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OHCHR presence at the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in Kenya. The mandate of OHCHR derives from Articles 1, 13 and 55 of the Charter of the United Nations, the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action and General Assembly resolution 48/141 of 20 December 1993, by which the Assembly established the post of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. [7]
HRC at the ohchr.org The United Nations Human Rights Council ( UNHRC ) [ a ] is a United Nations body whose mission is to promote and protect human rights around the world. [ 2 ] The Council has 47 members elected for staggered three-year terms on a regional group basis. [ 3 ]
www.ohchr.org /en /issues /truthjusticereparation /pages /index.aspx The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence works independently to inform and advise the United Nations Human Rights Council on the promotion of human rights-compliant approaches to transitional justice .
The OHCHR Assessment of human rights concerns in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China is a report published on 31 August 2022 by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) concerning the treatment of Uyghurs and other largely Muslim groups in China.
According to OHCHR, there are 9 core international human rights instruments and several optional protocols. [5] Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD, 21 December 1965) International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR, 16 December 1966)
According to special rapporteurs themselves, this situation is favored by the lack of means provided by the OHCHR. The specific funding of some mandates raises the inequality between them: while some struggle to pay operating costs, others are able to organize conferences across the globe to promote their work.
www.ohchr.org /en /issues /women /srwomen /pages /srwomenindex.aspx On 4 March 1994 the Human Rights Council passed Resolution 1994/45 on the question of integrating the rights of women into the human rights mechanisms of the United Nations and the elimination of violence against women.
The Special Rappoteur is appointed by the UN Human Rights Council.The mandate holder has been invited to identify existing and emerging obstacles to the free exercise of the right to freedom of religion or belief, and present recommendations on methods by which such obstacles may be overcome.