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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

Report of the Mapping Project documenting serious violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law committed within the territory of Central African Republic between January 2003 and December 2015

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

Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in Ukraine: 14 March 2014 to 31 January 2017

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

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

"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

Addressing Impunity for Rape in Liberia

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

Report on the human rights situation in Ukraine 16 May to 15 August 2016

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

Report on Rape Crimes and their Prosecution in Côte d'Ivoire

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

Report on the human rights situation in Ukraine 16 February to 15 May 2016

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

Rapport sur les droits humains et la pratique des mutilations génitales féminines/excision en Guinée

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

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