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“We must persevere in our efforts to make the Universal Declaration’s principles come to fruition for the different communities that we serve. It is my hope that this Handbook will be used to facilitate civil society actors’ understanding of and access to the United Nations human rights system. It is a modest but significant resource in our joint endeavour to make human rights, dignity and equality a universal reality.”
Navi Pillay United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Working
with the United Nations Human Rights Programme: A Handbook for Civil Society is a new,
user-friendly and authoritative publication on United Nations human rights
bodies and mechanisms – explaining how they work and exploring the many
important ways that civil society actors including NGOs can contribute to their
work.
This
publication is addressed to the civil society actors who, every day in every
part of the world, contribute to the promotion and protection of human rights,
and it ultimately aims at enabling more people to access and make claim to
their human rights through effective use of United Nations human rights bodies
and mechanisms.
The Handbook
includes information on:
The Handbook
also includes best practice examples of civil society collaboration with OHCHR
in the field and civil society contributions to the work of United Nations
human rights bodies and mechanisms. Further, it lists key contacts at OHCHR.
To make it
easier for readers to access information, each Handbook chapter has been
written in a way that allows it to stand independently from the rest of the
Handbook. Chapters are generally divided into three sections, addressing:
It is
important to note that the Handbook is not a stand-alone or static guide. Where
possible, references to the OHCHR website and other resources are provided to
ensure that readers have access to current information. Readers are encouraged
to use these supplementary resources.
The entire Handbook (PDF)
may be downloaded in English or individual chapters can be accessed by clicking
on the links below. The Handbook will also be available in Arabic, Russian,
Spanish and French in 2009.
CHAPTERS |
PDFs |
Introduction |
|
Chapter I
- The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights |
|
Chapter II
- OHCHR
fellowship and training programmes |
|
Chapter III
- OHCHR publications and resource materials |
|
Chapter IV
- Human Rights Treaty Bodies |
|
Chapter V
- Human Rights Council |
|
Chapter VI
- Special Procedures |
|
Chapter VII
- Universal Periodic Review |
|
Chapter
VIII - Submitting a complaint on an alleged human rights violation |
|
Chapter
IX - Funds and grants |
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