Resources

Engendering Peace Incorporating a Gender Perspective in Civilian Peace Teams

This publication is the result of a one-year pilot study carried out for the Women Peacemakers Program (WPP) of the International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR). This study initiated an exploration of the field of civilian-based peacekeeping from a gender...

Directory of UN Resources on Gender and Women's Issues

A directory of reports, databases and archives relating to gender equality and women's human rights.

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Accessing U.S. Embassies: A Guide for LGBT Human Rights Defenders

!is guide is intended as a manual for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) activists and NGOs in other countries to help them understand how U.S. embassies work; how to call on U.S. diplomats to support their human rights goals; how to access U.S. support,...

The Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People: A primer to working with the United Nations Treaty Monitoring Bodies and the Special Procedures of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights

The purpose of this document is to provide basic guidance on how non-governmental organizations (NGOs) can use the United Nations (UN) Treaty Monitoring Bodies (referred to as the “Treaty Bodies”) and the Special Procedures of the UN Commission on Human Rights (the...

Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions

The mandate of the Special Rapporteur on summary or arbitrary executions was established by resolution 1982/35 of the the Economic and Social Council. The Commission on Human Rights, in its resolution 1992/72, renewed the mandate of the Special Rapporteur and widened...

UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention

The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention was established by resolution 1991/42 of the former Commission on Human Rights. Its mandate was clarified and extended by Commission’s resolution 1997/50. The mandate was extended for a further three-year period by...

UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders

Elaboration of the Declaration on human rights defenders began in 1984 and ended with the adoption of the text by the General Assembly in 1998, on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. A collective effort by a...

Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association.

A Special Rapporteur is an independent expert appointed by the Human Rights Council to examine and report back on a country situation or a specific human rights theme. This position is honorary and the expert is not United Nations staff nor paid for his/her work. The...

Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders.

The mandate on the situation of human rights defenders was established in 2000 by the Commission on Human Rights (as a Special Procedure) to support implementation of the 1998 Declaration on human rights defenders.

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Road map for civil society engagement: State reporting procedure of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

This road map is an effort to address this gap and encourage CSOs to engage more extensively in the state reporting procedure. It provides basic information, describes challenges and share tips based on concrete experiences by CSOs working with the ACHPR.

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How-to Guide For Using The UPR Submission Registration System

This “How-to Guide” is issued in relation to the “On-line UPR Submissions Registration System” for submitting written contributions for the UPR documentation by “Other Stakeholders” (including civil society and national human rights institutions), regional...

Handbook for Bloggers and Cyber-Dissidents

Reporters Without Borders has produced this handbook to help bloggers, with handy tips and technical advice on how to to remain anonymous and to get round censorship, by choosing the most suitable method for each situation. It also explains how to set up and make the...