Namibia

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Overview

Namibia is covered by the OHCHR Regional Office for Southern Africa (ROSA). The office provides technical assistance on the promotion and protection of human rights with a focus on protecting civic space, early warning and prevention, tackling gender-based violence and discrimination, integrating human rights in development, strengthening national protection systems and human rights reporting and follow-up to recommendations.

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News & Statements

Latest news

01 Nov 2024

Treaty bodies

Experts of the Committee against Torture Welcome Namibia’s Commitment to the Mandela and Bangkok Rules, Ask about Harmful Traditional Practices and Lengthy Pretrial Detention Periods

28 Oct 2024

Treaty bodies

UN Committee against Torture to review Kuwait, Namibia, Thailand, Jordan, Mongolia and Cameroon

17 Sep 2024

Independent investigation

Unprecedented Venezuela repression plunging nation into acute human rights crisis, UN Fact-Finding Mission says

30 May 2024

Treaty bodies

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

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Latest statements & messages

13 Mar 2017

Special Procedures

Statement at the end of visit to Namibia by Ms. Rosa Kornfeld-Matte – first Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older

28 May 2013

Special Procedures

Statement by the Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights at the 23rd session of the Human Rights Council: Report on her mission to Namibia

08 Oct 2012

Special Procedures

Preliminary observations and recommendations by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Magdalena Sepúlveda: End of Mission to Namibia from 1 to 8 October 2012

28 Sep 2012

Special Procedures

Statement of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, James Anaya, upon concluding his visit to Namibia from 20-28 September 2012

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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/36/48/Add.2: Report of the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons on her mission to Namibia - Note by the Secretariat

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Special Procedures country visits

Treaty Bodies

Reports

CCPR/C/NAM/CO/3: Concluding observations on the third periodic report of Namibia

CERD/C/NAM/CO/16-18: Concluding observations on the combined sixteenth to eighteenth periodic reports of Namibia

CEDAW/C/NAM/CO/6: Concluding observations on the sixth periodic report of Namibia

CAT/C/NAM/CO/2: Concluding observations on the second periodic report of Namibia

CCPR/C/NAM/CO/2: Concluding observations on the second report of Namibia

E/C.12/NAM/CO/1: Concluding observations on the initial report of Namibia

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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

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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

Photo Credit : Philip Schuler/World Bank

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