About UN Human Rights The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN Human Rights) is the leading UN entity on human rights. The General Assembly entrusted both the High Commissioner and his Office with a unique mandate to promote and protect all human rights for all people. The United Nations human rights programme aims to ensure that the protection and enjoyment of human rights is a reality in the lives of all people. UN Human Rights also plays a crucial role in safeguarding the integrity of the three interconnected pillars of the United Nations – peace and security, human rights and development. Mandate of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights General Assembly resolution 48/141 charges the High Commissioner for Human Rights with “principal responsibility” for human rights in the United Nations with the mandate to: OO OO UN Human Rights provides assistance in the form of technical expertise and capacity-development in order to support the implementation of international human rights standards on the ground. It assists governments, which bear the primary responsibility for the protection of human rights, to fulfil their obligations and supports individuals to claim their rights. Moreover, it speaks out objectively on human rights violations. OO UN Human Rights is part of the United Nations Secretariat and has its headquarters in Geneva, as well as an office in New York. Its staff is based in 59 field presences, in regional and country/stand-alone offices, United Nations peace or special political missions and in United Nations Country Teams (UNCTs). OO OO OO OO OO OO OO OO Promote and protect all human rights for all; Recommend that bodies of the United Nations system improve the promotion and protection of all human rights; Promote and protect the right to development; Provide technical assistance for human rights activities; Coordinate United Nations human rights education and public information programmes; Work actively to remove obstacles to the realization of human rights; Work actively to prevent the continuation of human rights violations; Engage in dialogue with governments in order to secure respect for all human rights; Enhance international cooperation; Coordinate human rights promotion and protection activities throughout the United Nations system; and Rationalize, adapt, strengthen and streamline the UN human rights machinery. Method The work of UN Human Rights encompasses three broad areas, namely, human rights standard-setting, monitoring and supporting the implementation of human rights obligations by States. Substantive and technical support is provided to the various UN human rights bodies as they undertake their standard-setting and monitoring duties. Knowledge and awareness of all human rights, whether civil, cultural, economic, political or social rights, are deepened and the capacity of rights-holders and duty-bearers are strengthened through applied thematic research and analyses, methodologies, development and training. International human rights experts are also deployed to field offices and other missions, including in circumstances of crisis, to assist countries that are working to fulfil their human rights obligations. The work of UN Human Rights is based on the Office’s Management Plan (OMP), which guides implementation of the Human Rights Programme of the SecretaryGeneral’s Strategic Framework. By aligning the whole Office to a common set of results connected with the various components of its mandate, the OMP enhanced the Office’s effectiveness in implementing the Strategic Framework, increasing synergies across functions and ensuring the best possible use of available resources. This is the last annual report relating to the OMP covering the period from 2014-2017. The achievements that were attained under the six thematic priorities in 2017 are summarized in the printed version of the report and are listed under the corresponding field presence or division chapters that can be found on the annexed USB key. The OMP 2014-2017 also identified eight global management outputs (GMOs) to improve UN HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2017 57