Contact Us

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) welcomes your queries. However, we advise you to follow the guidelines set out below. Otherwise it may not be possible to respond to your queries.

 Inquiries

General inquiries:
Telephone: +41 22 917 9220
Email: ohchr-InfoDesk@un.org

Technical inquiries related to the OHCHR website:
Please use this address for technical queries only as we will not reply to non-technical issues.
Email: ohchr-webmanager@un.org

Media Inquiries/Interview Requests (only for media-related requests, not for general enquiries).
Telephone: +41 22 928 98 55
Email: ohchr-media@un.org

National Institutions and Regional Mechanisms Section
Email: ohchr-nationalinstitutions@un.org

Civil Society Section
Email:  ohchr-civilsociety@un.org

Donor and External Relations Section
Email: ohchr-dexrel@un.org

The UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture
Email: ohchr-unvfvt@un.org

Requests for access to classified records
See explanatory one-pager
Email: ohchr-archives@un.org

Location

OHCHR address

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Palais Wilson
52 rue des Pâquis
CH-1201 Geneva, Switzerland.

Postal address

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Palais des Nations
CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland