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
Additional resources
- OHCHR main webpage on UN Human Rights Mechanisms
- Universal Human Rights Index
- Call for inputs by UN Human Rights Mechanisms
- Civil Society Space and the United Nations Human Rights System – A Practical Guide for Civil Society
- How to Follow Up on United Nations Human Rights Recommendations – A Practical Guide for Civil Society
- Human Rights Funds, Grants and Fellowships – A Practical Guide for Civil Society
- Working with the United Nations Human Rights Programme: A Handbook for Civil Society
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Universal Periodic Review (UPR)
Additional resources
- Universal Periodic Review (UPR) main webpage
- UPR 4th cycle deadlines for States and Stakeholders
- Tips for engagement at country level for NHRIs and NGOs
- Technical guidelines for stakeholders submissions for the 4th cycle
- Updated UPR Civil Society Guide- 4th cycle
- Technical guidelines for the submission of stakeholders
- OHCHR On-line UPR Submissions Registration System
- Universal Periodic Review – A Practical Guide for Civil Society
- United Nations Human Rights Council – A Practical Guide for NGO Participants
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Human Rights Treaties
Additional resources
- Videos about the different Human Rights Treaties
- List of signatures and ratification of Human Rights Treaties by country
- Fact Sheet No. 33: Frequently Asked Questions on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- The Core International Human Rights Treaties
- The New Core International Human Rights Treaties
- Fact Sheet No. 02 (Rev. 1): The International Bill of Human Rights
- Fact Sheet No. 30 (Rev. 1): The United Nations Human Rights Treaty System
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Treaty Bodies
Additional resources
- Training package on Treaties Bodies reporting
- Online training on Treaty Bodies reporting
- Guidelines and tools for treaty body reporting
- General Comments
- Individual Communications
- Treaty Bodies Jurisprudence database
- Calendar of Country Reviews
- Deadlines for submitting documentation
- CERD Early Warning and Urgent Procedures
- CED Urgent actions
- Fact Sheet No. 07 (Rev. 2): Individual Complaints Procedures under the United Nations Human Rights Treaties
- Reporting to the United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies
- Reporting to the United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies (Part 2, Notes for Facilitators)
More videos
Special Procedures
Additional resources
- Special Procedures main webpage
- List of mandates and links to individual webpages
- Country Visits
- Country visit requests sent to States
- Communications
- Online submission of communications
- Communications database (and replies)
- Fact Sheet No. 27: Seventeen Frequently Asked Questions about United Nations Special Rapporteurs
More videos
Special Procedures of the UN Human Rights Council
Independent Expert on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI)
Additional resources
- Main webpage of the Independent Expert on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) mandate
- List of reports of SOGI mandate
- SOGI Mandate country reports
- Guidance on COVID-19 and the Human Rights of LGBTI People
- Information series on sexual and reproductive health and rights – lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons
- Online Course: OHCHR human rights of LGBTI people tool
- Born Free and Equal: Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Sex Characteristics in International Human Rights Law
- Living Free and Equal: What States are Doing to Tackle Violence and Discrimination against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex People