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	Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in the performance of his or her activities, is assisted by a Deputy to the High Commissioner who acts as Officer-in-Charge during the absence of the High Commissioner.
		Deputy to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (Assistant Secretary-General)
		Providing materials and information to the permanent missions, United Nations departments, agencies and programmes, non-governmental organizations, the media and others regarding the human rights programme;
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/High_Commissioner_for_Human_Rights (1697 words)

	Dear President Pastrana,
		We are alarmed at the Colombian Armed Forces (CAF)’s failure to act upon early warnings of imminent violence issued repeatedly, beginning in July 2001, by the Office of the Colombian Human Rights Ombudsman (la Defensoría del Pueblo), and also issued by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Bogota.
		, United Self-Defense Group (AUC) paramilitaries reportedly arrived in the urban areas of Bojayá and Vigia del Fuerte.
		We are especially interested in actions that have been taken and procedures that have been instituted to respond rapidly to reports of paramilitary presence while the CAF is also present in the area.
	www.usofficeoncolombia.org /signon/bojaya.htm (532 words)

	BBC NEWS UK Education UK helps Iraq on human rights
		Mr O'Flaherty, who is the co-director of the university's Human Rights Law Centre, previously worked in the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and established the UN human rights programmes in Sierra Leone and Bosnia.
		The course curriculum was largely compiled before recent allegations of human rights abuses were made against some US and UK troops based in Iraq.
		They were asked to run a week-long course by the new Iraqi Human Rights Ministry in Baghdad and Britain's Foreign Office.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/education/3757125.stm (424 words)

	The United Nations Human Rights Treaties
		The UN human rights treaties are at the core of the international system for the promotion and protection of human rights.
		The successful implementation of the human rights treaty standards, whether at the international or national level, depends on their accessibility to the victims of human rights abuse.
		It is a universal human rights legal system which applies to virtually every child, woman or man in the world.
	www.bayefsky.com (129 words)

	GRAIN BIO-IPR 11 November 1998
		In particular, I believe this initiative constitutes an important step in the process of developing more effective cooperation between the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
		In this sense, the rights are mutually reinforcing and contribute to an enhanced recognition of the universality and indivisibility of human rights.
		The rights to intellectual property guaranteed under the two Covenants are further strengthened by the right to non-discrimination.
	www.grain.org /bio-ipr?id=150 (1977 words)

	Parliamentary Meeting on the occasion of the 58th session of the UN Human Rights Commission
		The Meeting was organised by the IPU with the assistance of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
		The Meeting was convened to inform MPs about the functioning of the Commission by highlighting themes and mechanisms of particular interest to their work, as well as the mandate of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
		The United Nations Commission on Human Rights held its 58th session in Geneva from 18 March to 26 April 2002.
	www.ipu.org /Splz-e/hr02.htm (474 words)

	[Student] United Nations Fellowship Program
		Furthermore, each Fellow should also at the end of the Programme be capable of giving training within their communities and Organizations in the fields of international human rights in general, and on indigenous peoples rights in particular, and be able to disseminate the information and knowledge gained during the Fellowship Programme.
		Indigenous Fellowship Programme is to give indigenous women and men the opportunity to gain knowledge in the field of international human rights in general and on indigenous rights in particular in order to assist their organisations and communities in protecting and promoting the human rights of their people.
		The general human rights situation in the respective regions/countries should be taken into consideration in the selection process.
	ag.arizona.edu /pipermail/student/2002-July/000838.html (745 words)

	Report on business and human rights
		The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), in cooperation with the Global Compact Office, is holding a one day consultation on the topic of the responsibilities of transnational corporations and related business enterprises with regard to human rights.
		The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has written to a selection of the stakeholders identified in the Commission’s decision, namely, States, transnational corporations, employer groups, employee groups, intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations and treaty bodies.
		The High Commissioner is currently preparing a report on the “Responsibilities of transnational corporations and related business enterprises with regard to human rights”.
	www.ohchr.org /english/issues/globalization/business/reportbusiness.htm (1056 words)

	LLRX -- Guide to International Refugee Law Resources on the Web
		Human rights treaties are therefore effective tools to use in the international protection of refugees, particularly the 1984 Convention against Torture, which provides for the principle of non-refoulement in Article 3.
		Similarly, prohibitions against torture in the 1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Article 5) and the 1950 European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (Article 3) have been invoked to protect refugees from being refouled.
		Elsewhere, the 1969 American Convention on Human Rights promotes the right to seek and be granted asylum in Article 22(7).
	www.llrx.com /features/refugee.htm (1969 words)

