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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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Syria: Monthly Human Rights Digest - August 2017

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

Syria: Monthly Human Rights Digest - July 2017

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

Syria: Monthly Human Rights Digest - June 2017

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

How Can Children Survive Torture?

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

Committee on the Rights of the Child reviews the reports of Honduras

21 May 2015 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

The Core International Human Rights Treaties

2014 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Fact Sheet No. 25 (Rev.1), Forced Evictions

2014 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Independent International Commission of Inquiry established pursuant to resolution A/HRC/S-17/1 and extended through resolution A/HRC/Res/19/22

24 May 2012 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Document type: Country Reports

Claiming the Millennium Development Goals: A human rights approach

2008 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Human Rights in Nepal: One Year after the Comprehensive Peace Agreement

December 2007 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Document type: Country Reports

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