Middle East (Beirut, Lebanon)
North Africa (Temporary in Tunisia, Tunis)
Centre for South-West Asia and the Arab Region (Doha, Qatar)

The OHCHR Regional Office for the Middle East (ROME) was established in Beirut in 2002 as an advisory office to the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) originally. The Regional Office covers eleven countries: Bahrain, Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
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The North Africa region continues to present major human rights challenges and opportunities. Almost all states of the region are undergoing their own democratic transitions to ensure that the human rights and aspirations of all their people are respected, without discrimination and in accordance with international standards. Human rights challenges are in the areas of rule of law, good governance, economic, social and cultural rights, and, in some cases, effective transitional justice initiatives and prolonged states of emergency. Gender protection, women and children’s rights and the rights of persons in vulnerable groups, for example, children and migrants, remain key areas to be strengthened. Other human rights issues of concern include freedom of expression and information, protection of human rights defenders, freedom of association, judicial independence and law enforcement, the impact of counter-terrorism legislation and economic and social rights.
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The idea for the creation of the Centre was born out of the 12th Asian Regional Forum on Human Rights, which was held in Doha in March 2004. The then HR Commission welcomed the idea in 2005 and Resolution 153/60 for the “Establishment of the UN Human Rights Training Documentation Centre for South West Asia and the Arab Region" was adopted in 2005.
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