Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

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United Nations office human rights organization

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights is the UN’s principal body responsible for promoting and protecting human rights worldwide through monitoring, advocacy, and support to states and international mechanisms.

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Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form	Occurrences
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights	6
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights	2
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights	2
United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights	2
OHCHR	1
Secretariat of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights	1
Treaty Bodies Branch of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights	1
UN Human Rights Office	1
United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner	1
United Nations experts	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations office ⓘ human rights organization ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ surface form: UN Human Rights Office
coreActivity	advising states on implementing international human rights obligations ⓘ capacity-building for national human rights institutions ⓘ human rights monitoring ⓘ public reporting on human rights situations ⓘ supporting development of international human rights standards ⓘ
fieldPresenceIncludes	country offices ⓘ human rights components of UN peace missions ⓘ regional offices ⓘ
focusArea	accountability for human rights violations ⓘ civil and political rights ⓘ economic, social and cultural rights ⓘ equality and non-discrimination ⓘ right to development ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
hasPosition	Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
headquartersCountry	Switzerland ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Geneva ⓘ
ledBy	Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
locatedInBuilding	Palais des Nations ⓘ
mandateIncludes	human rights advocacy ⓘ mainstreaming human rights within the United Nations system ⓘ monitoring human rights situations ⓘ promotion of human rights ⓘ protection of human rights ⓘ support to United Nations human rights mechanisms ⓘ technical assistance to states on human rights ⓘ
parentOrganization	United Nations ⓘ
partOf	United Nations Secretariat ⓘ
reportsTo	United Nations General Assembly ⓘ United Nations Commission on Human Rights ⓘ surface form: United Nations Human Rights Council
shortName	Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: OHCHR
supportsBody	United Nations Human Rights Council ⓘ United Nations treaty bodies ⓘ Universal Periodic Review mechanism ⓘ special procedures of the Human Rights Council ⓘ
usesInstrument	Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ international human rights treaties ⓘ
website	https://www.ohchr.org ⓘ

Referenced by (41)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination → administeredBy → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture → administeredBy → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights → administeredBy → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

United Nations human rights system → administeredBy → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights → alsoKnownAs → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

this entity surface form: UN Human Rights Office

Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) → considersReportsFrom → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

United Nations treaty bodies → cooperatesWith → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

United Nations treaty bodies → coordinatedBy → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty Bodies Branch of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Office of Counter-Terrorism → coordinatesWith → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner

UNAIDS → coordinatesWith → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay → criticizedBy → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations experts

United Nations → hasHumanRightsOffice → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

United Nations Development Group → hasMember → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

United Nations Secretariat → hasPart → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Secretariat → hasPart → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

subject surface form: United Nations Secretariat

this entity surface form: Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights → hasPosition → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

United Nations human rights system → includesBody → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

Universal Periodic Review mechanism → involvesActor → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

Geneva → isSeatOf → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

this entity surface form: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights → ledBy → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Human Rights Day → organizedBy → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

Special Rapporteurs → overseenBy → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

subject surface form: Special Rapporteur

Committee against Torture → parentOrganization → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights → parentOrganization → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

Committee on Enforced Disappearances → parentOrganization → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

Committee on Migrant Workers → parentOrganization → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women → parentOrganization → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination → parentOrganization → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

Committee on the Rights of the Child → parentOrganization → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

Human Rights Committee → parentOrganization → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

Chasing the Flame: Sergio Vieira de Mello and the Fight to Save the World → portraysRoleOf → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

this entity surface form: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Mary Robinson → positionHeld → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Mary Therese Winifred Bourke → positionHeld → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Michelle Bachelet → positionHeld → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights → presentedBy → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

Human Rights Day → relatedTo → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

International Bill of Human Rights → relatedTo → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights → shortName → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: OHCHR

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities → supportedBy → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

this entity surface form: Secretariat of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Special Procedures → supportedBy → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

Office of Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs → worksWith → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