	United Nations Housing Rights Programme
		Background/Mandate: The United Nations Housing Rights Programme (UNHRP) was launched in April 2002, as a joint initiative by UN-HABITAT and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
		The establishment of the programme was a direct response to United Nations Commission on Human Settlements resolution 16/7 and United Nations Commission on Human Rights resolutions 2001/28 and 2001/34, all of which called upon the two agencies to elaborate a United Nations Housing Rights Programme.
		Objective: The development objective of the UNHRP is to assist States and other stakeholders with the implementation of their commitments in the Habitat Agenda to ensure the full and progressive realisation of the right to adequate housing as provided for in international instruments.
	www.unhabitat.org /programmes/housingrights (339 words)

	Report on the role of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in assisting the Government and people of Cambodia in the promotion and protection of human rights
		The High Commissioner informed the NGO representatives that the protection and promotion of human rights of women and children were priorities for her as High Commissioner and that she would, through the Cambodia office, strengthen the support in these areas.
		The activities of the Cambodia office that were agreed upon by the Government in 1993 include the establishment of provincial offices of the office with the purpose of strengthening human rights activities at the provincial level and ensuring uniform implementation of the office's programme throughout the Cambodian territory.
		The Cambodia office continues to provide those groups, which are active in the field of protection, monitoring and education in human rights, with financial and technical assistance, in order to improve their competence in providing human rights education to the Cambodian people and their ability to monitor the human rights situation.
	www.hri.ca /fortherecord1999/documentation/commission/e-cn4-1998-94.htm (8165 words)

	Composition of the staff of the Office of theUnited Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights -- C.H.R. res. 1998/46, ESCOR Supp. (No. 3) at 156, U.N. Doc. E/CN.4/1998/46 (1998).
		Composition of the staff of the Office of theUnited Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights -- C.H.R. res.
		Taking into account the need to pay particular attention to the recruitment of personnel from developing countries for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, thus improving the present staff composition, based on a more equitable geographical distribution,
		Noting with concern that the report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the geographical composition of the staff of her Office (E/CN.4/1998/52) submitted pursuant to Commission resolution 1997/76 of 18 April 1997 clearly reflects that one region is unequivocally overrepresented in the staff composition,
	www1.umn.edu /humanrts/UN/1998/Res046.html (395 words)

	OACNUDH - UNHCHR
		Office in Colombia of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
	www.hchr.org.co (351 words)

	United Nations (UN) : Human Rights Documentation
		Human rights are recognized as fundamental by the United Nations and, as such, feature prominently in the Preamble of the Charter of the United Nations: "...
		The Subcommission meets in annual sessions and reports to the Commission on Human Rights.
		The Committee on the Rights of the Child was established pursuant to Article 43 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child to supervise the implementation of the Convention.
	www.un.org /Depts/dhl/resguide/spechr.htm (3525 words)

	ASIL Electronic Resource Guide
		The United Nations Charter (http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/aunchart.htm), signed June 26, 1945, sought to acknowledge the importance of human rights and established it as a matter of international concern.
		The most important human rights instruments are available full-text under the section called International Law (http://www.ohchr.org/english/law/), but they lack complete citations and there is no search mechanism for the treaties separate from the rese of the web site.
		Article 1(3) (http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/chapter1.html) specifically states that one of the purposes of the [* Or#UN-Security-Council#UN is "[t]o ] achieve international cooperation in solving international problems of an economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian character, and in promoting and encouraging respect for* human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion".
	www.asil.org /resource/humrts1.htm (9281 words)

	Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Homepage
		The High Commissioner is the principal UN official with responsibility for human rights.
		Informal consultations of the Commission on Human Rights
		Implementation of human rights activities in the field is described in the Field Presences page.
	www.ohchr.org /english (221 words)

	International Human Rights Instruments
		Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
		United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
		Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights (UNESCO)
	www.unhchr.ch /html/intlinst.htm (1164 words)

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	ABA Division for Public Education: NOYS 2004: Learning Links & Readings: International Facts & Perspectives
		Convention on the Rights of the Child, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
		International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
		Overview of United Nations actions over the Death Penalty.
	www.abanet.org /publiced/noys/04/learning/international.html (289 words)

	Excerpts from reports - United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
		The Office Of The United Nations High Commissioner For Human Rights is guided in its work by the Charter of the United Nations.
		Excerpts from reports - United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
		The mission of OHCHR is to protect and promote all human rights for all.
	www.thepersecution.org /un (102 words)

