Human Rights

Working with the United Nations Human Rights Programme A Handbook for Civil Society

About the Handbook

Working with the United Nations Human Rights Programme: A Handbook for Civil Society is addressed to the civil society actors who, every day in every part of the world, contribute to the promotion, protection and advancement of human rights. Developed following a survey among users of the first edition of the Handbookโ€”Working with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: A Handbook for NGOs (2006)โ€”this comprehensively updated and revised second edition puts United Nations human rights bodies and mechanisms at its centre. Speaking to all civil society actors, including but not only non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the Handbook explains how civil society can engage with various United Nations human rights bodies and mechanisms. It is the hope of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) that this Handbook will enable more people to enjoy and make claim to their human rights through these bodies and mechanisms.

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By: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
When: 7/2/2014

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