List of Issues

Adequate Housing

Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context

Business and Human Rights

Children

Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography

United Nations Study on Violence against Children

Civil and Political Rights

Human Rights Committee (HRC)

Climate change

Human Rights and climate Change

Communications

Working Group on Communications

Democracy

Regional Workshop on Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law for Latin America - San Jose, Costa Rica 5 to 7 September 2005

Detention

Working Group on Arbitrary Detention

Development (Good Governance and Debt)

Development - Good governance

Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights

Open-ended working group on the right to development

Right to development

Disability

Human Rights of persons with disabilities

Disappearances

Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances

Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - General information and resources

Open-ended Working Group on an Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Education

Special Rapporteur on the right to education

World Programme for Human Rights Education (2005-ongoing)

Environment

Special Rapporteur on Adverse effects of the illicit movement and dumping of toxic and dangerous products and wastes on the enjoyment of human rights

Executions

Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions

Food

Special Rapporteur on the right to food

Freedom of Opinion and Expression

Freedom of expression and advocacy of religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence

Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression

Freedom of Religion and Belief

Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief

Gender

Women's Rights and Gender main page

Globalization (Business, Trade and Investment)

Globalization - Business and human rights

Globalization - Trade and investment

Health

Consultation on Elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members

Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health

HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS and Human Rights

Human Rights and International Solidarity

Independent expert on human rights and international solidarity

Human Rights Defenders

Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders

Human Rights Education and Training

Human Rights Education and training

Impunity

Independent Expert to update the Set of Principles for the protection and the promotion of human rights through action to combat impunity

Independence of Judiciary

Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers

Indigenous Peoples

Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Fellowship programme

Main page Indigenous

Open-ended inter-sessional Working Group on the draft declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples

Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous peoples

United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations

Working group on indigenous populations

Internal Displacement

Representative of the Secretary-General on internally displaced persons

Mercenaries

Special Rapporteur on use of mercenaries as a means of impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination

Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination

Migration

Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (CMW)

Global Migration Group

Migration and Human Rights

Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants

Millenium Development Goals and Human Rights

Millennium Development Goals and Human Rights

Minorities

Fellowship programme

Independent Expert on minority issues

Main page Minorities

Plans of Action for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights

National Plans of Action for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights

Poverty

Consultation on the draft of the guiding principles: "Extreme poverty and human rights: the rights of the poor"

Human rights dimension of poverty

Independent Expert on extreme poverty

Racism

Ad-Hoc Committee on the elaboration of complementary standards

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Durban Review Conference (2009)

Group of Independent Eminent Experts

Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism

Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent

Working Group on the effective implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action

World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, Durban (2001)

Situations

Working Group on Situations

Slavery

Special Rapporteur on Contemporary forms of slavery

Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery

Working Group on Contemporary Forms of Slavery

Terrorism

Independent expert on Protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism

Special Rapporteur on human rights and terrorism of the Sub-Commission on the promotion and protection of human rights (Reports)

Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights while countering terrorism

Torture

Committee against Torture (CAT)

Special Rapporteur on torture

United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture

Trafficking in Persons

Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children

Transnational Corporations

Special Representative of the SG on human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises

Water

Consultations on human rights and access to water

Independent Expert on the issue of human rights obligations related to access to safe drinking water and sanitation

Stakeholders views for the study on human rights obligations related to equitable access to safe drinking water and sanitation

Women

Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences

Women's Rights and Gender main page

List of Human Rights Issues

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