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		Berkeley Protocol on Digital Open Source Investigations: A Practical Guide on the Effective Use of Digital Open Source and Information in Investigating Violations of International Criminal, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Advance version (published jointly with the Human Rights Center at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law) English (PDF)
		United Nations Human Rights Guidance on Less-Lethal Weapons in Law Enforcement Arabic \| Chinese \| English \| French \| Russian \| Spanish (PDF)
		Guidance on Casualty Recording English (PDF)
		Integrating a Gender Perspective into Human Rights Investigations: Guidance and Practice Arabic \| English \| French \| Spanish (PDF)
		Who’s Responsible? Attributing Individual Responsibility for Violations of International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law in United Nations Commissions of Inquiry, Fact-finding Missions and other Investigations Arabic \| English (PDF)
		A Practitioner’s Toolkit on Women’s Access to Justice Programming (published jointly with UN Women, UNDP and UNODC) English (consolidated PDF) Individual modules: Introduction, Module 1, Module 2, Module 3, Module 4 and Module 5 Spanish (consolidated PDF)
		Resource book on the use of force and firearms in law enforcement (published jointly with UNODC) English (PDF)
		Human Rights: Handbook for Parliamentarians (published jointly with the Inter-Parliamentary Union) English \| French \| Spanish (PDF)
		National Mechanisms for Reporting and Follow-up: A Practical Guide to Effective State Engagement with International Human Rights Mechanisms Arabic \| English \| French \| Russian \| Spanish (PDF)
		National Mechanisms for Reporting and Follow-up: A Study of State Engagement with International Human Rights Mechanisms Arabic \| English \| French \| Russian \| Spanish (PDF)
		Handbook for Human Rights Treaty Body Members English \| French \| Spanish (PDF)
		Migration, Human Rights and Governance: Handbook for Parliamentarians (published jointly with the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the International Labour Organization) English \| French \| Spanish (PDF)
		Implementing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - Handbook for Parliamentarians English \| French \| Russian \| Spanish (PDF)
		Commissions of Inquiry and Fact-finding Missions on International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law: Guidance and Practice Arabic \| English \| French \| Spanish (PDF)
		Human Rights Indicators: A Guide for Measurement and Implementation Arabic \| English \| French \| Russian \| Spanish (PDF)
	No. 17	Monitoring the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Guidance for Human Rights Monitors Arabic \| Chinese \| English - (PDF) (Word) \| French \| Russian \| Spanish
	No. 16	UNDG Guidelines on Indigenous Peoples' Issues (HR/P/PT/16) English \| French \| Spanish
	No. 15	Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Advocacy Toolkit English \| French \| Spanish
	No. 14	From Exclusion to Equality: Realizing the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (HR/PUB/07/6), published jointly with the United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Arabic \| English \| French \| Russian \| Spanish An HTML version in English is available here
	No. 12	Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - Handbook for National Human Rights Institutions Arabic \| Chinese \| English \| French \| Russian \| Spanish
	No. 11	Training Package for Prison Officials Human Rights and Prisons - A Manual on Human Rights Training for Prison Officials Arabic \| English \| French \| Russian \| Spanish
	No. 11/Add. 1	Human Rights and Prisons - A Compilation of International Human Rights Instruments concerning the Administration of Justice Arabic l Chinese l English l French l Russian
	No. 11/Add. 2	Human Rights and Prisons - A Trainer's Guide on Human Rights Training for Prison Officials Arabic l English \| French \| Russian \| Spanish
	No. 11/Add. 3	Human Rights and Prisons - A Pocket Book of International Human Rights Standards for Prison Officials Arabic l Chinese l English l French \| Russian \| Spanish
	No. 8/Rev.1	The Istanbul Protocol: Manual on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment Punishment Arabic l Chinese \| English \| French \| Russian l Spanish
	No. 7/ Rev.1	Manual on Human Rights Monitoring OHCHR is in the process of revising the 2001 edition of the Training Manual on Human Rights Monitoring (No. 7). The following chapters of the new Manual are currently available: Table of contents, Introduction, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 22, 23, 28, 30, 31 Chapter 16: Engagement and Partnerships with Civil Society French \| Spanish Please refer to chapters of the old Manual for topics not yet covered in the new Manual. Electronic versions of all the revised chapters will be posted on the OHCHR website as soon as they become available. If you would like to receive hard copies of the above or forthcoming revised chapters, please complete the Manual order form
	No. 7	Training Manual on Human Rights Monitoring Arabic (Title, Preface, Note to users, Table of contents, Chapters: 1-5, 6-10, 11-15, 16-20, 21-24, Bibliography) English (Introduction, Chapters: 2-4, 5-9, 10, 11-12, 13-15, 16-18, 19-21, 22-24) French (Part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5 ) Russian (Part 1, part 2, part 3) Spanish (Introduction, Part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, Bibliography)

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