Toolkit on the right to adequate housing

Administration of Justice

Expert Consultation on the Administration of Justice

Albinism

Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism

Business and Human Rights

Business and Human Rights

Children

Children Deprived of Liberty – The United Nations Global Study

Civil and Political Rights

Human Rights Committee (HRC)

Climate change

Human Rights and climate Change

Coercive measures

Special Rapporteur on unilateral coercive measures

Conscientious objection

Conscientious objection to military service

Corruption and Human Rights

Corruption and Human Rights

Cultural rights

Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights

Death penalty

Death penalty

Democracy

Equal participation in political and public affairs

Human Rights and Elections

Detention

Working Group on Arbitrary Detention

Development (Good Governance and Debt)

Development – Good governance

Disability and Human Rights

Human Rights of persons with disabilities

Disappearances

Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED)

Discrimination

A special focus on discrimination

Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Education

Human rights education and training

Environment

Human Rights and the Environment

Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment

Executions

Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions

Food

Special Rapporteur on the right to food

Forced evictions

Forced evictions

Freedom of Opinion and Expression

Freedom of expression and advocacy of religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence

Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association

OHCHR Seminar on effective measures and best practices to ensure the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of peaceful protests

Freedom of Religion and Belief

Beirut Declaration and its 18 commitments on “Faith for Rights”

Health

Consultation on Elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members

HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS and Human Rights

Human Rights Defenders

Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders

Human rights education and training

Human rights education and training

World Programme for Human Rights Education (2005-ongoing)

Human Rights Indicators

Human Rights Indicators

Humanitarian action

Human rights and humanitarian crises

Independence of Judiciary

Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers

Indigenous Peoples

Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Main page Indigenous

United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples

Internal Displacement

Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons

International Order

Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order

International Solidarity

Independent expert on human rights and international solidarity

Land and Human Rights

Land and Human Rights

Leprosy

Special Rapporteur on the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members

Local Government and Human Rights

Local Government and Human Rights

Mental health and human rights

Consultation on mental health

Mercenaries

Special Rapporteur on use of mercenaries as a means of impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination

Migration

Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (CMW)

Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants

Minorities

Fellowship programme

Special Rapporteur on minority issues

Nationality

Right to a Nationality and Statelessness

Older persons

Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons

National Plans of Action for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights

Poverty

Human rights dimension of poverty

The draft guiding principles on extreme poverty and human rights: the rights of the poor

Privacy

Right to Privacy in the Digital Age

Intergovernmental working group to consider the possibility of elaborating an international regulatory framework on the regulation, monitoring and oversight of the activities of private military and security companies

Ad-Hoc Committee on the elaboration of complementary standards

Durban Review Conference (2009)

Group of Independent Eminent Experts on the Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action

International Decade for People of African Descent

Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent

Acts of intimidation and reprisal for cooperation with the United Nations in the field of human rights

Rule of Law

Rule of Law

Weapons and human rights

Safety of Journalists

UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity

Sexual orientation and gender identity

Discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity

Situations

Working Group on Situations

Slavery

Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences

Working Group on Contemporary Forms of Slavery

Social Security

Toolkit on the Right to Social Security

Terrorism

Human rights and terrorism

Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights while countering terrorism

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

The Sustainable Development Goals and Human Rights

Torture

Committee against Torture (CAT)

Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture

Business and human rights

Trade and investment

Traditional values

Human rights and traditional values

Trafficking in Persons

Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children

Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence

Treaty Body Strengthening

Treaty Body Strengthening

Urbanization and Human Rights

Urbanization and Human Rights

Violent extremism

Human rights and preventing and countering violent extremism

Water and sanitation

Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation

Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Women’s Rights and Gender main page