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UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

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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Nineteenth Special Session of the Human Rights Council 1 June 2012

Category: Country Information | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Oral Statement of Margaret Sekaggya Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders 5 March 2012

Category: Reference Documents | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Special Session to examine the situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic 2 December 2011

Category: Country Information | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Opening Statement by Ms. Navi Pillay United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights : Geneva, 13 September 2011 13 September 2011

Category: Reference Documents | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Climate change adaptation: A human rights based framework for internal displacement necessary 21 July 2011

Category: Reference Documents | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Hungary / Racism: “Time to transform international obligations into effective implementation at home” - UN expert 31 May 2011

Category: Country Information | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Human Rights Council, 16th session Interactive Dialogue : Intervention by Mr. Olivier De Schutter Special Rapporteur on the right to food 8 March 2011

Category: Reference Documents | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Statement by the Chair-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, Jeremy Sarkin 7 March 2011

Category: Reference Documents | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights | Document type: Speeches/Statements

UN Special Rapporteur on Torture presents preliminary findings on his Mission to Greece 20 October 2010

Category: Country Information | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights | Document type: Speeches/Statements

OHCHR letter to RCs/UNCTs in Syria 13 October 2010

Category: Reference Documents | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights | Document type: Speeches/Statements


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