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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All labels observed (16)

Label	Occurrences
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights canonical	58
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights	10
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights	7
United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights	4
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights	3
OHCHR	1
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Yemen country team	1
Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights	1
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights headquarters	1
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Colombia	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	1
United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner	1
United Nations experts	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17181 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Context triple: [United Nations, hasHumanRightsOffice, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights]

A. UNHCR
UNHCR is the United Nations agency responsible for protecting and supporting refugees, asylum-seekers, and stateless people worldwide.
B. United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945 that brings together most of the world’s countries to promote peace, security, cooperation, and human rights.
C. World Health Organization
The World Health Organization is a specialized international agency that directs and coordinates global health efforts, including disease control, health policy, and emergency response.
D. United States Representative to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights
The United States Representative to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights was the chief U.S. delegate responsible for shaping and advocating American policy on global human rights issues within the UN’s principal human rights body.
E. United Nations Security and Safety Service
The United Nations Security and Safety Service is the specialized unit responsible for protecting UN personnel, facilities, and visitors, particularly at UN Headquarters in New York.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Target entity description: 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.

A. UNHCR
UNHCR is the United Nations agency responsible for protecting and supporting refugees, asylum-seekers, and stateless people worldwide.
B. United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945 that brings together most of the world’s countries to promote peace, security, cooperation, and human rights.
C. World Health Organization
The World Health Organization is a specialized international agency that directs and coordinates global health efforts, including disease control, health policy, and emergency response.
D. United States Representative to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights
The United States Representative to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights was the chief U.S. delegate responsible for shaping and advocating American policy on global human rights issues within the UN’s principal human rights body.
E. United Nations Security and Safety Service
The United Nations Security and Safety Service is the specialized unit responsible for protecting UN personnel, facilities, and visitors, particularly at UN Headquarters in New York.
F. None of above. chosen

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 ⓘ

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Referenced by (93)

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

Human Rights Due Diligence Policy Team → collaboratesWith → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

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

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

this entity surface form: United Nations Human Rights Office

United Nations peace operations → supportedBy → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

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

Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission → collaboratesWith → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

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

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

United Nations Support Mission in Libya → cooperatesWith → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

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

General Comments → publishedBy → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

subject surface form: General Comments (UN Human Rights Committee)

Views on individual communications → publishedBy → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

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

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

subject surface form: Committee against Torture

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

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

Human Rights Council programme of work → implementedBy → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

Colombian armed conflict → monitoredBy → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

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

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

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

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

UN General Assembly resolution A/RES/57/199 → linkedBody → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances → headquartersLocation → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances → parentOrganization → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

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

Palais Wilson, Geneva → occupant → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

subject surface form: Palais Wilson

General Comment No. 4 on article 3 of the Convention → publishedBy → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

Louise Arbour → positionHeld → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

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

Human Rights Council resolutions → monitoredBy → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict → cooperatesWith → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues → cooperatesWith → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

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

UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Human Rights Defenders → locatedInOrganization → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Human Rights Defenders → supportedBy → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination → promotedBy → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

Palais Wilson → currentUse → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

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

Palais Wilson → currentTenant → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

Palais Wilson → associatedWithOrganization → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

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

World Conference on Human Rights → ledToCreationOf → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

World Conference on Human Rights → recommendedEstablishmentOf → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

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

World Conference against Racism → organizer → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

Department of Global Communications → coordinatesWith → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

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

Ombudsman of Peru → collaboratesWith → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

2003 Canal Hotel bombing → notableVictimRole → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

this entity surface form: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

HBO documentary film "Sergio" → portraysInstitution → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

subject surface form: Sergio

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

2019–2020 Chilean social uprising → investigatedBy → Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ

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

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