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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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Annual Report 2003. Implementation of activities and use of funds

2004 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights | Document type: Annual Reports

Human Rights and Poverty Reduction - A Conceptual Framework

December 2003 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

Annual Report 2002. Implementation of activities and use fo funds

2003 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights | Document type: Annual Reports

Draft Guidelines: A Human Rights Approach to Poverty Reduction Strategies

10 September 2002 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

Fact Sheet No. 7 (Rev.1), Complaints Procedure

July 2002 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

Recommended Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Human Trafficking

20 May 2002 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Guidelines

Fact Sheet No. 4 (Rev.1), Combating Torture

May 2002 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

Conscientious objection to military service: Commission on Human Rights resolution 2002/45

23 April 2002 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Fact Sheet No. 28, The Impact of Mercenary Activities on the Right of Peoples to Self-Determination

March 2002 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

Annual Report 2001. Implementation of activities and use of funds

2002 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights | Document type: Annual Reports

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