the minimum age of marriage for women shall be 18 years;
 5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
13
States Parties shall adopt and enforce legislative and other measures to guarantee women equal opportunities in work and career advancement and other economic opportunities. In this respect, they shall:
 5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
13.g
introduce a minimum age for work and prohibit the employment of children below that age, and prohibit, combat and punish all forms of exploitation of children, especially the girl-child;
 5.3 (5. Gender equality)

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
18.1
Women shall have the right to live in a healthy and sustainable environment.
 15.3 (15. Life on land)

By 2020, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land- degradation-neutral world.
15.3.1 Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area
18.2.c
protect and enable the development of women’s indigenous knowledge systems;
 15.3 (15. Life on land)

By 2020, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land- degradation-neutral world.
15.3.1 Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area
18.2
States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to:
15.3 (15. Life on land)

By 2020, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land- degradation-neutral world.
15.3.1 Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area
UNFCCC
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 		3
In their actions to achieve the objective of the Convention and to implement its provisions, the Parties shall be guided, inter alia, by the following:
 15.3 (15. Life on land)

By 2020, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land- degradation-neutral world.
15.3.1 Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area
3.3
The Parties should take precautionary measures to anticipate, prevent or minimize the causes of climate change and mitigate its adverse effects. Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty should not be used as a reason for postponing such measures, taking into account that policies and measures to deal with climate change should be cost-effective so as to ensure global benefits at the lowest possible cost. To achieve this, such policies and measures should take into account different socio-economic contexts, be comprehensive, cover all relevant sources, sinks and reservoirs of greenhouse gases and adaptation, and comprise all economic sectors. Efforts to address climate change may be carried out cooperatively by interested Parties.
 15.3 (15. Life on land)

By 2020, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land- degradation-neutral world.
15.3.1 Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area
4.1
All Parties, taking into account their common but differentiated responsibilities and their specific national and regional development priorities, objectives and circumstances, shall:
 15.3 (15. Life on land)

By 2020, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land- degradation-neutral world.
15.3.1 Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area
4.1.d
Promote sustainable management, and promote and cooperate in the conservation and enhancement, as appropriate, of sinks and reservoirs of all greenhouse gases not controlled by the Montreal Protocol, including biomass, forests and oceans as well as other terrestrial, coastal and marine ecosystems;
 15.3 (15. Life on land)

By 2020, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land- degradation-neutral world.
15.3.1 Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area
4.2.a
Each of these Parties shall adopt national policies and take corresponding measures on the mitigation of climate change, by limiting its anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases and protecting and enhancing its greenhouse gas sinks and reservoirs. These policies and measures will demonstrate that developed countries are taking the lead in modifying longer-term trends in anthropogenic emissions consistent with the objective of the Convention, recognizing that the return by the end of the present decade to earlier levels of anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases not controlled by the Montreal Protocol would contribute to such modification, and taking into account the differences in these Parties' starting points and approaches, economic structures and resource bases, the need to maintain strong and sustainable economic growth, available technologies and other individual circumstances, as well as the need for equitable and appropriate contributions by each of these Parties to the global effort regarding that objective. These Parties may implement such policies and measures jointly with other Parties and may assist other Parties in contributing to the achievement of the objective of the Convention and, in particular, that of this subparagraph;
 15.3 (15. Life on land)

By 2020, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land- degradation-neutral world.
15.3.1 Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area
4.2
The developed country Parties and other Parties included in Annex I commit themselves specifically as provided for in the following:
 15.3 (15. Life on land)

By 2020, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land- degradation-neutral world.
15.3.1 Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area
UNCCD
UN Convention to Combat Desertification 		The entire convention is relevant
The UN Convention to Combat desertification is relevant to this Target in its entirety.
15.3 (15. Life on land)

By 2020, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land- degradation-neutral world.
15.3.1 Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area