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A Guide for Business: How to Develop a Human Rights Policy (published jointly with the United Nations Global Compact) A Guide for Business: How to Develop a Human Rights Policy (published jointly with the United Nations Global Compact) (PDF)
Release date: January 2012
English
National Human Rights Institutions: History, Principles, Roles and Responsibilities

Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework (PDF)
Release date: January 2012
English

National Human Rights Institutions: History, Principles, Roles and Responsibilities

International Legal Protection of Human Rights in Armed Conflict (PDF)
Release date: November 2011
English

National Human Rights Institutions: History, Principles, Roles and Responsibilities

Human Rights and Gender Equality in Health Sector Strategies: How to Assess Policy Coherence (published jointly with the World Health Organization and Sida) (PDF)
Release date: May 2011
English

Share, Learn, Innovate! Methods and technologies to share human rights knowledge and ideas Share, Learn, Innovate! Methods and technologies to share human rights knowledge and ideas
Release date: November 2011
English
Professional Training Series No. 18 Evaluating Human Rights Training Activities: A Handbook for Human Rights Educators Professional Training Series No. 18 Evaluating Human Rights Training Activities: A Handbook for Human Rights Educators (PDF)
Release date: April 2011
English
National Human Rights Institutions: History, Principles, Roles and Responsibilities Professional Training Series No. 4 (Rev.1): National Human Rights Institutions: History, Principles, Roles and Responsibilities
(PDF)
Release date: May 2011
English
Recommended Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Human Trafficking: Commentary (PDF)
Release date: November 2010
Arabic | English | French | Russian |  Spanish
Minority Rights: International Standards and Guidance for Implementation (HR/PUB/10/3) Minority Rights: International Standards and Guidance for Implementation (HR/PUB/10/3) (PDF)
Release date: February 2011
English | French | Russian | Spanish
Fact Sheet 35 - The Right to Water Fact Sheet No. 35 (PDF)
The Right to Water
Release date: August 2010
English
Preventing Torture: An Operational Guide for National Human Rights Institutions Preventing Torture: An Operational Guide for National Human Rights Institutions (published jointly with the Asia Pacific Forum and the Association for the Prevention of Torture) (PDF)
Human Rights and the Millennium Development Goals in Practice: A review of country strategies and reporting

Human Rights and the Millennium Development Goals in Practice: A review of country strategies and reporting (PDF)
Release date: August 2010
English

2009 OHCHR Report on Activities and Results

2009 OHCHR Report on Activities and Results (PDF)
Release date: May 2010
English

Fact Sheet No. 34 in English - new window

Fact Sheet No. 34
The Right to Adequate Food
Release date: May 2010
English

Monitoring the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Guidance for Human Rights Monitors Monitoring the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Guidance for Human Rights Monitors
(PDF) (Word)
Release date: April 2010
English and Russian

Rule-of-law Tools for Post-conflict States: Amnesties" (HR/PUB/09/1)

Human Rights Education in the School Systems of Europe, Central Asia and North America: A Compendium of Good Practice
(HR/PUB/09/3) published jointly with OSCE/ODIHR, the Council of Europe and UNESCO
Release date: October 2009
English | French | Russian (PDF)
Full ONLINE (CD) version, with examples of practices:
English | Russian

SMP 2010-2011

Strategic Management Plan 2010-2011 (PDF)
Release date: January 2010
English

Rule-of-law Tools for Post-conflict States: Amnesties" (HR/PUB/09/1)

Rule-of-law Tools for Post-conflict States: Amnesties (HR/PUB/09/1)
Release date: 2009
English

Working with the United Nations Human Rights Programme: A Handbook for Civil Society Working with the United Nations Human Rights Programme: A Handbook for Civil Society

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