UN HUMAN RIGHTS IN 2018
UN HUMAN RIGHTS IN 2018
UN HUMAN RIGHTS IN 2018
Highlights
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Rationalize, adapt, strengthen
and streamline the United
Nations human rights
machinery
Coordinate human rights
promotion and protection
activities throughout the
United Nations system
Enhance international
cooperation for the
promotion and protection of
all human rights
Recommend that bodies of
the United Nations system
improve the promotion and
protection of all human rights
Promote and protect
the right to development
Mandate of the
United Nations High
Commissioner for
Human Rights
Provide technical
assistance to States for
human rights activities
Coordinate United Nations
human rights education and
public information programmes
15 new ratifications
17 new accessions
59
140
countries
visited
over
State Party reports reviewed by the treaty
bodies with six States Parties visited by the
Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture
84
visits by special
procedures mandates
42
Member States were reviewed
for the implementation of UPR
recommendations
PEOPLE CENTRED
88
General Assembly
resolution 48/141
States signed
human rights treaties
States were supported in establishing transitional
justice mechanisms, received capacity-building support
for judicial actors and civil society, and were assisted to
increase victims’ protection and participation
Direct victims of contemporary
forms of slavery in 27 countries
obtained assistance
fellows from indigenous, Afrodescendant
and minority communities participated in the
UN Human Rights Fellowship Programme
HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISMS SUPPORT
Support to the work of
Engage in dialogue with
governments in order to secure
respect for all human rights
5
MEMBER STATE COOPERATION
Promote and protect all
human rights for all
44 thematic and
12 country-specific
special procedures
mandates
85
40,000
Direct victims of torture
in 78 countries received
rehabilitation support
HUMAN RIGHTS INTEGRATION ACROSS THE UN
12
resolutions adopted
by the Human
Rights Council
32 Human Rights
Human rights components in UN
Peace Missions, including 621 staff
supported by UN Human Rights
Advisers deployed
in UN Country
Teams under
the framework
of the UNDG
CIVIL SOCIETY ENGAGEMENT
Work actively to remove obstacles
to the realization of human rights
and to prevent the continuation of
human rights violations
590
NGO side events organized during
Human Rights Council sessions
2,715
Oral statements delivered by NGOs
during Human Rights Council sessions
2,700
Over
participants in the 7th Forum on
Business and Human Rights
Data available as of 31 December 2018
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