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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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Protection of Civilians: Building the Foundation for Peace, Security and Human Rights in Somalia

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

The Human Rights Situation of Internally Displaced Persons in Darfur, 2014 - 2016

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

Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein at the end of visit to Libya

12 October 2017 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Report of a Mission of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights – accounts of Congolese fleeing the crisis in the Kasai region, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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

Syria: Monthly Human Rights Digest, April 2017

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

Report of OHCHR mission to Bangladesh: Interviews with Rohingyas fleeing from Myanmar since 9 October 2016

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

Report on the Right to Freedom of Expression: Striving to Widen Democratic Space in Somalia's Political Transition

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

Report on the Right to Freedom of Expression: Striving to Widen Democratic Space in Somalia's Political Transition

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

Oral update by Christof Heyns UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Member of the United Nations Independent Investigation on Burundi (UNIIB)

22 March 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

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