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/
- Access to water 1
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 1
- Children's rights 5
- Civil and political rights 2
- Climate change (including environmental migrants) 1
- Contemporary forms of slavery 1
- Convention against Torture (CAT) 5
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 3
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CPRD) 1
- Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 4
- Criminal justice 1
- Customary law 1
- Death penalty 2
- Disappeared persons 2
- Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 3
- Economic, social and cultural rights 7
- Effective remedy 3
- Extrajudicial executions 1
- Extreme poverty 2
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 3
- Freedom of expression 1
- Freedom of information 1
- Freedom of religion 1
- Freedom of speech 1
- Gender discrimination 3
- Gender mainstreaming 2
- Good governance 1
- HIV and AIDS 2
- Harmful traditional practices 1
- Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 4
- Human rights activists 2
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 44
- Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 1
- Independence of judiciary 1
- Indigenous persons 3
- International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CPED) 1
- International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) 3
- International Convention on the Rights of Migrant Workers (ICRMW) 1
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 3
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) 4
- International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 1
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 1
- Maternal and child health care 1
- Mercenaries 1
- Migrant rights 4
- Migrants 4
- Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 1
- Minorities 3
- Minority rights 4
- Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 1
- Prevention of discrimination 1
- Public health 1
- Racial / Ethnic persecution 1
- Refugees 1
- Right to development 1
- Right to education 1
- Right to food 3
- Right to health 5
- Right to life 1
- Right to self-determination 1
- Statelessness 1
- Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 1
- Terrorism 1
- Trafficking in persons 1
- Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 1
- Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 2
- Women's rights 6
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