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Useful Information

OHCHR Human Rights Programme for the Americas
2010

Country Mandates Established
by the CHR/HRC

Open invitation to Special Procedures

Regional Members of the Human Rights Council:

Chile 2014
Costa Rica 2014
Cuba 2012
Ecuador 2013
Guatemala 2013
Mexico 2012
Peru 2014
Uruguay 2012

Voluntary Pledges and Commitments

Publications
OHCHR report 2012 OHCHR Report 2012 (PDF)
OHCHR Management Plan 2012-2013 OHCHR Management Plan 2012-2013 (PDF)
Brochure: Human Rights in action Human Rights in Action (PDF)
Working with the United Nations Human Rights Programme: A Handbook for Civil Society A Handbook for Civil Society (PDF)

Americas Region


Bahamas Cuba Haiti Dominican Republic Saint Kitts and Nevis Antigua and Barbuda Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Barbados Grenada Trinidad and Tobago Guyana Suriname Brazil Bolivia Paraguay Uruguay Argentina Chile Peru Ecuador Colombia Venezuela Dominica Saint Lucia Jamaica Belize Mexico Guatemala Honduras El Salvador Nicaragua Costa Rica Panama Latin America and the Caribbean Region

 

Regional Offices and Centres in South America

The Regional Office for South America was established in Santiago, following the signature of an agreement between the OHCHR and the Government of Chile on 23 September 2009. This Office complies with the mandate and general competences assigned to the OHCHR by the General Assembly in its resolution 48/141 of 20 December 1993.
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Contact Information
Headquarters

Field Operations and Technical Cooperation Division
Geneva, Switzerland

Americas Section
Tel. + 41 22 928 9167
Geneva, Switzerland

Regional Offices/Centres

Regional Office for South America,
Santiago de Chile, Chile
2010
Avda. Dag Hammarskjöld 3269,
Vitacura
Santiago de Chile
Tel: (56-2) 321 7750
Fax: (56-2) 263 4978
Email: ohchr-santiago@ohchr.org
website: http://acnudh.org
Contact: Mr. Amerigo Incalcaterra
Regional Representative for South America

Regional Office for Central America
Panama City, Panama
2010
Casa de las Naciones Unidas
Edificio 128,
3er. piso,
Ciudad del Saber, Clayton
Panama City,
Panama
Tel: (507) 302 4500
Fax: (507) 302 4694
Email: Pregionaloffice@ohchr.org
Website: http://www.oacnudh.org/
Contact: Ms. Carmen Rosa Villa
Regional Representative for Central America

Other OHCHR Offices

Bolivia
Colombia
Guatemala
Haiti
Mexico

Feature stories

Mechanisms to prevent torture in South America: the way forward for Chile

Public security and human rights

 

Links

United Nations Country Teams in Americas Region

Other UN links

External links
Organization of American States

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

Inter-American Court of Human Rights

Geneva Conventions

ILO Conventions

Refugee Conventions

International Criminal Court

Interamerican Development Bank  

National Institutions


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