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Useful Information

Ratifications and Reservations

Country Mandates Established by the CHR/HRC

Open invitation to Special Procedures

Voluntary Pledges and Commitments

Members by region of the Human Rights Council

OHCHR's Human Rights Programme by region (2006-2007)

OHCHR in the Field

Map of OHCHR field presences

Regional Offices

Country Offices

Human Rights Components of Peace Missions

Human Rights Advisers

Action 2

Technical Cooperation Programme

National Human Rights Institutions

Publications

High Commissioner's Strategic Management Plan 2006-2007

Brochure: Human Rights in Action

Consolidated Appeal Process

A Handbook for NGOs

Human Rights Advisors

Human rights advisors are deployed through an agreement between the Office of the High Commissioner and the Resident Coordinator in order to respond to a specific need for human rights expertise in the country. Human rights advisers have the primary responsibility of ensuring that human rights are integrated into the activities of the UN agencies present in the country in which they are deployed.

Human rights advisers are staff in the Resident Coordinator’s office and report to the Resident Coordinator, but also receive guidance and support from OHCHR. Funding for their deployment comes from multiple sources, including the “Action 2” programme. As with all other field presences, human rights advisers are deployed on long-term assignments and their activities are defined on the basis of a country strategy.

At the end of 2007, human rights advisers were deployed to Ecuador, Guyana, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, the Maldives, Nicaragua, the Russian Federation, Rwanda, Somalia, the Southern Caucasus, Sri Lanka, and The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. During the 2008-2009 biennium, human rights advisers will be deployed to the Great Lakes Region of Africa, Guinea, Moldova, Niger, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, and Viet Nam.

Africa region

Middle East and Northern Africa Region

Asia-Pacific region

Europe, North America and Central Asia region

Latin America and the Caribbean region

Human Rights Advisors

Great Lakes
Guinea
Niger
Rwanda
 

Indonesia
Maldives
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Sri Lanka

Kyrgyzstan 
Republic of Moldova
Russian Federation
Serbia
South Caucasus
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Ecuador
Guyana
Nicaragua

Contact Information

Capacity Building and Field Operations Branch
Tel. +41 22 917 9118
Geneva, Switzerland

Africa Unit
Tel. +41 22 917 9141
Geneva, Switzerland

Arab Region Unit
Tel. +41 22 917 94 27
Geneva, Switzerland

Asia Pacific Unit
Tel. +41 22 917 9337
Geneva, Switzerland

Europe, North America and Central Asia Unit
Tel. +41 22 917 9291
Geneva, Switzerland

Latin America & Caribbean Unit
Tel. +41 22 917 9248
Geneva, Switzerland

Peace Missions Support Unit
Tel. +41 22 917 9280
Geneva, Switzerland

National Institutions Unit
Tel. +41 22 917 9223
Geneva, Switzerland

Coordinator Voluntary Fund for Technical
Co-operation
Tel. +41 22 917 9114
Geneva, Switzerland

External Links

International Criminal Court

Geneva Conventions

ILO Conventions

Refugee Conventions

National Institutions

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