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Overview

​The Human Rights and Protection Division (HRPD) of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), whose Director also represents the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Mali, has been present in the country since 2013. In addition to Bamako, the MINUSMA Human Rights and Protection Division has offices in five other regions (Gao, Kidal, Ménaka, Mopti, and Timbuktu), and a Bamako-based office for the southern regions (Kayes, Koulikoro, Sikasso and Bamako District).

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News & Statements

Latest news

30 May 2024

Treaty bodies

UN Child Rights Committee publishes findings on Bhutan, Egypt, Estonia, Georgia, Guatemala, Mali, Namibia, Paraguay and Panama

24 May 2024

Treaty bodies

Committee on the Rights of the Child Closes Ninety-Sixth Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Reports of Bhutan, Egypt, Estonia, Georgia, Guatemala, Mali, Namibia and Paraguay

10 May 2024

Treaty bodies

Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Welcome Mali’s Measures to Tackle Poverty, Ask about Efforts to Promote School Safety and Prevent the Use of Children in Armed Conflict

03 May 2024

Treaty bodies

UN Child Rights Committee to review Namibia, Guatemala, Georgia, Mali, Panama, Egypt, Bhutan, Estonia and Paraguay

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Latest statements & messages

13 Mar 2024

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Mali: Concern over closures of civil society organizations

07 Mar 2023

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Global update: High Commissioner outlines concerns in over 40 countries

20 Apr 2022

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Comment by UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Seif Magango on Malian authorities’ failure to grant UN investigators access to Moura

07 Mar 2022

Multiple Mechanisms

Global Update: Bachelet urges inclusion to combat "sharply escalating misery and fear"

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Featured Stories

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01 June 2018

Keeping the peace – human rights on the ground

Meet Mamadou Bah and Christian Lumbala, two of our human rights officers working in the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali.
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06 January 2017

Engaging in critical dialogues for human rights and peace in Mali

Members of an armed separatist group listen to a presentation by the UN Human Rights and Protection Division in Ber, northern Mali. The meeting is part of a critical strategy to engage extremist groups in human rights dialogue, said Division Director Guillaume Ngefa.
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UN and OHCHR Reports

UN Secretary-General and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

A/HRC/23/57: Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the human rights situation in Mali

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OHCHR/MINUSMA Reports

Note trimestrielle sur les tendances des violations et atteintes aux droits de l’homme au Mali (1 avril – 30 juin 2022) - French only

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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

Reports

A/HRC/43/76: Situation of human rights in Mali - Report of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Mali

A/HRC/40/77: Situation of human rights in Mali - Report of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Mali

A/HRC/37/78: Report of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Mali

A/HRC/34/72: Report of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Mali

A/HRC/31/76: Report of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Mali

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Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Mali

Special Procedures country visits

Treaty Bodies

Reports

CED/C/MLI/CO/1: Concluding observations on the report submitted by Mali under article 29 (1) of the Convention

E/C.12/MLI/CO/1: Concluding observations on the initial report of Mali

CEDAW/C/MLI/CO/6-7: Concluding observations on the combined sixth and seventh periodic reports of Mali

CRC/C/MLI/CO/2: Concluding observations

CMW/C/MLI/CO/1: Concluding observations

CEDAW/C/MLI/CO/5: Concluding comments

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Status & Reporting

Status of Ratifications Reporting Status Standing invitation to Special Procedures Voluntary Pledges and Commitments

External Resources

African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights African Court of Justice African Union Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions

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

Mission Intégrée des Nations Unies pour la Stabilisation du Mali (MINUSMA)
Airport International Road
Senou – B.P.E.: 2616
Bamako, Mali

Photo credit:   UNICEF/UN0205718/Njiokiktjien VII Photo

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