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/
- Convention against Torture (CAT) 1
- Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 1
- Economic, social and cultural rights 2
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 1
- Human Rights Council 1
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 5
- Impunity 1
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 1
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 1
- Security situation 1
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