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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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Returned migrants are being robbed, raped and murdered in Libya

8 September 2017 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Document type: Country News

Principles and Guidelines, supported by practical guidance, on the human rights protection of migrants in vulnerable situations

February 2017 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Document type: Thematic Guidelines

In Search of Dignity. Report on the human rights of migrants at Europe's borders

2017 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Document type: Regional Reports

"Detained and Dehumanised" - Report on Human Rights Abuses Against Migrants in Libya

13 December 2016 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Document type: Country Reports

OHCHR intervention before the European Court of Human Rights in the case of N.D. and N.T v. Spain

9 October 2015 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

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

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

Statement by the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants at the High Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development

4 September 2013 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

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

OHCHR Report 2010

June 2011 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Document type: Annual Reports

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