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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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Press briefing note on Libya – escalating risks

8 June 2018 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Document type: Country News

Libya: Health-Care under Attack

22 May 2018 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Document type: Country Reports

Abuse Behind Bars: Arbitrary and unlawful detention in Libya

April 2018 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Document type: Country Reports

Oral update of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Libya pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 34/38

20 March 2018 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Document type: Country News

Situation of human rights in Libya, and the effectiveness of technical assistance and capacity-building measures received by the Government of Libya

21 February 2018 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Document type: Country Reports

Libya: Residents of Tawergha 'dying in desert' in attempt to return home after seven years

20 February 2018 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Document type: Country News

End of Mission Statement by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Ms. Cecilia Jimenez-Damary, upon conclusion of her official visit to Libya - 25 to 31 January 2018

2 February 2018 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Document type: Country News

Libya must end "outrageous" auctions of enslaved people, UN experts insist

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

UN human rights chief: Suffering of migrants in Libya outrage to conscience of humanity

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

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

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