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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Oral Statement of Margaret Sekaggya Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders 5 March 2012 \| Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) \| Document type: Speeches/Statements
Human Rights Indicators: A Guide to Measurement and Implementation 2012 \| Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) \| Document type: Thematic Reports
Special Session to examine the situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic 2 December 2011 \| Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) \| Document type: Speeches/Statements
Report of the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms During the Pre-electoral Period in the Democratic Republic of the Congo November 2011 \| Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) \| Document type: Country Reports
Opening Statement by Ms. Navi Pillay United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights : Geneva, 13 September 2011 13 September 2011 \| Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) \| Document type: Speeches/Statements
Preliminary report on violations of international human rights and humanitarian law in Southern Kordofan from 5 to 30 June 2011 August 2011 \| Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) \| Document type: Country Reports
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
Commentary to the Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms July 2011 \| Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) \| Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries
Professional Training Series No. 4 (Rev.1): National Human Rights Institutions: History, Principles, Roles and Responsibilities May 2011 \| Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) \| Document type: Thematic Reports

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