Overview of the UN Human Rights Mechanisms

This video series is produced by the UN Human Rights Office for South-East Asia

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In partnership with APCOM, the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) for South-East Asia has launched a series of six videos to equip members of the civil society organisations with necessary knowledge of the UN Human Rights Mechanisms to strengthen their engagement with the mechanisms in line with the main goals of Human Rights 75 initiative, and to support the work of APCOM in emphasizing voices of human rights defenders across the region. Click each chapter below and learn more about the UN Human Rights Mechanisms.

Overview of the UN Human Rights Mechanisms

Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

Human Rights Treaties

Treaty Bodies

Special Procedures

Special Procedures of the UN Human Rights Council

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