	International Criminal Court: Resources in Print and Electronic Format by Lyonette Louis-Jacques
		ICC Ratification and National Implementing Legislation; CPI Ratification et L#233gislation Nationale d'Application; CPI Ratificación y Legislación Nacional de Actuación (M. Cherif Bassiouni ed., Association Internationale de Droit Pénal, with support of the International Human Rights Law Institute (IHRLI) of the DePaul University College of Law; [Toulouse]: Éditions Érès, 1999)(Nouvelles Études Pénales; 13 quater)(ISBN 1-889001-04-X).
		United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court (Rome, 15 June-17 July 1998), Official Records.
		Publication of papers from a conference on "National Security and International Law: The United States and the International Criminal Court" held at Chicago-Kent on January 28-29, 1999 and sponsored by the Committee on International Security Studies of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences et al.
	www.lib.uchicago.edu /%7Ellou/icc.html (12410 words)

	UNODC - Links
		United Kingdom Mission to the International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation and the United Nations (Vienna)
		UNODC is cosponsor of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS - UNAIDS
		United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
	www.undcp.org /unlinks.html (447 words)

	Copy of "ACTION NEEDED NOW TO END ABUSE OF WORLD'S INDIGENOUS PEOPLES" - UN Press Release For Day of Indigenous Peoples, August 9 2004
		is marked every year on 10 December with activities led by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva, New York and at the field-presences.
		"Human rights are our common heritage and their realization depends on the contributions that each
		IITC files complaint against United States with the UN Rapporteur on the Right to Food, January 8, 2005
	www.treatycouncil.org /section_21141711211121111.htm (600 words)

	No Peace Without Justice - No Peace Without Justice
		Campaigning for the protection and promotion of human rights, democracy, the rule of law & international justice
		No Peace Without Justice is an international non-profit organisation working for the protection and promotion of human rights, democracy, the rule of law and international justice.
		NPWJ is a constituent association of the Transnational Radical Party, an NGO with General (category I) Consultative Status at the United Nations ECOSOC.
	www.npwj.org (1049 words)

	United Nations - Economic and social development
		Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
		United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women
		Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States
	www.un.org /esa (382 words)

	LLRX.com - Update to Annex: Human Rights, Country and Legal Information Resources on the Internet
		Texts of resolutions adopted by the IPU on human rights cases as of 1996.
		Alerts relating to human rights violations of members of scientific community; these can be browsed by date, country or case number, or can be searched.
		Annual summary of the human rights work of the UN since 1997 and of the European regime since 2000; available in English and French.
	www.llrx.com /features/rsd_bib2.htm (3580 words)

	cp09784e07.doc
		To note with satisfaction the Framework Program of Quito for technical cooperation in the field of human rights, which has served as a basis for the strategies of the Office of the High Commissioner geared to enhancing national capabilities in promoting human rights in Latin America and the Caribbean.
		To endorse the criteria regarding regional arrangements for the promotion and protection of human rights adopted by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in its resolution 2001/79 and 2002/xxx.
		To urge the organs of the inter-American and international systems for the promotion and protection of human rights to continue their efforts to coordinate their activities, through periodic meetings, joint actions, and participation in promotion and education programs.
	www.oas.org /council/CAJP/docs/cp09784e07.doc (117 words)

	Vacancies
		04/OHCHR/050/GAZA, Human Rights Officer, L-3, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Gaza, Gaza (OccupiedPalestinianTerritory), (29 June 2004)
		04/OHCHR/051/COLOMBIA, Human Rights Officer, L-3, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Colombia, Bucaramanga, Colombia, (5 July 2004)
		04/OHCHR/049/MINUSTAH, Chief of Human Rights Section, D-1, United Nations Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), Haiti, (25 June 2004)
	www.unhchr.ch /html/vacancies/vacancypage.htm (143 words)

	High Commissioner for Human Rights
		The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights is Mary Robinson.
		The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights endorses the United Nations policy on gender mainstreaming, by making gender mainstreaming an organizational imperative.
		The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the efforts of the international human rights system to mainstream gender and the human rights of women can be found at www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/womenpub2000.htm.
	www.peacewomen.org /un/sec/hr.html (398 words)

	The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (from human rights) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		It has been referred to as humanity's Magna Carta by Eleanor Roosevelt, who chaired the United Nations (UN) Commission on Human Rights that was responsible for the drafting of the document.
		organization established as the successor to the International Refugee Organization (IRO; 1946–52) by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in 1951 to provide legal and political protection for refugees until they could acquire nationality in new countries of residence.
		They refer to a wide continuum of values or capabilities thought to enhance human agency and declared to be universal in character, in some sense equally claimed for all human beings.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-219338 (1015 words)

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