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UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), a department of the United Nations Secretariat, is mandated to promote and protect the enjoyment and full realization, by all people, of all rights established in the Charter of the United Nations and in international human rights laws and treaties. The mandate includes preventing human rights violations, securing respect for all human rights, promoting international cooperation to protect human rights, coordinating related activities throughout the United Nations, and strengthening and streamlining the United Nations system in the field of human rights. In addition to its mandated responsibilities, the Office leads efforts to integrate a human rights approach within all work carried out by United Nations agencies.  Website: www.ohchr.org/english/
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The Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of Migrants in an Irregular Situation

October 2014 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Overview of Violations of International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law during the ongoing Violence in Libya

4 September 2014 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Document type: Country Reports

The Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of Migrants in an Irregular Situation

2014 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Document type: Sessional Reports

Report on Human Rights in Iraq: January - June 2013

August 2013 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Document type: Country Reports

Migration and human rights : Improving Human Rights-Based Governance of International Migration

December 2012 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

UN Special Rapporteur on Torture presents preliminary findings on his Mission to Greece

20 October 2010 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Statement of the Global Migration Group on the Human Rights of Migrants in Irregular Situation

30 September 2010 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Fact Sheet No. 24 (Rev.1), The International Convention on Migrant Workers and its Committee

May 2006 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

The Rights of Non-Citizens

2006 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

Dimensions of Racism. Proceedings of a Workshop to Commemorate the End of the United Nations Third Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination

2005 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

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