Gabon

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Overview

Gabon is covered by the OHCHR Regional Office for Central Africa (CARO)/UN Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Central Africa. The Office supports the promotion and protection of human rights and democracy through research, advocacy, human rights mainstreaming, advisory services and technical cooperation to national authorities, national human rights institutions, civil society, and international and regional organizations. It also analyzes and monitors the human rights situation, informing on trends, and promoting prevention. Read more >

News & Statements

Latest news

19 Mar 2024

Treaty bodies

Gabon: Little progress in addressing overcrowding and deplorable detention conditions, say UN experts

07 Mar 2024

Treaty bodies

UN Torture prevention body to re-visit Gabon

22 Feb 2024

Treaty bodies

UN torture prevention body confirms missions to Albania, Bolivia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Greece, Honduras, Mongolia, and Nigeria in 2024

31 Aug 2023

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Comment by UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani following coup in Gabon

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Latest statements & messages

02 Apr 2015

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Comment by the Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Rupert Colville, on death sentences in Gambia

18 May 2012

Special Procedures

End-of-mission Statement by the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children

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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/GAB/CO/7: Concluding observations on the seventh periodic report of Gabon

CED/C/GAB/CO/1: Committee on Enforced Disappearances: Concluding observations on the report submitted by Gabon under article 29, paragraph 1, of the Convention

CRC/C/OPSC/GAB/CO/1: Concluding observations on the report submitted by Gabon under article 12 (1) of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography

CRC/C/GAB/CO/2: Concluding observations on the second periodic report of Gabon

CRPD/C/GAB/CO/1: Concluding observations on the initial report of Gabon

CEDAW/C/GAB/CO/6: Concluding observations on the sixth periodic report of Gabon

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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

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Contact Information

Headquarters

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

Africa Branch
Tel. +41 22 917 9220

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