Guinea-Bissau

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Overview

The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has been present in Guinea-Bissau since 1999 when UNOGBIS was established. The Senior Human Rights Adviser was deployed in August 2021 following the exit of the UN mission in December 2020. The SHRA’s mandate focuses on strengthening the capacity of the United Nations Country Team in Guinea-Bissau to integrate human rights in their programs and policies and on assisting national actors to comply with human rights obligations under international law. 
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News & Statements

Latest news

14 Dec 2023

Special Procedures

Guinea-Bissau: Act immediately to protect rule of law and independence of the judiciary, says UN expert

21 Jan 2020

Human Rights Council

Guinea-Bissau’s human rights record to be reviewed by Universal Periodic Review

15 Jan 2020

Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review Working Group to hold thirty-fifth session in Geneva from 20 to 31 January 2020

08 Jun 2017

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Guinea Bissau: UN human rights report urges comprehensive reform of healthcare system

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Latest statements & messages

28 Feb 2014

Special Procedures

Preliminary observations and recommendations by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights. Magdalena Sepulveda, Visit to Guinea-Bissau from 23 February to 1 March 2014

11 Nov 2006

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

High Commissioner for Human Rights, Community of Portuguese-speaking countries sign cooperation

22 Oct 2001

PRESS STATEMENT ON GUINEA-BISSAU BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

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Featured Stories

Aminata Kebe, Coordinator of the PAPEV project and Georgina Da Silva responsible for the management of the AMIC centre for the reception of young girls visiting the market garden. ©OHCHR WARO Habibou
18 January 2023 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Project reunites trafficked children with families

A project in west Africa aims to help reunite children living on city streets with their families, often based in other countries. The Project to Protect Child Victims of Rights Violations (PAPEV) operates in six countries and is a joint partnership between UN Human Rights West Africa Regional Office and the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation.
For Sábado Sambu, education is the most important thing in the world.
14 July 2022 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

People share priorities in first-ever review of Guinea-Bissau’s sustainable development goals

Guinea-Bissau has completed its first Voluntary National Review of achievements of the Sustainable Development Goals. To do this, the country enlisted the support of the UN system, under the aegis of the UN Resident Coordinator, including the UN Human Rights Surge Initiative, and the UN Resident Coordinator.
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Universal Periodic Review

Core documents for the current and previous cycles

The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a unique process which involves a review of the human rights records of all UN Member States. The UPR is a State-driven process, under the auspices of the Human Rights Council, which provides the opportunity for each State to declare what actions they have taken to improve the human rights situations in their countries and to fulfil their human rights obligations.

Special Procedures

Special Procedures country visits

Treaty Bodies

Reports

CEDAW/C/GNB/CO/6: Concluding observations

CRC/C/15/Add.177: Concluding observations

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Status & Reporting

Status of Ratifications Reporting Status Standing invitation to Special Procedures

External Resources

African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights African Court of Justice African Union

Note: OHCHR is not responsible for the content of external links.

Contact Information

Headquarters

Field Operations and Technical Cooperation Division (FOTCD)
Contact in Geneva, Switzerland.

Africa Branch
Tel. +41 22 917 9220

Field

Senior Human Rights Advisor,
Office of the Resident Coordinator,
United Nations Building
Rua Rui Djassi
Case Postale 179
P.O. Box 1011 Bissau
Guinea-Bissau

Photo credit: EPA/Tiago Petinga

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