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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

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

Selected Decisions of the Committee against Torture, volume I

Selected Decisions of the Committee against Torture, volume I Claiming the MDGs

Claiming the MDGs: A human rights approach
Release date: 2008 and 2009
English, French and Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Fact Sheet No. 33
Frequently Asked Questions on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Release date: 2009
English

Health, Human Rights and Poverty Reduction Strategies

Health, Human Rights and Poverty Reduction Strategies (HR/PUB/08/5) (published jointly with the World Health Organization)
Release date: 2008 
English

Terrorism and Counter-terrorism

Fact Sheet No. 32
Terrorism and Counter-terrorism
Release date: 2008
English

OHCHR 2008 Report on Activities and Results

OHCHR 2008 Report on Activities and Results (PDF)
Release date: 2008
English 

Terrorism and Counter-terrorism

The Right to Health
(published jointly with WHO)
Release date: 2008

 

Rule-of-law tools for Post-Conflict States: Maximizing the legacy of hybrid courts

Rule-of-law tools for Post-Conflict States: Maximizing the legacy of hybrid courts
Release date: 2008
English

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Rule-of-law tools for Post-Conflict States: Reparations programmes

Rule-of-law tools for Post-Conflict States: Reparations programmes
Release date: 2008
English

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18 Candles: the Convention on the Rights of the Child Reaches Majority

18 Candles: the Convention on the Rights of the Child Reaches Majority
New Core International Human Rights Treaties

New Core International Human Rights Treaties
Release date: 2007
English  

Handbook on Housing and Property Restitution for Refugees and Displaced Persons: Implementing the "Pinheiro Principles"

Handbook on Housing and Property Restitution for Refugees and Displaced Persons: Implementing the "Pinheiro Principles"
Release date: March, 2007
English  

From Exclusion to Equality: Realizing the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

From Exclusion to Equality: Realizing the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Release date: October, 2007
English

 

Handbook on HIV and Human Rights for National Human Rights Institutions (published jointly with UNAIDS)

Handbook on HIV and Human Rights for National Human Rights Institutions (published jointly with UNAIDS) (also available in Spanish)
Release date: 2007

Selected Decisions of the HRCommittee Selected Decisions of the Human Rights Committee under the Optional Protocol, volume 8
Release date: 2007
English
Plan of Action for the first phase of the World Programme for Human Rights Education

Plan of Action for the first phase of the World Programme for Human Rights Education (published jointly with UNESCO)
Release date: 2006
English  (also available in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish)

 

 

 

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SMP 2010-2011Strategic Management Plan 2010-2011 (PDF)

 

 

 

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