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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Rapport sur les droits humains et la pratique des mutilations génitales féminines/excision en Guinée April 2016 \| Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) \| Document type: Country Reports
Report on the Human Rights Situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) from 1 June 2015 to 31 March 2016 2016 \| Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) \| Document type: Mission Reports
Statement of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons on conclusion of his official visit to the Republic of Honduras, 23 to 27 November 2015 27 November 2015 \| Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) \| Document type: Speeches/Statements
Rule of Terror: Living under ISIS in Syria 14 November 2014 \| Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) \| Document type: Country Reports
Open wounds : Torture and ill-treatment in the Syrian Arab Republic 14 April 2014 \| Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) \| Document type: Country Reports
Progress and Obstacles in the Fight Against Impunity for Sexual Violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo April 2014 \| Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) \| Document type: Country Reports
Statement by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, on International Women's Day - 8 March 2013 : Violence against women 8 March 2013 \| Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) \| Document type: Speeches/Statements
Final Report of the Fact-Finding Missions of the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office into the Mass Rapes and Other Human Rights Violations Committed by a Coalition of Armed Groups along the Kibua-Mpofi Aix in Walikale Territory, North Kivu, from 30 July to 2 August 2010 July 2011 \| Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) \| Document type: Fact Finding Reports
Report on the Investigation Missions of the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office into the Mass Rapes and Other Human Rights Violations Committed in the Villages of Bushani and Kalambahiro, in Masisi Territory, North Kivu, on 31 December 2010 and 1 January 2011 July 2011 \| Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) \| Document type: Country Reports
Report of the Panel on Remedies and Reparations for Victims of Sexual Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo to the High Commissioner for Human Rights March 2011 \| Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) \| Document type: Country Reports

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