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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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	Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to the Durban Review Conference on the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and proposals for its enhancement	20 February 2009
Category: Reference Documents \| Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights \| Document type: Thematic Reports
	Fact Sheet No. 33, Frequently Asked Questions on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights	December 2008
Category: Reference Documents \| Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights \| Document type: Thematic Reports
	Human Rights, Health and Poverty Reduction Strategies	December 2008
Category: Reference Documents \| Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights \| Document type: Thematic Reports
	Fact Sheet No. 32, Human Rights, Terrorism and Counter-terrorism	July 2008
Category: Reference Documents \| Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights \| Document type: Thematic Reports
	Fact Sheet No. 31, The Right to Health	June 2008
Category: Reference Documents \| Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights \| Document type: Thematic Reports
	Claiming the Millennium Development Goals: A human rights approach	2008
Category: Reference Documents \| Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights \| Document type: Thematic Reports
	Fact Sheet No. 24 (Rev.1), The International Convention on Migrant Workers and its Committee	May 2006
Category: Reference Documents \| Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights \| Document type: Thematic Reports
	Fact Sheet No. 30, The United Nations Human Rights Treaty System: An introduction to the core human rights treaties and the treaty bodies	June 2005
Category: Reference Documents \| Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights \| Document type: Thematic Reports
	Fact Sheet No. 15 (Rev.1), Civil and Political Rights: The Human Rights Committee	May 2005
Category: Reference Documents \| Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights \| Document type: Thematic Reports
	Fact Sheet No. 6 (Rev.2), Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances	May 2004
Category: Reference Documents \| Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights \| Document type: Thematic Reports

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